This extraordinary picture of the southern tip of the Magdeburg range (known in the West as the Letzlinger Heide or Colbitz range) was taken from a Pembroke flying in the center corridor. By chance, an Army level air defence display was held when the spy plane flew above the range. Note also the two Mi-8 of the 226.OSAP that flew senior officers to the range.
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2K11 Krug / SA-4 "Ganef" Battery 1- Field Command and Control post 2/3- Command,Control and targeting (9S468M1 "Polyana D-1" complex) 4- P-40 / 1S12 "Bronya" / "Long Track" acquisition radar 5- 1S32 / "Pat Hand" tracking radar 6- TEL 2P24 with 3M8 SAM |
9K37 Buk / SA-11 "Gadfly" Battery 7- Field Command and Control post 8- 9S470 command and control vehicle 9- 9S18 "Kupol" / "Snow Drift" acquisition radar 10- TEL 9A310 with 9M38 SAM |
9K32 Strela-2* / SA-7 Grail & 2K22 Tunguska / SA-19 "Grison" 11- Field Command and Control post 12- 9S737 "Ranzhir" Command and Control vehicle 13- P-19 / 1RL134 "Dunaļ" / "Flat Face B" surveillance radar 14- BTR-60PU-12 / 9S482 Command and Control vehicle 15- PPRU-1 / 9S80 "Ovod" / "Dog Ear" Radar and Control vehicle 16- BMP-2 with SAM* 17- 2S6 Tunguska with 9M311 SAM * The SAM of the BMP-2 were stowed inside the vehicle. They could be 9M32 "Strela-2" (SA-7 "Grail"), 9M36 "Strela-3"(SA-14 "Gremlin") or 9M313 "Igla-1" (SA-16 "Gimlet"). The missiles that can be distinguished on the original picture were 9M111 "Fagot" / AT-4 "Spigot" ATGM. |
9K33 Osa / SA-8 "Gecko" Battery 18- Field Command and Control post 19- 9S737 "Ranzhir" Command and Control vehicle 20- P-19 / 1RL134 "Dunaļ" / "Flat Face B" surveillance radar 21- BTR-60PU-12 / 9S482 Command and Control vehicle 22- TEL 9A33 with 9M33 SAM |
23- 1L22 "Parol'" / "Dog Tail" identification radar associated with 1RL131 24- P-18 / 1RL131 "Terek" / "Spoon Rest" surveillance radar 25- PRV-16 / 1RL132 "Nadezhnost'" / "Thin Skin" altimetric radar 26- P-19 / 1RL134 "Dunaļ / "Flat Face B" surveillance radar |
