NEW INDEPENDENT ARTILLERY BRIGADE VICTORIA DE LAS TUNAS BARRACKS AND VEHICLE PARK EAST, CUBA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: June 19, 1982
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NEW INDEPENDENT ARTILLERY BRIGADE
VICTORIA DE LAS TUNAS BARRACKS AND VEHICLE PARK EAST, CUBA
Attachment to Z-15828/82
NPIC/IEG (8/82)
23 AUGUST 1982
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE FIFTH CUBAN INDEPENDENT ARTILLERY
BRIGADE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN EASTERN CUBA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A NEW INDEPENDENT ARTILLERY BRIGADE
CONSISTING OF MAJOR ELEMENTS OF TWO BATTALIONS OF 130MM
FIELD GUNS M-46 WITH AT-S PRIME MOVERS, AND ELEMENTS OF A
PROBABLE 122MM HOWITZER M-30 BATTALION HAS BEEN OBSERVED
FIELD DEPLOYED EAST OF VICTORIA DE LAS TUNAS AT 20-57-20N
076-53-45W NEAR AN AREA OF UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT
REVETMENTS (GRAPHIC 1). THE 130NIM FIELD GUN M-46 WEAPON IS
ASSIGNED ONLY TO INDEPENDENT ARTILLERY BRIGADES IN THE
CUBAN ARMED FORCES. THIS IS THE SECOND INDEPENDENT
ARTILLERY BRIGADE IN EASTERN CUBA AND THE FIFTH IN CUBA.
(SWN) THE PROBABLE HOME GARRISON FOR THIS INDEPENDENT
ARTILLERY BRIGADE IS VICTORIA DE LAS TUNAS BARRACKS AND
VEHICLE PARK EAST WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(GRAPHIC 2). THE GARRISON CONTAINS A
BARRACKS/ADMINISTRATION AREA WITH TWO PROBABLE
ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS AND 11 BARRACKS; A VEHICLE PARK
WITH 16 DOUBLE-BAY VEHICLE SHEDS, SOME IN A VERY EARLY
STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION; AND A PROBABLE STORAGE AREA WITH
EIGHT BUILDINGS. CLEARINGS FOR POSSIBLE TRAINING AREAS ARE
AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE GARRISON. CONSTRUCTION
IS UNDERWAY THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. THE GARRISON AND THE
ARTILLERY DEPLOYMENT AREA ARE CONNECTED BY AN IMPROVED ROAD.
(SWN) THE INSTALLATION WAS IN A VERY EARLY STAGE OF
CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH 1982, ARTILLERY WAS FIRST OBSERVED
IN THE DEPLOYMENT AREA IN EARLY JUNE 1982 WHEN A POSSIBLE
FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY WAS PRESENT.
3. (S)
COORDINATES 20-58-20N 076-54-30W.
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