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SUBJECT: PERSIAN GULF CRISIS
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OCT 90
-TABLE OF CONTENTS-
1. PERSIAN GULF CRISIS
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1. PERSIAN GULF CRISIS
IRAQ/KUWAIT: DISPOSITION OF IRAQI FORCES
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS
ELEMENTS OF TWO FROG-7 TACTICAL ROCKET BRIGADES WERE
DEPLOYED IN KUWAIT.
IRAQI FORCES IN KUWAIT INCLUDED
14 SELF-PROPELLED (SP) ARTILLERY BATTALIONS, 51 FIELD ARTILLERY
(FA) BATTALIONS, SEVEN MULTIPLE ROCKET-LAUNCHER (MRL)
BATTERIES, 12 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE (SAM) BATTALIONS, TWO
FROG-7 BRIGADES,
IRAQI FORCES IN SOUTHERN IRAQ INCLUDED
FIVE SP
ARTILLERY BATTALIONS, 20 FA BATTALIONS, ONE MRL BATTERY, AND
SIX SAM BATTALION
IRAQI GROUND FORCES IN KUWAIT
SOUTHEAST KUWAIT
SOUTH OF AL AHMADI IN AN AREA ENCLOSED
BY 29-04N 048-04E, 28-48N 048-16E, AND 28-44N 047-58E.
SUBORDINATE ARTILLERY ASSETS IN THE AREA INCLUDED TWO FA
BATTALIONS (32 GUNS).
ARTILLERY ASSETS DEPLOYED IN THE AREA INCLUDED
TWO SP ARTILLERY BATTALIONS (36 SP GUNS) AND SIX FA BATTALIONS
(93 GUNS). ONE
SP ARTILLERY BATTALION (18 SP GUNS) WERE DEPLOYED IN THE
VICINITY OF KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD.
ONE FA BATTALION (15 155-MM GHN-45 GUN-HOWITZERS)
REMAINED DEPLOYED AT ARMED AL JABER AIRFIELD.
ARTILLERY ASSETS (ONE SP
ARTILLERY BATTALION (18 SP GUNS) AND THREE FA BATTALIONS
(51 GUNS)) REMAINED DEPLOYED ON THE NORTH SHORE OF KUWAIT CITY
FROM 29-23N 047-40E To 29-21N 048-06E
ONE FROG-7 BATTALION WAS
DEPLOYED IN THE AREA AT 29-17N 047-49E.
ARTILLERY ASSETS (FIVE FA BATTALIONS (76 GUNS))
REMAINED DEPLOYED ON THE COAST FROM KUWAIT CITY SOUTH TO MINA
SAUD AT 28-40N 048-22E.
COAST AT MINA SAUD (28-36N 048-23E) TO AL
WAFRAH AT 28-36N 047-57F. ARTILLERY ASSETS IN THE
AREA INCLUDED TWO FA BATTALIONS (32 GUNS).
BETWEEN AL
WAFRAH AT 28-36N 047-57 AND UMM GUDAIR OIL FIELD AT 28-50N
047-43E. ARTILLERY ASSETS IN THE AREA INCLUDED
THREE FA BATTALIONS (54 GUNS) AND ONE MRL BATTERY (6 MRL).
CENTRAL KUWAIT -
WAS DEPLOYED NORTH AND WEST OF ALI AL SALEM AIRFIELD IN AN AREA
ENCLOSED BY 29-42N 047-30E, 29-20N 047-34E, AND 29-22N 047-15E
ARTILLERY IN THE AREA INCLUDED SIX SP
ARTILLERY BATTALIONS (105 SP GUNS) AND FOUR FA BATTALIONS (71
GUNS). ONE FROG-7 BATTALION REMAINED DEPLOYED AT ALI AL SALEM
AIRFIELD.
ONE FA BATTALION (18 GUNS) WERE DEPLOYED SOUTH OF ALI AL
SALEM AIRFIELD IN THE VICINITY OF 29-18N 047-33E
BETWEEN 29-13N 047-35E AND 29-20N 047-15E. ONE FA
BATTALION (11 GUNS) WAS DEPLOYED IN THE AREA.
ARTILLERY ASSETS (TWO FA
BATTALIONS (35 GUNS) AND TWO MRL BATTERIES (10 MRL)) WAS
DEPLOYED ON THE FLOT IN CENTRAL KUWAIT BETWEEN 28-50N 047-43E
AND 29-03N 047-32E
WESTERN KUWAIT
ARTILLERY ASSETS (FIVE FA BATTALIONS (76 GUNS)) WAS DEPLOYED
ON THE FLOT BETWEEN 29-03N 047-32E AND 29-07N 047-12E.
FROM 07N 047-12E
TO THE IRAQ BORDER AT 29-20N 046-45E. ARTILLERY
ASSETS IN THE AREA INCLUDED FIVE FA BATTALIONS (79 GUNS) AND
TWO MRL BATTERIES (12 MRL).
NORTHERN KUWAIT
OF UMM AL AISH IN NORTHEASTERN
KUWAIT, BETWEEN 29-51N 047-43E AND 29-38N 048-07E. SUBORDINATE
ARTILLERY ASSETS IN THE AREA INCLUDED SEVEN FA BATTALIONS
(112 GUNS), ONE SP ARTILLERY BATTALION (18 SP GUNS), AND ONE
MRL BATTERY (SIX MRL).
ONE FA BATTALION (16 GUNS) WERE
DEPLOYED IN NORTHEASTERN KUWAIT SOUTH OF WUMM QASR AT 29-59N
047-58E.
IN THE RUMAYLAH OIL FIELD AREA SOUTH OF THE IRAQ/KUWAIT BORDER,
IN AN AREA ENCLOSED BY 30-07N 047-40E, 29-53N 047-45E, AND
30-04N 047-27E. ARTILLERY ASSETS DEPLOYED IN THE
AREA INCLUDED ONE SP ARTILLERY BATTALION (18 SP GUNS) AND TWO
FA BATTALIONS (30 GUNS).
ONE FROG-7 BRIGADE REMAINED DEPLOYED IN AN AGRICULTURAL AREA IN
NORTHERN KUWAIT IN THE VICINITY OF 30-00N 047-45E. ONE
ASTROS-II MRL BATTERY (FOUR MRL) REMAINED DEPLOYED IN THE SAME
VICINITY.
ARTILLERY ASSETS (TWO SP
ARTILLERY BATTALIONS (36 SP GUNS) AND TWO FA BATTALIONS
(23 GUNS)) REMAINED DEPLOYED ON THE NORTH SHORE OF KUWAIT BAY
FROM 29-33N 048-10E TO 29-22N 047-42E.
ONE FROG-7 BATTALION REMAINED DEPLOYED IN A
WALLED GARDEN AT 29-33N 047-43E.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LOCATIONS OF IRAQI
CHEMICAL DEFENSE WASHDOWN STATIONS IN KUWAIT (A WASHDOWN
STATION IS NORMALLY EXPECTED TO BE FOUND IN EVERY DIVISION
AREA, WHERE IT SERVES AS A TRAINING/OPERATIONAL WASHDOWN SITE
FOR THE DIVISION-S ORGANIC CHEMICAL DEFENSE COMPANY):
IRAQI GROUND FORCES IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
AL MUFRASH AREA
BETWEEN AL MUFRASH AND SAFWAN AIRFIELDS, FROM 30-10N 047-25E TO
30-12N 047-38E. ARTILLERY ASSETS IN THE AREA
INCLUDED TWO SP ARTILLERY BATTALIONS (36 SP GUNS), FOUR FA
BATTALIONS (56 GUNS), AND ONE MRL BATTERY (SIX MRL).
ALONG THE IRAQ/KUWAIT BORDER 26KM SOUTHWEST OF
AL MUFRASH AIRFIELD, BETWEEN 30-02N 047-02E AND 30-12N 047-21E.
ARTILLERY ASSETS IN THE AREA INCLUDED TWO SP
ARTILLERY BATTALIONS (THIRTY 155-MM GCT SP HOWITZERS) AND TWO
FA BATTALIONS (THIRTY-ONE 155-MM GHN-45 GUN-HOWITZERS).
AR RUMAYLAH AREA
SOUTHWEST OF AR RUMAYLAH
BETWEEN 30-30N 046-57E AND 30-25N 047-16E.
ARTILLERY ASSETS INCLUDED ONE SP ARTILLERY BATTALION (EIGHTEEN
155-MM GCT SP HOWITZERS) AND TWO FA BATTALIONS (30 GUNS).
NORTH OF THE IRAQ/KUWAIT/SAUDI ARABIA TRI-BORDER AREA
THE KUWAIT BORDER BETWEEN 29-51N 046-58E AND 29-40N 046-36E
ARTILLERY ASSETS IN THE AREA
INCLUDE THREE FA BATTALIONS (50 GUNS). ARTILLERY (FOUR FA
BATTALIONS (62 GUNS)) REMAINED DEPLOYED ON THE FLOT JUST NORTH
OF THE TRI-BORDER AREA FROM 29-25N 046-45E TO 29-25N 046-15E.
UMM QASR AREA
ARTILLERY ASSETS (THREE FA BATTALIONS (44 GUNS) REMAINED
DEPLOYED NORTH-NORTHWEST OF UMM QASR BETWEEN 30-03N 047-55E AND
30-11N 047-50E.
AZ ZUBAYR AREA
ARTILLERY ASSETS (TWO FA BATTALIONS (27 GUNS))
REMAINED DEPLOYED SOUTH OF AZ ZUBAYR BETWEEN 30-23N 047-45E AND
30-14N 047-47E.
IRAQI CHEMICAL DEFENSE STATIONS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LOCATIONS OF IRAQI
CHEMICAL DEFENSE WASHDOWN STATIONS IN IRAQ:
31-07-00N 046-55-00E
31-02-00N 046-55-00E
30-54-00N 047-28-00E
30-46-00N 047-33-00E
30-32-20N 047-12-30E
30-20-00N 047-36-00E
30-09-00N 047-20-00E
30-08-00N 047-45-00E
30-08-00N 047-51-00E (THREE INDIVIDUAL STATIONS)
30-07-00N 047-39-00E
30-05-00N 047-55-00E
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