DEPLOYMENT OF PROBABLE NEW AIR DEFENSE GUN BALTIYSK NAVAL INFANTRY INSTALLATION, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: September 7, 1983
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to Z-14195/83
NPIC/IEG (9/83)
7 SEPTEMBER 1983
DEPLOYMENT OF PROBABLE NEW AIR DEFENSE GUN
BALTIYSK NAVAL INFANTRY INSTALLATION, USSR ,SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE ZSU-I (NPIC INTERIM DESIGNATOR)
SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT ,SPAA) GUN, WHICH HAS BEEN
UNDERGOING TESTS AT TIIE DONGUZ WEAPONS AND ELECTRONIC PROVING
GROUND SINCE AT LEAST 1978, MAY NOW BE 25X1
DEPLOYED AT BALTIYSK NAVAL INFANTRY INSTALLATION. (SINN)
2. REMARKS: , FOUR PROBABLE ZSU-I (ONE PLATOON), TWO 25X1
PLATOONS OF ZSU-23 4, TWO PLATOONS OF SA-13 LOW-ALTITUDE SAM,
AND ONE PLATOON OF FOUR ZSU-23/4 CHASSIS WITHOUT TURRETS WERE
IN THE SPAA MISSILE AND ARTILLERY BATTERY PARKING AREA OF THE
INSTALLATION. THE E UIPMENT WAS ALSO PRESENT BUT 25X1
HAD BEEN MOVED POSSIBLY INTO THE VEHICLE SHEDS."DX1
(SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE ZSU-I MAY BE A FOLLOW-ON TO THE
ZSU-23/4 SPAA GUN SYSTEM. IMAGERY INDICATED THAT 'IT HAS THE
ZSU-23/4 CHASSIS WITH A SLIGHTLY LARGER TURRET HAVING TWO
CLOSELY COUPLED GUN BARRELS, A RADAR SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO
THE GUN DISH (ZSU-23/4 RADAR), AND A RAISED PROJECTION TO THE
RIGHT OF THE RADAR THAT IS NOT PRESENT ON THE ZSU-23/4. THE
REASON THAT FOUR OF THESE ZSU-23/4 HAVE HAD THEIR TURRETS
REMOVED IS UNCLEAR; RETROFIT OF EXISTING ZSU CHASSIS AT THE
FACILITY IS ONE POSSIBILITY. (SWN)
THE PRESENCE OF THE THIRD PLATOON OF SPAA GUNS AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF A FOURTH IS PART OF THE ONGOING
REORGANIZATION/AUGMENTATI N OF THE NAVAL BRIGADE IN
THE BALTIC FLEET. (SWN)
3. (COORDINATES 54-40-58N 019-55-42E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: BIIR RCA-11-003-83, DONGUZ WEAPONS TEST
CENTER ',S), AUGUST 1983 (SWN/F1 THE EXTRACTED MATERIAL IS 25X1
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