VII CORPS SITREP 32

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Subject: VII CORPS SITREP 32                                             

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent  Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000224

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Document Number:          4





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         ATTEMPT TO DELAY AND ATTRITE WITH ECON014Y OF FORCE OPERATIONS IN
         THE WEST, CONVENTIONAL AND CHEMICAL FIRES DELIVERED BY ARTILLERY
         AND POSSIBLY AIR, AND BY POSITIONAL DEFENSES ARRAYED IN DEPTH.
         THE IRAQIS COULD EMPLOY CHEMICALS AT ANY TIME; HO          I THIS IS
         NOT LIKELY UNTIL AFTER THE GROUND OFFENSIVE HAS BEGUN. APPEARS
         TO ME IRAQI FIRST ECHELON DEFENSE RESEMBLES WWI TACTICS. TO
         COUNTER THIS WE MUST ISOLATE THEIR DEFENSES BY USING MANEUVER BY
         MOBILE FORCES AND AIR, THEN CRACK THEIR WILL TO FIGHT AND DESTROY
         THEM.
              B.       1AD. CURRENTLY CONCENTRATING ON MAINTENANCE OF
         COMBAT SYSTEMS. DIVISION HAS DISTRIBUTED MOVEMENT TO
         CONTACT/ATTACK PLAN.
              C.       3AD. COMBAT UNITS CONDUCTING PRE-COMBAT
         INSPECTIONS. DEVELOPING PLAN FOR AH-64 ATTACK ON ARTILLERY
         TARGETS BEHIND 48TH INF DIV. UNITS CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR
         COMBAT.
              D.       1ID(M). DIVISION IS EXECUTING COUNTER-RECON
         OPERATIONS. TF   @O COMPLETED ITS PASSAGE OF LINES AT 1256C.AND
         WITHDREW TO                  7     0   D 1-4 CAV WITHDREW TO AA
         V                   . ENEMY ARTILLERY FIRED WAS OBSERVED AS@T E
         UNITS WITHDREW. ARTILLERY    RAIDS WERE CONDUCTED BY L(UK)AD
         DIVARTY FROM 1400-1600 TARGETING SUSPECTED ENEMY ARTILLERY UNITS
         AND COMMAND POSTS. WILL CONTINUE ARTILLERY RAIDS TOMORROW WITH
         11D DIVARTY. DIVISION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE SITUATION BY
         CONDUCTING RECON, COUNTER-FIRE MISSIONS AND ARTILLERY RAIDS.
         ENEMY CONTINUES TO ILLUMINATE HIS SECURITY ZONE WITH MORTAR
         ILLUMINATION WHICH ENABLES US TO TARGET HIS INDIRECT FIRE
         ARTILLERY. USING THESE TECHNIQUES, THE DIVARTY WAS ABLE TO
         TARGET AN M46 BN WHICH WAS ALSO ENGAGED BY AIR. BDA REPORTED WAS
         13 ARTILLERY PIECES AND 1 ARMORED VEHICLE DESTROYED VIC NT
VISION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE CURRENT PSCL UNTIL IT
         MOVES NORTH.
              E.       1CD. DIVISION CONTINUES TO DEFEND IN SECTOR. TWO
         MORE EPW"S WERE PICKED UP ALONG THE SCREEN TODAY. IST BDE AND 1-
         7 CAV CONDUCTED TWO MOUNTED RECONNAISSANCE PATROLS EACH NORTH OF
         THE BORDER BERM. LIMIT OF ADVANCE FOR THESE RECONS WAS FSCL.
         2ND BDE CONDUCTED SANDTABLE EXERCISES AND REHEARSALS FOR BERM
         BUSTER III, WHICH WILL BE EXECUTED ON ORDER. AS OF 1600CO
         AMMITION CACHES, BUNKERS, AND TOWERS WERE OBSERVED AND
         ARTILLERY WAS OBSERVED IMPACTING NORTH OF THE BERM. 1ST BDE WILL
         CONDUCT RECON INTO ENEMY SECURITY ZONE THIS EVENING. LIMIT OF
         ADVANCE IS THE PSCL. PLANNING CONTINUES FOR OPERATIONS IN
         SUPPORT OF VII CORPS DECEPTION PLAN. ON ORDER, SELECTED UNITS
         WILL CONDUCT RAIDS, FEINTS, RECONSO AND DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE
         IRAQ-SAUDI BORDER. DIVISION IS PREPARED TO MOVE SCREEN LIKE
         NORTH OF THE LD.
              F. tg)- I (UK) AD. DIVISION'S POINT OF MAIN EFFORT-
         CONTINUES WITH INCREASED MAINTENANCE AND REST PRIOR TO
         OPERATIONAL MOVE TO THE BREACH WHEN ORDERED. ONE SQDN OF 16/5
         HAS ASSUMED SECURITY IN LOG BASE ECHO. DIVISION ARTY GP FIRED
         ARTILLERY RAID FROM 1400-1600C WITH A TOTAL OF 14 TARGETS
         DESTROYED (13 ARTY PIECES-1 ARMD), AS OBSERVED BY A10 FLIGHT.
         FOCUS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE TO ENSURE THAT ALL UNITS ARE
         FAMILIAR WITH THE OPORD ISSUED TODAY.
              G.       CORPS ARTY. CONDUCTING TRAINING IN FAA, PREPARING
         FOR COMBAT. COMBAT SYSTEMS FOR 142ND BDE ARRIVED ON THE CAPE


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Subject = VII CORPS SITREP 32
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Declassified = 12-JUL-1996