BRITISH CHIEFTAIN TANK LENINGRAD TANK TESTING AREA, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 26, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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LENINGRAD TANK TESTING AREA, USSR
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Z-15795 NPIC/IEG (7/82)
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BRITISH CHIEFTAIN TANK
LENINGRAD TANK TESTING AREA, USSR
1.. (S/I)) SIGNIFICANCE : A BRITISH CHIEFTAIN TANK WAS OBSERVED AT
LIENINGRAI) TANK TESTING AREA.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: A BRITISH C[IIIEFTAIN MAIN BATTLE TANKC WAS AT
LENINGRAD TANK T STING AREA
FEATURE'S OF THE. TANK MATCHED T110817i OF THE CHIEFTAIN.
(S/D) A SOURCE OF THE' CHIEFTAIN TANK AT LENINGRAD COULD BE
EITHER [RAN OR IRAQ. IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR
TIlE IRAQIS CAPTURED SEVERAL CHIEFTAINS.
(S/D) AN UNIDENTIFIED POSSIBLE CALIBRATION VEHICLE WAS NEAR
T TIE'. T.:~NK . TI-IE SHADOW CAST BY THE VEHICLE INDICATED A SHORT
MAST MOUNTING TWO POSSIBLE CIRCULAR DISHES.
3. (S)
COORDINATES 59-46-56N 030-09-30E.
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