LYUBOML ARMY TRAINING AREA WEST LYUBOML, USSR CARPATHIAN MD

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September 1, 1964
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Approved For Release 2000/08/21 : CIPpP73E A4002500010056-0 NP IC/R-827/64 September 1964 Copy 144r 5 Pages LYUBOML ARMY TRAINING AREA WEST LYUBOML, USSR CARPATHIAN MD Handle Via TALENT - KEYHOLE Control Only This document contains classified information affecting the national security of the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws U. S. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, as well as its use in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized to receive TALENT-KEYHOLE information. Its security must be maintained in accordance with KEYHOLE and TALENT regulations. NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Approved For Release 2000/08/21 : CIA DADA A002500010056-0 GROUP 1 Apgod.".For Release 2000/08/21 :'C91R O55010'02 00010056-0 TALENT-KEYHOLE Control System Only TCS-7848/64 NPIC/R-827/64 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 1Pic (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re- port was performed by the Production Center 1Pic. 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, (H) 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. - 1 - Handle Via Approved For Release 2000/08/21 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA002500010056-0 TALENT-KEYHOLE Control System Only TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Release 2a6 8/s1E(6R D 4A560A002500010056-0 Handle Via TALENT-KEYHOLE Control System Only TCS-7848/64 NPIC/R-827/64 LYUBOML ARMY TRAINING AREA WEST (51-19N 02A-02E) LYUBOML, VOLYNSKAYA OBLAST, USSR CARPATHIAN MD 25X1A 25X1C TA No: 1 U S S R L L YUBOML ?KIEV Handle Via Approved For Release 2000/08/21 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA002500010056-0 TALENT-KEYHOLE Control System Only TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Release 2000/08/21 :TCfAPRDf&880U0iQ002500010056-0 andle Via TALENT-KEYHOLE Control System Only TCS-7848/64 NPIC/R-827/64 A military training area (TA-1) covering approximately 4,300 acres is located 8 kilo- meters (km) west of Lyuboml, at 51-14N 024- 02E (Figure 1). Facilities include a tracked-vehicle driver- training area, a wheeled-vehicle driver-training area with two figure-8 courses, a tank/assault- gun firing range, a probable automatic weapons firing range with four lanes, a combined arms training area, and two areas containing un- Railroad Service Although none is available in the training area, a rail siding from the Kovel-Chelm rail- road is located 0.8 km southwest. Road Service Primary and secondary roads from Lyuboml serve the training area. Driver-Training Areas Area Ml is an elliptical closed circuit tracked-vehicle driver training area first ob- served in - Area M2 contains two figure-8 wheeled- vehicle driver- training courses first observed in Tank/Assault-Gun Firing Range Area N, first observed in- has a identified trackage. D A comparative study of iW KEYHOLE missions from reveals no significant change in the size of the training area (Figure 2). Facilities have remained the same with the exception of the addition of the driver-training courses. Usage appears consistently heavy during the summer and fall months and very light during the winter. 4,400-foot firing range with two 2,8.00-foot lanes containing two moving targets, one at 10 degrees and one at 45 degrees. Flat Trajectory Firing Ranges Area P1 is a 2,000-foot, one target, probable automatic weapons firing range. Area P2 is an 800-foot probable flat tra- jectory firing range. A large open area (R) with a probable trench system is possibly used for field training. 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