CONTINUED SOUTH AFRICAN PRESENCE OPERET MILITARY CAMP, NAMIBIA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2010
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• Publication Date: September 24, 1982
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COUTINUED SOUTH AFRICAN PRESS ICE
OPERET MILITARY CAMP. NAMIBIA
1. (SUN) SIGNIFICANCE: SOUTH AFRICAN MANEUVER FORCES COJTI IUE TO
MAINTAIN A PRESENCE IN ilE OPERET AREA.
2. (SVII) REiLARKS : MAJOR ELEMENTS OF ONE SOUTH AFRICAN MECHANIZED
INFANTi:Y BATTALION REi1AIN1 AT THIS CAMP. FIFTY-TWO RATEL
AREIORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC), EIGHT 5.5-INCH (14OHi4) FIELD
ARTILLERY GUNS, EIGHT SAMIL PRIME :IUVER S , AND VARIOUS SUPPORT
VEHICLES ARE IN FORtHATIOJ IN THE NORTHWEST SECTOR OF THE CAMP.
ONLY 35 RATEL MERE HERE Oil ALSO, O:IE
INFANTRY BATTALION, JHICH HAS BEEN IN A BIVOUAC SINCE LATE
JULY, IS STILL PRESENT.
(SN111) OPERET MILITARY CA1P SERVES AS A PRIAAitY STAGING BASE AND
AS A TRANSIT CAMP FOR SOUTH AFRICAN UNITS INVOLVED III MILITARY
ACTIONS INI ANGOLA.
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