SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE MOSCOW MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2001
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: May 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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/ PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
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SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE
MOSCOW 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 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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KARACHEV AMMUNITION DEPOT NORTH PUG
(53-08N 034-57E)
KARACHEV, BRYANSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
MOSCOW MD
28' 30' 32' 34'
1 1 1 1
35~... 3 40" 42' 44' 46' 48' 50* 52,
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FIGURE 2. KARACHEV AMMUNITION DEPOT NORTH PUG, KARACHEV, USSR
NPIC K-1491(5/65) 25X1 D
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Karachev Ammunition Depot North PUG is
located on the northwest edge of Karachev
(Figure 1).
The installation, covering approximately
800 acres, consists of a double-secured storage
depot and an adjoining support area. The storage
depot contains 1 unidentified bunkered building,
5 earth-mounded probable arch-rooted storage
buildings, 2 earth-mounded probable arch-
r: ofed storage buildings under construction, 46
probable ammunition storage buildings, 18 stor-
o;.>e buildings, 17 support buildings, and 1 uni-
dentified building under construction. The sup-
po)rt area contains 1 administration building, 1
possible barracks, 12 storage buildings, and
16 support buildings.
range is located 0.5
(Figures 2 and 3).
The installation is
missions-
nd appears
A small-arms firing
kilometers (km) south
occupied on all coverage. The
changes observed were the
bunkered unidentified building
and con-
unidentified building in the
was first observed on
Heavy woods in the
storage area which
photography.
orapot preclude
Railroad Service
A rail spur enters the support area and
divides into at least 4 sidings which enter the
Lorage area. Small scale photography and
h:.?avy woods preclude identification of all rail
spur alignments possibly located within the
storage area.
head Service
A primary road provides access to Kara-
chev.
Ammunition Storage Area
Area F contains 1 bunkered unidentified
Lnrilding, 5 earth-mounded probable arch-roofed
atorage buildings, 2 earth-mounded probable
irch-roofed storage buildings under construc-
ion, 46 probable ammunition storage buildings,
18 storage buildings, 17 support buildings, and
I unidentified building under construction.
Construction activity was observed at the
site of the bunkered unidentified building on
-photography and the building was
earth covered An uni-
dentified building under construction in the north
section of the storage area was first observed on
hotography. Heavy woods in the
storage area preclude further interpretation.
POL Storage Area
At least 7 medium-sized POL tanks are
located at 53-08N 034-59E.
Other Buildings
Area H contains 1 administration building,
1 possible barracks, 12 storage buildings, and
1.6 support buildings.
Small-Arms Firing Range
Area L, located 0.5 km south of the storage
area, is a 500- by 60-foot small-arms firing
range. Little activity is observed.
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25X1 D
25X1 D
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BRY ANSK
39 KM
Railroad, single track
-~ ~- Probable rail spur alignment
Road
Fence
Bunkered building
Building under construction
lM}}( Earth-mounded building
~r+ Earth-mounded building
under construction
100 0 500
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MAPS OR CHARTS
i1S Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheoi 0167-1SHL, 2d ed, Feb 63 (SECRET)
IM)CU`MENT
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