PORTABLE FRONTLINE COMMAND POST SHELTERS, CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 1, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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imagery analysis report
Portable Frontline Command
Post Shelters, China (S)
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Z-14582/82
IAR-0064/82
JUNE 1982
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1. (S/WN) The correlation of information from imagery and open sources has led to the
identification of new portable frontline command post shelters in China. The framework for these
shelters has been seen in at least three military installations (Figure 1 and Table 1). One of these
installations houses an artillery regiment, one an infantry division headquarters, and the third a
surface-to-surface missile (SSM) division headquarters, indicating that the shelter has many uses
and may already be widely deployed. The SSM division headquarters is in the Kunming Military
Region (MR), and the other two facilities are in the Lanzhou MR.
2. (S/WN) The shelters-which are easily disassembled and transported by road, rail, or
air-consist of U-shaped supports connected with straight members at the base, sides, and top
center. The length of the shelter is apparently variable, depending on need. Assembled sections
PORTABLE FRONTLINE COMMAND POST SHELTERS
CHINA (S)
observed on imagery range from in length, in width, and
a tall possible ventilation shaft/stack appended. In addition to their apparent portability and
versatility, these shelters form a linear configuration suitable for emplacement in trenches and
may enable rapid construction of concealed, possibly semihardened, command post bunkers.
3. (U) According to open-source publications,',' the shelter (insets and Figures 2 and 3) has
a canvas-covered arched steel framework. It is available in three sizes and is capable of housing a
maximum of 10 to 12 personnel.
n height. Sections of various sizes ave been observed joined together and often have
(S/WN) All applicable satellite imagery acquired through) was used in the preparation of
this report.
DOCUMENTS
1. CONMILIT: the Defence Monthly, Vol 6, No 2 (Issue 65), 1 Apr 82 (U)
2. JIEFANGJUN HUABAO, No 12, 1981 (U)
(S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. They may be directed toL
Asian Forces Division Imagery Ex loitation Group, NPIC,
was contributed b Asian Forces Division, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPIC,
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