NEW SOVIET TANK AT NOVOGRAD VOLYNSKIY, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: April 13, 1982
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13 APRIL 1982
NEW SOVIET TANK AT NOVOGRAD
VOLYNSKIY, USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW SOVIET TANK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT
NOVOGRAD VOLYNSKIY AL 2.
2. (S/D) REMARKS:I I THIS NEW TANK WAS IN THE
DIVISIONAL MAINTENANCE AREA WITH SEVEN T-72 SERIES TANKS. THE
TANK, PROBABLY UNDERGOING TROOP TESTING, HAS BEEN HERE SINCE AT
LEAST . WHILE SIMILAR IN SIZE TO A T-72, IT HAS
SEVERAL DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS.
(S/D) THE MUST DISTINGUISHING IDENTIFICATION FEATURES OF THIS
NEW SOVIET TANK ARE A PROMINENT RAISED REAR DECK, A GRADUAL
DOWNWARD SLOPE OF BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR FENDER ARGE,
ROUND, RELATIVELY FLAT TURRET..
IMAGERY REVEALED THE TANK TO R~
oFY-1
25X1
25X1
(S/D) AN EQUIPMENT DISPLAY WAS IN THE TANK
TRAINING AREA, JUST OUTSIDE THE TANK REGIMENT HOUSED HERE. THE
DISPLAY INCLUDED THIS NEW SOVIET TANK, A T-72 SERIES TANK, AND
A T-64 SERIES TANK. IN ANOTHER AREA OF THE DISPLAY WERE TWO
BMP, THREE T-72 TANKS, ONE T-64 TANK, AND TWO ARV.
(S/D) THE IDENTIFIABLE FEATURES OF THIS NEW SOVIET TANK APPEAR
TO BE THE SAME AS THOSE OF THE M1981/2 TANK IDENTIFIED FROM A
PHOTOGRAPH IN THE RED STAR MAGAZINE DATED 10 SEPTEMBER 1981
(SEE INSET). THE DISPLAY OBSERVEDMAY HAVE BEEN 25X1
PREPARED FOR A VISIT BY HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS. A HIP C
HELICOPTER WAS ON A HELIPAD NEARBY. WHAT APPEARED TO BE A
CARPET EXTENDED FROM THE HELICOPTER. TO THE ROAD LEADING TO THE
DISPLAY. A SIMILAR VEHICLE DISPLAY' WAS SEEN
REGIMENT AREA 25X1
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COORDINATES 50-35-32N 027-39-02E.
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