SOVIET MILITARY EQUIPMENT KUSHKA TRANSSHIPMENT STATION, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 18, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET MILITARY EQUIPMENT
KUSHKA TRANSSHIPMENT STATION, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN NORMAL AMOUNTS
OF EQUIPMENT IS AT KUSHKA TRANSSHIPMENT STATION. THIS
EQUIPMENT PROBABLY WILL BE USED TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT IN
AFGHANISTAN.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: FORTY-SIX T-55 MEDIUM TANKS AND 38 BMP ARMORED
PERSONNEL CARRIERS ARE AT KUSHKA TRANSSHIPMENT STATION. FIVE
TRUCK-MOUNTED SCISSORS BRIDGES (TMM), ONE TANK-LAUNCHED
SCISSORS BRIDGE (MTU-20), AND NUMEROUS POL TRUCKS ARE ALSO
PRESENT. EIGHT OF THE T-55 TANKS ARE ON THE MAIN ROAD HEADING
TOWARD AFGHANISTAN WHICH IS 4 NM SOUTH OF THE TRANSSHIPMENT
STATION. NONE OF THIS EQUIPMENT WAS HERE IN OCTOBER 1982. THE
TANKS ARRIVED PRIOR AND THE BMP AND ENGINEER 25X1
EQUIPMENT HAVE ARRIVED 25X1
KUSHKA IS ONE OF TWO MAJOR RESUPPLY POINTS FOR SOVIET FORCES IN
AFGHANISTAN AND IT SUPPLIES SOVIET FORCES IN THE WESTERN PART
OF THE COUNTRY.
COORDINATES 35-16-20N 062-19-25E
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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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