EMPLOYMENT OF SOVIET EQUIPMENT INCREMENTS IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00429A000100090007-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 19, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECTS Employment of Soviet Equipment Increments
in Cuba
The items indicated by asterisks on the accompanying
list of bloc military equipment are those which we
believe have been retained for use solely by the Soviet
forces in Cuba. None of those items has been seen in
Cuban hands, even though the Castro regime has made a
point to show the Cuban people a great many other items
caf military equipment which the USSR has sent to Cuba.
Also, the items marked. by asterisks have been seen in
tuba only in encampments which we believe to be Soviet.
The items not asterisked are used primarily by Cuban
forces. Soviet troops, however, may have retained small
numbers of these items for their own use, For example,
thirty 57min AAA guns, fourteen S7mm AT guns, and thirty-
six SU-100 assault guns have been identified at the principal
Soviet encampments in Cuba.
The only Soviet military equipment in Cuba which we
believe to be "in reserve" is that used to equip Soviet
tactical units there. The remaining Soviet military
equipment has been used to train and to equip the Cuban
my and militia.
There are no reports of heavier pieces of military
equipment, such as artillery or tanks, being shipped from
Cuba, and it is unlikely that equipment of this nature
could be introduced covertly into another country. It is
extremely diff icult i$ however, to determine that no small
arms have ever been sent to subversives elsewhere in Latin
erica from Cuba, especially in view of the fact that the
Cuban small: arms arsenal is of mixed origin, including
many US weapons. Nevertheless, there are no confirmed reports
tracing arms found elsewhere in Latin America to Castro's
4aba.
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ESTIMATED BLOC MILITARY
NT IN CUBA
NOTE: Major items of equipment held exclusively by Soviet
units are indicated by an asterisk (*)
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*Medium Tanks ( T?54/100mr )
30
140
Medium Tank (T-84/O5msn)
130
200
Heavy Tank (JS-2/122mas)
30
40
*Amphibious Tanks (PT-?6)
16
Assault Guns (SU. 1O0 )
50
100
Armored Personnel Carrier (BT R-152)
25
40
Armored Personnel Carrier (BTR