SSU-PING ARMOR DIVISION, SHENYANG MR, CHINA

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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: October 1, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
SSU-PING ARMOR DIVISION,
SHENYANG MR, CHINA
OCTOBER 1974
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SSU-PING ARMOR DIVISION
SHENYANG MILITARY REGION, CHINA
ABSTRACT
1. This report locates and delineates the major elements of the Ssu-ping Armor Division, Shenyang
Military Region (MR) China, and
contains text, a location map, a table, an a photograph. The purpose o this report is to combine point
targets into target areas to provide more meaningful analysis and reporting.
INTRODUCTION
2. The Ssu-ping Armor Division is one of two armor divisions identified in the Shenyang MR. It is
approximately 500 nautical miles (nm) south of the China/USSR border and is strategically placed in
the center of the main access corridor into Manchuria. The division consists of three armor regiments,
an artillery/AAA regiment, a possible mechanized infantry battalion, and a headquarters area. Two
associated ammunition depots in the immediate vicinity are included in this report.
BASIC DESCRIPTION
3. Table 1 lists the units in the Ssu-ping Armor Division (plus the two ammunition depots) with
their installation names, geographic coordinates, and BE numbers. The installations listed below are
keyed to Figures 1 and 2.
Table 1. Major Elements in the Ssu-ping Armor Division
Area
Unit
Installation Name
A
Armor Division Hq
Ssu-ping Hq Armd Div A Army
BkNEAL3
B
Armor Regiment
Ssu-ping Army Bks AL 6
C
Armor Regiment
Ssu-ping Army Bks AL]
D
Armor Regiment
Ssu-ping Army Bks East AL 5
E
Ammo Storage
Ssu-ping Ammo Dpo SE
F
Ammo Storage
Ssu-ping Ammo Depot
Lung-wang-tun
Geographic Coordinates
43-1 1 -44N 1 24-25-26E
43-03-40N 124-28-1 OE
43-02-20N 124.39-00E
43-06.30N 124-43-30E
43-06.34N 124-38-21 E
43-04-0] N 124-33-09E
Ssu-ping Headquarters Armored Division and Army Barracks NE AL 3
4. This division headquarters area (Area A) contains within its boundaries a headquarters and
barracks area, an armor maintenance and storage area, an artillery/AAA regiment area, a hospital area,
and a general storage area.
5. The headquarters and barracks area consists of two adjoining headquarters buildings with an
attached mess facility, an I-shaped administration building, ten barracks, a dispensary, a heating plant,
seven wheeled-vehicle storage buildings, a tank subcaliber range, a small-arms range, and numerous
animal pens.
6. The armor maintenance and storage area consists of two four-bay armor maintenance buildings,
a small probable fabrication-type building, four maintenance/machine shops, two five-bay armor storage
sheds, three large vehicle sheds, three small vehicle sheds, a U-shaped administration building, a heating
plant, numerous small storage/support buildings, and a tank subcaliber range. A small ammunition
storage area is immediately east and consists of eight small ammunition storage buildings.
7. The artillery/AAA regiment area consists of nine barracks, two administration buildings, two
messhalls, 20 weapons/vehicle storage buildings, numerous small quarters/support buildings, and a small
ammunition storage area containing five small storage buildings,
8. The hospital area consists of five multiwing buildings (one fence secured) and two storage
buildings.
9. The general storage area is adjacent to the hospital area and consists of two parallel
administration buildings connected by a covered walkway, 48 storage buildings (eight under
construction), three vehicle sheds, 13 storage/support buildings, two vehicle maintenance buildings, and
two buildings under construction (one E shaped).
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Ssu-ping Army Barracks AL 6
10. This armor regiment (Area B) is 7 nm south-southeast of the division headquarters and consists
of a multistory headquarters/administration building, two small administration buildings, 46 barracks,
eight messhalls, two auditoriums, six vehicle sheds, -a heating plant, six support buildings, and a
tracked-vehicle driver-training course.
Ssu-ping Army Barracks AL 7
11. This armor regiment (Area C) is 13 nm southeast of the division headquarters and consists of
an administration building, 22 barracks, five messhalls, an auditorium, 31 storage/support buildings, and
an H-shaped dispensary. A mechanized infantry battalion may also be present at this facility.
Ssu-ping Army Barracks East AL 5
12. This armor regiment (Area D) is 14 nm east-southeast of the division headquarters and consists
of an administration building, 24 barracks, three messhalls, an auditorium, 85 vehicle sheds, a heating
plant, 34 storage/support buildings, 56 hardened tank revetments dispersed throughout the area, a large
tracked-vehicle driver-training course, and a tank firing run.
Ssu-ping Ammunition Depot SE
13. This triple-fence-secured ammunition depot (Area E) is 10 nm southeast of the division
headquarters area and consists of 52 revetted ammunition storage buildings, a barracks, a messhall a
vehicle shed, a heating plant, and 14 support buildings. A rail-to-road transshipment point containing
one building is southeast of the depot.
Ssu-ping Ammunition Depot Lung-wang-tun
14. This rail-served, fence-secured ammunition depot (Area F) is 9 nm southeast of the division
headquarters and consists of 50 earth-covered bunkers, 59 storage buildings (36 revetted), three
barracks/ administration buildings, a messhall, a heating plant, a vehicle shed, 30 support buildings, and
a rail-to-road transshipment point containing three buildings.
MAPS OR CHARTS
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheets 0290-6 and 7, scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
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