IIR 2 340 0349 90/IRAQI PURCHASE AND DEPLOYMENT OF U/I 155MM

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IIR 2 340 0349 90/IRAQI PURCHASE AND DEPLOYMENT OF U/I 155MM

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SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 340 0349 90.

BODY COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).

SUBJ: IIR 2 340 0349 90/IRAQI PURCHASE AND DEPLOYMENT OF U/I 155MM
SELF-PROPELLED GUNS (U).

WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED


- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE


DOI: (U) 860000.

REQS: (U) S-DCI-00001.

SOURCE: [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ][   (b)(7)(D)   ]




SUMMARY:        IRAQ PURCHASED 150 TO 250 U/I 155MM SELF-PROPELLED
GUNS FROM SOUTH AFRICA. THESE GUNS ARE REPORTED TO BE THE BEST IN
THE IRAQI INVENTORY, AND CAPABLE OF EMPLOYING CHEMICAL AND NUCLEAR
ROUNDS. AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF THE U/I 155MM SELF-PROPELLED GUNS
WERE DEPLOYED TO THE 5TH DIVISION IN BASIRA, IZ.

TEXT: 1.        PURCHASE OF U/I 155MM SELF-PROPELLED GUNS--IN
1980, IRAQ PURCHASED 150 TO 250 U/I 155MM SELF-PROPELLED GUNS FROM
SOUTH AFRICA. THESE GUNS ARE REPORTED TO BE THE BEST IN THE IRAQI
INVENTORY, AND CAPABLE OF EMPLOYING CHEMICAL AND NUCLEAR ROUNDS.
2.        DEPLOYMENT OF U/I 155MM SELF-PROPELLED GUNS--AN UNKNOWN
QUANTITY OF THE U/I 155MM SELF-PROPELLED GUNS WERE DEPLOYED TO THE
5TH DIVISION IN BASIRA, IZ. (FLD CMT--[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]


COMMENTS:        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]


                . POC'S ARE [   (b)(6)   ]. AUTOVON
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INSTR: (U) US NO.
PREP: (U) 2-10333.
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