IRANIAN OFFENSIVE AL BASRAH AREA, IRAQ

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 13, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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IRANIAN OFFENSIVE
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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: INITIAL COMBAT STAGES OF THE IRANIAN
OFFENSIVE INTO IRAQ IN THE AL BASRAH AREA ARE PROBABLY IN
PROGRESS.
2. '(S/D) REMARKS : THE IRANIANS HAVE CONDUCTED AN ARTILLERY
BOMBARDMEN OF IRAQI FRONTLINE POSITIONS IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR
OF THE FRONT THE BOMBARDMENT COVERS A 25X1
PORTION OF THE IRAQI LINE FROM APPROXIMATELY 30-45N 048-02E TO
30-56N 048-02E AND INCLUDES THE GAP IN TIRE ANTITANK DITCH AND
THE WEAK POINT IN THE IRAQI LINE. NEW ARTILLERY IMPACT CRATERS
INDICATE THAT AT LEAST ONE IRAQI ARTILLERY POSITION AND ONE
RESERVE TANK BATTALION HAVE BEEN SHELLED. NO IRANIAN GROUND
ASSAULTS APPEAR TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE
BATTLE AREA REMAINS UNCHANGED IRAQI 25X1
OUTPOSTS EAST OF THE IRAQI MAIN DEFENSE LINE ON THE NORTHERN
AND SOUTHERN ENDS OF THE FRONT REMAIN INTACT. ADDITIONAL
IRANIAN ASSAULT UNITS, INCLUDING ELEMENTS OF ONE ARMORED
BATTALION AND ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, HAVE MOVED
INTO FORWARD JUMP-OFF POSITIONS ON THE IRANIAN FRONT LINE NEAR
30-45N 048-04E 25X1
(S/D) MINOR MOVEMENTS ARE EVIDENT IN SOME IRAQI RESERVE TANK
UNITS, AND LIGHT IRAQI SHELLING OF IRANIAN FRONTLINE POSITIONS
IS EVIDENT. IN ADDITION, THE DEFENSIVE FLOODING IN THE
SOUTHERN SECTO
R OF THE FRONT IN THE
VICINITY O
F 30-31N 048-02E,
OBSERVED
HAS SPREA
D APPROXIMA
TELY 2 Ni`M
NORTHWARD BETWEEN THE FRO14T LILIES.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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ARMAMENT ON 189B
LENINGRAD SHIPYARD BALTI ORDZHONIKID 189, USSR
(S/V) SIGNIFICANCE: FIRST INDICATIONS THAT THE 189B PROBABLE
COMBATANT WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH AIR DEFENSE ARMAMENT.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: FOUR CIRCULAR HOLES AND TWO 25X1
SMALLER DECK OPENINGS ARE R THE STERN OF THE
189B. THE DIAMETER OF THE FOUR LARGER HOLES AND THEIR
PLACEMENT ON DIFFERENT DECK LEVELS OF THE 189B STERN SUGGESTS
THAT ADMG-630 AIR DEFENSE GATLING GUNS WILL BE FITTED. A
OPENING FOR A LARGE POSSIBLE AIRCRAFT 25X1
ELEVATOR IS ALSO VISIBLE ON THE SHIP'S STERN.
(S/D) THE 189B IS A LARGE PROBABLE COMBATANT WHICH HAS BEEN
BUILDING SINCE JUNE.1981 ON THE SAME WAYS WHERE THE TWO
KIROV-CLASS NUCLEAR-POWERED GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS WERE
CONSTRUCTED. 189B CONSTRUCTION HAS PROCEEDED AT A VERY RAPID
PACE WITH AN INCOMPLETE LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 230 METERS AND
A BEAM OF APPROXIMATELY 30 METERS.
3. ~ COORDINATES 59-55-18N 030-15-39E
SOH,'IMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE
11Rh',CITED TO THE NPIC/PEG OPERATIONS OFFICER.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
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