ALGERIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG MOROCCAN BORDER ALGERIA(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: November 28, 1984
• Content Type: REPORT

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ALGERIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG MOROCCAN BORDER
ALGERIA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: DURING THE MID-OCTOBER TO LATE NOVEMBER TIME
PERIOD, UNPRECEDENTED MILITARY ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT NUMEROUS
ALGERIAN AIR AND GROUND INSTALLATIONS ALONG THE ALGERIA-MOROCCO
BORDER. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: UNUSUAL ACTIVITY INCLUDED THE DISPERSAL OF GROUND
FORCE'UNITS AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND GROUND
ATTACK HELICOPTERS TO AIRFIELDS ALONG THE BORDER. THIS
ACTIVITY DOES NOT COINCIDE WITH NORMAL ALGERIAN TRAINING CYCLES
AND SUGGESTS THAT A DEFENSIVE ALERT EXISTS AMONG THOSE UNITS
ALONG THE BORDER. (SWN)
ONLY SIX HIND GROUND ATTACK HELICOPTERS WERE SEEN AT BISKRA
AIRFIELD NORMALLY, 21 TO 27 25X1
HIND ARE DEPLOYED HERE. THE HIND WHICH HAVE ARRIVED AT TINDOUF
AND TINDOUF HIGHWAY STRIP (BE 25X1
OYED FROM BISKRA. (SWN) 25X1
THIRTEEN TO 16 FLOGGER AND ONLY EIGHT FITTER WERE SEEN AT
OUARGLA AIRFIELD DURING THE LATE OCTOBER TO
LATE NOVEMBER TIME PERIOD. NORMALLY, 21 FLOGGER AND 11 FITTER
ARE SEEN HERE. THE MISSING FITTER REDEPLOYED TO MECHERIA
AIRFIELD WHERE AS MANY AS THREE FITTER HAVE
BEEN PRESENT SINCE (SWN)
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THE TANK BRIGADE (BDE) GARRISONED AT RAS EL MA HQ A BARRACKS
HAD DEPARTED BY THE BRIGADE HAD 25X1
RETURNED BY BUT WAS DISPERSED AROUND THE NORTH SIDE 25X1
OF THE INSTALLATION. ALSO BY ELEMENTS OF A THIRD 25X1
TANK BATTALION (BN) HAD JOINED THE TWO TANK BATTALIONS NORMALLY
GARRISONED HERE. (SWN)
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BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF FAGOT/FRESCO 25X1
OBSERVED AT ORAN/TAFAROUI AIRFIELD INCREASED 25X1
FROM 16 to 31, AND THE NUMBER OF MAGISTER INCREASED FROM FIVE
TO 15. NORMALLY, 24 FAGOT/FRESCO AND 10 MAGISTER ARE PRESENT
HERE. (SWN)
THE NUMBER OF FLOGGER AT BOU SFER AIRFIELD _ HAS
BEEN LOW SINCE WHEN ONLY THREE WERE PRESENT.
NORMALLY, BETWEEN 13 TO 15 FLOGGER ARE DEPLOYED HERE. THE
MISSING FLOGGER PROBABLY ORIGINALLY DEPLOYED TO THE ALGIERS
AREA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1 NOVEMBER MILITARY PARADE. THEY
MAY HAVE SINCE DEPLOYED TO OTHER AIRFIELDS ALONG THE
ALGERIA-MOROCCO BORDER. THE NUMBER OF FISHBED HERE HAS BEEN
NORMAL, WITH BETWEEN 12 TO 15 PRESENT. (SWN)
ELEMENTS OF THE MOTOR TRANSPORT BATTALION GARRISONED AT SEBDOU
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MIL CAMP 1 HAD DEPARTED BY OF THE 25X1
110 CARGO TRUCKS SEEN HERE ON ONLY 46 WERE 25X1
PRESENT. THIS MOTOR TRANSPORT BATTALION IS SUBORDINATE TO THE
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE (MECH INF) IN THE SEBDOU AREA.
TWO FITTER AND THREE FISHBED HAD ARRIVED AT MECHERIA AIRFIELD
THREE FITTER AND FOUR FISHBED WERE HERE ON C
HBED AND FITTER ARE NOT NORMALLY PRESENT AT THIS
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AIRFIELD. THE NUMBER OF FRESCO/MIDGET HERE WAS NORMAL AND
RANGED BETWEEN 15 TO 19. (SWN)
EIGHT FLOGGER HAD ARRIVED AT BECHAR AIRFIELD BY 25X1
AND A NINTH FLOGGER HAD ARRIVED BY 25X1
FLOGGER HAD NOT BEEN SEEN HERE SINCE JULY. THE NUMBER OF
FISHBED FLUCTUATED DURING THIS PERIOD, FALLING FROM A HIGH OF
15 ON TO A LOW OF SEVEN ON TWELVE 25X1
FISHBED WERE HERE ON THE BMP BATTALION GARRISONED 25X1
AT MOURHEL BARRACKS AREA THE 122 MM 25X1
SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER BATTALION 2S1 GARRISONED AT BECHAR
LEGAR MILITARY FACILITY NE , AND THE TANK 25X1
BATTALION AND ENGINEERING BATTALION GARRISONED AT BECHAR-LEGAR
BATTALION HQ SOUTH (ALL SUBORDINATE TO THE 25X1
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE GARRISONED IN THE BECHAR AREA) HAD
DISPERSED IN APPARENT DEFENSIVE CONFIGURATIONS BY EARLY
NOVEMBER. THREE OF THE FOUR ZSU-23/4 SELF-PROPELLED
ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY (SPAA) BATTERIES (BTRY) DEPLOYED AROUND
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BECHAR AIRFIELD HAD LEFT THEIR FIXED SITES BYI AND 25X1
WERE FIELD DEPLOYED IN RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED VEHICLE
REVETMENTS. THE SA-6 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE (SAM) BRIGADE
DEPLOYED IN THE BECHAR AREA WAS NOT OBSERVED DURING THIS
PERIOD. (SWN)
EIGHT HIND WERE OBSERVED AT HAMAGUIR AIRFIELD
ON SEVEN HIND AND ONE HIP WERE PRESENT ON
ALTHOUGH HELICOPTERS ARE NOT NORMALLY HERE FOUR HIND
WERE ORIGINALLY SEEN HERE ON AND THREE HIND HAD
BEEN PRESENT SINCE THE BMP-EQUIPPED MECHANIZED
INFANTRY BATTALION AT HAMAGUIR BARRACKS A BATTALION HQS (BE
3 NM NORTHEAST OF THE AIRFIELD, REMAINED IN
GARRISON DURING THIS PERIOD. ONE ZSU-23/4 SELF-PROPELLED
ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTERY HAD ARRIVED BY (SWN)
ONE HIP WAS AT TINFOUCHY AIRFIELD
AND AGAIN ON HIP HELICOPTERS ARE
OCCASIONALLY SEEN HERE. ALSO, A BAR LOCK RADAR HAD BEEN
DEPLOYED ATOP A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED RADAR MOUND AT NEARBY
TINFOUCHY AW RADAR FACILITY , LOCATED NEAR THE
AIRFIELD, BY SUPPORT UNITS OF THE TINFOUCHY
MOTORIZED INFANTRY (MTZ INF) BRIGADE INCLUDING ELEMENTS OF ONE
ZSU-23/4 SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTALION HAD
LEFT THEIR GARRISON AREAS AT THE TINFOUCHY AIRFIELD BY 0
AND HAD PROBABLY JOINED THE BTR-60 - EQUIPPED
MOTORIZED INFANTRY BATTALION AT TINFOUCHY MIL DEPLOYMENT AREA 2
, 18 NM TO THE NORTHEAST. (SWN)
FIVE FLOGGER, TWO C-130 TRANSPORT, AND ONE HIP HAD ARRIVED AT
BOU LAD.HAM AIRFIELD THE C-130
AND THE HIP HAD DEPARTED BY ALTHOUGH ALL FIVE
FLOGGER REMAINED. THIS WAS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF FLOGGER
AT THIS AIRFIELD. (SWN)
SOME MINOR DISPERSAL OF EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE T-72 -
EQUIPPED TANK BRIGADE DEPLOYED AT OUED KHEHBINE TROOP
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DEPLOYMENT 1 WAS OBSERVED ON (SWN) 25X1
FOUR FISHBED AND FOUR HIND HAD ARRIVED AT TINDOUF HIGHWAY STRIP
BY AND AGAIN ON AIRCRAFT ARE NOT
NORMALLY SEEN HERE. (SWN)
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TEN FLOGGER, NINE FISHBED, AND FOUR HIND WERE AT TINDOUF
AIRFIELD ON FLOGGER HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED AT THIS AIRFIELD, WHILE HIND HAVE OCCASIONALLY BEEN
SEEN HERE. TWELVE TO 13 FISHBED ARE NORMALLY PRESENT. MAJOR
ELEMENTS OF THE BMP-EQUIPPED MECHANIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE AND
THE TWO MOTORIZED INFANTRY BRIGADES, ONE BM-21 MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHER BATTALION, AND THE SA-6 SAM BRIGADE WERE IN THEIR
NORMAL DEPLOYMENT AREAS, ALTHOUGH SOME SUPPORT UNITS HAD
DEPARTED THEIR DEPLOYMENT AREAS AND WERE DISPERSED AMONG NEARBY
VEHICLE REVETMENTS. (SWN)
3. BE NONE, COORDINATES NONE
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