BUFFEL LAV TRANSSHIPMENT PRETORIA MATERIEL DEPOT LYTTELTON, SOUTH AFRICA

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• Publication Date: August 4, 1982
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6 AUGUST 1982
BUFFEL LAV TRANSSHIPMENT
PRETORIA MATERIEL DEPOT LYTTFLTON, SOUTH AFRICA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: INCREASED LOGISTICS ACTIVITY AT THE
LYTTELTON STORAGE DEPOT MAY BE RELATED TO THE HIGH LEVELS
OF MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN NAMIBIA AND SOUTHERN
ANGOLA.
2. REMARKS: ON IMAGERY OFI I61 BUFFEL LIGHT ARMORED 25X1
VEHICLES (LAV) WERE IN THE ROAD-TO-RAIL TRANSFER AREA OF
THE PRETORIA MATERIEL DEPOT LYTTELTON. THIRTY-FOUR OF THE
BUFFEL WERE ON RAILCARS AND THE REMAINDER WERE NEAR THE
LOADING RAMP. THEY ARE PROBABLY DEPARTING THE FACILITY
SINCE THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME
NUMBER OF BUFFEL FROM WITHIN THE DEPOT'SINCE I 25X1
(S/D) ANALYSTS COMMENTS: THE BUFFEL MAY BE DESTINED FOR
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES IN NAMIBIA, WHERE HIGH LEVELS OF
MILITARY AND LOGISTIC ACTIVITY ARE CURRENTLY BEING
ORSL1;VEI). THE LYTTELTON DEPOT IS THE LARGEST VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE FACILITY IN SOUTH AFRICA.
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COORDINATES 25-48-33S 028-11-28E.
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