KRASNOARMEYSK SOLID MOTOR DEVELOPMENT FACILITY STRATEGIC WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES USSR JANUARY 1970

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STRATEGIC WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
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JANUARY 1910
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ABSTRACT
The Krasnoarmeysk Solid Motor Development Facility, which is involved in
weapons/munitions development, is composed of nine general areas: the Sofrino
Experimental Firing Range; design bureau 3 with its associated probable rocket motor
plant and aerodynamics laboratory; a rocket motor test facility; a probable munitions
static test area; a munitions fragmentation test area; a possible munitions penetration test
area; a probable munitions loading and storage area; a rocket sled test area which is under
construction; and the design bureau 3 test range. Within the facility, 12 different rocket-
motor test positions have been identified.
This report updates the previous NPIC report of December 1967 on the
Krasnoarmeysk* facility. Included in this report are a location map, a photograph which is
keyed to the designations of the general areas of the facility, and line drawings of the more
significant areas of the facility with tabulated mensural data, functional identifications of
individual structures, and an update in the chronological development of the facility. The
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INTRODUCTION
The Krasnoarmeysk Solid Motor Development Facility was established at the site of
the previously existing Sofrino Experimental Firing Range to exploit the scientific
Experimental Test Range which proves that one of the present functio f cilit is an
ows a fragmentation test cell at the o rino
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expansion of a long-standing program. The facility was known to the s
design bureau 3. The facility is in a densely wooded area approximate y nau ica mi es
(nm) [52 kilometers (km)] northeast of Moscow (Figure 1). The facility has a roof cover of
103,800 square meters (1,117,303.2 square feet) and it covers an area approximately 20 by 6
km (12 by 3.5 nm) extending northeast from the rangehead which is adjacent to the city of
Krasnoarmeysk.
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BASIC DESCRIPTION
The facility is composed of nine general functional areas (Figure 2).
Area A - Sofrino Experimental Firing Range
Area B - Design bureau 3 with associated areas
Area C - Rocket motor test facility
Area D - Probable munitions static test facility
Area E - Munitions fragmentation test area
Area F - Possible munitions penetration test area
Area G - Probable munitions loading and storage area
Area H - Rocket sled test area
Area I - Design bureau 3 range impact area
The name of this facility has been previously associated with the communities of Putilogo and Sofrino.
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Area A (Figure 3) contains the rangehead area of the Sofrino Experimental Firing
Range as well as some of the munitions and rocket motor test facilities.
The rangehead area appears to be actively engaged in the testing of small rocket
motors and frangible munitions. The area also probably functions as a support area for the
rest of the facility. Areas A, D, E, and F may be part of the old Sofrino Experimental Firing
Range organization which was originally a separate organization from design bureau 3.
Area B
Design bureau 3 with associated areas (Area B) includes a probable rocket motor
production plant, an aerodynamics laboratory area, the original design bureau 3 test area, a
possible small -arms firing range, the firing area of the design bureau 3 test range, and a
rocket motor test area (Figure 4).
The appearance of the design bureau 3 area suggests that many of the early objectives
have been continued and the design bureau has been tasked with additional objectives. The
probable solid propellant rocket motor production plant in Area B (Figure 4) is associated
with three probable finishing and assembly buildings in or near the rocket motor test
facility in Area C (Figure 5).
No evidence of the production or handling of composite modified double-base
propellant ingredients is observed. The possiblity that double-base propellants,
nitroglycerine, high explosives, and other ingredients may be brought in to make the
composite modified double-base propellants cannot be completely discounted. It is more
likely, however, that a composite propellant formulation is used. Although the buildings
cannot be compared exactly, analogous structures for all of the key structures have been
identified previously in the other Soviet probable composite propellant rocket motor
production plants.
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KRASNOARMEYSK SOLID MOTOR
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A SOFRINO EXPERIMENTAL FIRING RANGES
B DESIGN BUREAU 3 WITH ASSOCIATED AREAS
C ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY
D PROBABLE MUNITIONS STATIC TEST FACILITY
E MUNITIONS FRAGMENTATION TEST AREA
F POSSIBLE MUNITIONS PENETRATION TEST AREA
6 PROBABLE MUNITIONS LOADING AND STORAGE AREA
H ROCKET SLED TEST AREA
I DESIGN BUREAU 3 RANGE IMPACT AREA
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1 Fragmentation test cell
2 Control bunker
3 Possible shell test range
4 Probable controlled fragmentation
test array (cell)
5 Probable controlled fragmentation
test array (cell)
6 Fragmentation test cell
7 Fragmentation test cell
g Fragmentation test cell
9 Fuel tanks (4)
10 Steam plant
11 Warehouse
12 Shop & assembly bldg
13 Shop bldg
14 Warehouse
15 Explosives & munitions storage bid
16 Test bldg
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25 Probable assembly & checkout bid
26 Horizontal test cell
27 Shop bldg
28 Storage bunker
29 Probable assembly & checkout bld
30 Probable test bldg
34 Admin & engineering bldg
35 Trmisshipment bldg
36 Shop bldg
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39 Steamplant
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For munitions testing.
For munitions testing.
For munitions testing.
For munitions testing.
For munitions testing.
For munitions testing.
Serve the steam plant (Item 10).
Barricaded.
Barricaded.
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Barricaded for rocket motor testing. A
possible test observation bldg is on NW
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Shop bldg
Shop bldg
Admin & engineering bldg
Admin & engineering bldg
Laboratory bldg
Bldg ucon
Admin & engineering bldg
Admin & engineering bldg
Shop bldg
Admin & engineering bldg
Laboratory bldg
Storage bldgs (2)
linid processing bldg
Control bldg
Probable ingredients preparation bl
Probable propellant mixing bldg
Probable propellant mixing bldg
Processing bldg
Processing bldg
Probable motor casting bldg
Shop & assembly bldg
Shop bldg
Aerodynamic laboratory bldg
Pressure tanks (28)
Substati on
Shop bldg
Water tower
Bldg ucon
Test bldg
Wind tunnel
Steam plant
Probable test position & support b
Range support bldg
Control bldg
Assembly & checkout bldg
Storage bldg
19 Warehouses
46 Support bldgs
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FIGURE 4. lAYOUT OF DESIGN BUREAU 3 (AREA B)
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Barricaded. Storage of sensitive
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Barricaded. Storage of sensitive
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Associated with item 14.
Barricaded.
Barricaded.
Barricaded.
Barricaded. Storage of sensitive
materials.
Barricaded. Storage of sensitive
materials.
Barricaded. Items 12,
and 21 are probably involved in
a pilot program for the production
of composite propellant rocket
motors.
Dimensions are approximate.
Bldg may be longer as construction
continues on the north end. Con-
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Only one test position in ica ed by
the configuration of the concrete
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Identified as
the original wind tunnel built by
Stack appears to be ucon. Fuel tank
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May have been an early test area.
Possibly has two test positions.
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Roof cover approximate.
Roof cover approximate.
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2 Probable finishing & assembly bldg
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5 Probable finishing & assembly bldg
6 Probable motor processing bldg
7 Probable motor processing bldg
8 Probable motor processing bldg
9 Holding area
10 Steam plant
11 Assembly & checkout bldg
12 Construction activity
13 Construction activity
14 Motor processing bldg
15 Probable pre- or post-fire inspec-
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16 Probable pre- or post-fire inspec-
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17 Control & instrumentation bldg
18 Large horizontal test cell
19 Test support bldg
20 Test support bldg
21 Horizontal test cell
22 Main gate house
10 support bldgs
Isolated Test Area
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1 Thrust block
2 Test support bldg
3 Construction site
4 Test position
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Rail served and has lightning arrestor. Two _possible
converted trailers or missile transporters near SW side of bldg in
Rail spur ucon. Bldg ucon on
Rail served. Three small buildings are in area. Probably serves as a rail-to-
road transfer point.
nail served and has lightning arrestor.
Items 6-8 are interconnected with a large pipe galley or conveyor which were
still ucon between items 6 and 7. Bldgs ucon
Rail served. Two rail spurs enter NE end. One rail spur enters SW end.
Barricaded on two sides. In contained 36 possible covered missile
transporters and trailers, each
Rail served. Probable supports or a pipeline extend rom si a of a small
support bldg to the SW of theme plant. r
Rail served with al thigh bay.
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Rail served.
Served by two rail spurs and has a lightning arrestor.
Served by two rail spurs and has a lightning arrestor
Barricaded. interior blast walls protrude through the roof.
Rail served and has a lightning arrestor. Operational by~
Connected to item 18. Dimensions included with those of item 8.
(high and has two lightning arrestors. Operational by
Inside a barricade with two camera or instrumentation positions.
Inside a barricade.
Present
FIGURE 5. LAYOUT OF ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACIIITYANDASSOCIATED ISOLATED TESTAREA (AREA C)
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A large aerodynamic test building, originally referred to as Institute Tarnovsky,1
which contains at least two blowdown -type wind tunnels, has been constructed adjacent to
the southeast side of the original design bureau 3. That building was under construction in
mid-1950.1
No firm evidence can be found to link design bureau 3 to the Sofrino Experimental
Firing Range organization, or to indicate a change in the organizational structure of either.
Photography does show that the major programs which had been charged to each of the
organizations have been continued and, in some cases, the programs have been
considerably expanded. The expansion of the facilities involved in the testing of munitions
and in the production and testing of rocket motors makes it appear that the rocket motor
development is continuing to be done by design. bureau 3 and the munitions testing is done
by the Sofrino Experimental Firing Range as it was when design bureau 3 was established.1
Area C
The rocket motor test facility, Area C, bears a resemblance to test facilities at other
known Soviet solid propellant rocket motor production plants, particularly to those which
are considered to be connected with composite propellants (Figure 5).
The large horizontal test cell (item 18), although smaller than the large horizontal test
cell, Test Cell 1, at the Moscow Solid Propellant Research and Development Facility,
Lyubertsy3 and smaller than the larger part of the dual position horizontal test cell at the
Kemerovo Rocket Motor Test Facility,4 appears to be more like those test cells than any
other known Soviet test cells. The large crane which serves the rear of each of these cells is
the most obvious common feature.
Another horizontal test cell (item 21), although slightly smaller, is comparable to the
smaller part of the dual -position test cell at Kemerovo.
A high-bay assembly and checkout building (item 11), similar to those in the rocket
motor test facilities associated with probable composite propellant rocket motor production
plants at Perm, Pavlograd, Kemerovo, and Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, USSR, is also present
and two probable pre- or post-fire checkout buildings (items 15 and 16) are evident.4
A major departure is observed in the arrangement of the probable finishing and
assembly buildings from that observed at other Soviet rocket motor production and test
facilities. One probable finishing and assembly building (item 5) is within the secured area,
and one complete probable finishing and assembly building (item 1), along with another
which is under construction (item 2), is outside and to the southwest of the secured area.
These buildings appear to be part of the production flow of the probable propellant plant.
Three probable motor processing buildings (items 6-8), two of which are rail served, are
connected by a pipe gallery or conveyor, one side of which is still under construction,
between two of these buildings (items 7 and 8). This configuration is foreign to the pattern
of structures usually observed in Soviet rocket motor test facilities.
An ell - d earthen barricade appears to shield a holding area (item 9) for possible
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containers on dollies were present, witti two simi e probable
finishing and assembly building (item 1) which is outside the secured area and southwest of
the test facility.
An isolated test area (Figure 5, inset) is northeast of and associated with the rocket
motor test facility. The isolated test area contains two test positions. The thrust block
(item 1) for the larger of the two test positions is within the U-shaped barricade and the
smaller test position (item 4) appears to be designed to fire into an excavation which is
parallel to the east side of the larger test position.
Area D
Area D consists of three cleared areas near the midpoint of the ranges (Figure 2). The
larger cleared area is on the north side of the wooded region dividing the two ranges. A
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tower-like object, and several support structures are present in the cleared area on the
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north side of the wooded region. Several earthen barricades appear to be newly completed,
or are still under construction, and extensive ground scarring is evident in the area. The
area is considered to be a probable munitions static test facility.5 No evidence of testing
activity other than ground scarring is evident in the two areas on the south side of the
wooded region. Probable range instrumentation buildings are on the south side of the
wooded region. It is more likely that these structures near the static test areas are range
instrumentation buildings rather than being associated with the static test facility.
Area E
Area E is primarily in the impact area for the Sofrino Experimental Firing Range and
includes four groups of weapons and munitions test cells (Figure 6).
The area appears to be primarily devoted to the testing of frangible munitions. The
presence of derelict vehicles and aircraft, first observed in as well as components
of both suggests that effects testing of munitions is also of concern.
Area F
A possible munitions penetration test area, Area F, is newly identified near the
northeastern end of the wooded region (Figure 7). The area consists of two parallel concrete
surfaces, one of which serves as a firing line (item 6). The impact abutments are placed on
the other surface (item 7). A gantry crane (item 8) serves the second concrete surface. Three
barricaded test support buildings (items 1-3) and a paved area (item 4) are also observed.
Area G
A probable munitions loading and storage area, Area G, is on the south side of the
rangehead (Figure 8). The area consists of 13 barricaded explosives and munitions storage
buildings (items 1-9, and 21-24), an administration and security building (item 10), an
administration building (item 13), a probable munitions loading building (item 18), a
probable inert components preparation building (item 19), a shop building (item 17), a
probably abandoned church (item 20), and two support buildings. The area is likely to be
the specialized munitions loading area for articles which are tested in the fragmentation
and static test areas.
Area H
The rocket sled test track, Area H, is parallel to the firing ranges on the southeast side
of the wooded region (Figure 9). The track extends northeast from a road serving the firing
lines. Completed track is evident for approximately 1,665 meters (5,460 feet) and, past
that, a canal for a probable water brake approximately 1,070 meters (3,510 feet) long is
under construction. Structures in the vicinity include a control building (item 1), a
probable instrumentation bunker (item 8), a personnel bunker (item 9), one additional
support building, and four other support buildings under construction.
Area I
The impact area of the design bureau 3 range, Area I, shows evidence of previous test
activity. However, there is no evidence on current photography to confirm or deny any
recent use of the range.
Although the downrange part of the Sofrino Experimental Firing Range has been
converted to the testing of frangible munitions, the design bureau 3 range is relatively
intact. The ground scarring suggests that it is used to test rockets, frangible warheads for
rockets, or artillery weapons.
Production and Test Activity
Design bureau 3 is apparently engaged in the design, at least production on a pilot
scale, and testing of rocket motors.
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4 Fragmentation test cell
5 Fragmentation test cell
6 Fragmentation test cell
7 Fragmentation test cell
8 Fragmentation test cell
9 Fragmentation test cell
10 Fragmentation test cell
11 Fragmentation test cell
12 Control bldg
13 Test support bldg
14 Fragmentation test cell
15 Fragmentation test cell
16 Fragmentation test cell
17 Unid barricades
18 Fragmentation test cell
19 Fragmentation test cell
20 Control bldg
21 Control bldg
22 Unid weapons test array
23 Derelect aircraft
24 Fragmentation test cell
25 Fragmentation test cell
26 Fragmentation test cell
27 Fragmentation test cell
28 Fragmentation test cell
29 Control bldg
30 Probable range instrumentation
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32 Unid test array
33 Unid test array
34 Fragmentation test cell
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35 Probable impact area
36 Probable range instrumentation
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2 Test support bldg
3 Test support bldg
4 Unid paved area
5 Probable personnel shelters
6 Firing line
7 Impact abutments
8 Gantry crane
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1 Control bldg
2 Support bldg
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4 Support bldg
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5 Explosives & munitions storage bldg
6 Explosives & munitions storage bldg
7-9 Explosives & munitions storage bldg
10 Administration & security bldg
11 Support bldg
12 Support bldg
13 Administration bldg
14 Guard post
15 Bldg ucon
16 Support bldg
17 Shop bldg
18 Probable munitions loading bldg
19 Probable inert components prepara-
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Probably abandoned church
Explosives & munitions storage bldg
Explosives & munitions storage bldg
Explosives & munitions storage bldg
Explosives & munitions storage bldg
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It is unlikely that the Sofrino Experimental Firing Range is still used as an artillery
range since most of the range area is occupied with fragmentation and other types of
munitions testing apparatus. Some fragmentation testing was evident, in addition to the
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cells in Area E, the unidentified test array in Area E (Figure 6, item 22), and the new
probable penetration testing area in Area F with the probable controlled fragmentation test
arrays in Area A (Figure 3, items 4 and 5) near the rangehead suggest that the function has
changed from the simple acceptance testing of gun barrels and weapons. Some of the
testing activity now appears to be more sophisticated and more involved with effects than
delivery and is probably involved in the testing of armor piercing munitions, controlled
fragmentation munitions, antiaircraft warheads, fragmentation testing of conventional
munitions, and the testing of warheads for rockets. However, acceptance testing of
munitions may still be part of the function.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
The facility is rail served and is connected by all-weather roads to the adjacent
community of Krasnoarmeysk. Krasnoarmeysk airfield, a 2,103-meter (6,900-foot) graded-
earth airstrip, is approximately 3 nm to the southeast.
Water is obtained from a reservoir near the original design bureau 3 test area (Figure
4). Electric power, probably supplied from a local source, is distributed through the sub -
station near the aerodynamics laboratory building.
SECURITY
No special security arrangements are evident. However, the rangehead areas are either
fenced or walled. Areas of hazardous operations such as the Sofrino Experimental Firing
Range rangehead, the probable rocket motor production plant, the rocket motor test
facility and isolated test area, the original design bureau 3 test area, and the explosives and
munitions loading and storage area are separately secured.
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1. CIA. CRS/USSR Division, Industrial Plant File 0044289, Krasnoarmeysk Solid Motor Develop-
ment Facility (Guided Missile Research Station), Undated (SECRET)
2. NPIC? Krasnoarmeysk Missile Research and Development Facility, USSR, Dec
67 (TOP SECRET
3. NPIC. RCA-09/0025/69, Moscow Solid Propellant R & D Facility, Lyubertsy,
USSR, Feb 69 (TOP SECRET F7 I
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I Munitions Test Activity, Krasnoarmeysk, USSR, Nov 68 (TOP SECRET
6. Army. Headquarters Materiel Command. AMCR 385-224, AMC Safety Manual, Jun 64
(UNCLASSIFIED)
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