DISPOSITION OF LIBYAN FORCES IN CHAD (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 18, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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18 AUGUST 1983
DISPOSITION OF LIBYAN FORCES IN CHAD (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE DISPOSITION OF LIBYAN GROUND AND AIR
THERN CHAD THROUGH IS DEPICTED ON
THIS MAP GRAPHIC. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN LIBYAN/LIBYAN-BACKED
DISSIDENT FORCES AND CHADIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES ESCALATED
WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF LIBYAN MECHANIZED AND MOTORIZED
INFANTRY UNITS IN LATE JULY. PRIOR TO THAT TIME ONLY
LIBYAN LOGISTICAL RESUPPLY TRANSPORT FLIGHTS TO
LIBYAN-BACKED DISSIDENT-HELD TOWNS IN NORTHERN CHAD COULD
SINCE LATE JULY, LIBYAN
GROUND FORCE UNITS HAVE PUSHED AS FAR SOUTH AS FAYA LARGEAU
AND ARE CURRENTLY 420 NM NORTHEAST OF THE CAPITAL,
NDJAMENA. (SWN)
THE FOLLOWING LIBYAN GROUND FORCES IN
CHAD--ELEMENTS OF THREE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALIONS, ONE
PROBABLE MOTORIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, ELEMENTS OF TWO TANK
COMPANIES, ELEMENTS OF THREE HEAVY-LIFT BATTALIONS, TEN
130MM FIELD GUN M-46, TWO 122MM HOWITZER D-30 BATTERIES,
AND ONE BM-21 MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER BATTERY. LIBYAN
COMBAT AIRCRAFT IN CHAD INCLUDE SEVEN MIRAGE F-1
FIGHTER/BOMBERS, 23 FITTER FIGHTER/BOMBERS, 20 SF.260
LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT, NINE HIND ATTACK HELICOPTERS, AND
THREE HIP HELICOPTERS. (SWN)
LIBYAN MILITARY FORCES, WHICH HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED ON
IMAGERY, ARE DEPLOYED IN NORTHERN CHAD AT FAYA LARGEAU,
OUNIANGA KEBIR, OGOUI, AND AOZOU. THE PRIMARY LIBYAN
GROUND FORCE DEPLOYMENT IN CHAD IS AT FAYA LARGEAU. LIBYAN
AND LIBYAN-BACKED DISSIDENT FORCES RECAPTURED FAYA LARGEAU
LIBYAN MILITARY FORCES PRESENT ON
INCLUDED ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, ONE PROBABLE
MOTORIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, ONE HEAVY-LIFT BATTALION, TWO
122MM HOWITZER D-30 BATTERIES, ONE BM-21 MULTIPLE ROCKET
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LAUNCHER BATTERY, AND THREE HIND ATTACK HELICOPTERS. THESE
UNITS HAVE ESTABLISHED DEFENSIVE POSITIONS AROUND FAYA
LARGEAU, AND HAVE MADE SOME RUNWAY REPAIRS AT THE
AIRFIELD. (SWN)
THE SECOND LARGEST LIBYAN MILITARY DEPLOYMENT IN CHAD IS AT
OUNIANGA KEBIR, APPROXIMATELY 100 NM NORTHEAST OF FAYA
LARGEAU. LIBYAN GROUND FORCES HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA SINCE
LATE JULY, WHEN A LIBYAN MOTORIZED INFANTRY UNIT WAS
INITIALLY IDENTIFIED. LIBYAN MILITARY FORCES PRESENT IN
THE OUNIANGA KEBIR AREA INCLUDED ELEMENTS OF
TWO MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALIONS, ELEMENTS OF ONE TANK
COMPANY, TEN 130MM FIELD GUN M-46, ELEMENTS OF TWO
HEAVY-LIFT BATTALIONS, SIX SF.260 LIGHT-STRIKE ATRCRAFT
AND THREE HIP HELICOPTERS. SINCE THEIR ARRIVAL
ELEMENTS OF THE MECHANIZED FORCE HAVE ESTABLISHED
A DEFENSIVE RING AROUND THE AIRFIELD. (SWN)
A SMALL LIBYAN PRESENCE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT OGOUI, A
DEFENSIVE/RESUPPLY POSITION ON THE ROAD LEADING FROM
SOUTHWESTERN LIBYA TO FAYA LARGEAU. LIBYAN FORCES OBSERVED
HERE ON THE MOST RECENT COVERAG INCLUDED
ELEMENTS OF ONE TANK COMPANY, S HT-STRIKE
AIRCRAFT, AND FOUR HIND ATTACK HELICOPTERS. (SWN)
THE MAIN LIBYAN AIRCRAFT DEPLOYMENT IN CHAD IS AT AOZOU
AIRFIELD, A 3,850- BY 40-METER ASPHALT RUNWAY CAPABLE OF
ACCOMMODATING ALL AIRCRAFT IN THE LIBYAN INVENTORY. THIS
AIRFIELD IS THE MAJOR BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR RESUPPLY
FLIGHTS AND CLOSE AIR SUPPORT OF LIBYAN AND LIBYAN-BACKED
DISSIDENTS IN NORTHERN CHAD. LIBYAN COMBAT AIRCRAFT WHICH
WERE AT AOZOU IN SUPPORT OF THESE OPERATIONS
- , ~:123 FITTER (SU-22), SEVEN SF.260
INCLUDED SEVE
N MIRAGE T_
LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT, AND TWO HIND ATTACK HELICOPTER. AIR
DEFENSE EQUIPMENT DEPLOYED AROUND THE AIRFIELD INCLUDED
FIVE SA-9 (GASKIN) AND THREE ZSU-23/4. A FLAT FACE AIR
WARNING RADAR AND A SPOON REST A AIR WARNING RADAR WERE
PE"'Y" Ap"'T"y 2 Nm s7 TH OF THE AIRFIELD. (SWN)
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered
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