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BMD AIRBORNE ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER VARIANTS KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82T00709R000100100001-5
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RIPPUB
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S
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4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
June 24, 2010
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
March 24, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP82T00709R000100100001-5 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-15188/82 NPIC/IEG (3/82) Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) 44 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP82T00709R000100100001-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP82T00709R000100100001-5 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to ... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP82T00709R000100100001-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100100001-5 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page of 1 Copy Attachment to Z-15188/82 NPIC/IEG (3/82) 25 MARCH 1982 BMD AIRBORNE ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER VARIANTS KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN 2. AIRFIELD AND BAGRAM AIRFIELD (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: BMD M-1981/2 AIRBORNE ARMORED PERSONNEL. CARRIERS (APC) HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH SOVIET AIRBORNE FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN AT KABUL INTERNATIONAL ARTILLERY REGIMENTAL PARKING AREA IN THREE GROUPS OF SIX. IN ADDITION, TWO OF THE GROUPS EACH CONTAINED TWO BMD M-1979 PROBABLE COMMAND VARIANTS AND THE THIRD GROUP CONTAINED FIVE BMD M-1979 PROBABLE COMMAND VARIANTS. THE EQUIPMENT WAS SURROUNDED BY A SMALL BERM AND A VISUAL SCREEN (NOT ANNOTATED ON GRAPHIC). THIS EQUIPMENT BEGAN ARRIVING IN EARLY DECEMBER 1981 WHEN IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE PART OF A POSSIBLE SPECIAL- PURPOSE FORCES UNIT. SIX BMD M-1981/2 AND ONE BMD M-1979 PROBABLE COMMAND VARIANT WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED AT BAGRAM AIRFIELD (NOT ON GRAPHIC) THE VEHICLES. 25X1 IMAGERY. THE BMD M-1981/2 WERE PARKED IN THE AIRBORNE (S/D) REMARKS: EIGHTEEN BMD M-1981/2 AIRBORNE APC WERE NEWLY IDENTIFIED AT KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD 25X1 rt1r,6t,N'1' 6JNU1 EARLY JANUARY, WERE ALSO SURROUNDED BY A VISUAL SCREEN. THE ONLY OTHER UNIT KNOWN TO HAVE THE BMD M-1981/2 APC IS THE AIR ASSAULT BRT VLADIMAR VOLYNSKIY HQ 25X1 GMRD/AB AL 1/TA 1 IN THE SOVIET CARPATHIAN MILITARY DISTRICT. (S/D) ANALYST'S COMMENTS: THE NUMBER AND GROUPINGS OF BMD M-1981/2 IN THE AIRBORNE ARTILLERY REGIMENTAL EQUIPMENT PARK AT KABUL: INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD SUGGEST THAT THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE AN ARTILLERY ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN. IT IS MORE LIKELY, HOWEVER, THAT THE BMD M-1981/2 IS IN AFGHANISTAN FOR TESTING AND EVALUATION AS AN ADVANCED AIRBORNE APC. 3. (S) COORDINATES 34-34-OON 069-12-50E 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. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000100100001-5 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP82T00709R000100100001-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP82T00709R000100100001-5

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