PROBABLE CUBAN BRIGADE-SIZE INSTALLATION CAALA MILITARY INSTALLATION NE ANGOLA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 13, 1983
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PROBABLE CUBAN BRIGADE-SIZE INSTALLATION
CAALA MILITARY INSTALLATION NE ANGOLA SLVN)
NPIC/IEG ~] 283;
13 DECEMBER 1981
1. SIGNIFICANCE: FACILITIES FOR A PROBABLE CUBAN BRIGADE WEREI
IDENTIFIED ON IMAGERY OF IN CENTRAL ANGOLA. (swN) 25X1
2. REMARKS: THE BRIGADE-SIZE INSTALLATION IS APPROXII~9ATELY 11NM
SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN CUBAN COMMAND HEADQUARTERS AND
INFANTRY BRIGADE AT NUAMBO. ALTHOUGH A LOW LEVEL OF ACTIVITY
WAS OBSERVED,. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHETHER 'C FIE ,
INSTALLATION WAS FULLY OCCUPIED. SEVERAL CARGO TRUCKS~~WERE
DISPERSED,THROUGHOtJT THE. INSTALLATION. (SWN)
THE FACILITIES CONSTSTED OF A MAIN GARRISON AREA, SEVERAL AIR
DEFENSE SITES, AND A LARGE TRAINING AREA (GRAPHIC 1). THE
MAIN GARRISON AREA CONTAINED ONE COMMAND AND CONTROL AREA ~V~ITH
ADJACENT HARDENED UNDERGROUND PERSONNEL SHELTERS, ONE MOTOR
POOL, ONE REVETTED VEHICLE PARKING AREA, AND TWO PROBABLE TANK
PARKING AREAS WTTH COVERED DRIVE-THROUGH REVETh1ENTS FOR
POSSIBLY TWO TO THREE TANK COMPANIES, AND ONE PARADE FIELD
(GRAPHIC 2 AND 3). APPROXIMATELY 75 HARDENED UNDERGROUND
PERSONNEL SHELTERS OF VARIOUS SIZES tVERE IN THIS GARRTSON
AREA. ADDITIONAL UNDERGROUND, CANVAS-COVERED PERSONNEL
SHELTERS WERE DISPERSED AMONG THE TREES. (SWN)
AIR DEFENSE SITES WERE POSITIONED THROUGHOUT T1-IE INSTALLATION
(GRAPHIC 1). THESE DEFENSE SITES INCLUDED TWO OCCUPIED,
SIX-POSITION AND TWO OCCUPIED, TFIREE-POSITION LIGHT
ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN SITES, AND FOUR SA-7 FIRING POSITTONS (NOT
ALL ANNOTATED). (SWN)
THE TRAINING AREA INCLUDED A TANK/ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER
(APC) FIRING 'RANGE AND BOTH TRACKED AND WHEELED VEHTCLE DRTVER
TRAINING COURSES. AN OBSTACLE COURSE AND SEVERAL SMALL-ARMS
FIRING RANGES WERE ALSO IN THE TRAINING AREA (GRAPFIIC.4).
(SWN) .
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ANALYST'S COMMENTS--MANY SIMILARITIES WERE NOTED BETWEEN THESE
FACILITIES AND OTHER CUBAN INFANTRY BRIGADE INSTALLATIONS IN
ANGOLA. THESE INCLUDED THE PHYSICAL SIZE OF THE INSTALLATION,
THE EXTENSIVE' USE OF COVERED, REVETTED PARKING POSITIONS,
HARDENED UNDERGROUND PERSONNEL SHELTERS AND BUNKERS, AND
TRAINING AREAS. THE TYPES AND NUMBER OF REVETMENTS AND
PERSONNEL SHELTERS WERE CONSISTENT WIT}i OTHER CUBAN BRIGADE
FACILITIES IN ANGOLA. ADDITIONALLY, DEFENSIVE TRENCHING AT
~ THE AIR DEFENSE SITES RESEMBLED T}iE TRENCHED CIRCULAR PATTERN
NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CUBAN FORCES. TYPICALLY, THE ANGOLAN
BRIGADE GARRISONS ARE NOT AS WELL ORGANIZED. THE LOW LEVEL OF
ACTIVITY AT THIS INSTALLATION MAY INDICATE THAT SOME ELEMENTS '
OF THIS UNIT MAY NOT BE PRESENT. (SWN) le
' CAALA MILITARY INSTALLATION NE IS IN WEST CENTRAL ANGOLA,
APPROXIMATELY 11 NM SOUTH OF THE BENGUELA RAIL LINE. (SWN)
3, COORDINATES 12-50-06S 015-35-42E (S)
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