IRANIAN OFFENSIVE PREPARATIONS AND IRAQI DEFENSIVE MEASURES AL BASRAH/KHORRAMSHARR AREA

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• Publication Date: July 14, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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IRANIAN OFFENSIVE PREPARATIONS AND IRAQI DEFENSIVE MEASURES
AL A RAH/KHORRAM H HR AREA
(S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: PREPARATIONS FOR AN IRANIAN OFFENSIVE
OPERATION AND IRAQI DEFENSIVE MEASURES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN
THE AL BASRAH/KHORRAMSHAHR AREA FIGURE 1 OF 4).
(S/D) REMARKS: IRANIAN FORCES IN THE AL BASRAH/KHORRAMSHAHR
AREA, WITH LEAD ELEMENTS DEPLOYED ALONG THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER
NORTH AND EAST AL BASRAH WERE PREPARING FOR AN OFFENSIVE
OPERATION INTO IRAQ. THE IRANIAN FORCES IN THIS AREA HAVE
BEEN AUGMENTED BY ELEMENTS OF TWO ADDITIONAL FIELD ARTILLERY
(FA) BATTALIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 11 JULY. ADDITIONALLY, SUPPLY
AND TRANSPORT UNITS IN THIS AREA WERE REPOSITIONED TO AREAS
CLOSER TO THE FORWARD-EDGE-OF-THE-BATTLE-AREA (FEBA).
IRANIAN FORCES DEPLOYED IN THIS AREA INCLUDED MAJOR ELEMENTS
OF TWO ARMOR BRIGADES, A LARGE INFANTRY FORCE, SIX M-109A1
SELF-PROPELLED GUN (SPG) BATTALIONS, THREE M-107 SPG
BATTERIES, NINE FA BATTALIONS, TWO PROBABLE MULTIPLE-ROCKET-
LAUNCHER (MRL) BATTERIES AND AT LEAST FOUR SUPPLY AND
TRANSPORT UNITS.
(S/D) IRANIAN FORCES WHICH REMAINED DEPLOYED NORTH OF AL
BASRAH ALONG THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER, INCLUDED MAJOR ELEMENTS OF
ONE ARMOR BRIGADE, A LARGE INFANTRY FORCE, AND TWO FA
BATTERIES.
(S/D) IRAQI DEFENSIVE MEASURES ALONG THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER
INCLUDED ANTITANK DITCHES, FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS, AND
BERM CONSTRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION ON THREE ANTITANK DITCHES
(FIGURE 2 OF ~ - PART OF ANTITANK DITCH ON GRAPHIC) EXTENDING
FROM A POINT 26 NM NORTH TO A POINT 1~4 NM NORTHEAST OF AL
BASRAH ALONG THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER, WAS CONTINUING. THE
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS APPROXIMATELY 1~4 NM EAST-
NORTHEAST OF AL BASRAH (FIGURE 3 OF ~) BY THE DIVERSION OF
WATER FROM THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DEFENSIVE WATER BARRIER ON
THE EAST BANK OF THE SHATT AL ARAB HAS EFFECTIVELY INUNDATED
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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A 6 NM LENGTH OF THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER. CONSTRUCTION OF THE
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DEFENSIVE EARTHEN BERM, FROM A POINT 24
NM NORTH TO A POINT 13 NM NORTHEAST OF AL BASRAH WAS
CONTINUING (FIGURE 4 OF 4). IRAQI STRONGPOINTS CONSISTING OF
THREE TRIANGULAR SHAPED DEFENSIVE POSITIONS WERE ALONG THIS
BERM. A SECOND DEFENSIVE EARTHEN BERM, IS 13 NM SOUTHEAST OF
AL BASRAH. A THIRD DEFENSIVE EARTHEN BERM, 6 NM NORTHEAST OF
AL BASRAH, WAS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.
(S/D) IRAQI FORCES, WHOSE LEAD ELEMENTS WERE DEPLOYED IN
FRONT-LINE POSITIONS ALONG THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER NORTH AND
POINT EAST OF AL BASRAH, INCLUDED MAJOR ELEMENTS OF SEVEN
BRIGADE-SIZE ARMOR FORCES, THREE FA BATTALIONS, ONE SPG
BATTALION, ONE MRL BATTERY, AND AT LEAST FOUR INFANTRY
UNITS. BETWEEN 12 AND 13 JULY, IRANIAN ARTILLERY SHELLED
THESE FORCES. IRAQI FORCES DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF THE FRONT-
LINE UNITS, INCLUDED MAJOR ELEMENTS OF TWO BRIGADE-SIZE ARMOR
FORCES, 12 FA BATTALIONS, AND FOUR PROBABLE MRL BATTERIES.
AN ADDITIONAL IRAQI FA BATTALION REMAINED DEPLOYED ON THE
WEST BANK OF THE SHATT AL ARAB, 15 NM SOUTHEAST OF AL
BASRAH. (PERSIAN GULF SECTION
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boardls) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
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and Methodslnvolved
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