SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE BALTIC MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: March 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
ORDER OF BATTLE
SOVIET MILITARY
MD
BALTIC 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 1Pla (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production Center IPla.
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, (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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GUSEV ARMY TRAINING AREA
(54-37N 022-14E)
GUSEV, KALININGRADSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
BALTIC MD
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The Gusev Army Training Area is located
approximately 4 kilometers (km) north of Gusev
(Figure 1), immediately adjacent to the Gusev
Army Barracks Northeast (BE No~
The training area covers approximately 100
25X1 D acres and is 1 of 2 training areas in Gusev.
The area contains 2 flat-trajectory ranges,
a small-arms firing range, a driver-training
course, and infantry training facilities (Figure
2). There are 3 additional small-arms ranges
in the Gusev Army Barracks Northeast.
?KEYHOLE missions covered this target. No
change was observed.
The nearest rail service is in Gusev, 4
km south.
Good, all-weather secondary roads and tank
trails serve the area.
Small-Arms Firing Range
Area L is a 300- by 35-foot small-arms
firing range with earth sides.
Area M contains 1 figure-8 training area,
1 irregularly shaped training course, 2 pos-
sible obstacles, and a control building with a
tower.
Flat-Trajectory Firing Ranges
Area P1 is a 2,500-foot flat-trajectory
firing range with 7 moving targets and an
oval track for vehicles. The range is probably
used for firing rifles and automatic weapons
from the side of an APC, andforfiring armored
vehicle weapons from fixed positions. The
range has 7 firing points and a control build-
ing with an adjacent tower.
Area P2 is a 1,200-foot flat-trajectory
firing range with 1 moving target and several
fixed targets, The range is probably used
for firing automatic weapons from fixed posi-
tions. The range has 5 firing points and a
control building with an adjacent tower.
Infantry or Combined Arms Field Training Area
Area R is an infantry training area con-
taining scattered personnel trenches and em-
placements.
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