TANK BATTALION LA LAGUNA ARMOR DEPLOYMENT AREA, NICARAGUA
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Publication Date:
January 29, 1983
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REPORT
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TANK BATTALION
LA LAGUNA ARMOR DEPLOYMENT AREA, NICARAGUA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE TANK BATTALION AT THIS DEPLOYMENT AREA
HAS REACHED FULL STRENGTH.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: TWENTY-TWO T-54/55 TANKS ARE AT LA LAGUNA ARMOR
DEPLOYMENT AREA DISPERSED IN THREE TANK COMPANY AREAS. SEVEN
TANKS ARE IN TWO OF THE COMPANY AREAS AND EIGHT TANKS ARE IN
THE THIRD COMPANY AREA. THE NUMBER OF TANKS BRINGS THE
BATTALION TO ITS FULL STRENGTH WITH SEVEN TANKS PER COMPANY AND
ONE TANK FOR THE BATTALION COMMANDER. THIS PATTERN OF
TWENTY-TWO TANKS IS THE STANDARD FOR A CUBAN TANK BATTALION AND
IS THE SAME PATTERN THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AT EL TEMPISQUE MIL
BARRACKS A HEADQUARTERS WHICH HOUSED 25X1
NICARAGUA'S FIRST TANK BATTALION.
(SWN) NINETEEN TANKS WERE AT LA LAGUNAI IAND 25X1
ACTIVITY LEVELS HAVE INCREASED SINCE THAT DATE. FIVE SUPPORT
TRUCKS FROM THE SUPPORT AREA HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE TANK
COMPANY AREAS (TWO TRUCKS EACH IN TWO OF THE COMPANY AREAS AND
ONE TRUCK IN THE THIRD COMPANY AREA). TWO TANKS HAVE BEEN
PULLED OUT OF REVETMENTS FOR TRAINING OR MAINTENANCE.
(SWN) SEVEN T-54/55 TANKS WERE FIRST OBSERVED AT LA LAGUNA ON
AND ELEMENTS OF A BATTALION WERE IDENTIFIED 25X1
HERE ON 5 DECEMBER 1982. LA LAGUNA IS 12 NM SOUTH OF THE
NICARAGUA-HONDURAS BORDER AND 12 NM NORTHEAST OF CHINANDEGA.
COORDINATES 12-47-10N 087-00-27W
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