MECHANIZATION OF THE 112TH INFANTRY DIVISION ZHANGJIAZHUANG ARMY BKS AL 2, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 3, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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MECHANIZATION OF THE 112TH INFANTRY DIVISION
ZHANGJIAZf]UANG ARMY BKS AL 2, CHINA
NPIC/IEG (12/82)
3 December 1982
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A SECOND REGIMENT OF THE 112TH INFANTRY DIVISION HAS
BEEN MECHANIZED, SUGGESTING THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TOTALLY MECHANIZED
INFANTRY DIVISION IN CHINA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: ON IMAGERYI 1160 PROBABLE M-1967 ARMORED 25X1
PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC) WERE OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT
ZHANGJIAZHUANG ARMY BKS AL 2, AN INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 112TH INFANTRY
DIVISION, 38TH ARMY. THE APC WERE PARKED IN TWO SEPARATE VEHICLE PARKING
AREAS WITHIN THE INSTALLATION. ON THE SAME DATE. 105 APC (NOT ON GRAPHIC)
REMAINED AT SONGLINDIAN ARMY BKS AL 1 WHERE INITIAL 25X1
MECHANIZATION OF THE 112TH DIVISION WAS OBSERVED IN APRIL 1981. NO APC
HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT DINGXING ARMY BKS AL 1 THE THIRD 25X1
INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THIS DIVISION. THE 112TH INFANTRY DIVISION IS
APPROXIMATELY 50 NM SOUTHWEST OF BEIJING. THIS DIVISION IS AN ELITE
"SHOWPLACE" UNIT WHERE FOREIGN VISITORS ARE FREQUENTLY INVITED. THE
DIVISION IS ALSO LESS THAN 40 NM SOUTH OF ZHANGXINTIEN ARMD VEH PLT 618
THE ONLY PLANT PRODUCING M-1967 APC IN CHINA. 25X1
(SWN) THIS IS THE FOURTH DEPLOYMENT OF APC IDENTIFIED IN A MAIN FORCE
ARMY INFANTRY REGIMENT IN CHINA. ALL PREVIOUS DEPLOYMENTS OF APC AT THE
REGIMENTAL LEVEL HAVE CONSISTED OF APPROXIMATELY 120 APC. THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF APC OBSERVED (265) INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF AT LEAST TWO
MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENTS IN THE 112TH DIVISION. APC WERE NOT PRESENT
3. (S)
Y BKS AL 2 WHEN LAST OBSERVED
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COORDINATES, 39-22-41N 115-32-01E 25X1
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