HIND 3 HELICOPTERS WITH POSSIBLE TWIN-BARREL CANNONS BRODY AIRFIELD NORTH, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: August 24, 1982
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HIND E HELICOPTERS WITH POSSIBLE TWIN-BARREL CANNONS
BRODY AIRFIELD NORTH, USSR
1.' (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF
THIS MODIFIED HIND E ON SATELLITE IMAGERY AND THE FIRST
INDICATION THAT THE HELICOPTER MAY BE OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: AT LEAST SIX HIND E HELICOPTERS WITH
POSSIBLE TWIN-BARREL OT ON GRAPHIC) WERE AT
BRODY AIRFIELD NORTH THE HELICOPTERS WERE 25X1
PARKED ADJACENT TO A HELICOPTER ASSEMBLY AREA AT THE EAST
END OF THE AIRFIELD. THE OBSERVABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS
HIND E AND THE TYPICAL HIND E IS THE ABSENCE OF A
NOSE-MOUNTED FOUR-BARREL GATLING GUN AND THE PRESENCE OF A
TWIN-BARREL CANNON ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.
THIS MODIFIED HIND E FIRST APPEARED IN OPEN-PRESS
PHOTOGRAPHS ACQUIRED DURING THE ZAPAD 1981 EXERCISE IN
SEPTEMBER 1981.
(SWN) BRODY AIRFIELD NORTH IS IN THE CARPATHIAN MILITARY
DISTRICT AND SERVES AS AN ASSEMBLY POINT FOR HELICOPTERS
USUALLY DESTINED FOR EASTERN EUROPE.
3. (S)
COORDINATES 50-07-49N 025-10-17E
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