ARMORED VEHICLE REFURBISHMENT CHAOXIAN TANK REBUILD/ASSEMBLY PLANT, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: November 18, 1983
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to Z-14407/83
NPIC/IEG (11/83)
18 NOVEMBER 1983
ARMORED VEHICLE REFURBISHMENT
(,Hf~OXIAN TANK RERIIILDiASSF.M~LY PLANT, CHINA (SWN)
S1GNIFI(~ANCI: AN ARbIOREll VEHICLE REFURBISHMENT FACILITY IS IDENTIFIID IN
'H ~ NAN,J ING IyI1 L ITARY REGION . (SWN )
2. ItF~IARKS: SEVEN TYPE-63 AMPHIBIOUS TANKS ANll EIGHT TYPE-59/62 TANKS WERE
IDIN'i IFIED AT THE CI-lAOXIAN P THIS VARIETY OF TANKS, 25X1
IN CONOUNCTIGN 1r'ITH THE OVFItALL CLEAN APPEARANCE OF THE PLANT AND THE
ABSTsNCE OF A FOUNDRY AND EXTENSIVE STOCK PILING, CONFIRMS A TANK REBUILD
FUivCTiON. (SVVNj
CI~AOXIAN I5 ONLY THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL FACILITY KNOWN TO BE ASSOCIATED
V~ITII Aty`lT'HIBIUUS TANKS. TYPE-63 TANKS PIIF:RF ORIGINALLY PRODUCED AT
l:kiUNGQING ARMORED VEHICLE PLT 256 BUT HAVE NOT BEEN IN 25X1
PRODUC'T'ION 1TIERE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. (SWN)
'iliE LOCATION OF THE CHAOXIAN REFURBISHh~NT FACILITY, AWAY FROM KNOWN
~iOR PRODUCTION FACILITIES, SUGGESTS A REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ROLE FOR
A'i' i,F.AST TH}: ARIviOR UNT1'S IN THE NANJING MILITARY REGION. f Sti"JN)
3. COORDINATES 3I-38-32N 117-51-28E (S)
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