SOUTH AFRICAN ARMOR DEPLOYMENT OPERET MILITARY CAMP A BN HQS, NAMIBIA(SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 16, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to
SOUTH AFRICAN ARMOR DEPLOYMENT
OPERET MILITA7 CAMP A BN HOS NAMIBIA (SWN)
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Z-17362/84
NPIC/IEG (3/84)
16 MARCH 1984
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF SOUTH
AFRICAN TANKS IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA SINCE APRIL 1976. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: AT LEAST FIVE OLIPHANT (MODIFIED CENTURION)
TANKS WERE OBSERVED AT OPERET
MILITARY CAMP A BN HOS, A MAJOR SOUTH AFRICAN GARRISON
APPROXIMATELY 65 NM SOUTH OF THE ANGOLAN-NAMIBIA BORDER.
THESE TANKS MAY HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN 14
HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS WERE FIRST OBSERVED AT THIS
INSTALLATION. OLIPHANT TANKS ARE BASED IN THE REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH AFRICA AND ARE NOT NORMALLY DEPLOYED WITH SOUTH
AFRICAN FORCES IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA. THE ONLY PREVIOUS
SIGHTING OF TANKS IN NAMIBIA WAS AT GROOTFONTEIN ARMY
CAMP , APPROXIMATELY 100 NM SOUTH OF
OPERET IN APRIL 1976. (SWN)
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IN ADDITION TO THE OLIPHANTS, FIVE SOVIET-BUILT T-54/55
TANKS WERE PARKED WITHIN THE INSTALLATION. THESE TANKS
WERE PROBABLY CAPTURED BY THE SOUTH AFRICANS DURING THE
RECENT LARGE SCALE OPERATION (OPERATION ASKARI) IN
SOUTHERN ANGOLA. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS: ACCORDING TO OPEN PRESS REPORTS THE
SOUTH AFRICANS ENGAGED ANGOLAN/CUBAN ARMOR DURING
OPERATION ASKARI. AS A RESULT, SOUTH AFRICAN OFFICIALS
HAVE STATED THAT HEAVY ARMOR WOULD BE USED IN FUTURE
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