M1983/1 TANK PROBABLY IN PRODUCTION AT OMSK OMSK TANK TESTING FACILITY, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: October 12, 1983
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION
Attachment to Z-14206/83
NPIC/IEG (10/83)
12 OCTOBER 1983
M1983/1 TANK PROBABLY IN PRODUCTION AT OMSK
OMSK TANK TESTING FACILITY, USSR SWN
1. !SIGNIFICANCE: THE SIGHTING OF FOUR PROBABLE M1983/1 TANKS AT A
SSOCIATED WITH THE OMSK TANK PLANT VOROSHILOV 174
INDICATES THAT M1983/1 TANK PRODUCTION IS 25X1
PROBABLY UNDERWAY AT THE PLANT. OMSK HAS NOT HAD A MAJOR TANK
PROGRAM SINCE 1979 WHEN T-55 SERIES PRODUCTION ENDED. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: FOUR PROBABLE M1983/1 TANKS (TWO OFF GRAPHIC) WERE AT
OMSK-TANK TESTING FACILITY (GRAPHIC 1). KEY 25X1
IDENTIFYING FEATURES INCLUDE THE PRESENCE OF PROBABLE ENGINE AIR
INTAKE VENTS BEHIND THE TURRET EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM FENDER
LINE TO FENDER LINE AND A PROBABLE CENTERED EXTENSION OFF THE
REAR END OF THE TANK WHICH MAY BE AN ENGINE EXHAUST VENT. THESE
TWO FEATURES ARE UNIQUE TO THE M1983/1 (INSET GRAPHIC 1). NO
BRACKETS FOR THE EXTERNAL FUEL DRUMS COULD BE IDENTIFIED (ALSO A
UNIQUE M1983/1 FEATURE) DUE TO IMAGERY INTERPRETABILITY. THE
TANKS ARE HAVE A SLOPED FRONTAL GLACIS PLATE, 25X1
AN INFRARED PROJECTOR TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN GUN, AND
(EQUIPMENT/AMMUNITIONS BOXES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE
TURRET. ONE POSSIBLE M1983/1 AND A 60-TON TANK TRANSPORTER WERE
PRESENT (SWN) 25X1
ALTHOUGH THE OMSK TANK TEST FACILITY WAS ONLY RECENTLY CONFIRMED
ON IMAGERY, HISTORICAL COVERAGE INDICATES THAT TANK TEST
PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY AT THE TEST FACILITY SINCE THE DAYS
OF THE T-55 TANK PROGRAM. TANK TRANSPORTERS SEEN OVER THE YEARS
i AT THE OMSK TANK PLANT PROBABLY ARE USED TO MOVE TANKS PRODUCED
AT OMSK TO THE TEST FACILITY. MAIN ROADS PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS
FROM THE TANK PLANT TO THE TEST FACILITY (FIGURE 2). THE TANK
TEST FACILITY IS FIVE NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TANK PLANT
AND IS SIMILAR IN SIZE, LAYOUT, AND DISTANCE (RELATIVE LOCATION
i.. FROM TEST FACILITY TO TANK PLANT) TO THE TANK TESTING FACILITIES
ASSOCIATED WITH KHARKOV TANK LOCO A RAND MALYSHEV 75
NT
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AND NIZHNIY TAGIL TANK/RR CAR MFG PLA
25X1
THE OTHER TWO SOVIET TANK PLANTS. ALL THREE
TESTING FACILITIES SUPPORT FACTORY AND MILITARY-ACCEPTANCE
TESTING FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE PLANTS. (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
valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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12 OCTOBER 1983
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- NEW PRODUCTION FACILITIES (PROBABLY FOR THE
M1983/1 TANK PROGRAM) HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT OMSK IN RECENT
YEARS. A LARGE TANK FINAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING WHICH WAS EXTERNALLY
COMPLETED IN MARCH 1982 MAY NOW BE OPERATIONAL. NO CONFIRMED TANK
PRODUCTION OR SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FROM THE PLANT SINCE
1979, WHEN T-55 PRODUCTION ENDED. NEVERTHELESS, THE FREQUENT
SIGHTINGS OF TANK TRANSPORTERS WITHIN THE PLANT, THE PRESENCE OF
PROBABLE M1983/1 TANKS AND A TANK TRANSPORTER AT THE TEST
FACILITY, AND THE REGULAR USE OF THE TEST FACILITY BY TRACKED
VEHICLES ARE FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT M1983/1 TANK PRODUCTION IS
UNDERWAY AT OMSK. (SWN) 25X1
AND 2. (S)
COORDINATES 54-52-17N 073-29-OSE GRAPHICS 1 25X1
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
valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
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