SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE BALTIC MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2001
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: April 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE
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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 iPla (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production Center 1Pla.
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, (L) storage areas, (F) am-
munition storage areas, (G) POL storage areas, (11) 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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LIEPAJA BARRACKS NORTH AND
LIEPAJA TRAINING AREA NORTH
(56-35N 021-01E)
LIEPAJA, LATVIYSKAYA SSR, USSR
BALTIC MD
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LIEPAJABAANDCIC 'NO
'CIEPAJA TRAINING AR~A NORTH
Liepaja
Kaliningrad
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Liepaja Barracks North (BE N
COMOR No _ is located 6 kilometers
(km) north of Liepaja (Figure 1). Liepaja
Training Area North (BE No is
adjacent to Liepaja Barracks North.
Liepaja Barracks North covers 590 acres,
and Liepaja Training Area North covers approxi-
mately 740 acres. The barracks area contains
7 multistory barracks, 6 other barracks, 5
quarters, 29 multistory barracks/administra-
tion buildings, and 35 support/storage build-
ings. The training area contains only a tank/
assault-gun firing range (Figures 2 and 3).
The barracks installation and training area
e barracks/administration
buildings were under construction on them
coverage. By all construction had been
completed, the barracks area had reached its
present size, and the tank/assault-gun firing
range had been extended to its present size,
DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
Railroad Service
A single-track rail line with 2 spurs serves
Liepaja Barracks North from the Liepaja main
line. This track terminates north of the instal-
lation at an abandoned rail facility formerly
used for coastal defense. The rail lines within
the barracks and training areas are all
abandoned.
Road Service
The installations are served by city streets.
Aircraft Landing Strip
Liepaja Airfield is located 9 km southeast.
Administration and Troop Housing Area
Area D contains 5 quarters, 7 multistory
barracks, 6 other barracks, 29 multistory bar-
racks/administration buildings, and 30 support/
storage buildings.
General Storage Area
Area E contains 5 storage/suppor. t buildings
and probable open storage.
Ammunition Storage Area
Area F contains 2 underground storage
facilities, each 280 by 200 feet. These are
probably associated with the abandoned coastal
defenses in this area.
'Tank/Assault-Gun Firing Range
Area N contains 2 firing ranges, each
approximately 1,470 feet long, with 6 targets.
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US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0152-25HL, 5th ed, Jul 63 (SECRET)
US Air Target Chart, Series 50, Sheet 0152-25/7MA, 2d ed, Apr 62 (SECRET)
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