SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE BALTIC MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: April 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE
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 IPla (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, (13) 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,
(I,) small arms firing ranges, (M) driver training areas, (N) tank/
assault gun firing ranges, (P) flat trajectory firingranges, (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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MILITARY INSTALLATION
(57-24N 021-34E)
VENTSPILS, LLATVIYSKAYA SSR, USSR
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A military installation is located on the
northeast edge of Ventspils on the Baltic Sea.
The installation is approximately 3 kilometers
(km) northwest of a railroad bridge and adja-
cent to a commercial quay (Figure 1).
The installation covers approximately 500
acres and contains: 2 housing/ administration
areas with a total of 22 barracks/ administra-
tion buildings, 22 possible dependents quarters,
5 storage buildings, 7 support buildings, a motor
pool with 3 vehicle storage /maintenance build-
ings, an ammunition storage area with 4 storage
buildings, a driver-training course, and an ar-
mor range (Figures 2 and 3). A POL storage
and unloading area with 2 piers is located im-
mediately southwest of the installation on the
shores of the Baltic Sea. A major POL stor-
age compound is located northeast of the mil-
itary installation.
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driver-training course, motor pool, ar-
racks/administration buildings, and approxi-
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raphy throughout this period.
Road Service
A good secondary road provides access to
Ventspils.
Administration and Troop housing Areas
Area D1 contains 5 U-shaped multistory
barracks/administration buildings, 3 multistory
barracks, a multistory administration building,
5 storage buildings, and 5 support buildings.
Area D2 contains 11 possible multistory
barracks, 22 possible dependents housing units,
2 administration buildings, and 2 support build-
ings.
Ammunition Storage Area
Area F is secured and contains 4 ammunition
storage buildings.
POL Storage Areas
Area G is a small POL storage area with
3 POL storage tanks measuring 90, 80, and 70
feet in diameter.
A large POL storage area (not shown in F g-
ures 2 and 3) is located 1.5 km northeast of she
barracks installation and contains 24 POL stor-
age tanks, each 70 feet in diameter, 21 POL stor-
age tanks, each 65 feet in diameter, and 4 P1 )1,
storage tanks, each 45 feet in diameter.
This area is connected by pipeline to a sec-
ond POL storage and shipping area (not shown
in Figures 2 and 3) southwest of the military in-
stallation. This area contains several open oil
pits or reservoirs, 2 piers, and 34 POL stor; ge
tanks with the following diameters: two 75 feet,
fourteen 50 feet, fifteen 15 feet, and three 20 feet.
Equipment Storage/ Maintenance Area
Area J contains 2 support buildings and 3
motor vehicle storage /maintenance buildings,
measuring 320 by 80 feet, 220 by 65 feet, and
133 by 40 feet. Possible vehicles are parked in
this area on photography
Driver-Training Area
Area M contains an irregular driver-tra in-
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ing course with a control building and probable
obstacles.
Tank/Assault-Gun Firing Range
Area N is a 3,000-foot firing range with a
probable support building, 360 by 50 feet.
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