COASTAL DEFENSE AND RADAR SITE QUANG KHE, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000300020008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 5, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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COASTAL DEFENSE AND RADAR SITE
QUANG KHE, NORTH VIETNAM
1741N 10630E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS AN ACTIVE COASTAL DEFENSE AND RADAR SITE
IN NORTH VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION:
THIS SITE IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF AN OLD UNOCCUPIED FOUR-
POSITION COASTAL DEFENSE SITE 1.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF QUANG KHE.
3. MISSION READOUT:
DEFENSE POSITIONS AMONG THE TREES AND ADJACENT TO THE BEACH.
THE NORTHERNMOST POSITION CONTAINS EITHER A 122 MM CORPS GUN
(A-19) OR A 152 MM GUN HOWITZER (ML-20) POINTING SEAWARD WITH THE
TRAILS SPREAD (INSET 5)? A PROBABLE 100 MM FIELD GUN IS OBSERVED IN
A SEMI-COVERED CAMOUFLAGED GUN REVETMENT (INSET 4). A CARGO TRUCK AND
A POSSIBLE CARGO TRUCK ARE OBSERVED IN REVETMENTS UNDER VEGETATION
CAMOUFLAGE (INSET 3).
A KNIFE REST RADAR IS OBSERVED MOUNTED ON A LOW CIRCULAR CONCRETE
TOWER THAT WAS PART OF THE OLD COASTAL DEFENSE SITE, AND IS HEAVILY
CAMOUFLAGED WITH VEGETATION (INSET 2).
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 board(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, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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THE FOUR DRIVE-THROUGH REVETMENTS, THOUGH UNOCCUPIED, APPEAR WELL
MAINTAINED AND CONTAIN EVIDENCE OF TRACK ACTIVITY. EACH OF THESE
POSITIONS CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE SUPPORT BUILDING (SOME CAMOUFLAGED) AND
A PERSONNEL TRENCH LEADING TO A BUNKERED PROBABLE SHELTER (INSET 1).
OTHER CAMOUFLAGED BUILDINGS ARE OBSERVED AND AN UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLE
IS NOTED ADJACENT TO THE THIRD POSITION.
EXTENSIVE TRENCHING, STORAGE PITS, REVETTED MACHINE GUN POSITIONS,
AND TRACK ACTIVITY ARE OBSERVED IN THE AREA. THE MAN-MADE FEATURES
HAVE BEEN BLENDED TO FIT IN WITH THE YOUNG VEGETATION.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should he restricted to the particular briefing board(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, Collateral Support
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