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{{Short description|Armoured warfare training school in Uganda}}
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|name = Karama Armoured Warfare Training School
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|established = 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/3548/article-1G1-128030438/museveni-commission-armoured-warfare-school|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309122043/https://business.highbeam.com/3548/article-1G1-128030438/museveni-commission-armoured-warfare-school|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2016|title=Museveni to Commission Armoured Warfare School|date=3 February 2005|first=Grace|last=Matsiko|accessdate=24 June 2014|
publisher=[[Daily Monitor|The Monitor]]/[[AllAfrica|AllAfrica Global Media]] via [[Comtex|COMTEX]]}}</ref>
|type = [[Armoured warfare|Armoured Warfare Training School]]
|head_label = Commandant
|head = [[Brigadier]]<br/> [[Francis Chemonges]]
|city = [[Kabamba, Uganda|Kabamba]]
|state = [[Mubende District]]
|country = [[Uganda]]
| pushpin_map = Uganda
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|undergrad = 450
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The '''Karama Armoured Warfare Training School''' '''(KAWATS)''', is an [[Armoured warfare|Armoured Warfare Training School]] in [[Uganda]], [[East Africa]]. Typically, graduates are commanders in the [[Uganda People's Defence Force]]. Other [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa|African]] countries also send their [[military personnel]] to the school for training.
==Location==
The school is located in [[Kabamba, Uganda|Kabamba]], [[Mubende District]], [[Central Region, Uganda|Central Uganda]]. This location, lies approximately {{convert|87|km|mi}}, by road, southwest of [[Mubende]], the nearest large town and the location of the district headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=24 June 2014|url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Mubende%20(Mubende)&toplace=Kabamba%20(Western%20Province)&fromlat=0.5891667&tolat=0.25&fromlng=31.36&tolng=31.1833333|title=Road Distance Between Mubende And Kabamba With Map|publisher= Globefeed.com}}</ref> Kabamba is located approximately {{convert|190|km|mi}}, west of [[Kampala]], the [[capital city|capital]] of [[Uganda]] and the largest city in that country.<ref>{{cite web| title=Map Showing Kampala And Kabamba With Distance Marker| url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?%20fromplace=Kampala%20()&toplace=Kabamba%20(Western%20Province)&fromlat=0.3155556&tolat=0.25&fromlng=32.5655556&tolng=31.1833333| accessdate=24 June 2014|publisher=Globefeed.com}}</ref> The coordinates of Kabamba are:0°15'00.0"N, 31°11'06.0"E (Latitude:0.2500; Longitude:31.1850).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B015'00.0%22N+31%C2%B011'06.0%22E/@0.25,31.185,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0|title=Location of Kabamba At Google Maps|accessdate=24 June 2014|publisher=[[Google|Google Maps]]}}</ref>
==History==
The school, built by Uganda's Ministry of Defence, at a cost of [[Ugandan shilling|USh&nbsp;]]1.8 billion (approximately US$730,000), was commissioned in February 2005. ''Medallion Engineering Limited'', was the lead construction contractor. The school can accommodate approximately 450 students at one time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Army Gets Kabamba School|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/E/8/19/416815|publisher=[[New Vision]]|date=7 February 2005|accessdate=24 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308151322/http://www.newvision.co.ug/E/8/19/416815|archive-date=8 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The current [[Commandant]] of KAWATS is [[Brigadier]] [[Francis Chemonges]], formerly the ''Armoured Brigade Operations Officer''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=643248&CatID=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140624195208/http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=643248&CatID=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-06-24|first=Taddeo|last=Bwambale|title=UPDF Is Much Stronger|date=June 2013|accessdate=24 June 2014|publisher=[[New Vision|New Vision Mobile]]}}</ref>
==See also==
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* [[Uganda People's Defence Force|UPDF]]
* [[National Resistance Army|NRA]]
* [[List of military schools in Uganda|UG Military Schools]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Military of Uganda]]
[[Category:Vocational schools in Uganda]]
[[Category:Military academies]]
[[Category:Military schools in Uganda]]
[[Category:Uganda People's Defence Force]]
[[Category:Mubende District]]