GURDASPUR-TYPE, BATTALION-SIZE BARRACKS IN INDIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: December 1, 1979
• Content Type: REPORT

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Gurdaspur-Type, Battalion-Size
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GURDASPUR-TYPE, BATTALION-SIZE BARRACKS IN INDIA (5)
INTRODUCTION
1. (TSR) A pattern of new and unique barracks and smaller variants was identified in India on
This expansion, modernization, and standardization identified at eight Indian
ground forces installations began in late 1975. The barracks appear to be large enough to house a
battalion-size unit and could contain the facilities to make the unit. self-sufficient. The name?Gurdaspur-
type, battalion-size barracks?has been assigned by NPIC to these structures because they were first
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appear to be capable of housing a battalion-size unit.
2. (TSR) These barracks were constructed at new installations or added to existing installations. All
of the installations utilizing this type of barracks are in close proximity to the Pakistani, Chinese, or
Bangladesh borders (Figure 1).
3. (S/NOFORN) This construction program by the Indian Army appears to be related to the
implementation of their 1975 Key Location Plan (KLP).' The intent of this KLP is to reduce the Indian
Army's reaction time to hostilities stemming from a one-, two-, or three-front war (Pakistan, China, and
Bagladesh).2 Subsequently, to more effectively defend against the possibility of a sudden attack by a
neighboring country, combat units in central and southern India will have to be relocated to installations
near the borders. To facilitate such a move, training units presently located near the borders will have to
be moved to the interior. Combat units would then occupy the vacated installations and enlarge them if
necessary. New installations would be built if existing facilities were not available.3
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BASIC DESCRIPTION
4. (TSR) The Gurdaspur-type, battalion-size barracks have been identified at eight installations.
The barracks are at least four stories high and have four to eight wings divided into two groups. These two
groups of wings, corridor-connected barracks, flank opposite ends of a connected messhall with attached
kitchens and a connected, quadrangle-shaped support/recreation building. A quadrangle-shaped adminis-
tration building is connected by corridor to one end of the support/recreation building (Figures 2 and 3).
5. (TSR) The readily identifiable variants probably house support units. In comparison to the full-
size Gurdaspur-type, battalion-size barracks, the variants tend to consist of one group of barracks wings
with a variation in the number of wings, a smaller support/recreation building, a smaller messhall, and an
administration building (Figures 4 and 5).
6. (TSR) Four installations in Punjab State adjacent to the Pakistani border have the Gurdaspur-
type, battalion-size barracks. The newly built Gurdaspur Infantry Brigade Barracks has four battalion-size
barracks and three variants. The newly built Bhatinda Infantry Brigade Barracks and Storage Depot (BE
has at least six full-size barracks. Both of these installations can probably house at least a 25X1
brigade-size unit. Other installations adjacent to the Pakistani border but with a smaller number of
barracks are the newly built Amritsar Barracks Area with two full-size barracks and the 25X1
older Jullundur Barracks Area Command Corps and Brigade Headquarters with one 25X1
barracks being added to the installation's vast facilities.
7. (TSR) The Gurdaspur-type barracks have been added to the three older installations facing the
China-backed Himalayan Range. Rishikesh Military Barracks and Storage Area has one 25X1
full-size and two variant barracks, Shahjahan pur Military Area and Brigade Headquarters 25X1
has three full-size barracks, and Bareilly Barracks School and Storage Depot Division Area 25X1
Command has one full-size barracks and one variant. The elements of the barracks at 25X1
these three installations are not connected to one another. The layout and elements of these disjointed
barracks are the same as those of the barracks at the rest of the installations (Figure 6).
8. (TSR) Only one installation facing the Bangladesh border has the Gurdaspur-type barracks. Six
variants of the Gurdaspur-type, battalion-size barracks have been added to the older Ranchi Barracks
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9. (TSR) The various elements of a Gurdaspur-type, battalion-size barracks and of the variants
indicate that most of the battalion/unit's activities may be accomplished within the structures. Added self-
sufficiency within the barracks area or specialization of a battalion/unit may be a follow-on phase to the
construction of a barrack's area. Individual motor pools and explosives storage facilities have been
observed at a few of the barracks. Some barracks have both facilities, while others have only one or
neither (Figures 7 and 8).
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REFERENCES
DOCUMENTS
2. DIA/DN-2C. DIAIAPPR 54-78, Intelligence Appraisal India: Army Improvements. 3 Mar 78 (SECRET/NO-
FOR N)
3. CIA/OSR.
SR MR 76-010JX, Strategic Research Monthly Review, Dec 76 (TOP SECRET
*Extracted Article, "Indian Army Plans to Redeploy Combat- Units," pp 36-38, is classified SECRET/N0-?
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(S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. They may be directed to
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