Type 85 AT-3 Carrier

     Notes:  This is an ATGM vehicle used by North Korea. It is a Chinese Type 85 armored personnel carrier, with a launching box for AT-3 Sagger ATGMs in the rear of the vehicle.  The front armor is sharply-sloped, and the side armor is moderately-sloped, providing good armor protection in relation to the thickness or the armor.  The engine is at the front left, with the driver to the right of it; his hatch opens to the left, and he has three vision blocks to the front.  The center block can be removed and replaced with a night vision block.   The commander is to the rear of the driver.  He has a cupola that gives him all-around vision, but no night vision. There is a mount for a KPV machinegun near the commander's hatch.  Instead of passengers, the passenger compartment of this vehicle carries reloads for the Sagger launcher. On either side of the hull front, about halfway down the glacis and to the sides, are a cluster of four smoke grenade launchers.  The passengers enter and exit through a large door in the rear, which has a firing port.  In addition, two small circular hatches are found near the front of the fighting compartment (though these have no vision blocks; they are just simple hatches), these hatches are used by the crew to reload the missile launchers. The fighting compartment has four vision blocks on the right side and three to the left, but the each side has only three firing ports. The Type 85 has a collective NBC system for the crew, as well as an automatic fire detection and suppression system for the crew compartment, fighting compartment, engine compartment, and fuel tanks.

     The Type 85’s engine is German-designed and license-built, a BF8L413F 320-horsepower turbocharged diesel.  It can be equipped with external fuel tanks for long-range operations in addition to its internal fuel; these are mounted at the rear.  The Type 85 is amphibious with a minimum of preparation – a trim vane must be erected at the front of the vehicle.