MAJOR TRAINING DEPLOYMENT IN THE WESTERN MILITARY COMMAND INDIA(SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 14, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/IEG(12/82)
14 DECEMBER 1982
MAJOR TRAINING DEPLOYMENT IN THE WESTERN MILITARY COMMAND
INDIA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE 2ND CORPS UNITS
AT AMBALA ARMY BARRACKS DEPARTED GARRISON 25X1
TO PARTICIPATE IN 25X1
PROBABLE CORPS-LEVEL TRAINING EXERCISES IN THE THAR DESERT.
2. (SECRET REMARKS: MAJOR UNITS INVOLVED IN 25X1
THE DEPLOYMENT INCLUDED ELEMENTS OF THE T-54/55 MEDIUM
TANK-EQUIPPED 1ST ARMORED DIVISION AND 14TH INDEPENDENT
ARMORED BRIGADE, AND THE SA-6 SURFACE-TO-AIR
MISSILE-EQUIPPED AIR DEFENSE GROUP (SELF-PROPELLED). THE
UNITS WERE PROBABLY SHIPPED BY RAIL THROUGH SURATGARH TO
TRAINING AREAS NEAR POKARAN IN THE THAR DESERT
(GRAPHIC 1). INITIAL INDICATIONS OF THE DEPLOYMENT WERE
OBSERVED WHEN ELEMENTS OF AN 25X1
ARMORED REGIMENT WERE IDENTIFIED ON FLAT CARS AT THE RAIL
SPUR SERVING AMBALA ARMY BARRACKS. ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL
SIGNIFICANT DEPLOYMENT ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED UNTIL
3 DECEMBER, ELEMMS OF AN ARMORED REGIMENT, POSSIBLY THE
AME UNIT SEEN REMAINED IN THE RAIL YARD ON 25X1
OTHER UNITS BEGAN FORMING INTO CONVOYS 25X1
CONVOYS WERE OBSERVED IN 25X1
MOST UNIT AREAS AND SOME UNITS HAD DEPARTED THEIR VEHICLE
PARKS. MAJOR ELEMENTS OF AN ARMORED REGIMENT WERE ALSO
BEING LOADED ONTO TRAINS AT THE RAIL SPUR 25X1
THREE TRAINS, ONE LOADED WITH 24 TANKS, ONE WAITI TO LOAD
ADDITIONAL TANKS PARKED NEARBY, AND ONE LOADED WITH
SUPPLIES. WERE AT THE RAIL-SPUR (GRAPHIC 2). BY
MOST OF THE 2ND CORPS UNITS HAD VACATED THE 25X1
(SWN) ELEMENTS OF AN ARMORED REGIMENT (26 T-54/55 TANKS AND
ONE ARMORED RECOVERY VEHICLE), PROBABLY PART OF THIS
DEPLOYMENT WERE OBSERVED IN-TRANSIT AT SURATGARH RR STA YD
A SHOP (GRAPHIC 3). THE 25X1
TANKS WERE BEING TRANSLOADED FROM A TRAIN ON THE STANDARD
GAUGE TRACK, WHICH RUNS SOUTHWEST FROM AMBALA TO SURATGARH,
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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TO A TRAIN ON THE METER GAUGE TRACK, WHICH CONTINUES
SOUTHWEST TO THE TRAINING AREAS NEAR POKARAN.
(SWN) THE SIZE OF THE UNITS INVOLVED AND THE SPEED WITH
WHICH THEY VACATED GARRISON MADE THIS A HIGHLY UNUSUAL
DEPLOYMENT. EXERCISES OF DIVISION, MUCH LESS CORPS SIZE
ARE NOT COMMON IN INDIA DUE TO THE EXPENSE INVOLVED AND THE
DISRUPTION TO THE TRANSPORTION SYSTEM. IN ADDITION,
PREPARATIONS FOR TRAINING DEPLOYMENTS ARE NORMALLY OBSERVED
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS PRTOR TO THE UNIT " EPARTURE FROM
GARRISON.
3. (S)
(GRAPHIC 2)
COORDINATES 30-21-13N 076-50-OOE
COORDINATES 29-19-20N 073-54-30E
(GRAPHIC 3)
4. (S/NF/WNINTEL) DIA GROUND ORDER OF BATTLE - INDIA (U),
DDB-1100-IN-82, MAR 82,(S
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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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