MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT KUSHKA ARMY BARRACKS AL-1/HQ MRD, USSR
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November 17, 1983
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MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT
KUSHKA ARMY BARRACKS AL-1/HQ MRD, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VEHICLE PARKING BUILDINGS INDICATE THAT TWO
MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENTS WILL BE HOUSED HERE. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: ELEMENTS OF AN ADDITIONAL MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT
(MPR) HAVE ARRIVED AT THIS FACILITY SINCE ONE 25X1
TANK BATTALION (BN), ELEMENTS OF ONE MR EN, ELEMENTS OF ONE
RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY, ONE ANTITANK GUN BN, ELEMENTS OF ONE
ENGINEER COMPANY, ONE ANTIAIRCRAFT MISSILE AND ARTILLERY
BATTERY, AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT APE PARKED IN NEW PARKING AREAS
NEAR THE BARRACKS. EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEWLY ARRIVED UNITS
INCLUDES 37 T-62 TANKS, AT LEAST SEVEN BTR-60PB ARMORED
PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC), SEVEN BM P AFC, FIFTEEN 85/100MM
ANTITANK GUNS, EIGHT ZU-23 ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, AND 15 BRDM-2
ARMORED SCOUT CARS (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC). THE TYPES AND
QUANTITIES OF EQUIPMENT PRESENT SUGGEST THIS MRR RELOCATED FROM
TAKHTA BAZAR ARMY BARRACKS IV AL-1 (SWN) 25X1
THE MRR. NORMALLY HOUSED AT KUSHKA ARMY BARRACKS AL-i IS STILL
PRESENT. ALL SUBUNIT VEHICLE PARKS APPEAR TO BE OCCUPIED.
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VEHICLE PARKING BUILDINGS NEAR THE NEWLY
ARRIVED EQUIPMENT INDICATES THAT THIS NEW MRR. WILL ALSO BE
HOUSED HERE. (SWN)
Attachment to Z-15727/83
NPIC/PEG (11/83)
KUSHKA ARMY BARRACKS AL-1 IS 5 NM NORTHEAST OF THE
USSR-AFGHANISTAN BORDER IN THE TURKESTAN MILITARY DISTRICT.
BOTH KUSHKA AND TAKHTA BAZAR HOUSE ELEMENTS OF THE 88TH GUARDS
MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION. (SWN)
25X1
25X1
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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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