NEW ARTILLERY REGIMENT DEBAO ARMY BARRACKS, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 12, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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NEW ARTILLERY REGIMENT
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1. (S/SPOKE) SIGNIFICANCE: AN ARTILLERY REGIMENT, PROBABLY
BELONGING TO THE 5TH BORDER DEFENSE DIVISION, HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED IN THE DEBAO AREA, IN GUANGZHOU MILITARY REGION
APPROXIMATELY 23 NM NORTH OF THE SINO-VIETNAMESE BORDER.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS, A 107MM TOWED
MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER (MRL) BATTALION, A PROBABLE
ARTILLERY BATTALION, A SUPPORT-UNIT, AND AN ARTILLERY SUB-
CALIBER RANGE ARE LOCATED AT 23-1.9-OON 106-36-05E (GRAPHIC
1). CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT
THE REGIMENTAL-HEADQUARTERS AND ARTILLERY SUB-CALIBER RANGE
AREAS. TWO CONFIRMED AND ONE POSSIBLE 107MM TOWED MRL
BATTERIES WERE OBSERVED WITHIN THE MRL BATTALION AREA.
(S/D) AN ARTILLERY BATTALION AREA IS OBSERVED UNDER
CONSTRUCTION .8 NM WEST OF THE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS AT 23-
19-10N 106-35-10E (GRAPHIC 2). ALTHOUGH NO FIELD ARTILLERY
(FA) PIECES ARE OBSERVED WITHIN THE BATTALION AREA, THREE
CONFIRMED AND THREE POSSIBLE FA PIECES ARE OBSERVED IN A
SMALL COMPOUND (NOT ON GRAPHIC) 1 NM SOUTHWEST OF THIS
AREA. THIS COMPOUND MAY SERVE AS A TEMPORARY HOUSING/STORAGE
FACILITY FOR THE ARTILLERY BATTALION UNTIL THE NEW AREA IS
COMPLETED.
(S/D) ANOTHER ARTILLERY BATTALION AREA IS OBSERVED UNDER
CONSTRUCTION 2 NM NORTHEAST OF THE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS
AREA AT 23-20-50N 106-37-OOE (GRAPHIC 3). EIGHT FA PIECES
ARE OBSERVED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE STORAGE SHEDS.
(S/D) ANALYST COMMENTS: ONLY TWO BATTALIONS OF ARTILLERY
CAN BE CONFIRMED WITHIN THE DEBAO AREA. ALTHOUGH FACILITIES
FOR A THIRD FACILITY ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IT IS PROBABLE
THAT AT LEAST ONE BATTALION OF THIS REGIMENT WILL BE DEPLOYED
TO THE BORDER ON A ROTATIONAL BASIS. THIS WOULD INDICATE
THAT ARTILLERY OCCASIONALLY OBSERVED IN THE NANPO AREA (23-
06-30N 106-02-30E) IS PROBABLY ASSIGNED TO THIS ARTILLERY
REGIMENT.
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(S/SPOKE) ONE CONFIRMED AND ONE POSSIBLE INFANTRY REGIMENT
OF THE 5TH BORDER DEFENSE DIVISION HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN
THE JINXI AREA. THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT
AT DEBAO LEAVES ONLY THE DIVISION E
INFANTRY REGIMENT UNLOCATED.
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COORDINATES 23-19-OON 106-35-OOE
(S/SPOKE) COLLATERAL REFERENCES: DSD, 2/EE/19-82, CHINA:
NATIONAL UNIT DESIGNATORS ESTABLISHED FOR THREE GUANGXI BASED
BORDER DEFENSE DIVISIONS, 23 MARCH 82.
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