HEXAGON SAM EQUIPMENT KUPUSTIN YAR-VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 12, 1960
• Content Type: BRIEF

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JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
ARMY-NAVY-CIA.
(Published and Disseminated by CIA./PIC)
SUBJECT : Hexagon SAM Equipment
LOCATION: Kapustin Ya,r Vladimirovka
Missile Test Center, USSR
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DATE 12 January 19 6 0
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LONG. 450 471 E
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MAP DATA: USAF ATC 0235-9913-100A
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This brief describes the hexagon SAM (surface-to-air missile) equipment
identified within. the troop-training portion of the SAM Facilities at the Kapus-
tin Yar-Vladimirovka Missile Test Center. In addition, it gives a count of
equipment found, at several completed operational hexagon SAM sites, as well
as the total count of hexagon SAM equipment identified to date from aerial
photography of the Soviet Bloc.
The hexagon.SAM equipment identified at the. SAM Facilities within the
Kapustin Yar-Vi.adimirovka Missile Test Center, USSR, consists of Fruit Set
guidance radars, missilelaunchers, and miscellaneous vehicles, including vans,
trucks, prime movers, and utility vehicles. This, equipment is dispersed
among the dry-firing areas, the transloading area, and the marshaling area.
The total amount of hexagon SAM equipment (excluding equipment at the R & D
area) associated with troop training within the SAM Facilities is approximately
as follows:
30 Fruit'Set radars
169 launchers
540 vehicles
The above totals are distributed as follows among the three areas mentioned:
Dry-Firing Areas
7 (2 possible) Fruit Set radars
21 launchers '"' 1 A !"
49 vehicles RFORDS D
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Transloading Area
12 launchers (entrained)
6 vehicles (entrained)
36 vehicles
Marshaling Area
23 (approximate) Fruit Set radars
136 (approximate) launchers
449 (approximate) vehicles
Elements of approximately 30 hexagon SAM batteries have been identified
within the marshaling area. These batteries evidently arrive and depart
periodically. This is substantiated by the presence of entrained and detrained
equipment in the transloading area, which is directly associated with the mar-
shaling area. The scale, obliquity, and shadow distortion of the photography
covering the marshaling area preclude an exact count of equipment, resulting
in approximate totals for this area.
The following pieces of equipment have been identified from aerial photo-
graphy at several completed operational hexagon. SA.M sites within the Soviet
Bloc.
6 launchers with detachable bogie wheels
6 launcher prime movers
7 missile transporters (trailer plus prime mover)
7 missiles (total capacity of 12, including 6 in hold status)
1 Fruit Set radar
6 guidance vans
3 guidance generator vans
1 guidance support van
1 Spoon. Rest radar
1 Spoon Rest generator trailer
1 IFF radar (probably Score Board)
1 communications van
1 Mercury Grass antenna
3 van-type trailers (possibly maintenance)
In the Soviet Bloc, a total of 46 hexagon-type SAM sites, 10 hexagon SA.M
support facilities, and 6 antiaircraft garrisons (containing transporters) have
been identified from all types of photography to date. The total count of pieces
of all hexagon. SAM equipment identified at all these installations together is as
follows:
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24 Fruit Set radars
118 laaan:che rs
1.53 Guideline-,type missiles
316 missile transporters
19.Spoon Rest radars
610 (approximate) vehicles
The combined totals for hexagon SA.M equipment located at the SAM
Facilities within the Kapustin Ya..r-Vladimirovka Missile Test Center and at
the 46 hexagon.SAM sites, 10 SAM support facilities, and 6 antiaircraft
garrisons follow.
54 Fruit Set radars
287 launchers
153 Guideline-type missiles
316 missile transporters
19 Spoon Rest radars
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