TANK PRODUCTION LUOYANG, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: October 5, 1983
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TANK PRODUCTION
LUOYANG. CHINA (S N)
Attachment to Z-14051/83
NPIC/IEG (10/83)
5 OCTOBER 1983
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1? SIGNIFICANCE: THIS IS THE FIRST CONFIRMATION OF TANK PRODUCTION AT LUOYANG.
(SWN)
2. REMARKS: I I24 CANVAS-COVERED MEDIUM TANKS WERE NEAR A TRANSSHIPMENT 25X1
AREA INSIDE A NEWLY IDENTIFIED TANK ASSEMBLY FACILITY, LUOYANG TANK ASSEMBLY
PLANT. THE SEPARATELY SECURED PLANT IS ALONG THE WEST EDGE OF LUOYANG BEARING
PLANT AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF LUOYANG TRACTOR PLANT DONGFANGHONG 1. BY
ONLY THREE POSSIBLE TANKS WERE IN THE TRANSSHIPMENT AREA, INDICATING 25X1
A TANK SHIPMENT MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE. IN ADDITION, TANK TURRETS WERE OBSERVED
FOR THE FIRST TIME AT LUOYANG ARMS AND MINING MACHINERY PLANT. AT 25X1
LEAST SIX TANK TURRETS WERE ON A REJECT PILE UNDERNEATH A GANTRY CRANE NEAR
THE CASTING/FOUNDRY BUILDING AT THE WEST EDGE OF THE PLANT. (SWN)
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TANK ASSEMBLY PLANT, WHICH BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1970'S,
WAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED AN EXPANSION OF THE BEARING PLANT. THE TANK
ASSEMBLY FACILITY CONSISTS OF THREE LARGE FABRICATION/ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS (ONE
WITH A PROBABLE FINAL ASSEMBLY WING), ONE LARGE SHOP BUILDING, ONE
SHOP/FOUNDRY BUILDING, AND ONE RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSSHIPMENT AREA. A LARGE.
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING AREA WITH NUMEROUS STORAGE BUILDINGS AND AN OPEN BULK
MATERIAL YARD ARE IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE PLANT. A REVIEW OF IMAGERY FROM
OCTOBER 1980 TO SEPTEMBER 1983 REVEALED THAT TANK PRODUCTION WAS POSSIBLY
UNDERWAY WHEN 26 POSSIBLE ARMORED VEHICLES WERE 25X1
IN THE TRANSSHIPMENT AREA. (SWN)
TANK PRODUCTION HAS BEEN SUSPECTED IN THE LUOYANG AREA SINCE AT LEAST 1977,
WHEN ONE CONFIRMED AND ONE PROBABLE TURRET CASTING MOLD WERE OUTSIDE THE
CASTING/FOUNDRY BUILDING AT THE ARMS AND MINING MACHINERY PLANT. TURRET
CASTING MOLDS WERE ALSO CONFIRMED HERE IN OCTOBER 1980. A RELATED TEST AREA,
LUOYANG ARMOR VEHICLE TEST TRACK AND RANGE , 2.6 NM SOUTHWEST 25X1
OF THE ARMS AND MINING MACHINERY PLANT, WAS FIRST OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION
IN 1979. THE TEST TRACK WAS PROBABLY OPERATIONAL BETWEEN DECEMBER 1982 AND
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
COORDINATES 34-40-30N 112-23-07E (S)
COORDINATES 34-40-2IN 112-23-37E (S)
COORDINATES 34-40-35N 112-22-33E (S)
COORDINATES 34-41-09N 112-27-12E (S)
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