NEWLY DEPLOYED ARTILLERY BATTALION SHIRE COMPLEX, ETHOPIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 21, 1982
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NEWLY DEPLOYED ARTILLERY BATTALION
SfiIRE M LEX, ETHIO A
1.
(SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: AN ETHIOPIAN ARTILLERY BATTALION HAS
RECENTLY BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE TOWN OF SHIRE (ENDA SELASSIE)
IN NORTHERN TIGRAY PROVINCE.
2.
WN REMARKS: AN ARTILLERY BATTALION WAS NEWLY IDENTIFIED
IN A DEPLOYMENT AREA 2.5 NM SOUTHWEST OF
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SHIRE COMPLEX. EQUIPMENT PRESENT WITI?iIN THIS DEPLOYMENT
INCLUDED ELEVEN 122MM HOWITZERS D-30 (ONE THREE-GUN AND TWO
FOUR-GUN BATTERIES), 27 CARGO TRUCKS, EIGHT DOUBLE-AXLE
CARGO TRAILERS, AND APPROXIMATELY 35 TWO-MAN TENTS. A
FOUR-GUN BATTERY OF ANTITANK GUNS WAS ALSO NEWLY IDENTIFIED
NEAR THIS DEPLOYMENT AREA (NOT ON GRAPHIC). NONE OF THIS
EQUIPMENT WAS PRESENT
THE BATTALION OF
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HOWITZERS IS PROBABLY THE SAME BATTALION THAT WAS OBSERVED
IN EARLY DECEMBER MOVING THROUGH THE TOWN OF AXUM,
APPROXIMATELY 25 NM EAST OF SHIRE. A BATTALION OF ELEVEN
122MIvf HOWITZERS D-30 WAS OBSERVED IN TRAVEL MODE NEAR AXUM
AIRFIELD
AND HAD
DEPARTED
`'~Y~
THE AXUM AREA
IN ADDITION, THE
ANTITANK
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GUN BATTERY IS POSSIBLY ONE OF TWO BATTER
GUNS THAT WERE OBSERVED MOVING THROUGH AX
IES OF
UM IN
ANTITANK
MID-NOVEMBER. TWO
FOUR-GUN BATTERIES OF
ARTILL
ERY THAT
ARRIVED IN THE AXU
M AREA BETWEEN
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DEPARTED BETWEEN
THE
SECON
D OF THESE
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TWO BATTERIES MAY B ED A
T SELE
KLEKA
MILITARY DEPLOYMENT APPR
OXIMAT
ELY 14 NM
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WEST OF AXUM AND APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN NM EAST OF SHIRE. A
FOUR-GUN ARTILLERY BATTERY tiVAS OBSERVED IN THIS AREA 0 25X1
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(SWN) THESE UNIT D40VEMENTS REFLECT A CONTINUING ETHIOPIAN
REDEPLOYMENT OF FORCES IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA. GOVERNMENT
FORCES IN RECENT WEEKS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN COMBAT
OPERATIONS AGAINST INSURGENT FORCES OF THE TIGREAN PEOPLES
LIBERATION FRONT.
3. (S)
COORDINATES 14-06-OON 038-17-OOE
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