SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY OPERATIONS CHANGONGO MILITARY AREA, ANGOLA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: December 10, 1983
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SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY OPERATIONS
CHANGONGO MILITARY AREA, ANGOLA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A SOUTH AFRICAN MECHANIZED
INFANTRY BATTALION HAVE ARRIVED IN THE AREA
AND ARE PREPARING TO CROSS THE CUNENE RIVER BRIDGE. (SWN)
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2. REMARKS: EQUIPMENT IN CONVOY ON THE SOUTHERN APPROACH TO THE
BRIDGE CONSISTS OF 23 RATEL ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC)
AND FOUR TRUCKS (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC 1). PART OF THE MECHANIZED
INFANTRY BATTALION (NOT ON GRAPHIC) HAS ALREADY CROSSED THE
RIVER. EQUIPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE CONSISTS OF TWO RATEL APC,
ONE POSSIBLE SCOUT CAR, AND FIVE TRUCKS. EQUIPMENT IN CONVOY
FORMATIONS IN THE TOWN OF CHANGONGO (GRAPHIC 2) CONSISTS OF SIX
ARTILLERY PRIME MOVERS (FOUR TOWING FIELD ARTILLERY PIECES),
ONE PATEL APC, AND 17 TRUCKS (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC).. OTHER
EQUIPMENT DISPERSED IN AND NEAR THE TOWN INCLUDES TWO RATEL
APC, FOUR BUFFEL LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES (LAV), AND 22 TRUCKS.
ANOTHER CONVOY (NOT ON GRAPHIC) IS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 NM TO THE
SOUTHEAST AND IS APPROACHING THE TOWN. THE EQUIPMENT IN THIS
CONVOY. AT 16-44-43S 015-02-32E CONSISTS OF AT LEAST SEVEN RATEL
AFC, FIVE EUFFEL LAV, FIVE POSSIBLE ARMORED SCOUT CARS, AND
EIGHT TRUCKS. THIS MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION IS PROBABLY
THE UNIT WHICH WAS ABSENT FROM OPERET MILITARY CAMP A BN HQ
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IN GARRISON OPERET IS APPROXIMATELY 165 NM 25X1
SOUTHEAST OF CHANGONGO. SWN)
THE CUNENE RIVER BRIDGE, WHICH WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY THE
SOUTH AFRICANS IN 1981, WAS UNDERGOING REPAIRS
THE BRIDGE NOW APPEARS TO BE SERVICEABLE.
A FERRY/PONTON IN THE RIVER NEAR THE BRIDGE WAS-NOT PRESENT ON
(SWN)
ONE CAMOUFLAGE-PAINTED KUDU OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT HAS ARRIVED AT
CHANGONGO AIRFIELD TWO PUMA
AND TWO ALOUETTE HELICOPTERS REMAIN AT THE OLD PORTUGUESE FORT
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER. (SWN)
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CHANGONGO IS 40 NM NORTH OF THE ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER, ON THE
MAIN NGIVA-CAHAMA HIGHWAY. (SWN)
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