SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE ODESSA MD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04759A001000010051-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 7, 2004
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: March 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE
ODESSA MD
Declassification Review
by NGA/DoD
TOP SECRET
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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 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, (H) 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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KOLBASNA, ODESSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF SLOBODKA AMMUNITION DEPOT KOLBASNA.
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Slobodka Ammunition Depot Kolbasna is
located 1 kilometer (km) south of Kolbasna
(Figure 1).
The depot is comprised of a secured ammu-
nition storage area and an adjacent support
facility. The entire installation covers approx-
imately 400 acres and contains an administra-
tion building, 2 barracks, 9 possible quarters,
25 support buildings, 5 probable transloading
buildings, a vehicle storage /maintenance build-
ing, a vehicle/equipment park, 25 revetted am-
munition storage buildings, 2 bunkered storage
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A rail line is adjacent to the installation
and a spur enters the secured ammunition
storage area. Five probable trans loading build-
ings are adjacent to the rail line (see Area
HI).
Secondary roads provide access to Kol-
basna.
Administration and Troop Housing Area
Area D contains an administration building,
2 barracks, and 12 support buildings.
Ammunition Storage Area
Area F contains 25 revetted ammunition
storage buildings, 9 support buildings, 2 bunk-
ered storage buildings, a revetted storage
buildings, a probably abandoned revetted storage
building, 13 other storage buildings, a probable
water tower, and 2 open storage areas (Figures
2 and 3).
The depot is covered on good photography
change observed was the addition of 2 bunkered
storage buildings between
The installation appears occupied on
building, and 13 other storage buildings.
This area also contains a probable water tower
and an open storage area along the eastern
boundary. The 2 bunkered buildings and possi-
ble foundations for 2 more buildings, which are
located along the western boundary, were added
between The re-
Other Buildings and Facilities
Area H1 contains 5 probable transloading
buildings.
Area H2 contains 9 possible quarters and 4
support buildings.
Equipment Storage/Maintenance Area
Area J contains a vehicle storage/main-
tenance building (170 by 50 feet) and a vehicle/
equipment park (800 by 500 feet). This area
was occupied on photography of
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Railroad, single track
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Revetment
Building under construction
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FIGURE 3. SLOBODKA AMMUNITION DEPOT KOLBASNA. Sketch compiled from Missio 25
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MAPS OR CHARTS
US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 250-2HL, 3d ed, Jun 63 (SECRET)
DOCUMENTS
Army. PIB-TK-32-63, Ammunition Storage Depot, Kolbasna, USSR, Apr 63 (TOP SECRET
NPIC. rch-Roofed Storage Building at Slobodka Ammunition Depot Kolbasna, USSR, Jan 65 (TOP
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REQUIREMENT
C-RR4-81,614 (partial answer)
NPIC PROJECT
11662/64
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