BROVARY RIVER CROSSING VEHICLE BROVARY, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T01819A000100650001-3
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 1, 1979
• Content Type: REPORT

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BROVARY RIVER CROSSING VEHICLE
BROVARY, USSR
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BROVARY RIVER CROSSING VEHICLE
BROVARY, USSRF--]
. ~ ~ has provided the best vieyys to date of the ncs
Brovary river crossing vehicle (NPIC interim designator). Nineteen of' the
observed with an engineer brigade at Brovary Army Barracks AL-I
Military District, USSR (Figure I). Seventeen
panded in the operational mode.
in the Kiticv
2. The vehicle consists of two ponton sections mounted on a four-axle chas-
sis (Figure 2). The vehicle in the travel mode
=. In the operational mode, the two ponton sections are opened to form a platform 9.0 meters
wide with a probable center treadway width of 4.0 meters. The left section and
in the travel mode folds over onto the chassis behind the cab of the vehicle. The right section is
In the travel mode the right section rests on the left section and extends partially
over the cab.
3. The exact function and operational characteristics of the vehicle are cur-
rently unknown; however, its general size and shape and association with river crossing equipment
of nondivisional engineer units suggest that it may be a heavy aniphihious ferry and or i heavy
folding ponton bridge.
The Brovary river crossing vehicle has also been observed with two other
nondivisional engineer units.
at least 35 probable Brovarv
vehicles were seen with an engineer regiment at Akhtyrka Army Barracks AL-I
and Akhtyrka Training Area also in the Kiyev Military District.
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