COMMAND AND CONTROL VEHICLES MINSK, USSR - (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00171R000101170001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 13, 1983
• Content Type: MISC

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13 JULY 1983
COMMAND AND CONTROL VEHICLES
MINSK, USSR (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW GROUND FORCE-RELATED COMMAND AND
CONTROL VEHICLE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT A PRODUCTION PLANT
AND A PROBABLE FIELD TEST UNIT. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A NEW COMMAND AND CONTROL VEHICLE (NPIC INTERIM
DESIGNATION OF MI-1) HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT AN ELECTRONICS
PRODUCTION PLANT IN MINSK AND AT A TANK TRAINING DIVISION IN
BORISOV. ON THREE MI-1 COMMAND AND CONTROL VEHICLES 25X1
WERE IN THE MAIN VEHICLE STORAGE YARD OF MINSK ELECTRONICS
PLANT P.O. BOX 32. TWO MI-1 HAVE BEEN PRESENT SINCE I 25X1
BUT COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED THEN DUE TO IMAGE
INTERPRETABILITY.. (SWN)
ON ONE MI-1 VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITHIN AN AREA 25X1
ASSOCIATED WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED MOBILE COMMAND AND CONTROL
UNIT WHICH HAS BEEN AT BORISOV HQ TANK DIVISION/ARMY
BARRACKS AL-2 SINCE AUGUST 1978. EQUIPMENT 25X1
NORMALLY SEEN WITH THIS UNIT INCLUDES ARMORED COMMAND
RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES (ACRV) M-1974, BMP COMMAND VARIANT
M-1978, BO-1 COMPUTER/ELECTRONICS VANS (FIRST IDENTIFIED
HERE), AND SEVERAL OTHER COMMAND AND CONTROL-RELATED
VEHICLES. (SWN)
THE MI-1 HAS AN OVERALL LENGTH OF AND A WIDTH OF 25X1
SIMILAR IN SIZE TO THE SA-X-12 COMMAND AND 25X1
CONTROL VEHICLE. IT HAS A CHAMFERED-ROOF REAR SECTION 25X1
METERS LONG, A LONG MIDDLE SECTION SLIGHTLY LOWER 2~DA]
IN HEIGHT, AND A FORWARD SECTION (POSSIBLE CAB) THAT IS[ 25X1
METERS IN LENGTH. THERE IS A LIGHT-TONE, ONE-METER SQUARE
BOX CENTERED ON THE FRONT WALL OF THE REAR SECTION. THE
TYPE OF CHASSIS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. (SWN)
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered
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ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE MINSK PLANT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN
THE PRODUCTION OF AIR DEFENSE-RELATED COMPUTER/ELECTRONICS
VAN TRAILERS SUCH AS THE AV-1 AND VP-SERIES VANS AND
AUTOMATED COMMAND/ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT SUCH AS THE ACRV.
THE PLANT IS A POSSIBLE PRODUCER OF THE BO-1 VEHICLE. WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THE AV-1, THESE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN IMAGERY
CONFIRMED WITH THE UNIDENTIFIED BORISOV UNIT, SUGGESTING A
FIELD TESTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PLANT. (SWN)
BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE EQUIPMENT COMPOSITION, THE BORISOV
UNIT MAY POSSIBLY BE USED AS AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL IN A
GROUND FORCES TRAINING ENVIRONMENT. THIS UNIT MIGHT FOR
EXAMPLE OPERATE AS AN IMPROVED MOBILE FORWARD COMMAND POST
OR AS AN AUTOMATED AIR DEFENSE/ARTILLERY COMMAND CENTER TO
SUPPORT A DIVISION, ARMY, OR FRONT. TO THIS END, THE MI-1
COMMAND AND CONTROL VEHICLE COULD BE EMPLOYED IN TIPLE
ROLES. S N 25X1
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