SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE ODESSA MD

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT oe~o
SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE
ODESSA 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 iPla (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group.
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, (Ii) 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 area or courses, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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TRAINING AREA
(45-04N 035-21E)
FEODOSIYA, KRYMSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
ODESSA MD
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF TRAINING AREA.
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A training area is located 1 kilometer (km)
northwest of Feodosiya (Figure 1) and is as-
sociated with Feodosiya Army Barracks Sargol
(BE No
The training area covers approximately
5,120 acres and contains an administration/
support building, 11 storage buildings, 4 possible
ammunition storage buildings, a motor park, a
vehicle shed, a 6-gun AAA battery, a proba-
ble vehicle-mounted automatic-weapons firing
range, and 26 support buildings (Figure 2).
The area is covered on TALENT photog-
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analysis reveals numerous changes between
Facilities constructed 25X1 D
during this period include an administration/
support building, 11 storage buildings, 4 pos-
sible ammunition storage buildings, 15 support
buildings, and a 6-gun AAA site. A tank/assault-
gun range was converted to a probable vehicle-
mounted automatic-weapons range, and a figure-
8 wheeled-vehicle driver-training course was
activated during this period. Between
a secured motor park was 25X1 D
constructed. Track activity is light to medium
on all coverage.
DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
Road Service
A primary all-weather road provides access
to Feodosiya.
Administration and Troop Housing Area
Area D contains an administration/support
building and 5 support buildings. The adminis-
tration/support building was constructed be-
25X1 D tween
Feodosiya Army Barracks Sarygol provides
the primary housing and logistic support for
the training area.
25X1 D
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General Storage Area
Area E is secured and contains 10 storage
buildings, which were constructed between-
Another storage building
and 4 support buildings are situated along the
road that serves the secured area.
Ammunition Storage Area
Area F is secured and contains 4 possible
ammunition storage buildings. These buildings
were constructed between
POL Storage Area
The Feodosiya Petroleum Storage Area
(BE No located 2 km northeast 25X1 A
contains 24 medium and 3 small vertical tanks.
Other Buildings
At least 11 support buildings are scattered
throughout the installation. Five of these build-
ings were constructed prior to_All 25X1 D
of the buildings were present by
Equipment Storage/ Maintenance Areas
Area J1 is a secured motor park measuring
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480 by 300 feet. This was constructed between
rea J2 is secured and contains a vehicle
shed measuring 420 by 45 feet and 6 support
buildings.
Driver-Training Area
Area M is a figure-8, closed-circuit,
wheeled-vehicle driver-training course. This
course was first observed oncover-
age.
Tank/Assault-Gun Firing Range
Two moving-target runs are located in the
northwestern part of the training area (Area N),
but these do not appear active on any coverage.
Artillery Emplacements (Batteries) 25X1 D
Area Q contains a 6-gun AAA site which
was constructed between
_ It does not appear to be active.
Special Training Facilities
Area S is a probable vehicle-mounted auto-
matic-weapons firing range and contains 4
moving-target runs, 2 probable moving-target
runs, a loop road, and 3 static firing positions.
The maximum distance from the loop road to
the moving-target runs is 2,400 feet. This
facility was first observed on photography of
when it was used for tank/assault
guns. No evidence of tank/assault-gun train-
ing is visible on photography of
US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Shoot 0249-161IL, 4th ed, Aug 63 (SECRET)
US Air Target Mosaic, Series 50, Sheet 0249-16/9MA, 1st ed, Oct 60 (SECRET)
DOCUMENTS
Army. Military Installations Data, Vol 6 No 4, Odessa MD, Feodosiya, Aug 57 (SECRET)
Army. PIM-156-63, Military Installation Search Around Feodosiya, Sep 63 (TOP SECRET RUFF)
REQUIREMENT
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NPIC PROJECT
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