SOVIET AIRBORNE FORCES EQUIPMENT UPGRADE TANRYKULULAR USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: July 13, 1982
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13 JTJLY 1982
SOVIET AIRBORNE FORCES EQUIPMENT UPGRADE
TANRYKULUL R USSR
1, (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF BMD VARIANTS AND
AN AIRDROPPABLE FUEL SERVICE VEHICLE IN A SOVIET AIRBORNE
DIVISION WITHIN THE USSR.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE BMD M-1981/2, BMD h1-1979, AND A NEbV
GAZ-66B AIRDROPPABLE FUEL SERVICE VEHICLE WERE CONFIRMED IN THE
104TH GUARDS AIRBORNE DIVISION (GAD) THIS IS THE
FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF EITHER MODIF D BMD IN A SOVIET
AIRBORNE DIVISION IN THE USSR, AND THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION ON
SATELLITE IMAGERY OF THE GAZ-66B FUEL SERVICE VEIIICLE.
EQUIPMENT AT TANRYKULULAR ARMY BKS AL 1 INCLUDES FIVE Bt?4D
I'9-1981/2, ONE BT1D f4-1979, AND ONE GAZ-66B AIRDROPPABLE FUEL
SERVICE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THREE BMD T4-1979 AND ON$
PROBABLE BMD M-1979 WERE AT KIROVABAD ARiYIY BKS NV>I AL 3
TANRYKULULAR IS THE 104TH GAD TRAINING BASE AND
RO B D L 3 DOUSES AN AIRBORNE REGIMENT OF THE 104TH.
(S/D) THE BP.1D '~i-1981/2 IS A VARIANT OF THE STANDARD Bh1D USED
BY SOVIET AIRBORNE FORCES. ALTIiOUGH SIbIILAR IN APPEARANCE TO
THE STANDARD BMD, IT DIFFERS IN SEVERAL 6VAYS. THE M-1981/2 HAS
SIX ROAD WIiEELS ON EACH SIDE OF THE CHASSIS INSTEAD OF FIVE.
IT IIAS AN AP TWO-MAN TURRET
INSTEAD OF ONE-MAN TURRET. THE A4AIN WEAPON
IS LONGER THAN THE 73A4M SMOOTH-BORE GUN ON THE STANDARD BMD.
THE Rr.4n M-IARI/2 WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED AT RIGA TRAINING AREA 1
IN THE BALTIC MILITARY DISTRICT (MD) IN MARCH
1981. IT WAS LATER IDENTIFIED WITH TIIE AIR ASSAULT UNIT AT
VLADIMIR VOLYNSKIY I-IQ GMRD/ARMY BKS AL 1/TA 1
AFGHANISTAN AT KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD
BAGRAM AIRFIELD
(S/D) THE B1~ID iii-1979 HAS THE SAME SIX ROAD-WHEEL CHASSIS AS
THE M-1981/2, BUT DOES NOT HAVE A TURRET OR GUN. IT IIAS BEEN
SEEN WITH THE SOVIET AIRBORNE FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN AND WITH
THE AIR ASSUALT UNITS WITHIN TIIE USSR SINCE EARLY 1980.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boardlsl 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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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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