{"id":10662,"date":"2017-03-19T08:33:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T08:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=10662"},"modified":"2017-03-19T08:33:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T08:33:25","slug":"russia-building-military-presence-georgia-new-s-300-occupied-abkhazia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russia-building-military-presence-georgia-new-s-300-occupied-abkhazia\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia is building up its military presence in Georgia. New S-300 in occupied Abkhazia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Russia is strengthening its presence in the occupied territories of Georgia: evidence of the transfer of additional S-300 air defense systems to Abkhazia is obtained.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Concurrently with the granting Georgia visa-free travel regime to the EU by the European Parliament, in the last month there has been an intensification of aggressive actions by Russian occupying forces in the Tskhinvali region and Abkhazia. The Russian military and the FSB border guards go on frank provocations: they equip new military facilities, equip artificially created borders, encroach on the right of ownership of civilians, kidnap Georgian law enforcers.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the results of HUMINT \/ OSINT intelligence, volunteers of InformNapalm international intelligence community revealed the transfer of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to occupied Abkhazia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HUMINT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The initial information was obtained directly from occupied Abkhazia, from local residents &#8211; opponents of Russian occupation and the so-called integration with Russia (to be precise, assimilation). According to information from trusted sources from Abkhazia, on March 10, 2017, a railway train entered Abkhazia from the Russia&#8217;s side &#8211; about three dozen freight cars, including open platforms loaded with large wheeled vehicles and large metal structures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OSINT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To collect additional information on the transfer of military cargo to occupied Abkhazia, InformNapalm volunteers conducted a search in social media and other open sources of information.<\/p>\n<p>On Instagram, a 21 second long video downloaded by the user _natashechka_ a few days prior, was found. The video demonstrates the passage of a train consisting of 17 cars with military equipment, including wheeled vehicles, a radar mast and other auxiliary components to the S-300 surface-to-air missile system.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"978\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/525Z1Am8kx8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The video was given hashtags # #\u0432\u043e\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f\u0442\u0435\u0445\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430#\u0436\u0434#\u043f\u043e\u0435\u0437\u0434 (#military equipment#railway#train) and a geolocation marker &#8220;Lukoil&#8221;, which is located at coordinates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ge\/maps\/place\/44%C2%B054'38.0%22N+38%C2%B052'58.0%22E\/@44.9105594,38.8740231,15z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d44.9105556!4d38.8827778\">44 \u00b0 54&#8217;38 &#8220;N, 38 \u00b0 52&#8217;58&#8221; E<\/a> \u2013 it is a railway crossing on the Novorossiysk-Krasnodar road, on the administrative border of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/instagram.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/na-karte.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Note: As of March 15, 2017, the video has been deleted from its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/locations\/577143983\/\">original post<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrmVictory\/status\/841258111893659649\">InformNapalm repost<\/a>). This is not surprising, especially after a number of comments on the video from aggressive trolls, including<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politonline.ru\/interpretation\/22889459.html\"> the story<\/a> of a Russian woman who sent SMS to Georgia about the transfer of Russian forces to Abkhazia in 2008 and was later convicted of espionage.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On the social website VK, a series of photos taken at the railway station of Gudauta was found on the page of serviceman &#8220;B&#8221; from the Russian 7th Military Occupation Base (military unit #09332 of the Southern Military District, Georgia, Gudauta, occupied Abkhazia). The photos were posted on March 10 2017 with hashtags #\u0410\u0431\u0445\u0430\u0437\u0438\u044f#\u043f\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 (#Abkhazia#replenishment). The photographs show the process of unloading military equipment from a train, including S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ABKHAZ-POPOLN-10-mart-Copy.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Note: we do not disclose personal data of the Russian serviceman at this time. We are evaluating the speed with which the military special investigators of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Occupation Base work.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Moreover, we were able to identify and prove that the train with the S-300 missile systems that arrived in occupied Abkhazia and was unloaded at the Gudauta station is the same train that was filmed in the video on the border between Krasnodar Krai of Russia and Adygea. Not only the train and equipment loaded on it look identical, but also the same number \u2013 44357945, was spotted on one of the railway platforms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nomer-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nomer-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is a map showing the route of the train with the S-300 systems along the North Caucasian Railway (Krasnodar Krai-Adygea-Krasnodar Krai) and further into occupied Abkhazia:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/j-d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The question remains open: where did the train come from? We have several assumptions:<\/p>\n<p>The 1537th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (military unit 26345), consisting of two battalions, from the 51st Air Defense Division of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Army (military unit 40911, Rostov-on-Don) is stationed in Novorossiysk.<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4-%D0%B5_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%92%D0%92%D0%A1_%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%92%D0%9E\"> According to some sources<\/a>, the first battalion consists of 8 S-400 launchers, the second of 8 S-300PM launchers and a battalion of the 96K6 Pantsir-S1 consisting of 6 systems. There is information that the 2nd Battalion of this regiment was recently rearmed with the S-400. Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkavkaz.net\/2015\/12\/vozdushno-kosmicheskie-sily.html\">there is information<\/a> that the anti-aircraft missile regiments of the Russian Air Defense Forces that have S-300 and S-400 systems are reorganizing into a new, three-battalion structure. So, the Russian military command could well send the S-300 complexes from Novorossiysk to Abkhazia after replacing them with the S-400 for building up the military presence of this occupied region of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>It is also possible that the S-300 complexes could have been transferred to occupied Abkhazia from occupied Crimea, where the 12th and 18th regiments of the 31st Air Defense Division are stationed (Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine). Two battalions of these regiments had 12 PU S-300PM complexes each. Recently Russian media reported on the rearmament of one of the regiments with the modern S-400.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus, we are seeing the intensified militarization of Abkhazia by Russian occupation forces. According to our assumptions, we are not talking about replacing the old S-300 air defense missile systems of the two artillery divisions deployed by Russia after the invasion of Georgia in 2008 (the state of which is not the best, see the pictures below) with the newer ones. Most likely, the Russian military command decided to add the third S-300 battalion and broaden the air and missile defense forces of the 7th Russian Occupation Military Base, taking under tighter control the airspace of Georgia and its Black Sea coast. Probably, the new third S-300 battalion will be deployed in Ochamchire (near the Nagvalow training area) or in Gali District of occupied Abkhazia, where<a href=\"http:\/\/vzgliad.ru\/news\/2016\/11\/24\/845559.html\"> Russian invaders have become more active since the end of 2016<\/a>. Similar actions by Russia are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosbalt.ru\/world\/2017\/02\/16\/1592572.html\">possibly connected<\/a> with the announced activities of NATO forces in the Black Sea region, including the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosbalt.ru\/world\/2017\/03\/07\/1596913.html\"> possibility of using<\/a> the Georgian port of Poti.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15.11.2013-S-300.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/18.07.2014-S-300-agudzera.jpg\" width=\"248\" height=\"186\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/19.08.2013-Copy.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Note: The 7th Russian Military Base (military unit 09332, Gudauta, occupied Abkhazia, Georgia), besides the ground forces, has air defense units which form the so-called Group of missile battalions. In addition to conventional air defense weapons (the Osa, Strela-10 BM and Tunguska missile systems), the S-300 air defense missile regiment is deployed in Abkhazia, consisting of two battalions with 8 launchers in each. The battalions are located near the village of Primorskoye in Gudauta District and near the village of Agudzer in Gulripshi District.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We want to remind you that the 7th Russian Occupation Military Base is one of the most belligerent units of the Russian Armed Forces, information about their &#8220;exploits&#8221; is presented in 29 OSINT investigations and other publications of InformNapalm international intelligence community.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 7<sup>th<\/sup> Base in InfrormNapalm publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/combat-crews-2s3-akatsiya-7th-military-base-identified-along-border-ukraine\/\">Combat Crews of 2S3 \u201cAkatsiya\u201d of the 7th Military Base Identified along the Border with Ukraine<\/a>\u00a010\/05\/2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1984-donetskyj-ekspress-ydentyfykatsyya-rossyjskoj-tehnyky-y-vooruzhenyya-perebrasyvaemoj-na-donbass\/\">\u2018Donetsk Express\u2019 \u2013 identification of Russian military equipment and weaponry, transferred to Donbas<\/a>\u00a010\/6\/2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/medical-detachment-7th-military-base-abkhazia-identified-near-border-ukraine\/\">Medical Detachment of the 7th Military Base from Abkhazia Identified near the Border with Ukraine<\/a>\u00a010\/13\/2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3999-reaktyvnaya-artylleryya-7-j-rossyjskoj-okkupatsyonnoj-bazy-yz-abhazyy-na-granytse-s-donbassom\/\">Rocket artillery of the 7th Military Base of the Russian occupation forces from Abkhazia on the border with Donbas<\/a>\u00a012\/18\/2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/5237-yz-mandarynovogo-raya-v-ukraynskyj-ad-rasskaz-o-tom-kak-rossyjskyh-kontraktnykov-v-dobrovolno-prynudytelnom-poryadke-posylayut-ubyvat-ukrayntsev\/\">From the mandarin paradise toward the Ukrainian hell\u2019: Russian contract soldiers pressed to fight in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a02\/4\/2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/6417-rossyjskyh-dvazhdy-okkupantov-s-7-j-voennoj-bazy-yz-abhazyy-za-uchastye-v-boyah-na-donbasse-massovo-nagrazhdayut-medalyamy-za-voynskuyu-doblest\/\">Servicemen of the 7th Russian Military Base from Abkhazia receive medals for fighting in Donbas<\/a>\u00a03\/2\/2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/6641-srochnykov-7-j-voennoj-bazy-rf-massovo-verbuyut-v-kontraktnyky-dlya-ukraynskyh-komandyrovok\/\">Conscripts of the 7th Russian Military Base massively recruited to become contract soldiers for the \u201cUkrainian missions\u201d.<\/a>\u00a03\/6\/2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/7011-myhos-otvazhnyj-razvedchyk-7-j-v-bazy-kavaler-medaly-za-otvagu\/\">\u201cCourageous Mihos\u201d \u2013 \u200b\u200ba scout of the 7th Military Base, holder of medal For Courage<\/a>\u00a03\/18\/2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/more-soldiers-from-7th-military-base-received-combat-medals-after-temporary-duties-in-ukraine\/\">More soldiers from 7th Military Base received Combat Medals after temporary duties in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a005\/27\/2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/cinderellas-with-self-propelled-artillery-systems-or-how-russian-contract-servicemen-are-posing-as-self-defence\/\">\u2018Cinderellas\u2019 with Self-propelled Artillery Systems or How Russian Contract Servicemen are Posing as \u2018Self-defence\u2019<\/a>\u00a007\/02\/2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-sover-story-of-the-former-soldier-of-the-7th-russian-base-does-not-hold-water\/\">The \u0421over Story of the \u2018Former\u2019 Soldier of the 7th Russian Base Does not Hold Water<\/a>\u00a007\/02\/2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/massive-deployment-of-the-russian-troops-and-equipment-from-the-occupied-abkhazia-is-registered\/\">Massive Deployment of the Russian Troops And Equipment from the Occupied Abkhazia Is Registered<\/a>\u00a09\/23\/2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/5502-russia-deploys-the-military-equipment-of-the-7th-base-to-rostov-oblast\/\">Russia Deploys the Military Equipment of the 7th Base to Rostov Oblast<\/a>\u00a009\/24\/2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-contract-soldier-from-the-7th-base-fights-as-dpr-militant\/\">Russian Contract Soldier from the 7th Base Fights as \u2018DPR\u2019 Militant\u00a0<\/a>09\/25\/2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/jan10-donbas-games\/\">\u2018Bored silly\u2019: the Russian Invaders\u2019 Games in Donbas\u00a0<\/a>01\/10\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/feb05-li\/\">\u2018Double Strike\u2019 to the Russian Officers from the Southern Military District<\/a>\u00a002\/10\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/journey-russian-occupant-gudauta-rostov-donbas-khmeimim\/\">Journey of Russian Occupant: Gudauta \u2013 Rostov \u2013 Donbas \u2013 Khmeimim<\/a>\u00a004\/03\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-dynasty-of-russian-war-criminals\/\">The Dynasty of Russian War Criminals: Biographic Narrative of the Invader\u00a0<\/a>\u00a008\/15\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/emperors-new-clothes-putin-exposed\/\">Emperor\u2019s new clothes \u2013 or Putin exposed<\/a>\u00a011\/30\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/updates-rostov-reserve-novorossian-army\/\">Daily routine of the Rostov reserve of \u201cNovorossia army\u201d<\/a>\u00a012\/15\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/documents-revealing-personnel-another-russian-btg-rostov-ukrainian-mission\/\">Documents revealing personnel of another Russian BTG on a \u201cRostov-Ukrainian mission\u201d\u00a0<\/a>10\/27\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-artillerymen-7th-military-base\/\">21 of 35: Russian artillerymen of the 7th Military Base involved in shelling of Ukraine. Identified. Infographics<\/a>\u00a011\/15\/20016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/love-story-3-love-adventures-russian-occupier\/\">Love story 3: love triangle of a Russian occupant<\/a>\u00a001\/05\/2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-scout-7th-military-base-given-away-bull-terrier-horlivka\/\">Russian scout from 7th Military Base given away a Bull Terrier from Horlivka<\/a>\u00a011\/28\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-russian-7th-military-base-scouts-fought-ukraine\/\">Identification of Russian 7th military base scouts who fought in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a012\/30\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-russian-7th-military-base-scouts-fought-ukraine\/\">Russian Kalmyk soldiers \u201cgot lost\u201d in the steppes of Ukraine<\/a>\u00a012\/25\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/30569-kontraktnikov-uchebnye-zavedeniya\/\">From \u2018hybrid\u2019 soldier to cadet: Russian Military Intervention\u00a0in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a001\/06\/2017<\/p>\n<p>Recipient of Medal of the Order \u201cFor Merit to the Fatherland\u201d and other Donbas veterans from the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Military Base\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/recipient-medal-order-merit-fatherland-donbas-veterans-7th-military-base\/\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/recipient-medal-order-merit-fatherland-donbas-veterans-7th-military-base\/<\/a>\u00a0 01\/13\/2017<\/p>\n<p>Russian contract soldiers prefer service in the Far East to a trip to Donbas\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/30750-donbass-dalnem-vostoke\/\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/30750-donbass-dalnem-vostoke\/<\/a>\u00a0 02\/28\/2017<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Database of regular Russian military personnel and evidence of their participation in hostilities in Ukraine on the side of the joint Russian-terrorist forces are available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/database\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/database<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Composition and armament of the 7th Russian Occupation Military Base<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 7th Krasnodar Orders of Red Banner, Kutuzov and Red Star Military Base, military unit 09332 (Gudauta, occupied Abkhazia, Georgia) consists of:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Capture.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Command,<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Four mechanized infantry battalions;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Sniper company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Tank battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Two self-propelled artillery battalions and one battery of towed howitzers;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Rocket artillery battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Antitank artillery battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Antiaircraft missile battalion and an antiaircraft artillery missile battalion (parts of the so-called Anti-aircraft battalion group of the 7th Military Base);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Reconnaissance battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 UAV company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Engineer battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 NBC protection company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Control (communications) battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Electronic warfare company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Control and artillery reconnaissance battery (of the artillery commander);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Control and radar reconnaissance platoon (of air defense commander);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Control Platoon (of the reconnaissance commander);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Maintenance battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Logistics battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Headquarters company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Medical company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Military instructors platoon;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Training simulator platoon;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Training range;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Brass band.<\/p>\n<p>The military base also includes a so-called aviation command office providing ground support for periodic flights of Russian Airforce planes to the airfield in Gudauta.<\/p>\n<p>An anti-aircraft missile regiment (formerly the 100th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, military unit 90100), consisting of 2 SAM battalions in Agudzera and Primorskoye, which have 8 units of S-300 SAM\u2019s on combat alert, is a part of the so-called anti-aircraft battalion group of the 7th Military Base.<\/p>\n<p>The base also has an electronic technical unit with alert facilities deployed on the airfield of Sukhumi Babushara Airport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Armament:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 T-90A and T-72B3 MBTs \u2013 41 pcs. (according to other sources 51 pcs.);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 BTR-82AM and BTR-80 armored personnel carriers (APC) \u2013 156 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 MT-LB light multi-purpose armored towing vehicles \u2013 15 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 BM-21 Grad MLRS \u2013 18 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 2S3M Akatsiya 152-mm self-propelled howitzers \u2013 36 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 D-30 122 mm howitzers \u2013 6 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 2S12 Sani 120 mm heavy mortar systems \u2013 18 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 MT-12 Rapira 100mm anti-tank guns \u2013 12 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Shturm-S self-propelled anti-tank missile systems \u2013 12 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicles \u2013 4 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 9A33BM2(3) Osa SAM\u2019s \u2013 12 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 9A34(35) Strela-10 SAM\u2019s on armored vehicle mounts \u2013 6 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 2S6M Tunguska self-propelled anti-aircraft guns \u2013 6 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0 9K38 Igla man portable surface-to-air missiles \u2013 27 pcs.<\/p>\n<p>The armament of the base also includes S-300PM SAM launchers \u2013 16 pcs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, in accordance with the agreement on joint armed forces between the Russian Federation and the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia signed in Moscow on November 21, 2015, two mechanized infantry battalions, artillery and aviation groups, as well as a separate special operations group have been attached by Abkhazia to the 7th Military Base.<\/p>\n<p>Except for a few of our additions, this note is based on the data from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/wjFrU\">milkavkaz.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This publication was prepared by InformNapalm international intelligence community based on its own OSINT\/HUMINT investigation.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Irakli Komaxidze, translated by Svitlana Kemblowski<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8997 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a>CC BY) Information specially prepared for\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\"><em><strong>InformNapalm.org<\/strong><\/em><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>site, an active link to the authors and our project is obligatory for any reprint or further use of the material. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia is strengthening its presence in the occupied territories of Georgia: evidence of the transfer of additional&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":10666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[762,528,532],"tags":[22,659],"class_list":["post-10662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-georgia","category-news","category-world","tag-7th-military-base","tag-abkhazia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia is building up its military presence in Georgia. 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The Russian military and the FSB border guards go on frank provocations: they equip new military facilities, equip artificially created borders, encroach on the right of ownership of civilians, kidnap Georgian law enforcers.\r\n\r\nBased on the results of HUMINT \/ OSINT intelligence, volunteers of InformNapalm international intelligence community revealed the transfer of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to occupied Abkhazia.\r\n\r\n<strong>HUMINT<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe initial information was obtained directly from occupied Abkhazia, from local residents - opponents of Russian occupation and the so-called integration with Russia (to be precise, assimilation). According to information from trusted sources from Abkhazia, on March 10, 2017, a railway train entered Abkhazia from the Russia's side - about three dozen freight cars, including open platforms loaded with large wheeled vehicles and large metal structures.\r\n\r\n<strong>OSINT<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTo collect additional information on the transfer of military cargo to occupied Abkhazia, InformNapalm volunteers conducted a search in social media and other open sources of information.\r\n\r\nOn Instagram, a 21 second long video downloaded by the user _natashechka_ a few days prior, was found. The video demonstrates the passage of a train consisting of 17 cars with military equipment, including wheeled vehicles, a radar mast and other auxiliary components to the S-300 surface-to-air missile system.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/525Z1Am8kx8\r\n\r\nThe video was given hashtags # #\u0432\u043e\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f\u0442\u0435\u0445\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430#\u0436\u0434#\u043f\u043e\u0435\u0437\u0434 (#military equipment#railway#train) and a geolocation marker \"Lukoil\", which is located at coordinates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ge\/maps\/place\/44%C2%B054'38.0%22N+38%C2%B052'58.0%22E\/@44.9105594,38.8740231,15z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d44.9105556!4d38.8827778\">44 \u00b0 54'38 \"N, 38 \u00b0 52'58\" E<\/a> \u2013 it is a railway crossing on the Novorossiysk-Krasnodar road, on the administrative border of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/instagram.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/na-karte.jpg\" \/>\r\n<blockquote><em>Note: As of March 15, 2017, the video has been deleted from its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/locations\/577143983\/\">original post<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrmVictory\/status\/841258111893659649\">InformNapalm repost<\/a>). This is not surprising, especially after a number of comments on the video from aggressive trolls, including<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politonline.ru\/interpretation\/22889459.html\"> the story<\/a> of a Russian woman who sent SMS to Georgia about the transfer of Russian forces to Abkhazia in 2008 and was later convicted of espionage.<\/em><\/blockquote>\r\nOn the social website VK, a series of photos taken at the railway station of Gudauta was found on the page of serviceman \"B\" from the Russian 7th Military Occupation Base (military unit #09332 of the Southern Military District, Georgia, Gudauta, occupied Abkhazia). The photos were posted on March 10 2017 with hashtags #\u0410\u0431\u0445\u0430\u0437\u0438\u044f#\u043f\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 (#Abkhazia#replenishment). The photographs show the process of unloading military equipment from a train, including S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ABKHAZ-POPOLN-10-mart-Copy.jpg\" \/>\r\n<blockquote><em>Note: we do not disclose personal data of the Russian serviceman at this time. We are evaluating the speed with which the military special investigators of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Occupation Base work.<\/em><\/blockquote>\r\nMoreover, we were able to identify and prove that the train with the S-300 missile systems that arrived in occupied Abkhazia and was unloaded at the Gudauta station is the same train that was filmed in the video on the border between Krasnodar Krai of Russia and Adygea. Not only the train and equipment loaded on it look identical, but also the same number \u2013 44357945, was spotted on one of the railway platforms.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nomer-1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nomer-2.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\nHere is a map showing the route of the train with the S-300 systems along the North Caucasian Railway (Krasnodar Krai-Adygea-Krasnodar Krai) and further into occupied Abkhazia:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/j-d.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe question remains open: where did the train come from? We have several assumptions:\r\n\r\nThe 1537th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (military unit 26345), consisting of two battalions, from the 51st Air Defense Division of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Army (military unit 40911, Rostov-on-Don) is stationed in Novorossiysk.<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4-%D0%B5_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%92%D0%92%D0%A1_%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%92%D0%9E\"> According to some sources<\/a>, the first battalion consists of 8 S-400 launchers, the second of 8 S-300PM launchers and a battalion of the 96K6 Pantsir-S1 consisting of 6 systems. There is information that the 2nd Battalion of this regiment was recently rearmed with the S-400. Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkavkaz.net\/2015\/12\/vozdushno-kosmicheskie-sily.html\">there is information<\/a> that the anti-aircraft missile regiments of the Russian Air Defense Forces that have S-300 and S-400 systems are reorganizing into a new, three-battalion structure. So, the Russian military command could well send the S-300 complexes from Novorossiysk to Abkhazia after replacing them with the S-400 for building up the military presence of this occupied region of Georgia.\r\n\r\nIt is also possible that the S-300 complexes could have been transferred to occupied Abkhazia from occupied Crimea, where the 12th and 18th regiments of the 31st Air Defense Division are stationed (Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine). Two battalions of these regiments had 12 PU S-300PM complexes each. Recently Russian media reported on the rearmament of one of the regiments with the modern S-400.\r\n\r\n<strong>Thus, we are seeing the intensified militarization of Abkhazia by Russian occupation forces. According to our assumptions, we are not talking about replacing the old S-300 air defense missile systems of the two artillery divisions deployed by Russia after the invasion of Georgia in 2008 (the state of which is not the best, see the pictures below) with the newer ones. Most likely, the Russian military command decided to add the third S-300 battalion and broaden the air and missile defense forces of the 7th Russian Occupation Military Base, taking under tighter control the airspace of Georgia and its Black Sea coast. Probably, the new third S-300 battalion will be deployed in Ochamchire (near the Nagvalow training area) or in Gali District of occupied Abkhazia, where<a href=\"http:\/\/vzgliad.ru\/news\/2016\/11\/24\/845559.html\"> Russian invaders have become more active since the end of 2016<\/a>. Similar actions by Russia are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosbalt.ru\/world\/2017\/02\/16\/1592572.html\">possibly connected<\/a> with the announced activities of NATO forces in the Black Sea region, including the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosbalt.ru\/world\/2017\/03\/07\/1596913.html\"> possibility of using<\/a> the Georgian port of Poti.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15.11.2013-S-300.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/18.07.2014-S-300-agudzera.jpg\" width=\"248\" height=\"186\" \/><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/19.08.2013-Copy.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"187\" \/>\r\n<blockquote><em>Note: The 7th Russian Military Base (military unit 09332, Gudauta, occupied Abkhazia, Georgia), besides the ground forces, has air defense units which form the so-called Group of missile battalions. In addition to conventional air defense weapons (the Osa, Strela-10 BM and Tunguska missile systems), the S-300 air defense missile regiment is deployed in Abkhazia, consisting of two battalions with 8 launchers in each. The battalions are located near the village of Primorskoye in Gudauta District and near the village of Agudzer in Gulripshi District.<\/em><\/blockquote>\r\nWe want to remind you that the 7th Russian Occupation Military Base is one of the most belligerent units of the Russian Armed Forces, information about their \"exploits\" is presented in 29 OSINT investigations and other publications of InformNapalm international intelligence community.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>The 7<sup>th<\/sup> Base in InfrormNapalm publications:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/combat-crews-2s3-akatsiya-7th-military-base-identified-along-border-ukraine\/\">Combat Crews of 2S3 \u201cAkatsiya\u201d of the 7th Military Base Identified along the Border with Ukraine<\/a>\u00a010\/05\/2014\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1984-donetskyj-ekspress-ydentyfykatsyya-rossyjskoj-tehnyky-y-vooruzhenyya-perebrasyvaemoj-na-donbass\/\">\u2018Donetsk Express\u2019 \u2013 identification of Russian military equipment and weaponry, transferred to Donbas<\/a>\u00a010\/6\/2014\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/medical-detachment-7th-military-base-abkhazia-identified-near-border-ukraine\/\">Medical Detachment of the 7th Military Base from Abkhazia Identified near the Border with Ukraine<\/a>\u00a010\/13\/2014\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3999-reaktyvnaya-artylleryya-7-j-rossyjskoj-okkupatsyonnoj-bazy-yz-abhazyy-na-granytse-s-donbassom\/\">Rocket artillery of the 7th Military Base of the Russian occupation forces from Abkhazia on the border with Donbas<\/a>\u00a012\/18\/2014\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/5237-yz-mandarynovogo-raya-v-ukraynskyj-ad-rasskaz-o-tom-kak-rossyjskyh-kontraktnykov-v-dobrovolno-prynudytelnom-poryadke-posylayut-ubyvat-ukrayntsev\/\">From the mandarin paradise toward the Ukrainian hell\u2019: Russian contract soldiers pressed to fight in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a02\/4\/2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/6417-rossyjskyh-dvazhdy-okkupantov-s-7-j-voennoj-bazy-yz-abhazyy-za-uchastye-v-boyah-na-donbasse-massovo-nagrazhdayut-medalyamy-za-voynskuyu-doblest\/\">Servicemen of the 7th Russian Military Base from Abkhazia receive medals for fighting in Donbas<\/a>\u00a03\/2\/2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/6641-srochnykov-7-j-voennoj-bazy-rf-massovo-verbuyut-v-kontraktnyky-dlya-ukraynskyh-komandyrovok\/\">Conscripts of the 7th Russian Military Base massively recruited to become contract soldiers for the \u201cUkrainian missions\u201d.<\/a>\u00a03\/6\/2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/7011-myhos-otvazhnyj-razvedchyk-7-j-v-bazy-kavaler-medaly-za-otvagu\/\">\u201cCourageous Mihos\u201d \u2013 \u200b\u200ba scout of the 7th Military Base, holder of medal For Courage<\/a>\u00a03\/18\/2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/more-soldiers-from-7th-military-base-received-combat-medals-after-temporary-duties-in-ukraine\/\">More soldiers from 7th Military Base received Combat Medals after temporary duties in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a005\/27\/2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/cinderellas-with-self-propelled-artillery-systems-or-how-russian-contract-servicemen-are-posing-as-self-defence\/\">\u2018Cinderellas\u2019 with Self-propelled Artillery Systems or How Russian Contract Servicemen are Posing as \u2018Self-defence\u2019<\/a>\u00a007\/02\/2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-sover-story-of-the-former-soldier-of-the-7th-russian-base-does-not-hold-water\/\">The \u0421over Story of the \u2018Former\u2019 Soldier of the 7th Russian Base Does not Hold Water<\/a>\u00a007\/02\/2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/massive-deployment-of-the-russian-troops-and-equipment-from-the-occupied-abkhazia-is-registered\/\">Massive Deployment of the Russian Troops And Equipment from the Occupied Abkhazia Is Registered<\/a>\u00a09\/23\/2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/5502-russia-deploys-the-military-equipment-of-the-7th-base-to-rostov-oblast\/\">Russia Deploys the Military Equipment of the 7th Base to Rostov Oblast<\/a>\u00a009\/24\/2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-contract-soldier-from-the-7th-base-fights-as-dpr-militant\/\">Russian Contract Soldier from the 7th Base Fights as \u2018DPR\u2019 Militant\u00a0<\/a>09\/25\/2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/jan10-donbas-games\/\">\u2018Bored silly\u2019: the Russian Invaders\u2019 Games in Donbas\u00a0<\/a>01\/10\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/feb05-li\/\">\u2018Double Strike\u2019 to the Russian Officers from the Southern Military District<\/a>\u00a002\/10\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/journey-russian-occupant-gudauta-rostov-donbas-khmeimim\/\">Journey of Russian Occupant: Gudauta \u2013 Rostov \u2013 Donbas \u2013 Khmeimim<\/a>\u00a004\/03\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-dynasty-of-russian-war-criminals\/\">The Dynasty of Russian War Criminals: Biographic Narrative of the Invader\u00a0<\/a>\u00a008\/15\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/emperors-new-clothes-putin-exposed\/\">Emperor\u2019s new clothes \u2013 or Putin exposed<\/a>\u00a011\/30\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/updates-rostov-reserve-novorossian-army\/\">Daily routine of the Rostov reserve of \u201cNovorossia army\u201d<\/a>\u00a012\/15\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/documents-revealing-personnel-another-russian-btg-rostov-ukrainian-mission\/\">Documents revealing personnel of another Russian BTG on a \u201cRostov-Ukrainian mission\u201d\u00a0<\/a>10\/27\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-artillerymen-7th-military-base\/\">21 of 35: Russian artillerymen of the 7th Military Base involved in shelling of Ukraine. Identified. Infographics<\/a>\u00a011\/15\/20016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/love-story-3-love-adventures-russian-occupier\/\">Love story 3: love triangle of a Russian occupant<\/a>\u00a001\/05\/2017\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-scout-7th-military-base-given-away-bull-terrier-horlivka\/\">Russian scout from 7th Military Base given away a Bull Terrier from Horlivka<\/a>\u00a011\/28\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-russian-7th-military-base-scouts-fought-ukraine\/\">Identification of Russian 7th military base scouts who fought in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a012\/30\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-russian-7th-military-base-scouts-fought-ukraine\/\">Russian Kalmyk soldiers \u201cgot lost\u201d in the steppes of Ukraine<\/a>\u00a012\/25\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/30569-kontraktnikov-uchebnye-zavedeniya\/\">From \u2018hybrid\u2019 soldier to cadet: Russian Military Intervention\u00a0in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a001\/06\/2017\r\n\r\nRecipient of Medal of the Order \u201cFor Merit to the Fatherland\u201d and other Donbas veterans from the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Military Base\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/recipient-medal-order-merit-fatherland-donbas-veterans-7th-military-base\/\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/recipient-medal-order-merit-fatherland-donbas-veterans-7th-military-base\/<\/a>\u00a0 01\/13\/2017\r\n\r\nRussian contract soldiers prefer service in the Far East to a trip to Donbas\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/30750-donbass-dalnem-vostoke\/\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/30750-donbass-dalnem-vostoke\/<\/a>\u00a0 02\/28\/2017<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\nDatabase of regular Russian military personnel and evidence of their participation in hostilities in Ukraine on the side of the joint Russian-terrorist forces are available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/database\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/database<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Composition and armament of the 7th Russian Occupation Military Base<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe 7th Krasnodar Orders of Red Banner, Kutuzov and Red Star Military Base, military unit 09332 (Gudauta, occupied Abkhazia, Georgia) consists of:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Capture.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Structure<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u2013 Command,\r\n\r\n\u2013 Four mechanized infantry battalions;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Sniper company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Tank battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Two self-propelled artillery battalions and one battery of towed howitzers;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Rocket artillery battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Antitank artillery battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Antiaircraft missile battalion and an antiaircraft artillery missile battalion (parts of the so-called Anti-aircraft battalion group of the 7th Military Base);\r\n\r\n\u2013 Reconnaissance battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 UAV company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Engineer battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 NBC protection company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Control (communications) battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Electronic warfare company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Control and artillery reconnaissance battery (of the artillery commander);\r\n\r\n\u2013 Control and radar reconnaissance platoon (of air defense commander);\r\n\r\n\u2013 Control Platoon (of the reconnaissance commander);\r\n\r\n\u2013 Maintenance battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Logistics battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Headquarters company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Medical company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Military instructors platoon;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Training simulator platoon;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Training range;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Brass band.\r\n\r\nThe military base also includes a so-called aviation command office providing ground support for periodic flights of Russian Airforce planes to the airfield in Gudauta.\r\n\r\nAn anti-aircraft missile regiment (formerly the 100th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, military unit 90100), consisting of 2 SAM battalions in Agudzera and Primorskoye, which have 8 units of S-300 SAM\u2019s on combat alert, is a part of the so-called anti-aircraft battalion group of the 7th Military Base.\r\n\r\nThe base also has an electronic technical unit with alert facilities deployed on the airfield of Sukhumi Babushara Airport.\r\n\r\n<strong>Armament:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u2013 T-90A and T-72B3 MBTs \u2013 41 pcs. (according to other sources 51 pcs.);\r\n\r\n\u2013 BTR-82AM and BTR-80 armored personnel carriers (APC) \u2013 156 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 MT-LB light multi-purpose armored towing vehicles \u2013 15 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 BM-21 Grad MLRS \u2013 18 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 2S3M Akatsiya 152-mm self-propelled howitzers \u2013 36 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 D-30 122 mm howitzers \u2013 6 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 2S12 Sani 120 mm heavy mortar systems \u2013 18 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 MT-12 Rapira 100mm anti-tank guns \u2013 12 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Shturm-S self-propelled anti-tank missile systems \u2013 12 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicles \u2013 4 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 9A33BM2(3) Osa SAM\u2019s \u2013 12 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 9A34(35) Strela-10 SAM\u2019s on armored vehicle mounts \u2013 6 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 2S6M Tunguska self-propelled anti-aircraft guns \u2013 6 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013\u00a0 9K38 Igla man portable surface-to-air missiles \u2013 27 pcs.\r\n\r\nThe armament of the base also includes S-300PM SAM launchers \u2013 16 pcs.\r\n\r\nIn addition, in accordance with the agreement on joint armed forces between the Russian Federation and the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia signed in Moscow on November 21, 2015, two mechanized infantry battalions, artillery and aviation groups, as well as a separate special operations group have been attached by Abkhazia to the 7th Military Base.\r\n\r\nExcept for a few of our additions, this note is based on the data from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/wjFrU\">milkavkaz.net<\/a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis publication was prepared by InformNapalm international intelligence community based on its own OSINT\/HUMINT investigation.\r\n\r\n<em>By Irakli Komaxidze, translated by Svitlana Kemblowski<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-8997 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a>CC BY) Information specially prepared for\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\"><em><strong>InformNapalm.org<\/strong><\/em><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>site, an active link to the authors and our project is obligatory for any reprint or further use of the material. <\/strong><\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10662"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10670,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10662\/revisions\/10670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}