COMBINED-ARMS TRAINING URUMQI COMBINED-ARMS TRAINING AREA, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: September 14, 1983
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COMBINED-ARMS TRAINING
URUMQI COMBINED-ARMS TRAINING AREA, CHINA (SWN)
NPIC/IEG (09/83)
14 SEPTEMBER 1983
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW COMBINED-ARMS TRAINING AREA HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED IN URUMQI MILITARY REGION (MR). (SWN)
2. REMARKS: MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A TANK REGIMENT, ELEMENTS OF AN
INFANTRY COMPANY, AND A FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION WERE
OBSERVED AT THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED URUMQI COMBINED-ARMS TRAINING
AREA ON, IMAGERY THE TRAINING AREA 25X1
(GRAPHIC 1), CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1982 AND AUGUST 1983,
IS 14.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF URUMQI CITY AND 250 NM FROM THE
SINO-SOVIET BORDER. THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND COMBINED-ARMS
TRAINING AREA IDENTIFIED IN THIS MR. THE FACILITY EXTENDS
OVER AN AREA 10 BY 3 NM AND APPEARS TO BE DESIGNED FOR
TACTICAL TRAINING OF TANK, ARTILLERY, AND INFANTRY UNITS. THE
TRAINING AREA INCLUDES 22 NUMBERED DEFENSIVE POSITIONS
CONTAINING EXTENSIVE PERSONNEL TRENCHING, VEHICLE REVETMENTS,
AND SMALL-ARMS FIRING POSITIONS; FOUR TANK DRIVING COURSES;
THREE OPEN VEHICLE PARKING AREAS AND A BIVOUAC AREA. (SWN)
EQUIPMENT AT THE TRAINING AREA (GRAPHIC 2 AND 3) INCLUDED 51
PROBABLE TYPE 59 TANKS, 18 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC),
12 FIELD ARTILLERY (FA) PIECES, SIX AA GUNS, TWO ARMORED
RECOVERY VEHICLES (ARV), APPROXIMATELY 150 TRUCKS, 21 PIECES
OF PROBABLE ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT, APPROXIMATELY 230 MEDIUM
TENTS, AND 32 LARGE TENTS. ADDITIONALLY, FIVE FARMER AIRCRAFT
WERE OBSERVED IN FLIGHT 9.5 NM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE TRAINING
AREA HEADED EAST-NORTHEAST, POSSIBLY IN SUPPORT OF THE GROUND
FORCE EXERCISE. (SWN)
THE PATTERN OF VEHICLE TRACKS SUGGESTS THAT THE TANK UNITS
PRACTICED EVOLVING FORMATION FROM BATTALION COLUMN, TO COMPANY
COLUMN, TO COMPANY LINE FORMATION FOR THE FINAL ASSAULT ON THE
DEFENSIVE POSITIONS. ONE TANK COMPANY ADVANCED IN LINE
FORMATION BEHIND MAJOR ELEMENTS OF AN INFANTRY COMPANY DURING
THE ASSAULT OF A DEFENSIVE POSITION. ABOUT 30 SMALL TENTS
DISPERSED IN THE DEFENSIVE AREAS PROBABLY PROVIDED SHELTER FOR
THE DEFENDING UNITS. (SWN)
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14 SEPTEMBER 1983
THE TANKS AND MOST OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT OBSERVED IN THE
TRAINING AREA WERE PROBABLY FROM HEJING ARMY BARRACKS AL 2
150 NM SOUTHW1ST OF URUMQI CITY. MAJOR 25X1
ELEMENTS OF THIS TANK REGIMENT HAVE BEEN ABSENT FROM GARRISON
SINCE AT LEAST AND REMAINED ABSENT ON THE MOST RECENT 25X1
(SWN)` 25X1
25X1
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