NEWLY IDENTIFIED GROUND FORCES UNITS IN THE URAL MILITARY DISTRICT, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2009
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• Publication Date: July 1, 1981
• Content Type: REPORT

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medium tanks in the same regiment has been observed at Chirchik Army Barracks AL-6/Tank
School Rybalko in the Turkestan MD, Omsk Army Barracks and School AL-6
was previously reported as subordinate to the 78th
this regiment at
Kazanskiy is now believed to be associated with the Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command School (I/N
of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Great October),2 which sup orts officer training and is headquartered
at Chelyabinsk Army Barracks Stadium AL-4 Figure 3).
2. (S/D) The presence of the tank regiment at Chebarkul indicated that all the maneuver
units of this training MRD are housed at Chebarkul AL-1. The army/corps-level engineer regi-
ment at Chebarkul was previously reported as the divisional engineer battalion. The divisional
engineer battalion, however, may be collocated with this engineer regiment. Additional units
observed at Chebarkul AL-1 included a second-generation MRD; an army/corps-level artillery
brigade, and an SA-2 regiment which is probably associated with elements of an antiaircraft
artillery division housed at Chelyabinsk Army Barracks AL-2 since 1973.
3. (S/D) Kazanskiy AL-1 is probably the training area for the Chelyabinsk Higher Tank
School at Chelyabinsk Army Barracks Stadium AL-4. The tank regiment at Kazanskiy AL-1
consists of an intermixture of T-55, T-62, and T-64/-72 medium tanks (Figure 4). The mixture of
Figures 1 and 2), USSR. The tank regiment housed at Kazanskiy Army
MRD in the Ural Military District (MD).
Barracks AL-1I
Barracks/Training Area AL-1
NEWLY IDENTIFIED GROUND FORCES UNITS IN THE URAL
MILITARY DISTRICT, USSR (S)
1. (S/D) The T-55 tank regiment of the 78th Motorized Rifle Division (MRD)' and an army/
corps-level engineer regiment were identified during 1980 at Chebarkul Headquarters MRD/Army
in the Siberian MD, and Ulyanovsk Army/SAM Training Area North TA-1 (BE
he Volga MD in conjunction with tank officer training schools. As an example,
Ulyanovsk TA-1 supports the Ulyanovsk Tank Officer's Candidate School 7
miles away in the city. of Ulyanovsk.
4. (S/D) Kazanskiy AL-1 also houses an engineer unit, a signal unit, and a probable nondi-
visional maintenance unit. Kazanskiy AL-1 has a covered vehicle storage capacity for 64 vehicles
and a very small barracks/administration area (Figure 5). Reservists and officers brought in for
training must be housed in tents or at separate locations, indicating that Kazanskiy AL-1 is
associated with the school in Chelyabinsk.
5. (S/D) Kazanskiy AL-1 is approximately 24 nautical miles (nm) southwest of Chelyabinsk
AL-2 and approximately 13 nm east of Chebarkul AL-1. The training areas for both installations
are adjacent to one another and appear to be part of a MD-level, combined-arms training facility.
IMAGERY ANALYST'S COMMENTS
6. (S/D) Based on photographic evidence, a primary mission of the interior MDs is training.
Numerous training schools are in the Ural and Volga MDs, but the school at Chelyabinsk AL-4,
in conjunction with the training at Kazanskiy AL-1, is the first tank officer's candidate school and
training area identified in the Ural MD.
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I. DIB-ll00-UR-81, Ground Order of Battle: USSR (U), Jan 81 (SECREt
2. DIA. DDB-2680-52-72, Soviet Military Schools, p E64, 1978 (UNCLASSIFIED)
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(S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. They may be directed to
Warsaw Pact Forces Division, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPIC,
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PAKISTAN those recognized by the U.S. Government
NPIC T-1948
FIGURE 1. LOCATIONS OF NEWLY IDENTIFIED GROUND FORCES UNITS IN URAL MILITARY DISTRICT, USSR
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