ARMY BARRACKS CHOP, USSR CARPATHIAN MD

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

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August 1964
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
ARMY BARRACKS
CHOP, USSR
CARPATHIAN MD
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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 1Plc.
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.
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ARMY BARRACKS
(48-25N 022-13E)
CHOP, ZAKARPATSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
CARPATHIAN MD
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF ARMY BARRACKS, CHOP.
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A small army barracks area is located on
the eastern edge of Chop (Figure 1). The instal-
lation (Figures 2 and 3) consists of l0 barracks,
two administration/headquarters buildings, two
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maintenance sheds,
storage buildings.
and four miscellaneous
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Area E. Two barracks buildings may have been
torn down or remodeled into storage facilities.
This barracks area probably serves a dual role
as a barracks area for border guards and as
military headquarters for the Chop railroad
yards and transshipment area.
The installation was covered by five KEY-
HOLE missions between
Railroad Service
The installation is in the immediate vicinity
of the Chop marshalling yards and transshipment
area, but it is not directly rail served.
Road Service
The installation is situated on a hard sur-
face, all-weather road within Chop.
Administrative and Troop Housing Areas
Area Dl contains ten single-story 150- by
35-foot troop barracks. Area D2 contains two
permanent multistory 100- by 50-foot head-
quarters-type buildings.
General Storage Area
Area E, fenced, contains four permanent,
single-story 75- by 25-foot miscellaneous stor-
age buildings.
Equipment Storage/Maintenance Area
Area J contains one 350- by 300-foot motor
park, a small motor pool, and three 75- by 25-
foot maintenance sheds, probably for adminis-
trative-type vehicles.
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CZECH BORDER 5 KM
Railroad, single track
Road
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