BMD AIRBORNE ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER VARIANTS KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: March 25, 1982
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BMD AIRBORNE ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER VARIANTS
KABUL INTERN AFGHANISTAN
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: BMD M-1981/2 AIRBORNE ARMORED PERSONNEL
CARRIERS APC HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH
SOVIET AIRBORNE FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN AT KABUL INTERNATIONAL
AIRFIELD AND BAGRAM AIRFIELD
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3. (S)
(S/D) REMARKS: EIGHTEEN BMD M-1981/2 AIRBORNE APC WERE
NEWLY IDENTIFIED AT KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD 25X1
IMAGERY. THE BMD M-1981/2 WERE PARKED IN THE AI
ARTILLERY REGIMENTAL PARKING AREA IN THREE GROUPS OF SIX. IN
ADDITION, TWO OF THE GROUPS EACH CONTAINED TWO BMD M-1979
PROBABLE COMMAND VARIANTS AND THE THIRD GROUP CONTAINED FIVE
BMD M-1979 PROBABLE COMMAND VARIANTS. THE EQUIPMENT WAS
SURROUNDED BY A SMALL BERM AND A VISUAL SCREEN (NOT ANNOTATED
ON GRAPHIC). THIS EQUIPMENT BEGAN ARRIVING IN EARLY DECEMBER
1981 WHEN IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE PART OF A POSSIBLE SPECIAL-
PURPOSE FORCES UNIT. SIX BMD M-1981/2 AND ONE BMD M-1979
PROBABLE COMMAND VARIANT WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED AT BAGRAM
AIRFIELD (NOT ON GRAPHIC) THE VEHICLES, 25X1
PRESENT SINCE EARLY JANUARY, WERE ALSO SURROUNDED BY A VISUAL
SCREEN. THE ONLY OTHER UNIT KNOWN TO HAVE THE BMD M-1981/2
APC IS THE AIR ASSAULT BRIGADE AT VLADIMAR VOLYNSKIY HQ
GMRD/AB AL 1/TA 1 IN THE SOVIET CARPATHIAN 25X1
AND EVALUATION AS AN ADVANCED AIRBORNE APC.
MILITARY DISTRICT.
(S/D) ANALYST'S COMMENTS: THE NUMBER AND GROUPINGS OF BMD
M-1981/2 IN THE AIRBORNE ARTILLERY REGIMENTAL EQUIPMENT PARK
AT KABUI: INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD SUGGEST THAT THE VEHICLE MAY
HAVE AN ARTILLERY ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN. IT IS MORE LIKELY,
HOWEVER, THAT THE BMD M-1981/2 IS IN AFGHANISTAN FOR TESTING
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