M-1967 MRL DEPLOYMENT XINGTAI ARMY BARRACKS AL 4, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: June 11, 1982
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M-1967 MRL DEPLOYMENT
XINGTAI ARMY BARRACKS AL 4, CHINA
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NPIC/IEG (06/82)
11 JUNE 1982
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: M-1967 MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS
(MRL) WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A MAIN FORCE
INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE BEIJING MILITARY REGION (MR) ON
THE PRESENCE OF THIS EQUIPMENT, ALONG WITH
2. (S/D) REMARKS: EIGHTEEN M-1967 TRACKED MRL WERE
IDENTIFIED AT XINGTAI ARMY BARRACKS AL 4 ON IMAGERY OF
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INSTALLATION, INDICATES THAT THE 79TH
INFANTRY DIVISION MAY BECOME FULLY MECHANIZED.
THIS INSTALLATION HOUSES AN ARTILLERY REGIMENT
SUBORDINATE TO THE 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 27TH ARMY. THIS
BUT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED AT THAT TIME. THE PRESENCE OF
THIS EQUIPMENT, ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION,
RELOCATION, AND UPGRADING OF MAINTENANCE, TRAINING, AND
STORAGE FACILITIES WHICH HAS BEEN IN EVIDENCE AT XINGTAI
SINCE THE SPRING OF 1980 MAY PORTEND FURTHER MECHANIZATION
OF THIS INFANTRY DIVISION.
M-1967 MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENT AS EARLY AS
UNIT WAS PREVIOUSLY EQUIPPED WITH TRUCK-MOUNTED MRL. THE
(S/D) TRACKED MRL HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED AT FOUR OTHER
LOCATIONS IN CHINA: ONE MAIN FORCE ARMY IN THE SHENYANG
MR, AND THREE INDEPENDENT ARMOR DIVISIONS (ONE EACH IN THE
BEIJING, SHENYANG, AND NANJING MR'S).
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COORDINATES 37-04-45N 114-27-39E
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