M-1981/3 TANK PRODUCTION NIZHNIY TAGIL TANK/RR CAR MFG PLT 183, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100280007-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 9, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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9 JULY 1982
M-1981/3 TANK PRODUCTION
NIZHNIY TAGIL LT 183, iJS5R
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE,: FIRST CONFIRMATION OF D%[-1981/3 TANK
PRODUCTION AT NIZHNIY TAGIL TANK/RR CAR DEG PLT 183.
2. (S/IP) R~~[ARKS: TWO M-1981/3 TANKS WERE IN THE SHIPPING YARD
AT~1~ I~?_,HN IY TAGIL TANK /RR CAR MFCx PL'?' 18,3
THE M-1981/3 IS A T-72 VARIANT WITH A TURRET THAT IS
BROADER ON E I THFR SIDE OF THE GT1N MA~TTLF.T THAN THE STANDARD
T-72 OR OTHER T-72 VARIANTS. OTHER CILAItACTERISTICS OF THE
M-1981/3 TURRET INCLiJDE THE ALiSENCE OF THE RIGHT-SIDE RANGE
FINDER AND THE ADDITION OF C,RFNADJ: PROJECTORS TO EITHER SIDE OF
THE GUN MANTLET. THE M-1981/3" IS TF?E T-72 VARIANT SEEN IN THE
NOVEMBER 1981 MOSCOW PARADE. (INSET).
(S/D) THE TVA M-1981/3 TANKS WERE THE ONLY TWO OF THE 46 TANK5
IN THE SHIPPINGT YARD THAT WERE NOT CANVAS COVERED. IN
ADDITION, TEN CANVAS-COVERED TANKS WERE ON FLATCARS AWAITING
SHIPMENT. THE CANVAS-COVERED TANKS COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED BY
MODEL. ALTHOUGI~ TURRETS FOR.THE M-1981/3 WERE WITHIN THE PLANT
FROM SEPTF,MBER 1980 TO JUNE 1981, THIS IS THE FIRST
CONFIRMATION OF PRODUCTION OF THI5 TANK AT NIZHNIY TAGIL. IN
ADDITION TO THE M-1981./3, THIS PLANT IS BELIEVED TO STILL
PitnriiirF. ~ cTarmnuri ~r_~~ nnm THE M-1980/1 T-72 VARIANT.
3. (S)
COORDINATES 5?-.55-42N 060-05-39E
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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