FIRST DEPLOYMENT OF BIG FRED RADAR WITH ARTILLERY IN THE SOVIET UNION

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CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0

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June 22, 2011

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January 1, 1978

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/22 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0 Top Secret Summary Report NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC iNTF,RPRETATION CENTER FIRST DEPLOYMENT OF BIG FRED RADAR WITH ARTILLERY IN THE SOVIET UNION (S) Top Secret 25X1 25X1 Copy Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/22 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/22 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0 Warning Notice Sensitive Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEI_ 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 USIBONLY- USIB Departments Only ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ..- This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/22 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/22 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0 Top Secret RUFF FIRST DEPLOYMENT OF BIG FRED RADAR WITH ARTILLERY IN THE SOVIET UNION (S) (TSR) four battlefield radars M-1975 (BIG FRED) were observed at Ussuriysk Artillery Division Headquarters/Barracks North AL 2 USSR. This was the first identification of the Soviets' latest artillery- associated target acquisition radar deployed with artillery in the Soviet Union. A BIG FRED radar was collocated with a BMP (armored amphibious tracked vehicle) variant M-1975 (SMALL FRED) in each of the four artillery regiments in the artillery division. The artillery regiments were composed of either 130mm M-46 or 152mm D-20 field artillery pieces. (S/WNINTEL) Only one PORK TROUGH battlefield surveillance radar was seen in the artillery division and no SMALI, YAWN counter-mortar/counter-battery radars were observed. Two PORK TROUGH and two SMALL YAWN radars are usually observed in the target acquisition battalion of the artillery division.* The apparent replacement of these radars with four BIG FRED and four. SMALL FRED, deployed down to the artillery regi- ment level, represents an upgrading of the division's target acquisition capabilities. (S/WNINTEL) The BIG FRED was first observed in 1975 at Werder Army Barracks and Headquarters Artillery Brigade 261 and at Bernau Barracks/Head- 25X1 quarters Artillery Brigade 244 Both garrisons are 2525X1 and are composed of 130mm M-46 and 152mm D-20 field artillery 25X1 pieces. (S) Ussuriysk is in the Far East Military District, 30 nautical mile east of the USSR- China Border. Top Secret Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/22 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/22 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/22 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/22 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0 Top Secret Top Secret Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/22 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000100020005-0