ARMOR INCREASE NGIVA AIRFIELD, ANGOLA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 1, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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ARMOR INCREASE
NG A AIRFIELD ANGOLA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A SOUTH AFRICAN MOTORIZED INFANTRY UNIT
HAS DEPLOYED TO THIS AIRFIELD SINCE THIS MAY 25X1
PRESAGE INCREASED SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A SOUTH AFRICAN MOTORIZED INFANTRY UNIT OF AT
LEAST 55 BUFFEL LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES (LAV), FOUR ELAND
ARMORED SCOUT CARS, TWO RATEL ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, AND
SEVERAL CARGO TRUCKS HAS DEPLOYED HERE THE 25X1
VEHICLES ARE PART OF A LARGE SINGLE COLUMN COMPRISED OF SIX
GROUPS OF FOUR TO 22 VEHICLES GENERALLY HEADING NORTHWEST (NOT
ALL ON GRAPHIC). THESE VEHICLES EXTEND FROM THE MAIN ROAD AT
THE AIRFIELD, THROUGH THE AIRFIELD PARKING AREA, AND BACK ONTO
THE MAIN ROAD. THREE ALOUETTE HELICOPTERS ARE AT THE
AIRFIELD. ADDITIONAL ARMOR AND SUPPORT VEHICLES INCLUDING AT
LEAST 14 RATEL ARE DISPERSED AMONG THE TREES NEARBY.
(SWN) RECENTLY, AT LEAST.THREE INSTALLATIONS (OPERET, ONDANGUA,
AND GROOTFONTEIN) IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT
INCREASES' IN LAV. NO SIGNIFICANT REACTION TO THIS ACTIVITY IS
DISCERNIBLE AT INSTALLATIONS OCCUPIED BY ANGOLAN OR CUBAN
FORCES.
Attachment to Z-10177/83
NPIC/PEG (2/83)
(SWN) NGIVA AIRFIELD, APPROXIMATELY 27 NM NORTH OF THE
NAMIBIA-ANGOLA BORDER, FREQUENTLY SERVES AS A BASE FOR SOUTH
AFRICAN OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA.
COORDINATES 17-02-40S 015-41-25E
25X1
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