POLISARIO ARMORED VEHICLE CONCENTRATION UAD TIMEL-LUSA POLISARIO CAMP 1, WESTERN SAHARA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: March 19, 1982
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POLISARIO ARMORED VEHICLE CONCENTRATION
UAD TIMEL-LUSA FOLISARIO CAMP , R HARA
25X1
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(S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AN INCREASE IN ARMORED VEHICLES WAS
OBSERVED AT UAD TIMEL-LUSA POLISARIO CAMP 1. THREE OF THE
ARMORED VEHICLES WERE PROBABLY BMP ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS
(APC).
(S/D) REMARKS: TWO PROBABLE MEDIUM TANKS, THREE PROBABLE
BMP APC, FOUR BTR-60PB APC, SEVEN CONFIRMED AND THREE
PROBABLE CASCAVEL ARMORED CARS, ONE PROBABLE ZU-23
ANTIAIRCRAFT (AA) GUN (TRUCK-MOUNTED), NINE TRUCKS, AND SEVEN
UTILITY VEHICLES WERE PRESENT (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC) 25X1
ONLY FIVE PROBABLE CASCAVEL ARMORED CARS WERE LORI
IDENTIFIED HERE ALTHOUGH BMP HAVE NOT BEEN 25X1
CONFIRMED WITH POLISARIO FORCES IN WESTERN SAHARA AT LEAST 25
BMP WERE SEEN AT OUED TATRAT POLISARIO CAMP NO. 2
NEAR TINDOUF, ALGERIA, WHICH IS A MAJOR 25X1
A POSSIBLE BMP HAD BEE OBSERVED AT M R 25X1
POLISARIO CAMP IN WESTERN 1SAHARA,F__ 25X1
LOGISTIC/SUPPORT BASE FOR POLISARIO FORCES THE BMP HAVE N
BEEN OBSERVED AT THE LOGISTIC/SUPPORT BASE 25X1
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19 MARCH 1982
COORDINATES 26-38-OON 011-03-OOW
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