INTSUM 69 13 FEB 91

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Subject: INTSUM   69 13 FEB 91                                           

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000225

Folder Title: ITSUMS - 2                                                                                      

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    St LESS THAN 20 @D@A@7 S SUPPLY ON HAND AND ARE NO LONGER BEING RESUPPLIED AT
    St SUSTAINMENT LEVELS. THE DISPERSAL OF ITS SUPPLIES IN TURCKS HAMPERS
    I$ EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY SUPPORT OF SUPPORTED UNITS. THE               OOD AND
    I$ WATER HAS BEEN CITED AS ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF THE               MORALE
    Is PROBLEM.
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    It 7. OBSTACLES:(         Mt@ A HUMINT REPORT DETAILED THE OBSTACLE PLAN IN
    Ss THE 25 ID AREA. IN THIS SECTOR, MINEFIELDS ARE SURROUNDED BY BARBED
    I$ WIRE. ONLY MILITARY VEHICLES AND OIL TRUCKS ARE ALLOWED TO TRANSIT THE
    I$ OBSTACLES VIA TWO-LANE GAPS. THE BARBED WIRE CONSISTS OF TWO COILS ON THE
    I$ BOTTOM AND ONE ROLL ON TOP. SUPPORTING POLES ARE ALLEGEDLY SPACED AT ONE
    I$ METER INTERVALS. A MINEFIELD LAID ON 3 FEB WAS EQUIPPED WITH VALMARA TRIP
    I$ FLARES. THE MINES ARE BOTH AP AND AT AND WERE LAID BY A U/I ENG UNIT OF
    It THE 25 ID. A SECOND MINEFIELD KNOWN TO THE SOURCE WAS SURROUNDED BY TWO
    I$ STRAND BARBED WIRE WITH SUPPORTING METAL POLES SPACED AT 1.5 - 2 METER
    I$ INTERVALS. THERE WERE MINEFIELD SIGNS FOR THE GAPS IN THESE MINEFIELDS.
    5$ EACH SIGN MEASURES 15CM BY 23CM AND WERE BLACK. RED ARABIC LETTERING
    I$ SPELLED OUT THE WORD - MINEFIELD.
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    St      (A)(@FkiEF9 !!!OF) AN IRAQI PRIVATE WHO RECENTLY DESERTED FROM A
    I$ COMPANY ATTACHED TO THE 48 ID STATED HIS COMPANY RECEIVED 6 RPG-7'S AND
    %$ APPROX 30 CHEM AND BIOLOGICAL ROUNDS FOR THESE WEAPONS AS OF 10 JAN. EACH
    St RPG-7 GUNNER CARRIES THREE CHEM AND ONE OR TWO BIOLOGICAL RO @ S.
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    I[$     (B)(        iiii:                     PORTEDLY HAS BOTH THE STANDARD
    YPE-69 WILL BE USED ONLY WITH CW OR
    St BW ROUNDS AGAINST COMPANY SIZE UNITS. FOR NOR14AL USE AGANINST A TANK, THE
    I$ STANDARD RPG-7 WILL BE USED. THE TYPE-69 RPG HAS BOTH BLISTERING AGENT
    I[$ AND NERVE AGENT ROUNDS. SOURCE CLAIMS THAT MAXIMUM RANGE OF THE TYPE-69
    St IS 2 TO 2.5 KMS.
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    St      (B)(-t-I         FSTC/ITAC COMMENT: WHILE THE FITTING OF AN RPG
    I$ WARHEAD WITH A CHEMICAL AGENT FOR AN ANTIPERSONNEL OR ANTITANK ROLE AS
    St DESCRIBED IS FEASIBLE, THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION THAT SUCH A WARHEAD HAS
    I$ BEEN FIELDED. THERE IS ALSO NO INDICATION THAT BIOLOGICAL AGENTS HAVE
    I$ BEEN PLACED ON RPG WARHEADS. THE MAXIMUM DIRECT FIRE RANGE OF THE RPG-7
    I$ IS ASSESSED TO BE 300 - 500 METERS, WITH 1.8 - 2.0 KMS BEING THE MAXIMUM
    5$ RANGE WHILE ARC-FIRING A ROCKET-ASSISTED PROJECTILE.








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Subject = INTSUM 69 13 FEB 91
Document Seq # = 50
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Declassified = 02-JAN-1997