12TH ARMORED BRIGADE ACTIVATED TABUK BARRACKS SOUTHEAST, SAUDI ARABIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200550011-2
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: January 31, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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12TH ARMORED BRIGADE ACTIVATED
TABUK BARRACKS SOUTHEAST, SAUDI ARABIA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ACTIVATION OF THIS PAKISTANI-MANNED SAUDI
BRIGADE IS EVIDENCE THAT PAKISTANI PERSONNEL ARE INVOLVED WITH
THE SAUDI ARABIAN ARMORED AND MECHANIZED INFANTRY.
2. (S/NF) REMARKS: INCREASED ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED IN THE BARRACKS
AREA AND AT LEAST 22 OF THE VEHICLE PARKS. ELEVEN FRENCH
AMX-30 MEDIUM TANKS, SEVEN FRENCH AMX-10 ARMORED PERSONNEL
CARRIERS, AND AT LEAST 20 SUPPORT VEHICLES ARE PRESENT
(NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC). AT LEAST 40 SEDANS AND SUPPORT TRUCKS
ARE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE BARRACKS AREA. COLLATERAL REPORTS
(JCS IR 6 884 0090 81, 14081672 MAY 81) INDICATE THAT CONTRACT
PAKISTANI PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR SEVERAL YEARS
SUPPORTING BOTH AIR AND GROUND FORCES. APPROXIMATELY
3,000 PAKISTANI PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING SAUDI GROUND
FORCES BY MANNING ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY UNITS AND SUPPORT
UNITS. APPROXIMATELY 5,000 ADDITIONAL PAKISTANI PERSONNEL HAVE
BEEN CONTRACTED TO MAN THE ARMORED BRIGADE WHICH IS BEING
EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST FRENCH EQUIPMENT.
(SWN) TABUK BARRACKS SOUTHEAST IS APPROXIMATELY 45 NM SOUTH OF
THE JORDAN-SAUDI ARABIA BORDER AND 100 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE
ISRAELI BORDER.
COORDINATES 28-12-OON 036-41-09E
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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