DEPLOYMENT OF TANKS FROM LIBYA TO CHAD (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2012
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• Publication Date: August 4, 1983
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4 AUGUST 1983
DEPLOYMENT OF TANKS FROM LIBYA TO CHAD (SWN/NF)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: MEDIUM TANKS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DEPLOYED
FROM LIBYA TO AREAS OF NORTHERN CHAD CURRENTLY CONTROLLED
BY LIBYAN-SUPPORTED DISSIDENT FORCES. (SWN/NF)
2. REMARKS: A CONVOY CONTAINING SIX MEDIUM TANKS (TWO NOT ON
R N KAELBLE HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS WAS IDENTIFIED
ON (U-2) IMAGERY OF THIS CONVOY
WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 NM NORTHWEST OF FAYA LARGEAU AT
18-36-48N 017-33-53E. OTHER VEHICLES IN THIS CONVOY, WHICH
WAS HEADED TOWARD FAYA LARGEAU, INCLUDED FOUR POL/WATER
TRUCKS, FOUR CARGO TRUCKS, AND SIX LAND ROVER-TYPE VEHICLES
IMAGERY OF Q REVEALED PROBABLE
ELEMENTS OF THIS SAME CONVOY AT OGOUI, APPROXIMATELY 175 NM
NORTHWEST OF FAYA LARGEAU. (SNF)
THE KAELBLE HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTER IS A WEST
GERMAN-PRODUCED VEHICLE USED EXTENSIVELY BY LIBYA. IT HAS
BEEN OBSERVED WITH POLISARIO FORCES IN WESTERN SAHARA.
(SWN/NF)
THE EQUIPMENT IN THE CONVOY WAS PROBABLY DEPLOYED FROM THE
SEBHA AREA IN WEST-CENTRAL LIBYA. NUMEROUS BOXES AND
CRATES WERE SCATTERED NEAR SEVERAL T-54 55 TANKS AT SEBHA
ARMORED STORAGE AREA ON IMAGERY OF SUGGESTING THAT
AMMUNITION OR SUPPLIES WERE BEING LOADED. AT LEAST FIVE OF
THESE TANKS HAD DEPARTED BY Q SEBHA IS
APPROXIMATELY 570 NM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF FAYA LARGEAU.
(SWN)
3. CONVOY - BE NONE COORDINATES 18-36-48N 017-33-53E (S)
SEBHA - BE COORDINATES 27-00-50N 014-27-20E (S)
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