SPECIALIZED MOUNTAIN TRAINING FACILITY JABAL OS SARAJ ARMY CAMP SOVIET, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: August 31, 1982
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SPECIALIZ
ED MOUNTAIN TRA
INING FACILITY
JABAL OS S R
A ARMY CAMP SO
VIET, AFGHANISTA
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1. (SWN
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SIGNIFICANCE
: A SPECIALIZE
D MOUNTAIN TRAIN
ING
FACI
LI
TY WAS IDENTI
FIED WITH THE S
OVIET MOTORIZED
RIFL
E
RFGI
ME
NTA
JABAL O
S SARAJ ARMY CA
MP SOVIET
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~
5X1
2. (SWN
)
REMARKS: TH
E TRAINING FACI
LITY CONSISTS OF
A L
OG
OBSTACLE COURSE, THREE MOUNTAIN TRAINING TRAPEZES, MOUNTAIN
TRAINING UNIT BARS, AND A MOUNTAIN TRAINING PERSONNEL
TUNNEL. THE PRESENCE OF THIS TRAINING FACILITY APPEARS TO
FURTHER UNDERSCORE THE SOVIET PRACTICE OF USING SPECIALIZED
UNITS TO PERFORM SPECIAL TASKS IN AFGHANISTAN. THE
TRAINING FACILITY WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN JULY 1980 AND
FEBRUARY 1981.
(U) JABAL OS SARAJ IS 36 NM NORTH OF KABUL NEAR THE
MOUNTAINOUS SALANG PASS AND PANJSER VALLEY.
3. (S) COORDINATES 35-06-18N 069-10-41E
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