TANK AND ARTILLERY TRAINING AREA ZHMERINKA, USSR CARPATHIAN MD

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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/ PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT /
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TANK AND ARTILLERY TRAINING AREA
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This report is one in a series on Soviet Ground Force and Logistic
installations being prepared for a DIA/CIA Panel. The series is being
coordinated, published and disseminated by NPIC. The photographic
analysis is being performed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division (NPIC), and the Production
Center 1Plc (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production Center 1P lc.
In the interest of uniformity, the titles and letter designators for
the facilities observed at these installations are identical with those
appearing in the project requirement. When a specific facility is not
observed both its title and letter designator are omitted in the report.
Titles and letter designators for the various facilities are as
follows: (A) railroad service, (B) road service, (C) landing strips,
(D) administrative and troop housing areas, (E) storage areas, (F) am-
munition storage areas, (G) POL storage areas, (I-I) other buildings and
facilities, (J) equipment storage/maintenance areas, (K) athletic fields,
(L) small arms firing ranges, (M) driver training areas, (N) tank/
assault gun firing ranges, (P) flat trajectory firing ranges, (Q) artillery
emplacements (batteries), (R) infantry or combined arms field train-
ing areas or courses, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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TANK AND ARTILLERY TRAINING AREA
(49-04N 028-10E)
ZHMERINKA, VINNITSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
CARPATHIAN MD
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This training facility is located about 2
kilometers (km) from a possible military in-
stallation on the north edge of Zhmerinka,
about 5 km from the center of Zhmerinka
and about 6 km from Zhmerinka Army Bar-
racks Southwest (Figure 1). The facility cov-
ers 897 acres (Figure 2) which includes a 91-
acre wheeled-vehicle driver training area, a
tracked-vehicle driver training course in the
northeast section of the area, four moving-
target tank firing ranges, and four small-arms
firing ranges.
A comparative study of photography from
reveals no major
changes in the area. The figure-8 driver
training courses were not readily apparent
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most active on photography of
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Railroad Service
Railroad service is available at Zhmer-
inka. A rail line runs along the north side of
the area and then into Zhmerinka.
Road Service
Good, all-weather roads are located on
both sides of the area. A third road goes
through the area.
Small Arms Firing Ranges
Areas L1 through L4 are small arms fir-
ing ranges, 400 by 50 feet, 450 by 50 feet, 340
by 40 feet, and 430 by 40 feet, respectively.
Driver Training Areas
Area Ml, a wheeled-vehicle driver train-
ing area, covers 91 acres and consists of four
figure-8 driver training courses with track
activity throughout the area. One building,
probably for general storage, is located at the
south edge of the area.
Area M2 is a tracked-vehicle driver train-
ing area located on the northeast side of the
training facility.
Tank/Assault-Gun Firing Ranges
Area N is a 2,200-foot range with four
1,800-foot lanes and four moving targets, three
at 20 degrees and one at 90 degrees.
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