SS-12 EQUIPMENT LUGA, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 14, 1983
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SS-21 EQUIPMENT
LUGA, USSR (SWN)
Z-14198/83
NPIC/IEG (9/83)
14 SEPTEMBER 1983
1. SIGNIFICANCE:I ISS-21 EQUIPMENT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN THE LENINGRAD MILITARY DISTRICT (MD) AT LUGA
TRAINING AREA 1. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THREE SS-21 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS WERE IN A
SMALL VEHICLE PARK WITH FROG-7 AND FROG-3/5 EQUIPMENT. (SWN)
THIS TRAINING AREA SUPPORTS LUGA ARMY BKS AL-1
AND LUGA ARMY BKS S AL-2 LIMMEDIATELY EAST AND
SOUTHEAST, RESPECTIVELY. LUUA - S A SCALEBOARD
TRAINING BRIGADE AND A HEAVY (HIGH-POWERED) ARTILLERY TRAINING
BRIGADE. LUGA AL-2 HOUSES A SCUD BRIGADE. BOTH OF THESE
GARRISONS AND THE TRAINING AREA SERVE AS A TRAINING CENTER FOR
ROCKET AND ARTILLERY TROOPS. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- BOTH OFFICERS AND NONCOMMISSIONED
OFFICERS TRAIN AT LUGA FOR ROCKET AND ARTILLERY TROOP
ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE SOVIET GROUND FORCES. THE PRESENCE
OF SS-21 HERE PROBABLY INDICATES A FORTHCOMING WIDESPREAD
DEPLOYMENT OF THE SS-21 SYSTEM. (SWN)
THE SS-21 SYSTEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON IMAGERY WITH FOUR
MANEUVER DIVISIONS IN TWO OTHER MILITARY DISTRICTS WITHIN THE
SOVIET UNION AND WITH FIVE SOVIET DIVISIONS IN THE GROUP OF
SOVIET FORCES GERMANY (GSFG). SS-21 BATTALIONS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED WITH THE 120TH GUARDS (GDS) MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION
(MRD) AT MINSK AND THE 8TH GDS TANK DIVISION (TD) AT MARINA
GORKA IN THE BELORUSSIAN MD, AND THE 23RD TD AT OVRUCH AND THE
30TH GDS TD AT NOVOGRAD VOLYNSKIY IN THE CARPATHIAN MD. THE
120TH GDS MRD IS IN THE PROCESS OF REORGANIZING AND MAY NO
LONGER HAVE AN SS-21 BATTALION. IN GSFG, BATTALIONS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED ON IMAGERY WITH THE 7TH GDS TD AT ROSSLAU, 79TH GDS
TD AT RUDOLSTADT, 39TH GDS MRD AT OHRDRUF, 9TH TD AT ZEITHAIN,
AND THE 11TH GDS TD AT KONIGSBRUCK.
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3. COORDINATES 58-46-40N 029-48-50E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: DIA, DDB-1100-UR-81, GROUND ORDER OF
BATTLE -- USSR (U), JANUARY 1981 (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL, THE
EXTRACTED INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED--S/NOFORN
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