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NEWLY IDENTIFIED MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISON SOVETSKIY, USSR (SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350012-3
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 8, 2011
Sequence Number: 
12
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
September 7, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350012-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350012-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350012-3 ROUTING TO: AME AND ADDRESS DATE I NITIALS 1 b C S 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E 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-15855/82 NPIC/IEG (9/82) COPY Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350012-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350012-3 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or 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 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350012-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350012-3 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachment to Z-15855/82 Copy NEWLY IDENTIFIED MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION SOVETSKIY, USSR 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEWLY FORMED MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION (MRD) WAS IDENTIFIED AT SOVETSKIY ARMY BARRACKS, ODESSA MILITARY DISTRICT (MD), THIS IS THE FOURTH NEWLY FORMED MRD TO BE IDENTIFIED IN THE WESTERN SOVIET UNION 25X1 2. (SWN) REMARKS:( (THREE MOTORIZED RIFLE 25X1 REGIMENTS WITHOUT THEIR ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, EACH CONTAINING A TANK BATTALION (T-55 EQUIPPED) AND EACH WITH ITS OWN ARTILLERY BATTALION (100MM AT GUN EQUIPPED); A TANK REGIMENT EQUIPPED WITH T-55 'TANKS AND AUGMENTED WITH AN ARTILLERY BATTALION (AT GUN EQUIPPED); AN ARTILLERY REGIMENT (MINUS ONE BATTALION) EQUIPPED WITH A MIX OF HOWITZERS/AT GUNS, AND ONE BATTALION OF BM-24 MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS; A CHEMICAL DEFENSE BATTALION; AND AN ENGINEER BATTALION WERE PRESENT. (SWN) THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED MRD WAS NOT PRESENT ON THE PREVIOUS INTERPRETABLE COVERAGE 25X1 HAVE COME FROM SIMFEROPO L ARMY BKS ANGARA AL 6 25X1 W14 I i HOUSED A MOBILIZATION MRD THRO UGH AT 25X1 MAJOR ELEMENT ILIZ ATION MRD 25X1 PROBABLY HAD DEPARTED SI MFEROPOL THE SIMILARITY 2 5X1 OF THE EQUIPMENT SEEN AT SOVETSKIY ARMY BARRACKS AND PREVIOUSLY AT SIMFEROPOL AL 6 SUGGESTS THAT THE UNITS MAY BE THE SAME. 3. (SWN) 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 SFC_RFT NPIC/IEG 7 SEPTEMBER 82 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200350012-3

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