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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86R00254R000302810001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: January 12, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 2, 1985
• Content Type: REPORT

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Science and Weapons
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Daily Ret
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Friday
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A Soviet military journal reported the development of a laser
device to simulate gunfire for training armor crews; the
device can reduce training times, is safer and more
economical than live ammunition, and, in some respects, can
provide a more effective means of training than traditional
methods.
4 THE NETHERLANDS: US UNDERWATER CAMERAS RELEASED BY DUTCH
CUSTOMS FOR SHIPMENT TO USSR FI
According to the US Embassy at The Hague, Dutch customs has
lifted its hold on two US-manufactured underwater cameras
slated for shipment to the USSR; although the cameras do not
incorporate state-of-the-art technology, they will provide
access to the entire ocean floor, including the Marianas
Trench.
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Science and Weapons
Daily Review
A recent issue of the Soviet military journal Znamenosets describes a
training device for the BMP armored personnel carrier that uses a helium-
neon laser to simulate gunfire (see figure). The Soviets claim the device,
designated LTU-7, has reduced the time required for BMP gunnery training by
33 to 50 percent. The laser, designated LG-78, operates at a wavelength of
0.63 micrometers and has an output power of 2 milliwatts.
According to the journal, prior to actual training, the BMP crew mounts the
laser head of the LTU-7 on the BMP's antitank guided missile launcher
bracket. The training director boresights the laser so that it falls on a
photodetector array when the reticle of the BMP gunner's sight is laid onto
a prescribed target downrange (for example, a tank at 800 meters). The
training director can move the laser remotely, record the horizontal and
vertical displacements required for each target, and reposition the laser
before the individual targets are presented to the BMP crew. The tripod-
mounted photodetector array is outside the field-of-view of the BMP
gunner's sight and is not seen by the gunner during simulated target
engagements (see figure).
Training with the LTU-7 occurs on a regular BMP gunnery range. During
training, the BMP gunner detects and engages a target. When he fires, the
LG-78 laser emits a short-duration pulse. If the gunner is on target, the
laser beam is detected by the photodetector array and a "hit" is displayed;
if not, a "miss" is displayed and the location of the "round" is shown for
immediate feedback to and correction by the gunner.
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BMP Gunnery Training Device
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The LTU-7 has several advantages:
-- It can reduce the time required to master basic gunnery skills.
Soviet estimates of timesavings of 33 to 50 percent are reasonable.
-- It is safer and far less expensive to use for gunner training than
live ammunition.
-- It is a good training tool because it is used with actual combat
equipment. Gunnery training occurs in a BMP, requires detection of
targets through actual BMP optics under natural observation
conditions at realistic ranges, and employs established fire-
control procedures.
A major disadvantage of the LTU-7 is that it can be operated only when the
target is stationary; the gunner cannot engage moving targets. US training
systems include laser detectors mounted on moving targets.
The Soviets' use of a helium-neon laser is logical. Such lasers are cheap
and compact, require little power, minimize eye hazard potential, and are
visible--a condition desirable for alignment during setup.
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THE NETHERLANDS: US UNDERWATER CAMERAS RELEASED BY DUTCH CUSTOMS FOR SHIPMENT
TO USSR 25X1
According to the US Embassy at The Hague, Dutch customs has lifted its hold
on two underwater cameras, allowing the purchaser--the Dutch firm Ortech--
to ship them to the USSR. Dutch officials had detained the US-manufactured
underwater cameras, which can operate at a depth of 11,000 meters, at
Schipol Airport just prior to shipment to Moscow. Officials were
suspicious because Ortech is not a valid manufacturer, distributor, or
sales representative for marine equipment, and is well known to Dutch
intelligence services for its trading activities with Warsaw Pact
countries.
Although the cameras do not incorporate state-of-the-art technology, they
do provide access to the entire ocean floor, including the Marianas Trench.
Dutch officials made every effort to respond to US concerns, but had no
legal basis to seize the equipment, which was not on the Dutch national
control list. Although the cameras are not COCOM controlled, they require
a license from the State Department's Office of Munitions Control, which
would not have issued one in this case. Most countries, including The
Netherlands, do not recognize the US legal principal of
extraterritoriality. Equipment under unilateral US controls, therefore,
can be legally shipped through third countries to proscribed destinations.
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