| Ballygawley land mine attack | |
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| Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner | |
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_144160.jpg) The approximate site of the attack (2006) | |
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| Location | Near Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°31′42″N 7°12′39″W / 54.52833°N 7.21083°W |
| Date | 13 July 1983 |
| Target | Ulster Defence Regiment personnel |
Attack type | Improvised land mine |
| Deaths | 4 soldiers |
| Perpetrator | Provisional IRA |
In the Ballygawley land mine attack of 13 July 1983, four soldiers of the British Army's Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) land mine near Ballygawley in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The soldiers were travelling in a convoy of armoured vehicles when the land mine was detonated remotely.