SOVIET MILITARY OPERATIONS AFGHANISTAN

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 17, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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3 ARTILLERY CRATERS
4 TEMPORARY SUPPLY/LOGISTICS POINT
5 LOGISTICS CONVOY
6 ADDITIONAL FROGFOOT A DEPLOYMENT
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SIX PART GRAPHIC
SOVIET MILITARY OPERATIONS
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: MAJOR SOVIET COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE EVIDENT
NEAR THE PANJSER VALLEY IN THE CHARIKAR-JABAL OS SARAJ AREA.
COMBAT OPERATIONS HAVE BEGUN IN THE PANJSER VALLEY, BUT SOME OF
THE ACTIVITY MAY BE RELATED TO THE SOVIET COMBAT OPERATION
WHICH HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS NEAR CHARIKAR-JABAL OS SARAJ SINCE
(GRAPHIC 1).
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A LARGE COMBAT FORCE IS IN CONVOY (GRAPHIC 2)
NEAR ANAWA GARRISON SITE IN THE PANJSER
VALLEY. THE CONVOY CONTAINS MAJOR ELEMENTS OF ONE AIRBORNE
BATTALION (BN), ELEMENTS OF ONE BTR-60PB ARMORED PERSONNEL
CARRIER (APC)-EQUIPPED MOTORIZED RIFLE (MR) BN, ONE 152MM
SELF-PROPELLED (SP) GUN BATTERY, ELEMENTS OF ONE 122MM HOWITZER
M-30 BN WITH MTLB TRACKED PRIME MOVERS, AND AN ASSAULT ENGINEER
ELEMENT. THE CONVOY IS HEADED NORTHEAST IN THE VALLEY.
EVIDENCE OF RECENT FIGHTING IN THE AREA INCLUDES SEVERAL
ARTILLERY AND BOMB CRATERS IN SMALL VILLAGES IN THE HILLS
IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE CONVOY. EVIDENCE OF RENEWED MILITARY
OPERATIONS IN THE PANJSER VALLEY WAS FIRST-OBSERVED
HERE ON
WHEN A SMALL TRUCK CONVOY LED BY A TANK MINE
25X1
CLEARER WAS HEADING INTO THE VALLEY.
A CONVOY
25X1
OF APPROXIMATELY 27 VEHICLES WAS NORTHEAST OF ANAWA HEADING
FURTHER INTO THE VALLEY.
(SWN) ANAWA IS IN THE PANJSER VALLEY APPROXIMATEY 17
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BAGRAM IN NORTHEAST AFGHANISTAN.
NM
(SWN)
EVIDENCE OF
REC
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SHELLING IS OBSE
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IN THE
VICINITY
OF BAZ
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ON S
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AT
LEAST 3
0 NEW
25X1
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IN SLOPES 1
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APHIC 3, NOT ALL SHOWN) A
WEST-NORTHWEST OF BAZARAK
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. NO D
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AMAGE TO
ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURES NEAR THE CRATERING IS DISCERNIBLE.
SOVIET AND AFGHANISTAN FORCES REMAIN IN THE GARRISON AREA.
(SWN) BAZARAK GARRISON SITE IN THE PANJSER VALLEY IS 25 NM
NORTHEAST OF BAGRAM AND 8 NM NORTHEAST OF ANAWA AND HOUSES A
SOVIET SECURITY. FORCE AND ELEMENTS OF AN AFGHAN ARTILLERY
BRIGADE.
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lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
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SIX PART GRAPHIC
(SWN) A TEMPORARY SUPPLY/LOGISTICS POINT (GRAPHIC 4) FOR THE
CURRENT COMBAT OPERATIONS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT JAB -
SARAJ ARMY CAMP SOVIET AT 25X1
LEAST 320 TRUCKS, 19 WITH TRAILERS,.ARE PRESENT; AND FOUR LARGE
TENTS AND 17 SMALL TENTS HAVE BEEN ERECTED. ELEMENTS OF A TANK
COMPANY, TWO BMP APC-EQUIPPED MR COMPANIES, AND AN ENGINEER
UNIT ARE ALSO PRESENT. MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A BMP APC-EQUIPPED
MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT (MRR) ARE DEPLOYED ALONG THE JABAL OS
SARAJ-GOLBAHAR ROAD AT 35-07-40N 069-14-30E, APPROXIMATELY
1.5 NM NORTHEAST OF JABAL OS SARAJ ARMY CAMP SOVIET. MOST OF
THE BMP APC ARE IN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
ROAD NEXT TO THE ARMY CAMP. THE MOTORIZED RIFLE ELEMENTS EAST
OF THE ROAD MAY BE FIRING ON A SMALL VILLAGE APPROXIMATELY
0.5 NM EAST OF THE ROAD. AT LEAST ONE BUILDING IS SURROUNDED
BY SMOKE/DUST (NOT ON GRAPHIC). THIS REGIMENT MAY BE THE SAME
MRR THAT WAS ABSENT FROM KABUL DEPLOYMENT AREA SOUTHWEST
A CONVOY OF AT LEAST 26 POL 25X1
TRUCKS (NOT ON GRAPHIC) IS HEADED NORTH-ON THE ROAD. MAJOR
ELEMENTS OF THE BTR-60 APC-EQUIPPED MRR NORMALLY AT THIS ARMY
CAMP ARE OUT OF GARRISON AND HAVE DEPARTED 25X1
ELEMENTS OF A SECOND ENGINEER UNIT (NOT ON-GRAPHIC) ARE
APPROXIMATELY 3 Nivi SOUTHWEST OF THE ARMY CAMP AT
35-04-OON 069-11-30E. TWO TANK-LAUNCHED ASSAULT BRIDGES AND AT
LEAST 26 TRUCKS/VEHICLES ARE PRESENT.
(U) JABAL OS SARAJ IS 36 NM NORTH OF KABUL NEAR THE ENTRANCES
TO THE SALANG PASS AND THE PANJSER VALLEY.
(SWN) A LOGISTICS CONVOY OF AT LEAST 68 CARGO AND POL TRUCKS
(GRAPHIC 5) IS ON A ROAD NEAR KABUL DEPLOYMENT AREA NW
HEADED NORTH TOWARD THE PANJSER VALLEY. ONE 25X1
152MM SP HOWITZER M-1973 BATTERY HAS DEPARTED THIS FACILITY
ACTIVITY IN THE REMAINDER OF THE 25X1
U CHANGED THE RESUPPLY 25X1
ACTIVITY AND ABSENT SP ARTILLERY ARE PROBABLY SUPPORTING COMBAT
OPERATIONS.
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SIX PART GRAPHIC
(SWN) KABUL DEPLOYMENT AREA NW IS 5 NM NORTHWEST OF KABUL AND
27 NM SOUTHWEST OF BAGRAM.
(SWN) AIR SUPPORT TO SOVIET GROUND OPERATIONS TLY IN
PROGRESS IS SEEN AT BAGRAM AIRFIELD FOUR 25X1
FROGFOOT A GROUND ATTACK AIRCRAFT AND ADDITIONAL MUNITION
STOCKPILES HAVE ARRIVED IN THE FROGFOOT AREA 25X1
A TOTAL OF EIGHT FROGFOOT A (GRAPHIC 6) ARE NOW PRESENT. FOUR
CUB TRANSPORT (NOT ON GRAPHIC) HAVE ALSO ARRIVED SINCE
9 DECEMBER, AND FOUR HOOK HEAVY TRANSPORT HELICOPTERS HAVE
DEPARTED. PROBABLE FROGFOOT PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS ARE IN
PROGRESS. A FUEL TRUCK AND THREE SERVICE TRUCKS ARE BESIDE THE
FROGFOOT ON THE SOUTHEAST END-CONNECTING LINK. UNDERWING
STORES/MUNITIONS ARE UPLOADED ON AT LEAST FOUR OF THE FROGFOOT
A. EIGHT FROGFOOT A WERE LAST HERE IN 25X1
ADDITION, TWO FISHBED (NOT ON GRAPHIC) ARE TAXIING TOWARD THEIR
PARKING AREA FROM THE RUNWAY.
(SWN) BAGRAM AIRFIELD IS A MAJOR FIGHTER BASE AND SOVIET
AIRBORNE BIVOUAC IN EAST-CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
COMMENTS, AND OIIERTES RFGARDTN(; THIS RRTFFTNG BOARD MAY BE
DIRECTED
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