IDENTIFICATION OF CADRE-LEVEL MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISON SARAPUL, URAL MILITARY DISTRICT, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 17, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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17 SEPTEMBER 1982
IDENTIFICATION OF CADRE-LEVEL
MOTORIZED RIFLE DI S ON
SARAPUL, URAL MILITARY DISTRICT, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: NEWLY IDENTIFIED CADRE-LEVEL
MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION (MRD) IN THE URAL MILITARY
DISTRICT.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE NEW MRD OBSERVED AT SARAPUL
MAY BE THE E OND-GENERATION MRD WHICH DEPARTED CHEBARKUL
HQ MTZ R DIV/AB AL-1 BETWEEN JULY 1981 AND
JUNE 1982. SARAPUL IS APPROXIMATELY .240 NM WEST-NORTHWEST
OF CHEBARKUL.
(SWN) UNITS IDENTIFIED, AND SIMILAR TO THE ONES MISSING
FROM CHEBARKUL, INCLUDE THREE MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENTS
WITHOUT APC, ONE TANK REGIMENT, ONE ENGINEER BATTALION, ONE
ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY REGIMENT, ONE CHEMICAL DEFENSE
BATTALION, ONE FROG-3/5 BATTALION, AND ONE ARTILLERY
REGIMENT.
(SWN) SIX VEHICLE SHEDS WITH A CAPACITY FOR 240 VEHICLES
WERE EXTERNALLY COMPLETE. THREE ADDITIONAL VEHICLE SHEDS,
A POL STORAGE AREA, AND AN AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA WERE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IN ADDITION, 70 SQUAD-SIZED TENTS
WHICH ARE ABLE TO HOUSE 700 PERSONNEL WERE ON THE NORTHERN
EDGE OF THIS INSTALLATION. NO,EVIDENCE OF THIS
INSTALLATION WAS SEEN
3. (S) COORDINATES 56-28-26N 053-40-18E
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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