DAT THIT ARTILLERY BARRACKS AREA, NORTH VIETNAM

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• Publication Date: June 1, 1974
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PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
DAT THIT ARTILLERY BARRACKS
AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
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JUNE 1974
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DAT THIT ARTILLERY BARRACKS AREA
NORTH VIETNAM
ABSTRACT
1. Dat Thit Artillery Barracks Area was newly identified on photography of
The installation is in the northern panhandle area of North Vietnam. The barracks area can probably
house a regiment-sized unit. Twenty-two field artillery pieces were observed, and a limited number
of additional artillery pieces probably could be stored in small equipment sheds. The barracks area
is comprised of small company-sized barracks and support areas that are situated separately throughout
the installation.
2. This report contains a description of the installation by component areas, an overall
photograph of the installation, and three photographs of individual artillery barracks and storage
areas.
INTRODUCTION
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3. Dat Thit Artillery Barracks Area as newly identified on GIANT SCALE
photography of The installation is 36 nautical miles (nm) north of Vinh, North
Vietnam, near the village of Dat Thit at 19-154 105-35U. It covers a 2- by 1-nautical mile
area and consists of 17 separate component areas.
4. The component areas include seven company-sized artillery barracks and storage areas and
ten barracks and support areas. The ten barracks and support areas include six barracks areas, one
barracks and administration area, one probable housing area, one barracks and vehicle
storage/maintenance area, and an ammunition storage area. The installation probably can house a
North Vietnamese regiment-sized unit. Two field artillery battalions were also identified on
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units--were uncommon during the period of aerial bombing over North Vietnam.
5. Each of the seven company-sized artillery barracks and storage areas is located in a separate
part of the installation. Each area contains similar types of buildings, normally including five-to-six
barracks, several administration or support buildings, one possible messhall, and two vehicle/equipment
storage sheds (Figure 1). In five of the seven company-sized areas, a battery of four field guns was
parked on hardstands adjacent to the barracks area. Two field artillery pieces were identified at another
company area. At three of these artillery barracks a single revetted artillery training position was
observed.
6. Buildings in the installation are of semipermanent construction; they are built of wood
and thatch, similar to indigenous dwellings in the adjacent areas. The pattern of construction and
building layout, however, is more uniform and planned than in civilian communities.
BASIC DESCRIPTION
Component Areas
7. Each of the 17 component areas of the barracks area is described below.
Area A: Artillery Barracks and Storage Area
8. Facilities include six barracks, one possible administration/support building, one possible
messhall, two vehicle/equipment storage sheds, an artillery hardstand, and one revetted field artillery
training position. Equipment includes four pieces of field artillery parked on the artillery hardstand
and partially covered with tentlike covers (Figure 2).
Area B: Artillery Barracks and Storage Area
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9. Facilities include six barracks, one possible administration/support building, one possible
messhall, two vehicle/equipment storage sheds, an artillery hardstand, and one revetted field artillery
training position. Equipment includes four field artillery pieces parked on the artillery hardstand
and partially covered with canvas or thatch coverings (Figure 3).
Area C: Artillery Barracks and Storage Area
10. Facilities include five barracks, one possible administration/support building, one possible
messhall, two small (single-piece) artillery storage sheds, three small vehicle/equipment storage sheds,
and a possible. weapons training grid. Equipment include two field artillery pieces (barrels protruding
from artillery storage sheds).
Area D: Artillery Barracks and Storage Area
11. Facilities include six barracks, one possible administration/support building, one possible
messhall, two small vehicle/equipment storage sheds, an artillery hardstand, and one revetted artillery
training position. Equipment includes four canvas-covered field pieces parked on the artillery hardstand.
Area E: Artillery Barracks and Storage Area
12. Facilities include six barracks, two support buildings, three small vehicle /equipment storage
sheds, and an artillery hardstand. Equipment includes four field artillery pieces parked on the artillery
hardstand and partially covered with small tentlike coverings.
Area F: Artillery Barracks and Storage Area
13. Facilities include four barracks, one possible administration/support building, two small
vehicle/equipment storage sheds, one possible messhall, and an artillery hardstand. Equipment includes
four field artillery pieces parked on the artillery hardstand and partially covered by tentlike covers
and one ATS tracked' prime mover adjacent to the vehicle/equipment sheds (Figure 4).
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14. Facilities include six barracks, one possible messhall, one small equipment/storage shed,
and four individual artillery hardstands.
Area H: Barracks Area
15, Facilities include six barracks, one administration/support building, four support buildings,
one possible messhall, and a four-position revetted artillery training site.
Area J: Barracks and Administration Area
16. Facilities include 14 small barracks or administration buildings, five support buildings, three
single-story frame buildings in early-to-lnidstage of construction, and the foundations for two small
buildings.
Area K: Barracks Area.
17. Facilities include eight barracks, one possible messhall, and a possible weapons training grid.
Area L: Barracks Area
18. Facilities include five barracks, three support buildings, and a possible messhall.
Area M: Probable Housing Area
19. Facilities include 23 housing units, three possible administration/support buildings, one
possible auditorium, one possible messhall, and a possible weather station.
Area N: Barracks Area
20. Facilities include nine probable barracks and one possible administration/support building.
Area P: Barracks Area
21. Facilities include 13 barracks, three possible messhalls, one possible administration/support
building, and one three-bay vehicle storage shed.
Area Q: Barracks Area
22. Facilities include four barracks, one possible administration/support building, one possible
messhall, two vehicle/equipment sheds, and a four-bay vehicle storage shed.
Area R: Barracks and Vehicle Storage/Maintenance Area
23. Facilities include 11 barracks, one probable vehicle maintenance building, and a vehicle
parking area. Equipment includes 14 trucks in the vehicle parking area.
Area S: Ammunition Storage Area
24. Facilities include three dispersed, fenced ammunition storage buildings, three small possible
ammunition storage bunkers, and three support buildings.
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