IRAQ/IRAN MILITARY SUMMARY(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: October 20, 1980
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Imagery analysis report
Iraq/Iran Military Summary
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IRAQ/IRAN MILITARY SUMMARY
1. (S/D) This report updates the most recent' in a series of imagery-derived reports on the Iraq/Iran
conflict and covers the period This report discusses deployed ground forces in the
forward area, rear garrison units (Figure 1), airfields, naval bases, commerical shipping, POL facilities,
and related activity in South Yemen. Military unit designators and subordination (where used) are derived
from collateral sources.2 Acronyms and abbreviations are defined in a glossary at the end of the report.
Additional reports will be issued as the situation changes.
2. (S/D) Imagery of the forward areas of conflict during the reporting period showed the Iranian
forces still in control of Abadan, Ahvaz, Dezful, and Pol-E Zahab. Iraqi and Iranian positions in these
areas remained relatively unchanged.
3. (S/D) Four Iraqi and three Iranian rear area garrisons/facilities were imaged during the reporting
period. The Iraqi 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade remained out of garrison, and a tank company and 100
APC departed another installation in the Baghdad area. Major elements of the three brigades in the
Iranian 77th Infantry Division stationed in northeastern Iran had departed their respective garrisons byC
Also, evidence of a possible callup of civilians for military duty and/or the possible requisition of
civilian vehicles for military functions was observed in three areas of Iran.
4. (S/D) Four Iraqi and 15 Iranian airfields were imaged during the reporting period. Disruptive
paint schemes were observed at Rasheed Airfield in Iraq. Continued dispersal of Iranian helicopters in the
Tehran area was also observed. Additionally, a Rapier SAM system was newly deployed at one of major
airfields in Tehran.
5. (S/D) One Iraqi and two Iranian naval facilities were imaged.
6. (S/D) Eleven Iraqi and five Iranian POL-related facilities were imaged. New damage was ob-
served at one Iraqi facility.
7. (S/D) Related activity included the identification of captured Iranian equipment in Baghdad,
Iraq, and continued construction of metal screens and earthen berms at the Baghdad Nuclear Research
Center. In addition, a ship with military deck cargo, possibly destined for Iraq, was seen in South Yemen.
GROUND FORCE ACTIVITY
Iraq/Iran Forward Areas
Khorramshahr/Abadan Area
8. (S/D) The area occupied by Ira i forces east of the Karun River and north of Abadan on~
was obscurred by heavy haze on ~(Figure 2). On the west bank of the Shatt Al Arab in
Iraq, four FA batteries and two AA batteries were deployed 7 nm northwest of Abadan between
Additionally, one FA battery and two AA batteries were newly deployed 10 nm northwest of
Abadan during the same time period. One FA battery and one FA battalion remained deployed 4 nm
southwest and 12 nm west of Abadan, respectively, on The area in which Iraqi forces were
previously observed north of Khorramshahr was not imaged.
9. (S/D) The only Iranian forces/equipment observed through haze in the Abadan area consisted of
seven occupied ZU-23 AA positions deployed around Abadan International Airfield on
10. (S/D) Iraqi and Iranian force deployments west and southwest of the city of Ahvaz were either
cloud covered or not imaged on Figure 3).
I I. (S/D) Northwest of Ahvaz, elements of two Iranian 175mm SPG batteries were deployed 3 nm
northwest of Hamideyeh Barracks and Brigade Headquarters Dash and Emishan on F
these guns were not present on Two field logistics supply points were observed, one 3
nm northeast and one 3 nm southeast o t e barracks area. The northeastern supply point consisted of
numerous small tents and vehicles dispersed throughout shallow ravines. The southeastern supply point
contained six shallow revetments and five small, newly constructed, earth-covered bunkers in the side of a
ridge. Numerous stacks of crates were present.
I Elements of the armor brigade housed at Hamideyeh Barracks remained out of garrison
on Seventeen tanks and at least 58 APC were dispersed throughout the installation.
13. (S/D) In Ahvaz, defensive trenches had been dug around at least two separate areas in the center
of' the city since the beginning of hostilities. The ZSU-57/2 SPAA battery deployed just north of the city
on F__1 was no longer present. Additionally, a battery of ZU-23 AA was deployed around the
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Ahvaz Gas Oil Separation and Pumping Station East and a battery of ZSU-57/2 was
deployed around Ahvaz Airfield
14. (S/D) No change was seen at Ahvaz Barracks Storage Depot Brigade and Division Headquarters
However, partial coverage of the probable associated engineering unit
housed 3.2 nm north of the barracks area revealed that elements of one PMP company may have departed
between
persed around this area.
15. (S/D) Ahvaz Hawk Site 10
Several BM K-90 powerboats, GSP, and PMP sections were dis-
remained unoccupied on
16. (S/D) The combat area observed 13.5 nm west of Dezful on I was not imaged during
this reporting period (Figure 4). The Iraqi force remained 14.5 nm southwest of Dezful and just west of
Shush on 0 This force consisted of two tank battalions and two mechanized infantry battalions.
Additionally, major elements of an FA battalion were observed 7 nm west of Shush, and an FA battery
was 8 nm west-northwest of Shush.
17. (S/D) Iranian forces deployed within 8 nm northwest and 5 nm west of Dezful on
consisted of three tank companies, one SP gun battery, and one FA battery. A probable CP consisting of
numerous trucks and tents, as well as numerous net- and canvas-covered vehicles/equipment, remained in
ravines immediately northwest of the city. Also, a probable mobile AD unit was still just west of Dezful.
An additional Iranian tank force of at least battalion size (possibly elements of a brigade), a mechanized
infantry company, and numerous support vehicles remained positioned 10 nm north of Dezful. West of
this unit and 13.5 nm northwest of Dezful, the field logistics depot identified on E:77 remained.
18. (S/D) Equipment present in Dezful Barracks and Brigade Headquarters
appeared to be unchanged from
19. (S/D) Heavy damage was observed in one block of a residential area in Dezful on
(Figure 5). A large crater, numerous destroyed houses, and a large amount of debris were evident. This
damage was not present on_E_ ] Press reports indicate that FROG-7 rockets have been launched
against Dezful as recently as
Qasr-E Shirin Area
20. (S/D) Elements of an Iraqi mechanized infantry brigade supported by four artillery battalions
and one SA-6 battalion remained approximately 3 nm west and northwest of Pol-E Zahab on
(Figure 6). Opposing Iranian forces in the vicinity consisted of one tank company.
21. (S/D) A second Iraqi force was in a valley approximately 4 nm southeast of Qasr-E Shirin. This
force consisted of one tank battalion, two tank companies, and a mechanized infantry platoon supported
by one SA-6 battalion. An Iraqi FA battalion remained deployed along a valley road leading southeast to
Gilan-E Gharb, approximately 17 nm southeast of Qasr-E Shirin.
22. (S/D) Iranian forces remained deployed in a valley adjacent to the one occupied by Iraqi forces.
This Iranian force consisted of one tank company in an area 7 nm east-southeast of Pol-E Zahab. Also two
tank platoons were deployed approximately 9 nm southeast of the city. An M 107 SP gun battery was on a
ridgeline overlooking the valley 8 nm east-southeast of Pol-E Zahab.
23. (S/D) Sar-E Pol-E Zahab Barracks and Brigade Headquarters and Depot
immediately south of the deployed forces around Pol-E Zahab, was observed on Elements of a
mechanized infantry company (14 APC), an armored cavalry squadron (eight Scorpion tanks and six
APC), and elements of a 155mm M109 SP gun battery (two guns) departed from this facility between E
(Elements of two tank battalions, 38 tanks: and two artillery battalions, nine 155mm
M 109 SP guns and ten 105mm FA guns, have been out of garrison since Forty tanks and
65 AP("~ remained in garrison. Seven AB-214 helicopters were parked on or near the parade ground on F
24. (S/D) On~ a three-position AA site was observed on a hilltop at 35-31-18N 046-02-
44E, and ten vehicles were seen in revetments at 35-37-09N 045-55-59E, 26.5 nm east of As Sulaymaniyah,
on the Iraqi side of the border through heavy clouds.
Iraq
(S/D) The 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the 3d Armor Division remained out of garrison
on ~ at Ar Ramadi Barracks and Brigade Headquarters approximately 50 nm
west of Baghdad. Fifty revetments with stored materials had been constructed in the adjacent ammunition
storage area since
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26. (S/D) In the Baghdad area, at least one company of T-72 tanks, 70 BMP APC, and 30 BTR-60
APC had departed Baghdad Barracks School Corps Brigade Headquarter Deployment Rashd
Additionally, nine van trucks appeared to be deployed
operationally in the communications area.
27. (S D) Tanks remained deployed in and around the barracks area at Baghdad Army Post Palace
Guard which is next to the Palace, on
28. (S/D) In the Kirkuk area, one four-rail SA-3 launcher had been removed, and a FLAT FACE
radar had been replaced by a SQUAT EYE radar at Kirkuk SA-3 SAM Site Northeast
This site was newly identified on
29. (S/D) Major elements of the three brigades of the 77th Infantry Division, stationed along the
USSR/Iran border in northeastern Iran, had left their respective garrisons at Quchan, Bojnurd, and
Mashhad by 0 Major elements of the infantry brigade and the artillery battalion at Quchan
Barracks and Brigade Headquarters departed between
1980. Seventeen trucks were assembled near their usual parking area and might have been preparing to
depart. An additional four trucks were observed in the ammunition storage area; approximately 100 trucks
remained in garrison.
30. (S D) Major elements of two infantry battalions departed Bo'nurd Barracks and Brigade Head-
quarters Thirteen trucks and 10
support vehicles were in convoy formation in the barracks area. A high level of personnel activity was
evident in the artillery battalion area. Only nine FA guns and approximately 150 trucks remained in
garrison. A mobile communications site was set up in the infantry battalion area.
31. (S/D) Major elements of the infantry brigade at Mashhad Barracks Storage Depot Division and
Brigade Headquarters were out of garrison on previous imagery of and
remained absent on
32. (S/D) Evidence of the possible callup of civilians for military duty and/or the possible requisi-
tion of civilian vehicles for military functions was observed in three areas in Iran on
33. (S/D) A convey of approximately 125 sedans was forming_ in an open field adjacent to Tehran
Barracks and Ordnance Depot Abbasabad (Figure 7).
34. (S/D) Two buses and numerous personnel in formation were on the parade field at Quchan
Barracks and Brigade Headquarters in northeastern Iran on Twenty-six civilian sedans were
parked along a road inside the installation.
35. (S/D) Approximately 350 trucks were parked around a soccer field near a hotel, approximately 3
nm northeast of Bandar Abbas Port Facilities Suru in southeastern Iran on
(Figure 8). A line of people was assembled at a possible registration point near the hotel.
36. (S/D) No significant new damage was observed at any of the Iraqi or Iranian airfields; however,
the runways remained blocked at five of the Iranian airfields (Figure 9 and Table 1).
Iraq
37. (S/D) Four Iraqi airfields were imaged between
disruptive paint scheme had been applied to both ends of the
taxiways leading to Alert
(Figure 10). In addition,
At Rasheed Airfield, a
hangarettes at both ends of the runway, and four parking aprons by
at least 26 aircraft were net covered.
38. (S/D) Fifteen Iranian airfields were imaged between
and five probable Jet Ranger helicopters were observed near Karaj Airfield on
helicopters were dispersed within an estate 2 nm east-northeast of the runway. At
helicopters were covered by nets.
Six robable AB-214
(Figure 11). The
four of the airfields,
39. (S/D) The Rapier SAM system was deployed at Tehran/Doshan Tappeh Airfield for the first
time between when one Rapier site was at the northern end of the airfield. Four ZU-23
AA sites around the airfield provided additional AD support. Aircraft observed on included
three T-33, seven F-27, and one CH-47 and four AB-214 helicopters.
40. (S/D) Rapiers have now been installed at all three major airfields of Tehran-Tehran/Mehrabad
International, Tehran/Ghale Morghi, and now Tehran/Doshan Tappeh.
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Table 1.
Air Activity in Iraq and Iran
(Items keyed to Figure 9)
Item Installation/
BE No
Iraq
I
5 Marivan Airfield
6 'vahdati AB Airfield
7 Ahva, Airfield
Date of AOB Operational
Coverage Present Status/Remarks
3 Alouette Not operational due to runway
I HIP resurfacing; undamaged
2 FITTER Operational; undamaged;
I FLOGGER a disruptive paint
26 FISHBED scheme has been applied to
8 Hawker/ the runway, taxiways leading
Hunter to the Alert hangarettes &
6 FAGOT/ 4 parking aprons; at least
FRESCO 26 aircraft were net covered
14 jet
Provost
10 Hip C
I Alouette
12 FITTER
10 FISHBED
I posy
FISHBFD
I L-39
2 Wessex
3 FITTER
3 FISHBED
I posy
FISH BED
None
31-5
10 AB-214/AH-I
3 Jet Ranger
2 Ch-47
One small Operational; no new damage;
straight wing 4 ZSU-57/2 deployed
Operational; no new damage:
partial coverage
Operational for light aircraft
only; undamaged: west end of
runway is blocked by 3
vehicles/objects
Operational; no new damage
around airfield: I C-130 & 2
F-27 seen on no longer
present
Operational: undamaged
\hadan International
Airfield
I I Karai Airfield
12 Nushahr Airfield
13 Tchran/Doshan Tappeh
Airfield
Operational; no new damage;
both left & right runways
remain blocked by vehicles
and/or equipment; 7 ZU-23
sites were deployed around
airfield
Operational; undamaged
6 prob Operational; undamaged;
AB-214 helicopters were dispersed
5 prob around 3 houses EN1/ of
Jet Ranger the runway; at least 4 of
the helicopters were net
covered
I prob Operational; undamaged;
FALCON partial coverage
I prob
Acro Com-
mander
3 T-33
7 F-274
I CH-47
AB-214
Operational; undamaged;
graded-carth runway remains
blocked by 7 vehicles; it
Rapier site has been deployed
16 Bandar Abbas Nas
Airfield
17 Bandar Ahhas Inter-
national Airfield
since
Operational; undamaged:
partial coverage
I C-130 Operational: no new damage;
I FALCON approx 30 personnel
I AB-214 were to the rear of the C-130
None Operational: undamaged; both
runways blocked by I
vehicle each; 2 AA sites are
occupied
I P-3 Operational; no new damage:
2 1 -4 3 AA sites were occupied
I AB-214 in vicinity of airfield
2 A-300 Operational; undamaged;
1 707 A-300 and 707
3 727 are not usually seen here
9 Eli-I type
helicopters
None Operational: undamaged:
runvsay remains blocked by
6 vehicles and/or pieces of
equipment: 35nun AA sites &
4 ZU-23 sites remained
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Table 2.
POL Facilities in Iraq and Iran
(Items keyed to Figure 12)
Iiiis mhle in iii enirrerr is 1?l0.1.1f/ied SE(RE77Wti'L\TEL
Item
Installation Name/ Date of
Damage
Operational
BE Number Coverage
Status/Remarks
Iraq
1
Buzurgan Gas Oil Separation
None
Plant No 2
2
Buzurgan Gas Oil Separation
New/old
Smoke obscured much of fac:
Plant and Oilfield Plant Complex
I large POL tank destroyed:
2 med POL tanks destroyed
& on fire: pipeline damaged
in 2 areas: I yuonset but
in support area partially
destroyed: prior to war
capacity of approx
1 .038.000 barracks: current
capacity approx
701,200 barrels
Baghdad Petroleum Refinery
Ad Das rah
4 Bayji K2 Petroleum Pumping
and Storage Station
None
None Earthen berm
5 Hanjira Degassing Station None
6 Jahalur Degassing Station None
Stabilization Plant North
7 Kirkuk Gas Absorption and None
8 Kirkuk Petroleum Refinery and Storage None
0
9 Kirkuk Petroleum Storage Town None
0
10 Mahawali Waterworks Old
II Qutan Degassing Station
Iran
None
around I tank
has been increased
in height
I clarifying tank
destroyed & 3 vertical
tanks damaged
Old Smoke obscured part
of fac: 40 POL
storage tanks destroyed:
6 POL tanks damaged:
7 POL tanks burning:
pipelines burning: original
capacity 14,030,500 barrels
& current capacity
at most 9,660,500
barrels
13 Abadan Petroleum Refinery NIOC Old 10 large vertical
12 Abadan Petroleum Product
Storage and Pumping Station
Transfer Iran I
storage tanks & 5 POL
tanks destroyed: 19
small vertical storage
tanks damaged: I vertical tank
destroyed: pipelines damaged:
& 2 POL tanks burning: original
capacity 16,000,000 barrels &
current capacity at most
15,220,000 barrels
14 Ahvaz Gas Oil Separation None 5 ZU-23 AA sites
and Pumping Station East around fac
IS Ahvaz Petroleum Products
Storage and Pumping Station
Transfer Iran 2
16 Ganaveh Pipeline Valve Control
Complex
None
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Q Iraqi POL Facilities
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Keyed to Table 2
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41. (S/D) No battle damage was observed at Umm Qasr Naval Base
PTG was at Umm Qasr Port Facilities
42. (S/D) One La Combattante-IIB PTG (Kamen) had arrived at Bushehr Naval Base
Vessels at the base on I included two PF-l03 PF, seven La
Combattante-IIB PTG (Kamen), eight MK-III PB, one PBR, and one probable LCU.
43. (S/D) Two Sumner DDG and one LCU arrived at Bandar Abbas Port Facilities Suru
and two La Combattante-IIB PTG (Kamen), two Wellington PACV, and one Kangan AWK
departed from the port between (The Kangan AWK was observed in the Gulf, south of
the harbor.) One PGM-71 PGM and one LCU had subsequently departed by
one PGM-71 PGM, one LCU, and one Kangan AWK had returned to port. V
essels in port on
included one Battle DDG, two Sumner DDG, two Vosper MK-5 FFG (SAAM), two PGM-71 PGM, six
MK-III PB, four PBR, one Hengham LST, three LCU, one Bandar Abbas AORL, one Kangan AWK, one
Michaelangelo APB, one Amphion AR, and one ARD-T.
44. (SAD) In addition to the reported naval activity, commerical ship activity was also observed at
this port. Twelve merchant ships were in port, while two tankers and one merchant ship were in a holding
area in the Gulf, south of the harbor, on one merchant ship which
had been observed in the holding area entered the port. One of the two tankers arrived in the holding area
between and the second tanker had arrived by 0 No military deck cargo was
observed on any of the merchant ships.
45. (S/D) The Shatt Al Arab from 30-24-ION 048-10-30E to 30-18-OON 048-18-40E, including Aba-
dan Port Facilities, Iran was imaged on 0 Two freighters, two tankers, 23
coastal/small freighters, and three ARD-D were either at the port facility, in midriver, or aground.
46. (S/D) One coastal/small freighter remained moored at the port facility. No additional battle
damage was observed on
47. (S/D) Nine coastal/small freighters were aground on the Iranian side of the river, approximately
I nm southeast of the port facility during low tide. These vessels previously reported as DIW were riding
low in the water during high tide.
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50. (S/D) Eleven Iraqi and five Iranian POL-related facilities were observed during the reporting
period with new damage to one Iraqi facility (Figure 12 and Table 2).
Iraq
51. (S D) Damage was observed at Buzurgan Gas Oil Separation Plant and Oilfield Plant Complex
on (Figure 13). Prior to the war, this facility had nine POL tanks with a total storage capacity
of approximately 1,038,000 barrels. Three POL tanks with a total storage capacity of approximately
336,800 barrels have been destroyed. At most, this facility can now store approximately 701,200 barrels.
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52. (SAD) At Abadan Petroleum Product Storage and Pumping Station Transfer Iran I, ten POL
storage tanks with a capacity of 1,197,500 barrels, in addition to those previously reported, have been
destroyed. These tanks were destroyed prior to 0 Total capacity of this facility has now been
reduced from the original 14,030,500-barrel storage capacity to no more than 9,660,500 barrels. Seven
POL storage tanks were on fire, and pipeline fires were observed in three areas. No further damage was
observed at Abadan Petroleum Refinery NIOC onF--~two storage tanks continued to burn.
Iraq
53. (SAD) In Baghdad, an assortment of at least 80 pieces of captured Iranian equipment was
observed on (Figure 14). This equipment included M-60 tanks: M-113, BTR-60, and BMP
APC: M 109 SP guns: and possible M-42 SPAA and M-548 ammunition carriers. This equipment was
observed on partial coverage in a parking lot on the northwest side of a staduim at 33-19-36N 044-26-10E.
55. (SAD) No unusual activity was observed in or around the US Embassy Tehran
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56. (S/D) The Soviet Skulptor Konenkov-class ro-ro ship, Agostino Neto, remained anchored in the
outer harbor at Aden Port Facilities South Yemen, on 0(Figure 15). It arrived
in Aden between Deck cargo included three TWIN PLATE (R-410) troposcatter
sets, six ONE EYE/TWO SPOT radar sets, and 64 additional trucks. This unusually long stay in Aden
may indicate that the ship was destined for Iraq and is now awaiting new orders.
57. (S/D) Two Soviet arms carriers which departed Umm Qasr Port Facilities when the fighting
broke out were also anchored in Aden. The Leninskiy Komsomol-class Fizik Lebedyev and the Slavyansk
Mod A-class Stoletiye Pariskoye Kommuna were anchored in the outer harbor on
GLOSSARY OF
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
This glos.wrr in its entire(r is UNC LASSIPIED
AA Antiaircraft
AAA Antiaircraft artillery
AD Air defense
AORL Small replenishment oiler
APB Barracks ship
APC Armored personnel carrier
AR Repair ship
ARD-D Floating drydock
ARD-T Auxiliary repair dock
AW Air warning
A W K Water carrier
AX Training ship
CP Command post
DD Destroyer
DDG Guided missile destroyer
DIW Dead in the water
FA Field artillery
FFG Guided missile frigate
GSP Heavy amphibious ferry
LCM Medium landing craft
LCU Utility landing craft
LSM Medium amphibious assault landing ship
LST Amphibious vehicle landing ship
MRL Multiple rocket launcher
MSC Coastal minesweeper
MSF Fleet minesweeper
MSI Inshore minesweeper
NM Nautical miles
PACV Patrol air cushion vehicle
PB Patrol boat
PBR River/roadstead patrol boat
PCL Small submarine chaser
ICS Submarine chaser
PF Patrol frigate
PGM Motor gunboat
PM P Heavy folding ponton bridge
POE Petroleum, oil, and lubricant
PTG Missile attack boat
RTP Rail-to-road transfer point
RO/RO Roll-on/roll-off
SAM Surface-to-air missile
SP Self-propelled
SPAA Self-propelled antiaircraft
SPG Self-propelled gun
SSM Surface-to-surface missile
TEL Transporter-erector-launcher
TM M Truck-mounted bridge
VLCC Very large crude carrier
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