SA-6B REGIMENT VOLNOYE, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 14, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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14 MAY 1984
SA-6B REGIMENT
VOLNOYE, USSR (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: AN SA-6B SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE (SAM) REGIMENT
WAS IDENTIFIED AT VOLNOYE, KIEV MILITARY DISTRICT (MD) ON
(GRAPHIC 1). THIS IS THE ONLY NEW
DEPLOYMENT OF THE SA-6B REGIMENT CONFIRMED ON IMAGERY SINCE
FEBRUARY 1981, AND ONLY THE SEVENTH OVERALL. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: FOURTEEN SA-6 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL),
FIVE SA-6 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER, AND RADAR (TELAR), 15
SA-6 TRANSLOADER, 15 SA-6 CANISTER TRANSPORTER, FIVE STRAIGHT
FLUSH RADAR, AND 72 SUPPORT VEHICLES WERE IN A NEW VEHICLE PARK
ON THE EAST SIDE OF VOLNOYE ARMY BKS SAMARA RIVER N AL 2.
VOLNOYE HOUSES THE 22ND TANK DIVISION (TD) SUBORDINATE TO THE
6TH TANK ARMY. THE DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY REGIMENT HAD OCCUPIED
THIS VEHICLE PARK
THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT WAS
PARKED WITH THE ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY (AAA) REGIMENT AT THIS
INSTALLATION'S AMMUNITION DEPOT 1.3 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE
SA-6B VEHICLE PARK. SINCE THE AMMUNITION AREA WAS NOT IMAGED
IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT
REJOINED THE AAA REGIMENT THERE OR WHETHER THE AAA REGIMENT IS
STILL PRESENT. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE SA-68 REGIMENT AT VOLNOYE IS THE
SEVENTH OF ITS TYPE DEPLOYED TO A MANEUVER DIVISION SINCE
DECEMBER 1979 (GRAPHIC 2, 1-7). THE 22ND TD IS ALSO THE SECOND
DIVISION IN THE KIEV MD EQUIPPED WITH AN SA-6B REGIMENT. THE
OTHER DIVISION IS THE 72ND GUARDS MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION
(MRD) AT BELAYA TSERKOV ARMY BKS AL 2
SUBORDINATE TO THE 1ST GUARDS ARMY. (SWN NOFORN
UNTIL NOW, THE LAST IDENTIFIED DEPLOYMENT OF AN SA-6B REGIMENT
WAS WITH THE 4TH GUARDS TD AT NARO-FOMINSK HQ GDS TK DIV AL 1
SAM SPT IN THE MOSCOW MD IN FEBRUARY 1981. IT
WAS THEN BELIEVED THAT THE DEPLOYMENT OF SA-6B REGIMENTS WAS
ONLY AN INTERIM STEP THAT WOULD LEAD ULTIMATELY TO SA-11
DEPLOYMENT. THIS BELIEF WAS REINFORCED WHEN NO ADDITIONAL
SA-6B DEPLOYMENTS WERE DETECTED FOR OVER THREE YEARS AND THE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boards) they were prepared for and must be considered
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SA-11 SYSTEM WAS DEPLOYED TO THREE LOCATIONS IN THE LAST YEAR
(GRAPHIC 2, A, B, C). THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE VOLNOYE SA-6B
REGIMENTS MAY INDICATE THAT THE SOVIETS WILL CONTINUE TO DEPLOY
BOTH SA-6B AND SA-11 SYSTEMS. ALTERNATIVELY, THE SA-6B
REGIMENT AT VOLNOYE MAY HAVE BEEN RELOCATED FROM ONE OF THE
OTHER SIX DIVISIONS POSSESSING SA-6B REGIMENTS. THE VOLNOYE
AND BELAYA TSERKOV DIVISIONS ARE THE ONLY LOW-STRENGTH CADRE
DIVISIONS WHERE SA-6B REGIMENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE
OTHER FIVE ARE HIGHER STRENGTH (READY) DIVISIONS.
(SWN/NOFORN/~
WHILE DEPLOYMENT OF NEWER EQUIPMENT TO A LOW-STRENGTH CADRE
DIVISION IS UNUSUAL, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT MODERN
EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE 22ND TD AT VOLNOYE. BY
1974, ALL THE DIVISION'S T-55 MEDIUM TANKS HAD BEEN REPLACED
WITH T-64 TANKS, THE MOST MODERN SOVIET TANK AT THAT TIME.
(SWN)
3. COORDINATES 48-44-21N 035-19-19E (S)
S/NOFORN~
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE -- DIA, WARSAW-PACT GROUND FORCE STRUCTURE
TROOP LIST SOUTHERN TVD (U) VOLUME I, DDB-1100-374-83, JUNE
1983 (S/NOFORN, THE EXTRACTED INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED
DIA, WARSAW PACT GROUND FORCE STRUCTURE TROOP LIST NORTHWESTERN
TVD AND THE CENTRAL MILITARY DISTRICTS (U) VOLUME I,
DDB-1100-376-83, SEPTEMBER 1983 (SWN/NOFORN, THE EXTRACTED
INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED SWN/NOFORN~
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boardls) they were prepared for and must be considered
valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of iswe.
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