NEW NATIONAL-LEVEL ORDNANCE DEPOT AZ ZARQA NATIONAL ORDNANCE DEPOT, JORDAN (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: January 11, 1985
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NEW NATIONAL-LEVEL ORDNANCE DEPOT
AZ ZARQA N TIONAL ORDNANCE DEPOT JORDAN
NPIC/ II:G/NESAD
11 JANUARY 1985
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW, NATIONAL-LEVEL ORDNANCE DEPOT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED NEAR AZ ZARQA, JORDAN. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A NEW, NATIONAL-LEVEL ORDNANCE DEPOT, AZ ZARQA
NATIONAL ORDNANCE DEPOT WAS IDENTIFIED 5.5 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST
OF AZ ZARQA ALTHOUGH THE NEW
DEPOT WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN AUGUST 1982 AND JULY 1983,
EQUIPMENT WAS NOT OBSERVED UNTIL JULY 1984. THE ARMOR,
ARTILLERY, AND SA-8 EQUIPMENT AT THIS NEW DEPOT IS PROBABLY A
PORTION OF THE EQUIPMENT WHICH DEPARTED AT AZ ZAROA ORDNANCE
DEPOT NE (NPIC IAC 8437
THE RELOCATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT SUGGESTS THAT THE NEW
FACILITY HAS REPLACED AZ ZARQA ORDNANCE DEPOT NE AS THE
PRIMARY DEPOT FOR GROUND FORCES EQUIPMENT AND THE RECEIVING
AND CHECKOUT FACILITY FOR NEWLY PURCHASED WEAPONS SYSTEMS.
(SWN)
THE LARGE, FENCE-SECURED DEPOT CONSISTS OF AN ADMINISTRATION
AREA CONTAINING THREE ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS, A
MAINTENANCE/STORAGE AREA COMPOSED OF 14 MAINTENANCE/STORAGE
BUILDINGS ARRANGED IN GROUPS OF TWO, AND A LARGE OPEN-STORAGE
AREA ENCOMPASSING THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
FACILITY. (SWN)
GROUND ORDER-OF-BATTLE IN THE OPEN-STORAGE AREA ON
INCLUDED 230 M-48 TANKS, 26 M-60 TANKS, THIRTY
155MM SELF-PROPELLED (SP) HOWITZERS (PROBABLE) M-109, EIGHTEEN
155MM SP HOWITZERS (PROBABLE) M-44, FORTY-ONE 105MM SP
HOWITZERS M-114, TWENTY-EIGHT 10SMM HOWITZERS M-102, 14 M-42
SP ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, APPROXIMATELY 275 MORTARS, 39 SARACEN
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC), 38 TRUCKS, 48 AMMUNITION
TRAILERS, AND 58 GENERATOR TRAILERS. IN ADDITION, SAM
ORDER-OF-BATTLE CONSISTED OF SIX SA-8
TRANSPORTER-LAUNCHER-AND-RADARS (TLAR) AND FOUR SA-8 RESUPPLY
VEHICLES PARKED IN AN OPEN AREA ADJACENT TO THE WEST SIDE OF
THE MAINTENANCE/STORAGE BUILDINGS. (SWN)
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
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ANALYST'S COMMENTS: THE NEW DEPOT WAS PROBABLY BUILT TO
SATISFY A NEED FOR A MORE MODERN FACILITY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING
A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT FOR THE MAINTENANCE, STORAGE, AND/OR
CHECKOUT OF SOPHISTICATED WEAPON SYSTEMS. (SWN)
SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT PREVIOUSLY STORED AT AZ ZARQA ORDNANCE
DEPOT NE WAS NOT OBSERVED AT THE NEW DEPOT AND WAS PROBABLY
TRANSFERRED TO OPERATIONAL FACILITIES. THE KHALID (MODIFIED
CHIEFTAIN) AND CENTURION (PROBABLE TARIQ) TANKS THAT HAD BEEN
STORED AT AZ ZARQA ORDNANCE DEPOT NE WERE PROBABLY USED IN THE
UPGRADE OF EQUIPMENT IN THE 3RD AND 5TH ARMORED DIVISIONS
AND NPIC IAC 073
E 62 M-113 APC REPORTED AT AZ
A ORDNANCE DEPOT NE 0 WERE PROBABLY
ZAR
Q
RELOCATED TO THE AL MAFRAQ AREA RN JORDAN WHERE A NEW
T AL
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION (45 M-113) WAS IDENTIFIED A
MAFRAQ MILITARY CAMP NW
(SWN/NF)
THE IDENTIFICATION OF SIX SA-8 TLAR AND FOUR SA-8 RESUPPLY
VEHICLES AT THE NEW DEPOT, ALONG WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF 13
TLAR AND SIX RESUPPLY VEHICLES ON SIMULTANEOUS COVERAGE OF
ZARQA ROYAL ART BKS HQS A SCHOOL
THAT ALL OF THE SA-8 ASSETS (20 TLARS AND PLY
VEHICLES) IN JORDAN ARE MAINTAINED AT THESE TWO FACILITIES.
(SWN/NF)
3. COORDINATES 32-02-OON 036-11-15E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: GROUND FORCES
INTELLIGENCE STUDY: JORDAN (U), SEPTEMBER 1984 (SWN/NF/NC).
EXTRACTED FRl1M MATFRTAL IS CLASSIFEID S/NF.
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