REGIMENTAL ARTILLERY BASE AREA DAT THIT, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300330001-1
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 16, 1974
• Content Type: PHOTO

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REGIMENTAL ARTILLERY BASE AREA
DAT THIT, NORTH VIETNAM
19-15N 105-35E
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REGIMENTAL ARTILLERY BASE AREA
DA , NOR VIET
2. LOCATION:
3. MISSION READOUT:
IDENTIFICATION OF A REGIMENTAL ARTILLERY BASE
AREA IN THE NORTH VIETNAMESE PANHANDLE.
DAT THIT REGIMENTAL ARTILLERY BASE AREA
(NM) NORTH OF VINH AT 19-15-35N 105-35-23E
IS APPROXIMATELY 36 NAUTICAL MILE' 5X1
DAT THIT REGIMENTAL ARTILLERY BASE AREA CONSISTS OF
16 DISPERSED AREAS OR BUILDING GROUPS IN AN OVERALL AREA OF TWO BY TWO NM. THE
FACILITY INCLUDES SEVEN BATTERY-SIZE ARTILLERY STORAGE AND BARRACKS AREAS, SEVEN
BARRACKS AND ADMINISTRATION AREAS (ONE NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC), A PROBABLE VEHICLE
STORAGE/MAINTENANCE AREA AND AN AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA. THE FACILITY CONTAINS
A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 72 BARRACKS, 26 ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS, NINE PROBABLE
MESSHALLS, THREE AMMUNITION STORAGE BUILDINGS, THREE POSSIBLE AMMUNITION STORAGE
BUNKERS, 14 SMALL POSSIBLE CLASSROOM BUILDINGS, ONE POSSIBLE AUDITORIUM, A
PROBABLE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, 14 EQUIPMENT SHEDS AND AT LEAST 19 SMALL
SUPPORT BUILDINGS. MOST OF THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE FACILITY ARE OF WOOD AND
THATCH CONSTRUCTION. THEY ARE SIMILAR IN CONSTRUCTION TO INDIGENOUS DWELLINGS
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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IN ADJACENT VILLAGES. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A MORE UNIFORM PATTERN IN
CONSTRUCTION AND IN BUILDING LAYOUT COMPARED TO LOCAL VILLAGES.
THE SEVEN. ARTILLERY STORAGE AND BARRACKS AREAS ARE SIMILAR AND EACH CONTAINS
A HARDSTAND (USUALLY FOR FOUR ARTILLERY PIECES), FOUR-TO-SIX SMALL BARRACKS,
A SMALL PROBABLE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, A PROBABLE MESSHALL AND SEVERAL
SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS. MOST OF THE ARTILLERY STORAGE AND BARRACKS AREAS
HAVE A SINGLE, REVETTED FIELD ARTILLERY TRAINING POSITION NEAR THE ARTILLERY
HARDSTAND (SEE INSET). ONE FOUR-POSITION/ REVETTED ARTILLERY TRAINING SITE
IS ALSO PRESENT. MOST OF THE ARTILLERY PIECES PARKED ON THE HARDSTANDS ARE
COVERED WITH CANVAS OR THATCH. TWENTY-TWO ARTILLERY PIECES, WERE
IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY, SOME ONLY WITH BARRELS AND TRAILS
EXTENDING FROM THE COVERINGS.
THE SEVEN BARRACKS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS ARE SIMILAR TO THE ARTILLERY
STORAGE AND BARRACKS AREAS BUT LACK ARTILLERY HARDSTANDS, ARTILLERY TRAINING
POSITIONS AND ARTILLERY PIECES. THEY ARE COMPRISED OF BARRACKS, ADMINISTRATION
BUILDINGS, A PROBABLE MESSHALL AND SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
THE PROBABLE VEHICLE STORAGE/MAINTENANCE AREA IS CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE
FACILITY AND CONTAINS BARRACKS, AN. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND A PROBABLE
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING. AN AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA IS ALSO NEAR THE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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CENTER OF THE FACILITY AND CONTAINS THREE SINGLE-FENCED AMMUNITION STORAGE
BUILDINGS, THREE POSSIBLE AMMUNITION STORAGE BUNKERS, AND SEVERAL SUPPORT
BUILDINGS.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
ENLARGEMENT FACTORS: 6x
INSET: 30X
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