SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE TURKESTAN MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: July 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
S!LITARY
ORDER OF BATTLE
TURKESTAN MD
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JULY 1965
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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 CIA Photographic Intelligence Division
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 areas or courses, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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ARMY BARRACKS AND TRAINING AREA
(43-31N 076-49E)
ALMA ATA, ALMA-ATINSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
TURKESTAN MD
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An army barracks and training area is on
the southwest and western edges of Karauya,
30.2 kilometers (km) north-northwest of Alma
Ata (Figure 1).
The area encompasses approximately 1, 300
acres and contains 179 buildings including 7 ad-
ministration, 61 probable barracks, 4 probable
ammunition storage, 9 probable general storage,
Road Service
Primary roads connect the installation to
the streets of Karauya.
Administration and Troop Housing Areas
Area Dl contains an administration build-
ing, 8 probable barracks, and 3 support build-
ings.
Area D2 contains an I-shaped administra-
tion building and 2 support buildings.
Area D3 contains a U-shaped administra-
tion building, 28 probable barracks, and 19 sup-
port buildings.
Area D4 contains a T- shaped administration
building, 7 probable barracks, and 2 support
buildings.
Area D5 contains 16 probable barracks, 29
support buildings, and an athletic oval.
Area D6 contains 2 T-shaped adminis-
tration buildings, 5 probable storage buildings,
and 5 support buildings.
General Storage Area
Area E contains 4 probable general storage
buildings.
6 probable vehicle/maintenance storage sheds,
92 support, a flat-trajectory moving target
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park, and an athletic oval (Figures 2 and 3).
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quality covered this installation in -
Comparative analysis indi-
cates year round occupancy and activity.
Ammunition Storage Area
Area F contains 4 probable ammunition
storage buildings (one 200 by 80 feet and three
100 by 80 feet). A road connects the ammunition
storage area to the firing range.
Other Buildings
Eleven miscellaneous support buildings are
scattered throughout the installation.
Equipment Storage /Maintenance Areas
Area J1 contains 1 administration building,
6 probable vehicle maintenance/storage build-
ings (280 by 75 feet and 200 by 60 feet), 2 prob-
able barracks, and 19 support buildings.
Area J2 contains a probable open storage
area/motor park (1,900 by 900 feet), and 2 sup-
port buildings.
Flat-Trajectory Firing Ranges
Area P contains a flat-trajectory firing
range, 2,600 feet long, with 4 targets. The fa-
cility is used winter and summer.
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US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0328-2HL, 2d ed, Jan 64 (SECRET)
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