DISPOSITION OF LIBYAN FORCES IN CHAD (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: September 16, 1983
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ELEMENTS OF ONE OB PROBABLE
MOTORIZED INFANTRY/
COMMANDO BATTALION
I SMALL TANK UNIT
LOGISTICS UNIT
3 HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS
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6 SF. 260 LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT
2 HIND ATTACK HELICOPTERS
I HIP HELICOPTER
I CH-47 TRANSPORT HELICOPTER
I F-27 TRANSPORT
2NTS OF TWO HEAVY-LIFT
TALIONS
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I TANK COMPANY
I 130MM FIELD GUN M-46 BATTERY
ELEMENTS OF ONE HEAVY-LIFT
BATTALION
LOGISTICS UNIT
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ELEMENTS OF TWO MECHANIZED
INFANTRY BATTALIONS
MOTORIZED
INFANTRY BATTALION
I TANK COMPANY
1 SMALL TANK UNIT
3 122MM HOWITZER 0-30 BATTERIES
ELEMENTS OF TWO HEAVY-LIFT BATTALIONS
LOGISTICS UNIT
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4 HIND ATTACK HELICOPTERS
1 HIP HELICOPTER
1 TWIN OTTER TRANSPORT
1 C-130 TRANSPORT
I F-27 TRANSPORT
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ELEMENTS OF ONE MECHANIZED
INFANTRY BATTALION
1 SMALL TANK UNIT
1 PROBABLE BM-21 MRL BATTERY
ELEMENTS OF ONE HEAVY-LIFT
BATTALION
LOGISTICS UNIT
AOB
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6 MIRAGE F-1 FIGHTER/BOMBERS
24 FITTER ( SU-22) FIGHTER/BOMBERS
2 SF. 260 LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT
2 HIP HELICOPTERS
ALOUETTE III HELICOPTER
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I TANK COMPANY
I 130M M FIELD GUN M-46 BATTERY
I HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS
AIR DEFENSE
2 SA-6 BATTERIES
1 SA-9 BATTERY
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I FLAT FACE AIR WARNING RADAR
1 SPOON REST A AIR WARNING RAOA
I SPOON REST D AIR WARNING RAOA
I RSBN-4 NAVIGATIONAL AID
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DISPOSITION OF LIBYAN FORCES TN CHAD (SWN)
Z-13978/83
NPIC/IEG (9/83)
16 SEPTEMBER 1983
1. SIGNIFICANCE: LIBYAN AND LIBYAN-BACKED DISSIDENT FORCES
CONTINUE TO OCCUPY KEY LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN CHAD AND ARE
CONSOLIDATING THEIR POSITIONS AT 'THE C ? THE
DISPOSITION OF THESE FORCES IS
DEPICTED ON THIS GRAPHIC. SWN
2. REMARKS: LIBYAN MILITARY UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN IN
NORTHERN CHAD ON IMAGERY INCLUDED
ELEMENTS OF FIVE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALIONS (NONE WITH
THE USUAL FULL COMPLEMENT OF 40 ARMORED VEHICLES), ONE
MOTORIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, ELEMENTS OF ONE PROBABLE
MOTORIZED INFANTRY/COMMANDO BATTALION, THREE TANK
COMPANIES, FOUR SMALL TANK UNITS, THREE BM-21 MULTIPLE
ROCKET LAUNCHER (MRL) BATTERIES, THREE 122MM HOWITZER D-30
BATTERIES, THREE 130MM FIELD GUN M-46 BATTERIES, ELEMENTS
OF SIX HEAVY-LIFT BATTALIONS, AND FIVE LOGISTICS UNITS.
AIR DEFENSE ASSETS INCLUDED TWO DEPLOYED SA-6 BATTERIES,
ONE SA-9 BATTERY, AND TWO ZSU-23/4 SELF-PROPELLED
ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS (SPAAG). (SWN)
LIBYAN COMBAT AIRCRAFT DEPLOYED IN NORTHERN CHAD INCLUDED
SIX MIRAGE F-1 FIGHTER/BOMBERS, 24 FITTER (SU-22)
FIGHTER/BOMBERS, 14 SF.260 LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT, AND SIX
HIND ATTACK HELICOPTERS. THE COUNTS OF SF.260 AIRCRAFT
FLUCTUATED AT SOME OF THESE AREAS INDICATING SOME MOVEMENT
OF THESE AIRCRAFT BETWEEN AIRFIELDS. (SWN)
THE SOUTHERNMOST LIBYAN GROUND FORCE DEPLOYMENT OBSERVED
IN NORTHERN CHAD DURING THIS CURRENT CONFLICT IS IN THE
FADA AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE FORCE STRUCTURE
IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
LIBYAN/DISSIDENT FORCES SEEN IN THE FADA AREA ON COVERAGE
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Z-13978/83
NPIC/IEG (9/83)
16 SEPTEMBER 1983
GROUND ORDER-OF-BATTLE --
- ELEMENTS OF ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION
(AT LEAST 18 BTR-60 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS)
- ONE SMALL TANK UNIT
(SIX T-54/55 TANKS)
- ONE PROBABLE BM-21 MRL BATTERY
(THREE PROBABLE AND ONE POSSIBLE BM-21 MRL)
- ELEMENTS OF ONE HEAVY-LIFT BATTALION
(14 TRANSPORTERS)
- LOGISTICS UNITS
(AT LEAST 40 TRUCKS)
AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE --
- THREE SF.260 LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT
(THIS PARAGRAPH IS CLASSIFIED SWN)
AT FAYA LARGEAU --
THERE HAS BEEN AN AUGMENTATION TO PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED
LIBYAN/LIBYAN-BACKED DISSIDENT FORCES IN THE FAYA LARGEAU
AREA. FOURTEEN BMP ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC) WERE
IDENTIFIED INDICATING AN ADDITIONAL 25X1
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION HAD DEPLOYED TO THIS AREA.
AN ADDITIONAL 13, BTR-60 APC HAD ALSO ARRIVED ON TRANSPORTS
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THE DISPOSITION OF THE BTR-60 MECHANIZED
INFANTRY ELEMENT WHICH HAD BEEN AT FAYA LARGEAU 7FY1
COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. (THE ENTIRE FAYA LARGEAU 25X1
COMPLEX HAS NOT BEEN IMAGED RECENTLY.) OTHER ACTIVITY
INCLUDED THE DEPLOYMENT OF A NEW TANK COMPANY (AT LEAST 9
TANKS), AN ADDITIONAL BM-21 MRL BATTERY, AND AN ADDITIONAL
122MM D-30 HOWITZER BATTERY. LIBYAN/DISSIDENT CES SEEN
ON COVERAGE OF FAYA LARGEAU INCLUDED: 25X1
GROUND ORDER-OF-BATTLE --
- ELEMENTS OF TWO MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALIONS
(13 BTR-60 APC AND 14 BMA APC)
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- ONE MOTORIZED INFANTRY BATTALION
(AT LEAST 50 LAND ROVER-TYPE VEHICLES, AND 30
TRUCKS)
- ONE TANK COMPANY
(AT LEAST NINE TANKS)
- ONE SMALL TANK UNIT
(FIVE TANKS)
- TWO BM-21 MRL BATTERY
(SIX MRL)
- THREE 122MM HOWITZER D-30 BATTERIES
(12 GUNS)
- ELEMENTS OF TWO HEAVY-LIFT BATTALION
(24 TRANSPORTERS)
- LOGISTICS UNIT
AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE --
- FOUR HIND ATTACK HELICOPTERS
- ONE HIP HELICOPTER
- ONE TWIN OTTER TRANSPORT
- ONE C-130 TRANSPORT
- ONE F-27 TRANSPORT
(THIS PARAGRAPH IS CLASSIFIED SWN)
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE GROUND
FORCES IN THE OUNIANGA KEBIR AREA. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED INCLUDE A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HEAVY-LIFT
TRANSPORTERS IN THE AREA. IN ADDITION, THE BTR-60 COMPANY
THAT HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS AREA COULD NOT BE
IDENTIFIED FROM AVAILABLE IMAGERY. CHANGES IN THE AIR
ORDER-OF-BATTLE INCLUDED THE DEPARTURE OF THE FOUR SF.260
LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT THAT HAD BEEN DEPLOYED AT THIS
AIRFIELD, A FLUCTUATION IN THE NUMBER OF HELICOPTERS
PRESENT, AND AIR TRANSPORT RESUPPLY ACTIVITY
LIBYAN/DISSIDENT MILITARY FORCES OBSERVED
INCLUDED:
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GROUND ORDER OF BATTLE --
- ELEMENTS OF ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION
(AT LEAST 21 PROBABLE BMP APC)
- ONE TANK COMPANY
(12 MEDIUM TANKS)
- ONE 130MM FIELD GUN M-46 BATTERY
(SIX GUNS)
- ELEMENTS OF ONE HEAVY-LIFT BATTALION
(21 TRANSPORTERS)
- LOGISTICS UNIT
(AT LEAST SO TRUCKS)
AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE --
- ONE HIP HELICOPTER
- ONE CURL TRANSPORT
(THIS PARAGRAPH IS CLASSIFIED SWN)
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE DISPOSITION OF LIBYAN FORCES IN
THE GOURO AREA INCLUDED THE DEPLOYMENT OF THREE SF.260
LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT TO THE AIRFIELD. LIBYAN/DISSIDENT
FORCES SEEN INCLUDED:
GROUND ORDER-OF-BATTLE--
- ELEMENTS OF ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION
(AT LEAST 27 BMP APC)
- ONE SMALL TANK UNIT
(FOUR MEDIUM TANKS)
- ONE 130MM FIELD GUN M-46 BATTERY
(FIVE GUNS)
- ELEMENTS OF TWO HEAVY-LIFT BATTALIONS
(43 TRANSPORTERS)
- LOGISTICS UNIT
(AT LEAST 35 TRUCKS)
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AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE--
- THREE SF.260 LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT
(THIS PARAGRAPH IS CLASSIFIED SWN)
AT OGOUI--
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WAS NOTED IN THE DISPOSITION OF
LIBYAN GROUND FORCE UNITS IN THE OGOUI AREA. UNITS REMAIN
DEPLOYED TO THE SOUTH OF THE AIRFIELD AND IN THE HILLS TO
THE NORTH OF THE AIRFIELD. LIBYAN/DISSIDENT FORCES SEEN
INCLUDED:
ELEMENTS OF ONE PROBABLE MOTORIZED
INFANTRY/COMMANDO BATTALION
(AT LEAST 18 LAND ROVER-TYPE VEHICLES AND FOUR
TRUCKS)
ONE SMALL TANK UNIT
(THREE MEDIUM TANKS)
LOGISTICS UNIT
(AT LEAST 30 TRUCKS)
THREE HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS
- SIX SF.260 LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT
- TWO HIND ATTACK HELICOPTER
- ONE CH-47 TRANSPORT HELICOPTER
- ONE HIP HELICOPTER
- ONE F-27 TRANSPORT
(THIS PARAGRAPH IS CLASSIFIED SWN)
AT AOZOU --
NO SIGNIFICANT GROUND FORCE ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT AOZOU
AIRFIELD. ACTIVITY INCLUDED THE IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW
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NPIC/IEG (9/83)
16 SEPTEMBER 1983
NAVIGATIONAL AID, AND FLUCTUATIONS IN THE ATR
ORDER-OF- ATTLE. LIBYAN FORCES OBSERVED
INCLUDED:
AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE --
- SIX MIRAGE F-1 FIGHTER/BOMBERS
- 24 FITTER (SU-22) FIGHTER/BOMBERS
- TWO SF.260 LIGHT-STRIKE AIRCRAFT
TWO HIP HELICOPTERS
ONE ALOUETTE III HELICOPTER
GROUND ORDER-OF-BATTLE --
- ONE TANK COMPANY
(12 MEDIUM TANKS)
- ONE 130MM FIELD GUN M-46 BATTERY
(FIVE GUNS)
- TWO HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS
- TWO SA-6 BATTERIES
- ONE SA-9 BATTERY (THREE SA-9
TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS)
- TWO ZSU-23/4 SPAAG
- ONE FLAT FACE AIR WARNING RADAR
- ONE SPOON REST A AIR WARNING RADAR
- ONE SPOON REST D AIR WARNING RADAR
- ONE RSBN-4 NAVIGATIONAL AID
- ONE VORTAC SITE
- ONE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS STATION
(THIS PARAGRAPH IS CLASSIFIED SWN)
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3. BE NONE, COORDINATES NONE (U)
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