PROBABLE SOLID PROPELLANTS TEST FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION FACILITIES, KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: February 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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C'ROBA~L~ SOL1D PROPELLANTS ~E~T
FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED PRODU~TON
FACILITIES, KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, USSR
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PROBABLE SOLID PROPELLANTS TEST
FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION
FACILITIES, KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, USSR
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this report is topresentde-
scriptions of the Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy Prob-
able Solid Propellants "Pest Facility and various
associated production facilities including(:hem-
ical Combine No 101, a nearby Suspect Solid
Propellants Manufacturing Area, and an lix-
plosives Storage Area.
The Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy Probable Solid
Propellants Test facility is located at 48-1SN
40-12E. IC is in the western extremity of Chem-
ical Combine No 101 (BF which
is approximately 3 nautical miles (nm) southwest
of the railroad bridge which crosses the Sevenlyy
River in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, USSR
(Figure 1). The Suspect Solid Propellants Manu-
facturing Area and the Explosives Storage Area
are about 1 nm southwest of the test facility.
PROBABLE SOLID PROPELLANTS TEST FACILITY
7~he Probable Solid Propellants rest
Facility is located within the western brnmda rtes
of Chemical Combine No 101 (figures ~', 4, and
5). It is served by the road net~.vork w;thir; the
secured area; the railroad which serve:; ~:hem-
ical Combine No 101 does not presentt/ ex~end
into the test area.
l'he primary component of the test Esc iLity
is a test cell which consists of a (}ring.. bay
(item 12, L~ igure 5) and an earthen bast de-
flector. 'T'hese are located in the southwest ~.-or-
ner of the secured area. 7'hetestcetl, ~~r f: ring
bay, is L-shaped. 1'he probable firing; portion
occupies the long side of the 1. and consist s of
2 sections; the rear section (nearest the bare of
the L) is wider and higher than the forty lyd ,ec-
tion (nearest the blast deflector). "l~he short side
~~~ Railroad, double track
~~ Railroad, single track
Road
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AUTICAL NiILES
PROBAB E
SOLID PROPE LANTS
TEST FA ILITY
SUSPE T
SOLID PRO ELLA NTS
MANU FAC TU ING AREA
EXPLOSIVES
STORAGE AREA
N ~ndle V a
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