M1981/2 MEDIUM TANK IN A TANK TRAINING BATTALION KOROSTEN AB NNE AL 4, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: June 8, 1982
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M1981/Z MEDIUM TANK IN A TANK TRAINING BATTALION
KOROSTEN AB NNE AL. 4, USSR
THIS IS THE THIRD IDENTIFICATION OF THE M1981/2 TANK L~A"I
25X1
(S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AN M198]./2 MEDIUM TANK WAS IN THE TANK
TRAINING BATTALION AT KOROSTEN ARMY BARRACKS NNE AL 4 ON 71 25X1
WITH UNITS OF THE 8TH TANK ARMY IN THE CARPATHIAN MILITARY
DISTRICT.
(S/D) REMARKS: THE M1981/2 TANK WAS OBSERVED WITH BOTH AN
M1980/1 TANK AND AN M1981/3 TANK. ALL THREE TANKS WERE PARKED
TOGETHER IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE VEHICLE STORAGE AREA.
THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE M1981/2 TANK, WHEN
COMPARED TO BOTH T-72 VARIANTS (M1980/1 AND M1981/3), ARE A
PROMINENT RAISED REAR ENGINE DECK, A GRADUAL DOWNWARD SLOPE OF
BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR FENDERS, A SMOOTH GLACIS PLATE WITH NO
V-SHAPED WAVE DEFLECTOR, AND AN IR LIGHT MOUNTED TO THE LEFT OF
THE MAIN GUN TUBE.
(S/D) ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE M1981/2
MEDIUM TANK IN THE TANK TRAINING BATTALION AT KOROSTEN AL 4
ALONG WITH THE PREVIOUS IDENTIFICATION AT TWO OTHER
INSTALLATIONS -- NOVOGRAD VOLYNSKIY ARMY BARRACKS AL 2
KOROSTEN ARMY BARRACKS AL 1/SAM SPT
-- INDICATES THAT IT MAY BE ENTERING OR ALREADY
HAS ENTERED SERVICE WITH THE 8TH TANK ARMY. TO DATE, THE
M1981/2 MEDIUM TANK HAS NOT BEEN OBSERVED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY
IN ANY OTHER SOVIET GROUND FORCES UNIT.
3. .(S) COORDINATES 51-07-OON 028-41-OOE
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