Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter by David Campbell

Author:David Campbell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472817662
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

Panjshir V, 15–21 May 1982

MAP KEY

1 15 May: The Soviets launch a diversionary attack northwest into the Ghorband river valley in the hope of misleading Ahmad Shah Massoud and drawing off some of the defenders of the Panjshir.

2 0400hrs, 17 May: The main ground assault is launched on the entrance to the valley through the Dalang Sang gorge. At 0500hrs, six battalions begin landing in air assaults on Rukha (one from the 191st Separate Motor-Rifle Regiment and one from the DRA’s 14th Division), Khanez and Bazarak, inserted on the surrounding peaks as well as the valley floor.

3 17 May: Soviet/DRA forces progress into the valley and take Anava.

4 18 May: Air assaults are launched on Khanez (two battalions: one from the 66th Separate Motor-Rifle Brigade and one from the DRA’s 11th Division), Kharu and Khenj (one battalion from the 345th Separate Guards Parachute Regiment and one battalion from the Afghan 444th Commando Regiment).

5 19 May: Two battalions are air-landed at Astana (one from the 149th Guards Motor-Rifle Regiment and one from the Afghan 20th Division) with another two battalions inserted in the towns of Mata and Pasi-Sheun-Mardan (one from the 350th Guards Parachute Regiment, the other from the DRA’s 37th Commando Brigade).

6 20 May: Air-landing in the vicinity of Kure Mirzabeg (one battalion each from the 317th and 350th Guards Parachute regiments, the Afghan complement being a battalion each from the 444th Commando Regiment and the 37th Commando Brigade). Nearly 40km further up the valley, two more battalions (one Soviet, one Afghan) are air-landed on the peaks near Evim to interdict the nearby road junction.

7 21 May: By the close of the day Soviet/DRA ground forces enter Mata and Pasi-Sheun-Mardan and link up with the air-assault troops holding those areas.

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