ARTILLERY REGIMENT UPGRADE SHINDAND DEPLOYMENT AREA, AFGHANISTAN

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• Publication Date: March 20, 1982
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC .INTERPRETATION CENTER
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Attachment to Z-10418/82
NPIC/PEG (3/82)
ARTILLERY REGIMENT UPGRADE
SHIND D DE 0 E RE F NISTAN
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: EQUIPMENT UPGRADE APPEARS TO BE IN
PROGRESS IN T E D VISIONAL ARTILLERY REGIMENT AT SHINDAND
DEPLOYMENT AREA.
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2. (S/D) REMARKS: TWO SMALL FRED BATTLEFIELD RADARS, I4 ARMORED
COMMANb R ~O~INAISSANCE VEHICLES (ACRV) M-1974, AND 21 MT-LB
APC/AMMUNITION CARRIERS ARE iN THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT AREA.
THE PRESENCE OF THE ACRV IN T6J0 SEPARATE GROUPS OF SEVEN, EACH
WITH ITS OWN SMALL FRED INDICATES THAT THIS ARTILLERY REGIMENT
WILL SOON RECEIVE TWO BATTALIONS (BN) OF 122MM SELF PROPELLED
GUNS M-1974. THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT IS PRESENTLY EQUIPPED WITH
THREE BN OF - LEAST ONE SMALL FRED HAS
BEEN TEN ACRV HAVE BEEN PRESENT 25X1
SINCE BOTH COMMAND VEHICLE GROUPS WERE 25X1
PRESENT THE 21 MT-LB APC/AMMUNITION CARRIER 25X1
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TANKS, TWO BTR-60PB APC AND 20 TRUCKS HAVE RETURNED TO THE
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(S/D) SHINDAND IS IN WEST CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN 75 Nib EAST OF
THE AFGHANISTAN-IRAN BORDER, AND 110 TdM SOUTH OF THE
USSR-AFGHANISTANd BOP.DER.
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