NEW SYRIAN ARMORED BRIGADE ASH SHAYKH SHABAN MILITARY INSTALLATION, SYRIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: September 28, 1983
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28 SEPTEMBER 1983
NEW SYRIAN ARMORED BRIGADE
ASH SHAYKH SHABAN MILITARY INSTALLATION, SYRIA (SWN)
SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW SYRIAN ARMORED BRIGADE WAS IDENTIFIED IN
MnDTUWPgTFDM SYRIA NEAR THE SYRIAN-LEBANON BORDER ON IMA.6ERY
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Ivalid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
COORDINATES 34-43-05N 036-05-35E (S)
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REMARKS: A SYRIAN ARMORED BRIGADE WAS NEWLY IDENTIFIED ON
IM GER IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA AT:34-43-05N
036-05-35E, 30 NM WEST SOUTHWEST OF HIMS AND 5 NM NORTH OF
THE LEBANON-SYRIAN BORDER. THE NEW ARMORED BRIGADE, DEPLOYED
IN BATTALION-SIZE UNITS, CONSISTED OF THREE ARMORED
BATTALIONS, ONE POSSIBLE INFANTRY BATTALION, ONE FIELD
ARTILLERY BATTALION, AND BRIGADE SUPPORT UNITS. FACILITIES,
SUGGESTING SOME PERMANENCY IN THIS AREA, INCLUDED EIGHT
SUPPORT BUILDINGS AND ONE LARGE AMMUNITIONS STORAGE
REVETMENT. APPROXIMATELY 270 SQUAD-SIZE TENTS, AND NUMEROUS
VEHICLE REVETMENTS WERE ALSO PRESENT. EQUIPMENT PRESENT
INCLUDED AT LEAST 76'TANKS, 18 FIELD ARTILLERY PIECES
(CALIBER UNKNOWN), AND AT LEAST 45 TRUCKS. THIS NEW ARMORED
BRIGADE MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENT SINCE AT LEAST WHEN ONE
TANK BATTALION COULD BE SEEN THROUGH HEAVY CLOUDS. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS: THIS NEW BRIGADE MAY BE PART OF THE 11TH
ARMORED DIVISION CURRENTLY BEING FORMED IN NORTHERN SYRIA.
THE DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINDER OF THE 11TH ARMORED DIVISION
IS AS FOLLOWS: THE 47TH ARMORED BRIGADE, UNDER THE
OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE 10TH INFANTRY DIVISION, IS IN THE
WESTERN PART OF THE BEKAA VALLEY; AN UNIDENTIFIED FIELD
ARTILLERY REGIMENT, IS FORMING IN SYRIA AT HIMS ARMY.BARRACKS
HQ AND DEPOT IBN AL WALID AND AN
UNIDENTIFIED ARMORED BRIGADE, WHICH FORMED AT HAMAH ARMOR
BRIGADE HQ IS CURRENTLY UNLOCATED. A
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE WHICH WOULD NORMALLY COMPLETE THE
COMPLIMENT OF 11TH DIVISION MANEUVER ELEMENTS IS AS YET
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