Cargo 200 (code name)

For other uses, see Cargo 200 (film).

Cargo 200 (Russian: Груз 200, Gruz 200) is the code word referring to casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern militaries of post-Soviet states.[1][2][3][4] In its official meaning, Cargo 200 refers to bodies contained in zinc-lined coffins, but in military context this code word can be used for dead bodies as they are transported from the battlefield.

Cargo 300 is the code for wounded soldiers.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Brooke, James (18 October 2011). "Russian Killings of Tajik Migrant Workers — Now at a Level with American Lynchings in the 1930s?". blogs.voanews.com. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ↑ ТУРЧЕНКОВА, Мария (3 June 2014). "Груз 200. Продолжение" [Cargo 200. Continued] (in Russian). Novaya Gazeta. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ukraine crisis: Russian 'Cargo 200' crossed border - OSCE". BBC News Online. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Місія «Евакуація 200»" [Mission "Evacuation 200"]. mil.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 22 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "For the first 2 days of December, 300 Russian soldiers were killed". defence.pk. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2015-04-12.


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