IMAGERY ANALYSIS MONTHLY REVIEW

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• Document Page Count: 16
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 1, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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Imagery Analysis
Monthly Review
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October 1980
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Foreign
Assessment
Center
Imagery Analysis
Monthly Review
This publication of the Office of Imagery Analysis contains
substantive findings and analytical judgments that were de-
rivedprincipally from analysis of imagery. (U)
Comments and queries on the contents of this publication
are welcomed. They should be directed to the analyst whose
name and secure line extension appear after each article. (U)
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1 Changes in Artillery Assets in Recent changes in the divisional artillery assets in
Soviet Divisions Opposite NATO (S) the Soviet Groups of Forces opposite NATO
include the subordination of the divisional rocket
launcher battalion to the artillery regiment and
the introduction of artillery to tank regiments.
Modifications to the T-72 Tank (C) The Soviets have modified the T-72 tank with a
new, probably laser, rangefinder and a new type of
protective skirting. (S 25X1
3 Backfire Bombers May Carry Four The presence of groups of four multistore ordnance
Weapons Racks (S) rack shipping containers at various Soviet Backfire
bomber facilities indicates that the Backfire bomber
may be ca able of carrying four multistore ordnance
racks.( 25X1
6 Large Foreign-Built Floating Drydocks Three large foreign-built floating drydocks have
Delivered to the Soviet Union (S) been delivered to the Soviet Union within the past
year-one capable of lifting a ship as large as the
Kiev-class carrier to the Northern Fleet, and two
capable of lifting any surface combatant except the
Kiev-class to the Black Sea Fleet. (S~ ~ 25)(1
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New Floating Drydock at Tivat,
Yugoslavia (S)
A new floating drydock which probably will be
used to repair Soviet F-class submarines operating
with the Soviet Mediterranean Squadron was seen
at Tivat Naval Base and Shipyard, Yu oslavia, on
imagery ofearly September 1980. (S~~ 25)(1
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10 Ship Repair Yard Under Construction A ship repair yard-which will contain the largest
in North Korea (S) graving dock in North Korea and will probably be
used principally for commercial ships-is being
constructed on the Taedong-gang River, about 10
kilometers from Nampo. (SO 25X1
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Changes in Artillery Assets in Soviet
Divisions Opposite NATO (S)
The Soviets are reorganizing and augmenting their
divisional artillery assets in the Groups of Forces
opposite NATO. The divisional rocket launcher
battalion is being subordinated to the artillery regi-
ment, and a howitzer battalion is being added to
the tank regiments of tank and motorized rifle divi-
sions. These changes will increase the number of di-
visional howitzers in the Groups by 20 to 30 per-
cent and also require additional manpower. Since
March 1980, at least 25 of the 30 divisions in the
Groups have either reorganized their artillery regi-
ments or augmented their tank regiments or both.
Based on the rate of changeover to the new organi-
zation, we project that all divisions in the Groups
will incorporateboth changes by mid-1981. (S
In tank divisions, the new artillery regiment con-
sists of one 122-mm BM-21 rocket launcher battal-
ion, one 122-mm D-30 towed howitzer battalion,
and one 152-mm self-propelled howitzer battalion.
This reorganization eliminated one 18-gun towed
howitzer battalion from divisional artillery. The
new organization facilitates command and control,
streamlines logistics, and will partially offset the in-
crease in equipment and manpower required by the
tank regiment augmentation. The loss of one howit-
zer battalion in the artillery regiment and the addi-
tion of up to 18 howitzers to each of the three tank
regiments will result in a net increase of up to 36
not been identified to date either in the Southern
Group of Forces (SGF) or in the USSR, except in
the experimental tank divisions at Ovruch and Be-
logorsk. These experimental divisions contain artil-
lery regiments which consist of one rocket launcher
battalion and two self-propelled howitzer battal-
ions. We believe that the reorganized artillery regi-
ments currently observed in the Groups of Purees
will also eventually receive self-propelled howitzers
to replace their towed howitzers. (~
four in the
CG F, one in the N