DRUZBA-83 DOUPOV TRAINING AREA 401, CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 17, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE THAT THE WARSAW PACT EXERCISE
"DRUZBA-83", IS N PROGRESS IS OBSERVED AT THIS TRAINING AREA.
THE COMBINED ARMS EXERCISE PRESENTLY INCLUDES AT LEAST THREE
DEPLOYED ARMY-LEVEL COMMAND POSTS (CP) IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
ONE ANOTHER, SEVERAL DISPERSED SIGNAL ELEMENTS, ELEMENTS OF AT
LEAST ONE MOTORIZED RIFLE (MR) DIVISION (DIV), ONE ADDITIONAL
TANK REGIMENT (REGT), DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY (ARTY) ELEMENTS,
HIND HELICOPTERS, SUPPORT ELEMENTS AND BIVOUACS.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: ONE CP (PROBABLY SOVIET) CONSISTS OF ONE MAIN
AND ONE L RNATE COMBAT CONTROL CENTER, ONE COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER, AND DEPLOYED SIGNAL ELEMENTS (GRAPHIC 2). A SECOND CP
(PROBABLY NON-SOVIET) CONSISTS OF A STAFF OPERATIONS AREA, A
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER (WITHIN A SCREENED ENCLOSURE) AND
DEPLOYED SIGNAL ELEMENTS INCLUDING ONE R-400/404 RADIO RELAY
STATION AND NUMEROUS ERECTED ANTENNAS (GRAPHIC 3). THE THIRD
CP, PROBABLY NON-SOVIET, (NOT ON GRAPHIC) CONSISTS OF A SMALL
STAFF OPERATIONS AREA, A SMALL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER (WITHIN A
SCREENED ENCLOSURE), AND DEPLOYED SIGNAL ELEMENTS. SEVERAL OF
THE VAN TRUCKS ARE NET-COVERED. FOUR HIND HELICOPTERS ARE
OVER-FLYING THE CP AREA (GRAPHIC 4).
(SWN) NUMEROUS SIGNAL ELEMENTS (NOT ON GRAPHIC) DISPERSED
THROUGHOUT THE TRAINING AREA INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE TWIN EAR.
TROPOSCATTER RELAY STATION WITH TWO R-409 CATS PAW RADIO RELAY
VAN TRUCKS WITH ERECTED ANTENNAS, ONE R.-400/404 RADIO RELAY
STATION, AND SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHER RADIO VAN TRUCKS. MANY OF
THE VAN TRUCKS ARE DEPLOYED ALONG TREE LINES OR ARE IN CONVOYS.
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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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(SWN) DIVISIONAL UNITS INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF AT LEAST TWO
MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENTS (MRR), ELEMENTS OF TWO PROBABLE TANK
REGT (ONE IN CONVOY NEAR THE TACTICAL POL POINT (GRAPHIC 5),
ONE DIVISIONAL ARTY REGT (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC 6), COMBAT
ENGINEER. ELEMENTS, ELEMENTS OF ONE MOTOR TRANSPORT BATTALION
(BN), AND SUPPORT ELEMENTS (NOT ON GRAPHIC). AT LEAST THREE
DIVISIONAL COMBAT MANEUVER UNITS, INCLUDING ONE MRR AND TWO
PROBABLE TANK REGT, ARE IN CONVOY IN THE VICINITY OF ONE OF THE
CP (NOT ON GRAPHIC). ONE MRR HAS BEEN FIELD DEPLOYED ON LINE
SOUTHWEST OF THE CP AREAS (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
(SWN) DIVISIONAL MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER (MRL) BN ELEMENTS
(NOT ON GRAPHIC) INCLUDE AT LEAST TWO FIELD DEPLOYED BATTERIES
(BTRY) OF RM-70 MRL. AT LEAST ONE BTRY OF 152MM GUN HOWITZER
(WHEELED)-M-1978 IS FIELD DEPLOYED ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE
DIVISIONAL ARTY REGT AREA, AND ONE PROBABLE BRIGADE-SIZE
ENGINEER UNIT IS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE CP (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
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