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

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• Publication Date: December 13, 1983
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13 DECEMBER 1983
PROBABLE CUBAN BRIGADE-SIZE INSTALLATION
CAALA MILITARY INSTALLATION NE ANGOLA SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: FACILITIES FOR A PROBABLE CUBAN BRIGADE WERE
IDENTIFIED ON IMAGERY IN CENTRAL ANGOLA. (SWN) 25X1
2. REMARKS: THE BRIGADE-SIZE INSTALLATION IS APPROXIMATELY 11NM
SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN CUBAN COMMAND HEADQUARTERS AND
INFANTRY BRIGADE AT HUAMBO. ALTHOUGH A LOW LEVEL OF ACTIVITY
WAS OBSERVED, IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHETHER THE
INSTALLATION WAS FULLY OCCUPIED. SEVERAL CARGO TRUCKS WERE
DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE INSTALLATION. (SWN)
THE FACILITIES CONSISTED 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 WITH
ADJACENT HARDENED UNDERGROUND PERSONNEL S}-IELTERS, ONE MOTOR
POOL, ONE REVETTED VEHICLE PARKING AREA, AND TWO PROBABLE TANK
PARKING AREAS WITH COVERED DRIVE-THROUGH REVETMENTS FOR
POSSIBLY TWO TO THREE TANK COMPANIES, AND ONE PARADE FIELD
(GRAPHIC 2 AND 3). APPROXIMATELY 75 HARDENED UNDERGROUND
PERSONNEL SHELTERS OF VARIOUS SIZES WERE IN THIS GARRISON
AREA. ADDITIONAL UNDERGROUND, CANVAS-COVERED PERSONNEL
SHELTERS WERE DISPERSED AMONG THE TREES. (SWN)
AIR DEFENSE SITES WERE POSITIONED THROUGHOUT THE INSTALLATION
(GRAPHIC 1). THESE DEFENSE SITES INCLUDED TWO OCCUPIED,
SIX-POSITION AND TWO OCCUPIED, THREE-POSITION LIGHT
ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN SITES, AND FOUR SA-7 FIRING POSITIONS (NOT
ALL ANNOTATED). (SWN)
THE TRAINING AREA INCLUDED A TANK/ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER
(APC) FIRING RANGE AND BOTH TRACKED AND WHEELED VEHICLE DRIVER
TRAINING COURSES. AN OBSTACLE COURSE AND SEVERAL SMALL-ARMS
FIRING RANGES WERE ALSO IN THE TRAINING AREA (GRAPHIC 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 T14E 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 WITH OTHER CUBAN BRIGADE
FACILITIES IN ANGOLA. ADDITIONALLY, DEFENSIVE TRENCHING AT
THE AIR DEFENSE SITES RESEMBLED THE 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)
CAALA MILITARY INSTALLATION NE IS IN WEST CENTRAL ANGOLA,
APPROXIMATELY 11 NM SOUT14 OF THE BENGUELA RAIL LINE. (SWN)
3. COORDINATES 12-50-06S 015-35-42E (S)
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