RECENT GROUND FORCES ACTIVITY, FUKIEN PROVINCE, CHINA

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• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: January 1, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
RECENT GROUND FORCES
ACTIVITY, FUKIEN PROVINCE,
CHINA
JANUARY 1974
COPY No 122
9 PAGES
PIR-003/74
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RECENT GROUND FORCES ACTIVITY, FUKIEN PROVINCE, CHINA
map, three photographs, and a table.
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1. This report reviews the ground forces activity in Fukien Province observed on KEYHOLE
photography The report contains a 25X1
Almost complete coverage of Fukien on generally fair-to-good quality photography of
permitted a detailed search of the province. New expansion of training facilities, 25X1
construction activity, and numerous pieces of ground forces equipment were observed.
Summary of Ground Forces Activity
3. New construction or equipment was sighted at 45 ground forces installations (Figure 1,
and Table 1), four of which were newly identified 25X1
4. New buildings were under construction or had been constructed at 14 installations and
training facilities were expanded or improved at 18 installations.
Equipment
5. A total of 199 antiaircraft (AA) guns were observed at ground forces installations; 175
AA guns were involved in a single antiaircraft artillery (AAA) exercise at the Chuan-shang AAA Training
Area (Figures 2 and 3). Thirty-eight probable AA guns and 24 possible AA guns
were sighted at other ground forces targets in Fukien.
6. A total of 135 field artillery (FA) pieces were observed in 13 installations; six probable
FA pieces and two possible FA pieces were also observed.
7. A total of 640 trucks, 60 probable trucks, and 11 possible trucks were seen at ground
forces installations. The AAA exercise at Cliuan-shang involved 284 trucks, 17 probable trucks, and
eight possible trucks.
8. Other vehicles and pieces of equipment observed include five tracked prime movers with
FA pieces in tow, a SPOON REST radar (Chinese variant) associated with the Chuan-shang AAA
exercise, two buses, two bulldozers, one crane, eight probable cargo trailers, and several probable
vehicles/pieces of equipment.
Training Facilities
9. Indications of increased training activity include four newly constructed small-arms ranges,
one improved small-arms range, and a probable small-arms range under construction.
10. New athletic fields were constructed at five barracks areas, and nine ground force targets
contained new troop obstacle courses.
11. Three new grenade practice ranges were seen at one installation and one newly constructed
dummy tank was observed.
1.2. An unidentified training area was under construction at Tung-an Army Barracks NNE AL
3 I This training facility could be developed into a firing range for tanks or 25X1
vehicle-mounted machine guns.
1.3. One of the newly identified installations, Chang-pu Probable Headquarters and Army
Barracks NW , was in the late stage of construction and contained a wheeled-vehicle
driver-training course (Figure 4).
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NEWLY IDENTIFIED INSTALLATIONS ARE SHOWN IN RED
FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF RECENT GROUND FORCES ACTIVITY IN FUKIEN PROVINCE, CHINA. (Items keyed
to Table 1.)
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Item Name/BE Number/Coordinates Installation
No Size & Function
(27-18-45N 117-29-10E) battalion
Equipment
Observed
Fourteen storage/
support bldgs were newly con-
structed and six unid bldgs were
ucon.
20 trucks
12 prob trucks
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6 prob cargo
trailers
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6 AA guns
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2 poss pieces
of equipment
5
Chuan-shang AAA Training Area
AAA training
26-26-55N 116-56-45E)
175 AA guns
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284 trucks
17 prob trucks
8 poss trucks
1 SPOON
REST radar
(Chinese variant)
This is the first time AAA has been
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26-23-48N
119-29-11 E)
10 AA guns
reported at this installation. The
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19 prob AA guns
last OB reported was 23 cargo trucks
35 trucks
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5 prob trucks
7
Tan-yang Army Bks SE AL 1
Prob artillery
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26-19-43N
119-29-52E)
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24 trucks
26-09-08N 119-18-49E) and/or AAA
units
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has been completed
26 AA guns, 8 poss AA guns, 11 FA
pieces, 30 cargo trucks, two pons
trucks, and two pieces of equipment
were observed.
A multistory barracks/administra-
tion bldg and a prob vehicle
shed were ucon.
This is the first time AAA was reported
2 AA guns at this installation.
19 prob AA guns
6 poss AA guns
40 trucks
3 prob trucks
Q A prob small arms range was ucon.
none discernible
7 trucks
2 buses
26-04-51N 119-15-34E)
quarters element
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Fu-chou Military Region Hq and Bks
Poss head-
AL 9
quarters element
(25-00-01 N 119-16-21 E)
transport unit
20 trucks
3 prob trucks
(25-59-50N 119-23-10E)
headquarters
4 FA pieces
6 poss AA g
5 trucks
7 prob truc
uns
ks
25-56-45N 119-30-08E)
headquarters and an 9 FA pieces
artillery battalion. 2 poss FA pieces
1 truck
Two troop obstacle courses and an
athletics field were newly constructed.
Twelve barracks, six messhalls, a prob
barracks/support bldg and a support
bldg were ucon.
An auditorium and a support bldg
were newly constructed.
A large multistory barracks
and a support bldg were newly
constructed.
A multistory barracks/administra-
tion bldg was ucon.
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25-34-25N 119-17-10E) companies 7 FA pieces
3 trucks
25-29-50N
119-03-20E)
regiment
25-29-15N
119-01-40E)
headquarters 8 poss AA guns
20 trucks
5 prob trucks
(25-29-05N
119-06-20E)
6 prob FA pieces
1 truck
(25-07-08N
118-26-32E)
division head-
25 FA piece
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quarters and
an artillery
regiment
18 trucks
2 bulldoze
rs
(25-05-46N
118-31-07E)
12 FA piece
s
1 truck
~5-02-38N
118-32-08E)
gun regiment
26 Hsin-chiao Army Bks AL 1
Infantry regiment
25-02-20N
118-23-08E)
This installation was newly
identifie
Two small arms ranges were newly
An auditorium, a barracks, and a
prob outdoor theater were newly
constructed.
Newly constructed facilities include
three multistory administration
bldgs, a messhall, five support
bldgs, two prob quarters, five
prob storage bldgs, and seven
storage/support bldgs. The
athletics field was improved.
A troop obstacle course was newly
constructed.
Newly constructed facilities include
nine barracks, two barracks/support
bldgs, and ten storage/support
bldgs.
Newly constructed facilities include
three barracks, a messhall, eight
support bldgs, and a troop obstacle
course. Three prob support bldgs
were ucon. Tanks/assault guns were
last reported at this installation in
Newly constructed facilities include
a troop obstacle course and a tank
mockup.
17 FA pieces
6 trucks
24-53-26N
117-13-20E)
regiment
24-55-02N
118-26-59E)
headquarters
(24-50-59N
118-25-42E)
5 FA pieces
3 prob trucks
24-47-24N 118-33-04E) garrison regiment
An athletic field and three grenade
practice ranges were newly constructed.
Newly constructed facilities include
three administration bldgs, a prob
barracks, a messhall, a troop obstacle
course, an athletic field, and an
exercise area.
Newly constructed facilities include
2 trucks a small arms range, an exercise area,
5 prob vehicles/ and a troop obstacle course.
pieces of equipment
1 truck
3 poss trucks
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Two support bldgs were newly
constructed and a prob support
bldg was ucon.
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(24-47-OON 118-12-40E) battalion
(24-44-34N 118-09-11 E) regiment
An administration bldg and four
support bldgs were newly constructed.
A prob administration bldg was
ucon.
37 Kuan-kou Army Bks AL 1
4-40-02N 118-01-53E)
Equipment
Observed
5 trucks
5 prob trucks
2 prob cargo
trailers
3 FA pieces
7 trucks
5 FA pieces
5 tracked prime
movers
1 prob truck
9 FA pieces
16 trucks
(24-34-35N 118-37-20E)
(24-28-17N 117-33-31E)
42 Hsia-men Arty Hq and Army Bks
AL2
Chin-ching Arm Bks AL 1 Prob garrison unit
24-28-38N 118-07-40E)
(24-24-31N 117-35-03E)
(24-08-50N 117-33-25E)
8 FA pieces
8 cargo trucks
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A small arms range was newly
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regiment
constructed.
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Prob artillery
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division head-
quarters and
13 FA pieces
4 trucks
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an artillery
regiment
An athletic field and two troop
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regiment
1 truck
obstacle courses were newly constructed.
or poss infantry
1 crane
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division head-
quarters
19 Sep 73
quarters
16 trucks
nd is in the late stage of
This is a significant decrease in OB
fro when 18
AA guns, nine poss AAHMG, three
trucks, 23 prob trucks, and ten poss
trucks were reported.
Newly constructed facilities include
an athletic field, a troop obstacle
course, two administration bldgs,
a barracks, a barracks/administration
bldg , two messhalls, a small
auditorium, a quarters, and seven
support bldgs.
Newly constructed facilities include
a troop obstacle course and an
unidentified training facility.
The tracked prime movers, with FA
pieces in tow, were moving along
a road approximately 2 nautical
miles (nm) southeast of the
installation.
construction. It consists of five
administration bldgs, five barracks,
eight prob barracks, eight prob
quarters, five messhalls, 29 support
bldgs, a parade field, three basket-
ball courts, three adits, an unidenti-
fied bunkered bldg (probably drive-
in), and a wheeled-vehicle driver-
training area.
An auditorium and a long arch-roof-
ed prob storage bldg were
ucon.
Five of the FA pieces were 1.5 nm
north of the target. Newly con-
structed facilities include five
barracks, two barracks/support bldgs,
two messhalls, two basketball
courts, and two troop obstacle
courses.
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