POSSIBLE ELEMENTS OF NAMDAECHON BRIGADE KOWON AREA, NORTH KOREA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: November 15, 1984
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POSSIBLE ELEMENTS OF NAMDAECHON BRIGADE
KOWON AREA, NORTH KOREA (SWN)
1. .cICNTFICANCF: POSSIBLE NAMDAECHON BRIGADE ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN
IPF 7TFIFP 32 KM NORTHWEST OF WONSAN NEAR KOWON. (SWN)
7. RFMAPKS: ANALYSTS OF IMAGERY
fF 1VM7FD THAT A NFW BRIGADE-SIZED UNIT WAS FORMING WEST OF
KOWON (3?-?6-13N 127-14-49F). THE NEW UNITS AND INSTALLATIONS
WFPF NOT PPFSFNT ON THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT
OBSFRVFP ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE AT NAMDAECHON. FURTHERMORE,
DTSPFPSAL, AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PATTERNS ARE VERY SIMILAR
TO "'HOSE AT ORO-RI, SUGGESTING THAT THESE UNITS ARE POSSIBLY
PFLOCATFD ELEMENTS OF ANOTHER OF THE MISSING NAMDAECHON
COMBINED ARMS BRIGADES. (SWN)
THE FACTLTTTFS IN THE KOWON AREA ARE DISPERSED JUST SOUTH OF
THE TOKCHT RIVER, FROM 39-25-06N 127-06-24E TO 39-26-30N
127-12-40E. AT LEAST SEVEN BATTALION OR COMPANY-SIZED
INSTALLATIONS WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. MAJOR UNITS THAT HAVE
RFFN TDFNTTFTFD (GRAPHIC) INCLUDE A MEDIUM TANK BATTALION WHICH
TS POSSTBL,Y T-34 EQUIPPED, A TRUCK-MOUNTED ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT,
AND A MOTOR TRANSPORT UNIT EQUIPPED WITH LONG BED CARGO
TPIICKS. THE REMAINDER OF THE FACILITIES ARE EITHER IN TOO
FARLY A STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION OR SIGNATURE EQUIPMENT IS NOT
VTSTBLF TO DFTFRMTNE THE TYPES OF UNITS PRESENT. IN ADDITION
TO THE NEW INSTALLATIONS, AT LEAST FOUR, FOUR-POSITION ZPU-2/4
STTFS ARF DEPLOYED ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE NEW BRIGADE
ARFA. (SWN)
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COORDINATES 39-25-06N 127-06-24E (S)
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5. CnLI,ATFRAL REFERENCES: DIRNSA, 2/00/8556-84, DTG 071734Z
MAY 84, NORTH KOREAN GROUND FORCES REORGANIZATION: NAMDAECHON
RPTGAPF LOCATED IN KUMYA COUNTY (SECRET
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