MRR NEAR USSR-AFGHANISTAN BORDER KULYAB SAM SUPPORT FACILITY, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 1, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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Imagery analysis report
MRR Near USSR-Afghanistan, Border
Kulyab SAM Support Facility, USSR (S)
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SEPTEMBER 1980
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MRR NEAR USSR-AFGHANISTAN BORDER
KULYAB SAM SUPPORT FACILITY, USSR (S)
1--(S/1)) A cadre-level motorized rifle regiment (M RR) vas nes'ly identified on imagcrv of L
of KuICah SAM Support FacilitN USSR. This facility is 20 nautical
miles (nni) ,vest of the USSR-Afghanistan border, in the Central Asia Military District
2. (S/1)) Units subordinate to the MRR included a tank battalion consisting of 39 medium
tanks and one command vehicle: an engineer company with four TMM truck-mounted short gap
hridges, one MTU-20 tank-launched bridge, and eight other vehicles: and a probable /Ply-_'
antiaircraft gun hatterv (Figure I). A probable antitank hatter, a possible hossitzcr battalion, at
least 110 trucks, Is trailers, and 20 other vehicles sere also present. The alignment of' this equip-
ment indicated that the MRR prohahls had arrived recently. The barracks area is of sufficient size
to house at least one full-strength MRR. The Kulsah installation has not been used as a SAM
support facility since .lone 1975.
3. (S/1)) The nesyly identified MRR at Kulvah may he the NIRR that ssas missing from
Dushanbe Army Barracks AL-'_/Headquarters Motorized Rifle Division 1 -1 on
Dushanbe is approximately 75 rim north'est of Kulvah. The relocation of one of' the tsso
MRR housed in Dushanhc would result in a broader area of operation for this division. The third
MRR subordinate to the division at Dushanhe is housed at Korean Tyuhc :Army Barracks AL-1
~5 nm west of Ikulyah and 50 11111 south of Dushanhc. The MRR at Kul~ah min
have been deplored to fill a gap in defensive deployment along the border or in preparation for
deployment to Afghanistan.
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