FORCE REALIGNMENT IN SOVIET 5TH ARMY, FAR EAST MILITARY DISTRICT, USSR

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• Publication Date: July 2, 1979
• Content Type: REPORT

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IMAGERY INFORMATION REPORT
2 JULY 1979
(S/WNINTEL) The active BTR-60PB-equipped motorized rifle regiment and the
chemical defense battalion subordinate to the Smolyaninovo Division housed at Shkotovo
AL-1 had left garrison by and was probably redeployed to Chernyatino AL- 25X1
1/TA-1 by (Figure 2). This resulted in a forward positioning of these units to 25X1
within 10 nm of the Sino-Soviet border from a rear support area approximately 50 nm from
the border.
(S/WNINTEL) Between two BTR-40-equipped, second- 25X1
generation motorized rifle regiments and an engineer battalion housed at Smolyaninovo
Army Barracks AL-1/TA-3 began to redeploy 5 nm northwest to Shkotovo AL-1. Most of
the equipment for these units had been transferred by This relocation consoli- 25X1
dated all elements of the second-generation motorized rifle division at Shkotovo AL-1.
(S/WNINTEL) The forward deployment of the motorized rifle regiment of the active
Smolyaninovo Division placed a frontline unit in the Tung-Ning-Pokrovka Gap, one of the
two major avenues of advance into the Ussuriysk/Vladivostok area. The consolidation of
the Sergeyevka Division improved the defenses of the second approach route through the
Sui-Fen-Ho-Pogranichnyy area and simplified the command and control for the division
redeployed to Lipovtsy Army Barracks Southwest AL-1.
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FORCE REALIGNMENT IN SOVIET 5TH ARMY,
FAR EAST MILITARY DISTRICT, USSR (S)
(S/WNINTEL) During the period a force realignment was 25X1
observed within the Soviet 5th Army in the Far East Military District, USSR. This re-
alignment (Figure 1) resulted in the following: the forward deployment of a major combat
maneuver unit of the Smolyaninovo Division to an installation 10 nautical miles (nm) from
the Sino-Soviet border; a consolidation of artillery, rocket, and chemical units with the
combat manuever units of the Sergeyevka Division; and the consolidation of all elements
of a second-generation (mobilization) division at Shkotovo Army Barracks AL-1.
(S/WNINTEL) The artillery regiment and the multiple-rocket launcher battalion sub-
ordinate to the Sergeyevka Division had been housed at Chernyatino Army Barracks AL-
1/TA-1. These units had left garrison by and were probably redeployed to 25X1
Barano-Orenburgskoye Army Barracks AL-1. This approximately 25-nm move consoli-
dated the artillery and rocket force units of the Sergeyevka Division with its combat
maneuver elements in the Barano-Orenburgskoye area. The chemical defense battalion
housed at Chernyatino AL-1/TA-1 had also left garrison by and was probably 25X1
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by placing all of the units of the division within a 20-nm area. The relocation of all
elements of the second-generation division at Shkotovo AL-1 should simplify the coordina-
tion of activity in any future activation of the division.
(S) The current order-of-battle for these three divisions, based on the the redeploy-
ment of units in the Soviet 5th Army area, is presented in tabular form below.
Sergeyevka Division (Motorized Rifle Division)
Unit
Tank Regt
Motorized Rifle Regt
Motorized Rifle Regt
Motorized Rifle Regt
SA-6 Regt
Artillery Regt
Multiple-Rocket Launcher Bn
FROG Bn
Chemical Defense Bn
Reconnaissance Bn
Location BE No
Lipovtsy Army Bks SW.AL-1
Barano-Orenburgskoye Army Bks AL-1
Barano-Orenburgskoye Army Bks AL-2
Sergeyevka Army Bks AL-1/SAM Spt 2
Sergeyevka Army Bks AL-1/SAM Spt 2
Barano-Orenburgskoye Army Bks AL-1
Barano-Orenburgskoye Army Bks AL-1
Unlocated
Lipovtsy Army Bks SW AL-1
Barano-Orenburgskoye Army Bks AL-1
Smolyaninovo Division (Motorized Rifle Division)
Tank Regt Smolyaninovo Army Bks AL-1/TA-3
Motorized Rifle Regt Smolyaninovo Army Bks AL-i/TA-3
Motorized Rifle Regt Chernyatino Army Bks AL-i/TA-1
Motorized Rifle Regt Ussuriysk Army Bks West AL-3
SA-6 Regt Ussuriysk Army Bks West AL-3
Artillery Regt Smolyaninovo Army Bks AL-1/TA-3
Multiple-Rocket Launcher Bn Smolyaninovo Army Bks AL-1/TA-3
FROG Bn Smolyaninovo Army Bks AL-i/TA-3
Chemical Defense Bn Chernyatino Army Bks AL-1/TA-1
Reconnaissance Bn Unlocated
Shkotovo Division (Second-Generation Motorized Rifle Division)
All elements Shkotovo Army Barracks AL-i
DMAAC. Series TPC, Sheet F-10A, 2nd ed, Oct 78, scale 1:500,000 (UNCLASSIFIED)
(S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcom
Warsaw Pact Forces Division, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPIC
Z-20010/79 SECRET
e. They may be directed to
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