IRANIAN AND IRAQI TROOP DISPOSITIONS MEHRAN BATTLE SECTOR, IRAN(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 22, 1984
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IRANIAN AND IRAQI TROOP DISPOSITIONS
MEHRAN BATTLE SECTOR, IRAQ
1 1 TANK BATTALION
1 MECHANIZED INFANTRY COMPANY
1 FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
1 FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY
1 INFANTRY UNIT
1 SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNIT
2 1 TANK COMPANY
2 FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY
3 1 TANK BATTALION
1 FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
2 MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER
BATTERY
1 SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNIT
4 1 TANK BATTALION
1 MECHANIZED INFANTRY COMPANY
3 FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
2 INFANTRY UNIT
NUMEROUS SUPPLY AND
TRANSPORT UNIT
0
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IRANIAN AND IRAQI TROOP DISPOSITIONS
MEHRAN BATTLE SECTOR, IRAN (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE OF AN IRANIAN OFFENSIVE OPERATION
WAS 0 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF MEHRAN IN THE MEHRAN
BATTLE SECTOR (SWN)
2. REMARKS: IRANIAN INFANTRY UNITS SUPPORTED BY ONE TANK
COMPANY, TWO SELF-PROPELLED-Gi+N- (SPG) BATTERIES, TWO FIELD
ARTILLERY (FA) BATTERIES, ONE MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER
(MRL) BATTERY AND NUMEROUS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNITS
ADVANCED UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER AND THE HEIGHTS
OVERLOOKING THE BADRAH TO AT TIB ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF
THE CHANGULEH RIVER IRAQI INFANTRY FORCES 25X1
IN THE AREA WERE REINFORCED BY ELEMENTS OF TWO TANK
BATTALIONS, ONE FA BATTALION, ONE FA BATTERY, AND AT LE T
ONE SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNIT ON THE SAME DATE. ~ A~ 25X1
ELEMENTS OF ONE TANK BATTALION HAD DEPARTED THE 25X1
AREA. (SWN)
ADVANCING IRANIAN FORCES DEPLOYED SOUTHEAST OF MEHRAN
(ITEM A) INCLUDED ONE TANK COMPANY, TWO SPG BATTERIES, TWO
FA BATTERIES, ONE MRL BATTERY, ONE INFANTRY UNIT AND AT
LEAST TWO SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNITS. (SWN)
IRANIAN FORCES DEPLOYED EAST OF MEHRAN (ITEM B) IN SUPPORT
OF FRONTLINE UNITS INCLUDED ONE INFANTRY UNIT, ONE SUPPLY
AND TRANSPORT UNIT AND ONE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AREA. (SWN)
IRANIAN FORCES DEPLOYED SOUTHEAST OF MEHRAN AND SOUTHEAST
OF THE POINT OF ATTACK (ITEM C) INCLUDED ONE INFANTRY
UNIT. (SWN)
IRANIAN FORCES DEPLOYED IN THE VICINITY OF MEHRAN AND
NORTHWEST OF THE POINT OF ATTACK (ITEM D) INCLUDED ONE SPG
BATTERY, ONE INFANTRY UNIT, AND ONF SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT
UNIT. (SWN)
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IRANIAN FORCES DEPLOYED NORTH OF MEHRAN (ITEM E) INCLUDED
ONE TANK COMPANY, ONE SPG BATTALION, TWO INFANTRY UNITS,
AND AT LEAST TWO SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNITS. (SWN)
OPPOSING IRAQI FORCES DEPLOYED SOUTHEAST OF MEHRAN OPPOSITE
THE IRANIAN POINT OF ATTACK (ITEM 1) INCLUDED ONE TANK
BATTALION, ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY COMPANY, ONE FA
BATTALION, ONE FA BATTERY,-ONE INFANTRY UNIT, AND ONE
SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNIT. (SWN)
IRAQI FORCES DEPLOYED SOUTHEAST OF MEHRAN AND SOUTHEAST OF
THE POINT OF THE IRANIAN ATTACK (ITEM 2) INCLUDED ONE TANK
COMPANY AND TWO FA BATTERIES. (SWN)
IRAQI FORCES DEPLOYED SOUTH OF MEHRAN AND WEST OF THE POINT
OF THE IRANIAN ATTACK (ITEM 3) INCLUDED ONE TANK BATTALION,
ONE FA BATTALION, TWO MRL BATTERIES, AND ONE SUPPLY AND
TRANSPORT UNIT. (SWN)
IRAQI FORCES DEPLOYED WEST OF MEHRAN (ITEM 4) INCLUDED ONE
TANK BATTALION, ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY COMPANY, THREE FA
BATTALIONS, AT LEAST TWO INFANTRY UNITS AND NUMEROUS SUPPLY
AND TRANSPORT UNITS. (SWN) (PERSIAN GULF SECTION/GREEN
3. BE NONE, COORDINATES NONE
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