UNUSUAL SCALEBOARD ACTIVITY CHERNYAKHOVSK ARMY BARRACKS NORTH AL 3, USSR

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• Publication Date: October 29, 1983
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UNUSUAL SCALEBOARD ACTIVITY
CHERNYAKHOVSK ARMY BARRACKS NORTH AL 3, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A HIGHER THAN NORMAL LEVEL OF ACTIVITY CONTINUES
IN THE SCALEBOARD BRIGADE (BDE) (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE ENTIRE SCALEBOARD BDE INCLUDING 12 SCALEBOARD
TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS (TEL), THREE SCALEBOARD RESUPPLY
VEHICLES, 12 URAL-375 LAUNCH SUPPORT VAN TRUCKS, FOUR
MAZ-535/537 CRANES, AND AT LEAST 160 OTHER VEHICLES, IS PARKED
IN ROWS IN THE SCALEBOARD VEHICLE PARK. EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS BDE IS SELDOM SEEN IN THE OPEN. INCREASED ACTIVITY
WAS FIRST OBSERVED HERE WHEN MAJOR ELEMENTS OF
THE BDE WERE OUT OF VEHICLE STORAGE SHEDS, POSSIBLY FOR
IN-GARRISON TRAINING. FOUR CANVAS/NET-COVERED SCALEBOARD TELS
WITH LAUNCH SUPPORT VAN TRUCKS IN AN OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATION,
AT LEAST SIX OTHER SCALEBOARD TELS, AND APPROXIMATELY
50 SUPPORT VEHICLES WERE PRESENT. (SWN)
DURING OCTOBER SIMILAR ACTIVITY OCCURRED IN TWO OTHER
SCALEBOARD BDE IN THE USSR. AT SIMFEROPOL ARMY BKS BALKI AL 13
IN THE ODESSA MILITARY DISTRICT, MAJOR ELEMENTS
OF THE SCALEBOARD BDE WERE IN CONVOY OUTSIDE THE INSTALLATION
AND A MISSILE HANDLING/TRANSFER AND WARHEAD
EXERCISE TOOK PLACE AT TBILISI ARMY BKS GOMBORI
AL 12I I, IN THE TRANSCAUCASUS MILITARY DISTRICT,
ELEMENTS OF THE SCALEBOARD BDE WERE PULLED FROM SHEDS AND AT
LEAST FIVE SCALEBOARD TELS WERE COVERED WITH CAMOUFLAGE NETTING
NORMALLY, SCALEBOARD BDE REFLECT LITTLE OR NO
ACTIVITY. (SWN)
CHERNYAKHOVSK ARMY BKS IS APPROXIMATELY 20 NM NORTH OF THE
USSR-POLAND BORDER. (SWN)
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