IRANIAN AND IRAQI TROOP DISPOSITION DEZFUL/SHUSH AREA, IRAN (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: March 25, 1982
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25 MARCH 1982
IRANIAN AND IRAQI TROOP DISPOSITION
DEZFUL/SHUSH AREA, IRAN
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A RECENT IRANIAN OFFENSIVE-IN THE
DEZFUL/SHUSH AREA HAS CAUSED THE IRAQI FORCES TO WITHDRAW AND
REDEPLOY TO NEW POSITIONS.
(S/D) REMARKS: IRANIAN FORCES IN THE DEZFUL/SHUSH AREA WERE
CONDUCTING MAJOR OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IN TWO AREAS WEST OF
THE KARKHEH RIVER, AN IRANIAN FORCE 25X1
CONSISTING OF NUMEROUS INFANTRY UNITS SUPPORTED BY MAJOR
ELEMENTS OF AN ARMOR BRIGADE (PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS A
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE) AND ARTILLERY HAD ADVANCED 6 NM
SOUTH AND 2 NM WEST FROM A POINT 21 NM WEST OF DEZFUL. THE
OPPOSING IRAQI FORCE CONSISTING OF AN ARMOR BRIGADE WAS
FORCED TO WITHDRAW AND REDEPLOY TO A POINT 31 NM WEST OF
DEZFUL. SIMULTANEOUSLY, A SECOND IRANIAN OFFENSIVE OPERATION
WAS LAUNCHED 10 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHUSH BY ANOTHER LARGE
INFANTRY FORCE SUPPORTED BY MAJOR ELEMENTS OF AN ARMOR
BRIGADE AND ARTILLERY. THIS FORCE HAD ADVANCED, ON TWO AXES,
TO POINTS 10 NM AND 12 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHUSH RESPECTIVELY.
OPPOSING IRAQI FORCES IN THIS AREA CONSISTING OF THREE
BRIGADE-SIZE ARMOR UNITS AND ELEMENTS OF AN ARMOR BRIGADE
WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW TO NEW DEFENSIVE POSITIONS BETWEEN 1
AND 4 NM NORTHWEST OF THEIR PREVIOUS POSITIONS. (GRAPHIC 1
OF 5).
(S/D) IRANIAN FORCES INVOLVED IN THE NORTHERN OFFENSIVE
OPERATION INCLUDED MAJOR ELEMENTS OF AN ARMOR BRIGADE, ONE
TANK COMPANY, ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY PLATOON, ONE ARMORED
RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY, TWO M-109A1 SELF-PROPELLED GUN (SPG)
BATTALIONS (GRAPHIC 2 OF 5), ONE M-107 SPG BATTERY, ONE FIELD
ARTILLERY (FA) BATTALION, TWO FA BATTERIES, A SUPPLY AND
TRANSPORT UNIT, AN ENGINEER UNIT, AND AT LEAST FOUR INFANTRY
UNITS.
(S/D) THE IRANIAN FORCES II! 'v ..)LVED IN THE SOUTHERN OFFENSIVE
OPERATION INCLUDED MAJOR ELEMENTS OF AN ARMOR BRIGADE, AN
AtMOiE1 RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY, TWO M-109A1 SPG BATTALIONS,
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TWO FA BATTALIONS, A HELICOPTER UNIT, A SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT
UNIT, A COMMAND POST, AND AT LEAST FOUR INFANTRY UNITS.
THREE FORWARD AREA RESUPPLY POINTS (HELIPADS) WERE IN THE
AREA APPROXIMATELY 19 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHUSH. THIRTEEN AH-
1/UH-1 HELICOPTERS (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC) WERE AT ONE OF THE
RESUPPLY POINTS (GRAPHIC 3 OF 5). ADDITIONALLY, ONE BRIDGE
REMAINED SPANNING A TRIBUTARY OF THE KARKHEH RIVER AT A POINT
11.3 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHUSH.
(S/D) IRANIAN FORCES, IN SUPPORT OF THE OFFENSIVE
OPERATIONS, EAST OF THE KARKHEH RIVER INCLUDED ONE TANK
COMPANY, ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY COMPANY, TWO M-109A1 SPG
BATTERIES, TWO M-107 SPG BATTERIES, ONE FA BATTALION, TWO FA
BATTERIES, A COMMAND POST, A SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNIT, TWO
HEAVY LIFT UNITS, AND AT LEAST ONE INFANTRY UNIT. TWO PONTON
BRIDGES HAD BEEN REDEPLOYED ACROSS THE KARKHEH RIVER 25X1
AT POINTS 7.5 NM NORTH AND 3 NM SOUTH OF SHUSH 25X1
Rnatr'TIVELY. SIX ADDITIONAL BRIDGES REMAINED SPANNING THE
KARKHEH RIVER FROM A POINT 18 NM NORTH OF SHUSH TO A POINT 16
NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SHUSH.
(S/D) THE OPPOSING IRAQI FORCES, 31 NM WEST OF DEZFUL,
CONSISTED OF ONE ARMOR BRIGADE AND ONE INFANTRY UNIT. LEAD
ELEMENTS OF THIS IRAQI FORCE WERE DEPLOYED NEAR THE VILLAGE
OF EMAMZADEH ABBAS.
(S/D) A SECOND IRAQI FORCE WHOSE LEAD ELEMENTS WERE
REDEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 19 NM NORTHWEST OF SHUSH, CONSISTED
OF ONE ARMOR BRIGADE, ONE FA BATTALION, AND AN INFANTRY
UNIT. THESE FORCES WERE REDEPLOYED ALONG A NORTHWEST-
SOUTHEAST AXIS, REINFORCING THE ARMOR BRIGADE DEPLOYED TO THE
NORTHWEST AND OPPOSING THE IRANIAN ADVANCE FROM THE NORTH.
(S/D) IRAQI FORCES DEPLOYED WEST OF SHUSH INCLUDED ELEMENTS
OF THREE BRIGADE-SIZE ARMOR FORCES, WHOSE LEAD ELEMENTS WERE
DEPLOYED IN AN ARC FROM A POINT 5.5 NM NORTHWEST OF SHUSH TO
A POINT 11.5 NM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SHUSH. THREE FA
BATTALIONS, ONE MULTIPLE-ROCKET LAUNCHER (MRL) BATTERY, ONE
SA-6 BATTALION, AN ENGINEER UNIT, AND AT LEAST ONE INFANTRY
UNIT WERE SUPPORTING THESE FORCES. THIS AREA HAD BEEN
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REINFORCED BY ELEMENTS OF ONE BRIGADE-SIZE ARMOR FORCE SINCE
THE IRAQI FORCES DEPLOYED IN THIS AREA WERE
BLOCKING FURTHER IRANIAN ADVANCES FROM BOTH THE NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN OFFENSIVES AND WERE RECEIVING INCOMING ARTILLERY
FIRE.
(S/D) IRAQI FORCES WITH LEAD ELEMENTS DEPLOYED 15 NM WEST-
SOUTHWEST OF SHUSH CONSISTED OF MAJOR ELEMENTS OF ONE ARMOR'
BRIGADE, ONE TANK BATTALION, ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY
BATTALION, TWO FA BATTALIONS, AN MRL BATTERY, TWO SA-6
BATTALIONS, ONE HEAVY LIFT UNIT, ONE COMMAND POST, A
HELICOPTER UNIT, AND TWO INFANTRY UNITS. ELEMENTS OF THIS
FORCE WERE ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER IRANIAN ADVANCES
FROM THE SOUTH. ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE ARMOR BRIGADE
WERE PARKED IN CONVOY FORMATION NEAR A HEAVY LIFT TRANSPORT
UNIT (GRAPHIC u AND 5 OF 5). THESE UNITS APPEAR TO BE
DEPARTING THE AREA. ELEMENTS OF ONE ARMOR BRIGADE AND MAJOR
ELEMENTS OF ONE ME ' ' Y BRIGADE APPEARED TO HAVE
DEPARTED THIS AREA ADDITIONAL ARTILLERY
SUPPORT FOR THESE FORCES, CONSISTING OF TWO FA BATTALIONS,
WAS DEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 25 NM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SHUSH.
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