WEAPONS USED BY BULGARIAN ARMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500810046-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 46
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
d. Light machine gun: Degtyarev model. Caliber 7.62 min.
DATE DISTR./ Mar 1954
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1. The following small arms are now in use by the Bulgarian Army:
a.- ' Infantry rifle: Soviet "Vintovka" rifle. Caliber 7.62 usu.
1946-1947,
b. Pistol: Soviet type TT, Caliber 7.62 >?.m.
e. Submachine gun: Soviet "^pagen" type. C-iliber 7.62 mm.
a. AT rifle: Degtyarev model. Caliber 14.5, Production of 1942 and 1946.
b. AT Cannon: Soviet type. C:.libcr 455 Production of 1945 and 1947.
c. Light mortar: soviet type. Caliber 82 mm.
d. Heavy mortar: :'oviet type. C,;liber 120 mm. .:eight of ::hell. 16.8 kilograms,
3. Light infantry tanks of a recent ;soviet type are nov: being U.-Lli. These are
armed with two light machine run-; each and a gun of 45 mm col. ber, or :.:ometimet;
larger.
e. Heavy machine gun: "Maxim :,0kolov" model. Caliber 7.62 acs.
2. The following heavy weapons are now being used in the Bulgarian
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Bulgaria
Weapons Used by Bulgarian Army
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