DIVISON-LEVEL TANK TRAINING SAN PEDRO MILITARY TRAINING AREA, CUBA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500012-6
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: January 7, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIVISION-LEVEL TANK TRAINING
SAN PEDRO MILITARY TRAINING AREA, CUBA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE EXTENSIVE CUBAN TANK TRAINING EXERCISE
IN PROGRESS AT SAN PEDRO MILITARY TRAINING AREA
CONTINUES.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: DIVISIONAL UNITS PRESENT ON PARTIAL COVERAGE OF
THE TRAINING AREA INCLUDE MAJOR ELEMENTS OF AT LEAST THREE TANK
REGIMENTS PARKED IN ONE REGIMENTAL AND SIX BATTALION BIVOUACS,
ELEMENTS OF A PROBABLE MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT, ONE
BMP-EQUIPPED MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, TWO BTR-60-EQUIPPED
MECHANIZED INFANTRY COMPANIES, ONE BM-21 MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHER BATTALION, ELEMENTS OF A 122MM HOWIZTER BATTALION,
ELEMENTS OF ONE FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, ONE 130MM FIELD GUN
M-46 BATTALION, ONE MORTAR BATTERY, AND ONE ZSU-23/4
SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTERY (ONLY THE
BMP-EQUIPPED MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION AND ONE TANK
REGIMENT ARE SHOWN). ELEMENTS PRESENT
ELEMENTS OF ONE FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, ONE HOWITZER
BATTERY, AND THE BTR-60-EQUIPPED MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION
PROBABLY SUBORDINATE TO THE MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT.
(SWN) THE UNITS COMPRISING THIS DIVISION-SIZE TANK TRAINING
EXERCISE PROBABLY CAME FROM THE TANK DIVISION HOUSED AT MANAGUA
BARRACKS AND SCHOOL AREA
Attachment to Z-10029/83
NPIC/PEG (1/83)
INCLUDE ONE POSSIBLE TANK TRAINING BATTALION,
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(SWN) SAN PEDRO IS 36 NM SOUTHWEST OF MANAGUA ON THE NORTHERN
COAST OF THE GULF OF BATABANO.
COORDINATES 22-38-40N 082-53-05W
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
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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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