PROBABLE M-1981/2 MEDIUM TANK DEPLOYMENT KOROSTEN ARMY BARRACKS AL-1/SAM SUPPORT, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: May 4, 1982
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PROBABLE M-1981/2 MEDIUM TANK DEPLOYMENT
KOROSTEN ARMY BARRACKS AL- SAM SUPPORT, USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: TWO PROBABLE M-1981/2 SOVIET TANKS HAVE
BEEN DE OY D TO THE TANK REGIMENT AT KOROSTEN ARMY BARRACKS
AL-1/SAM SPT, PROBABLY FOR TROOP TEST/EVALUATION.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: TWO PROBABLE M-1981/2 SOVIET TANKS ARE IN'THE
TANK REGIMENT VEHICLE PARK OF THIS TANK DIVISION GARRISON. THE
TANKS ARE PARKED IN TRAVEL LOCK WITH A T-54-T ARMORED RECOVERY
VEHICLE NEAR A TANK BATTALION VEHICLE STORAGE BUILDING. THESE
TANKS HAVE SIMILAR FEATURES TO THOSE FOUND ON BOTH THE T-64 AND
T-72 MEDIUM TANKS, BUT APPEAR TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER THAN
THE T-64. THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES ON THE PROBABLE M-1981/2
TANKS INCLUDE A RAISED REAR ENGINE DECK, A PROBABLE INFRARED
LIGHT MOUNTED LEFT OF THE TUBE FORWARD OF THE MANTLE, A SMOOTH
GLACIAL SLOPING FORWARD PLATE (MINUS A V-SHAPED DEFLECTOR), AND
FORWARD FENDERS WHICH SLOPE GRADUALLY INWARD TO THE FORWARD
PLATE.
(S/D) THE TANKS ARE SIMILAR IN DESIGN AND RECOGNITION FEATURES
TO A TANK IDENTIFIED AT NOVOGRAD VOLYNSKIY ARMY BARRACKS AL 2
AND REPORTED AS THE M-1981/2. 25X1
(S/D) THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE PROBABLE M-1981/2 TANK TO THE TANK
REGIMENT AT KOROSTEN MAY INDICATE THAT THE NEW SOVIET TANK
DIVISION IN THIS AREA MAY BE INVOLVED IN THE TROOP TESTING OF A
NEW GROUND FORCES WEAPON SYSTEM. KOROSTEN IS IN THE CARPATHIAN
MILITARY DISTRICT, 200 NM NORTHEAST OF LVOV AND 200 NM EAST OF
THE POLAND-USSR BORDER.
3.I (COORDINATES 50-56-20N 028-38-39E 25X1
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