IRANIAN AND IRAQI TRIP DISPOSITIONS DEZFUL/SHUSH AREA, IRAN (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 4, 1982
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IRANIAN AND IRAQI TROOP DISPOSITIONS
DE FUL SHUSH AREA. IRA
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(S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: POSSIBLE IRANIAN PREPARATIONS FOR A NEW
OFFENSIVE AGAINST IRAQI FORCES IN THE DEZFUL/SHUSH AREA,
IRAN.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: IRANIAN FORCES, BETWEEN SHUSH AND A POINT 19
NM SOUTHWEST OF SHUSH, HAD BEEN REINFORCED BY TWO MECHANIZED
INFANTRY PLATOONS, ONE M-109A1 SELF-PROPELLED GUN (SPG)
BATTERY, SEVEN FIELD ARTILLERY (FA) BATTERIES, AND
APPROXIMATELY FOUR INFANTRY UNITS, AND ONE PROBABLE DIVISION
THESE FORCES WERE STILL PRESENT
ADDITIONALLY, FOUR TANK PLATOONS, TWO
MECHANIZED INFANTRY PLATOONS, ONE SCORPION-EQUIPPED ARMORED
RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, ONE M-109A1 SPG BATTERY, TWO FA
BATTERIES, AND AT LEAST THREE INFANTRY UNITS REMAINED
DEPLOYED BETWEEN 10TNM NORTH AND19 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHUSH,
Attachment to Z-15161/82
NPIC/IEG (2/82)
4 FEBRUARY 1982
INDICATE PREPARATION FOR AN OFFENSIVE OPERATION. IN THE
PAST, IRANIAN FORCES HAVE REINFORCED THEIR FORWARD POSITIONS
WITH ARTILLERY AND INFANTRY UNITS PRIOR TO CONDUCTING SUCH
OPERATIONS.
(S/D) OPPOSING IRAQI FORCES, BETWEEN 19 NM NORTH-NORTHWEST
AND 22 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHUSH, HAD BEEN REINFORCED BY ONE TANK
BATTALION, ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY COMPANY, AND ONE FA
BATTALION THESE FORCES WERE STILL PRESENT ON
ADDITIONALLY, TWO MECHANIZED INFANTRY BRIGADES,
TTALION. TWO TANK COMPANIES, TWO MECHANIZED
INFANTRY COMPANIES, TWO SA-6 SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE (SAM)
BATTALIONS, AND AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF INFANTRY UNTT.R
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