MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, BORNE, POLAND

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• Document Release Date: July 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: December 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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MILITARY INSTALLATIONS,
BORNE, POLAND
DECLASS REVIEW by NIMA/DOD
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MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, BORNE, POLAND
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This report is a partial answer to DIA re-
quirement DIA-AP1-63-88, to verify or pin-
point the location of Soviet military garrisons
in Poland and to perform a photo analysis to
determine boundaries of the installations, to
determine function, number and dimensions of
buildings, to estimate troop capacity, and to
identify and describe related training areas and
facilities, and ammunition or POL storage.
This report is a supplement to PIR 32-
59 1/, which was based on~photogra-
The town of Borne (to which the military
installations described in this report are refer-
enced) has been razed and never rebuilt. The
town was formerly located in the center of the
Borne Maneuver Area.
phy. In this report both
photography are used.
Borne Military Barracks No 1
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UXV021378)
(Borne Army Barracks
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Sulinowo)
Troop capacity: 36,577*
This installation, referred to as Linde
Military Barracks in PIR 32-59, is 6 miles
east of Lubow and is located on the north edge
of the Borne Maneuver Area. It covers ap-
proximately 790 acres and is rail served.
The referenced PIR does not give building di-
mensions
buildings
nor does it account for all of the
in the installation. ~cover-
was used for this report to deter-
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tion dimensions of the buildings.
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*Troop capacity is computed on a basis of 50 square feet of
space per man.
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vealed that the only change in this installation
is the construction of Ammunition Storage Area
No 2 which is described below.
The installation contains:
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tration buildings with a total of
square feet of floor space
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Ammunition Storage Area No 1
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(Borne Ammunition Depot
Sulinowo)
Troop capacity: not applicable
This associated secured ammunition stor-
age area located one mile west of Borne Mili-
tary Barracks No 1 covers 55 acres and
contains:
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Ammunition Storage Area No 2
Coordinates: 53-35-25N 016-29-45E
BE No: none
Troop capacity: not applicable
This ammunition storage area has been
constructed since It is located 1.8
miles northwest of Borne Military Barracks
No 1, is secured, covers 35 acres, and
contains:
7 ammunition storage buildings, each 80
by 35 feet, a total of 19,600 square feet
of floor space.
No POL storage is observed.
Borne Military Barracks No 2
Coordinates: 53-31-15N 016-29-05E (UTM33
UWV983314)
BE No: none
Troop capacity: not applicable
No military barracks are discernible on
good quality photography at the reported loca-
tion of this barracks area annotated on
Figure 1.
Borne Military Barracks No 3
Coordinates: 53-29-10N . 016-33-30E (UTM33
UXV034275)
BE No: none
Troop capacity: 4,712
The latest available photographic coverage
reveals changes in facilities of this installa-
tion from those reported in PIR 32-59. That
report designated this area Zippnow Military
Barracks containing:
19 barracks with a total of 191,600 square
feet of floor space
5 administration buildings with a total of
30,600 square feet of floor space
3 vehicle maintenance buildings with a
total of 44,000 square feet of floor
space
14 storage buildings with a total of 68,125
square feet of floor space, and
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7 support buildings with a total of 15,350
square feet of floor space.
Buildings not reported in PIR 32-59 in-
clude four two-story barracks, each 110 by
50 feet, with a total of 44,000 square feet of
floor space, and three one-story storage build-
ings, each 125 by 35 feet, a total of 13,125
square feet of floor space. One of the two sup-
port buildings mentioned in Item 4 of PIR 32-59
has been dismantled.
No ammunition or POL storage observed.
Borne Maneuver Area
Coordinates: 53-32-40N 016-35-10E (UTM33
UXV050340)
Troop capacity: not applicable
This installation, designated as Grossborn
Training Area in PIR 32-59, covers approxi-
mately 37,000 acres and contains five tank fir-
ing ranges, several small arms ranges, vehicle
driver training courses, a bombing target range,
and a serviceable sod runway. Numerous anti-
aircraft and field artillery emplacements are
evident. This training area appears to be ac-
tive as indicated by the extent of track activity
visible throughout the area. The training area
is directly associated with Borne Military Bar-
racks No 1 and Borne Military Barracks No 3.
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