LENINGRAD ARMAMENT AND TANK PLANT BOLSHEVIK 232 LENINGRAD, USSR

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04759A001500010007-4
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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LENINGRAD ARMAMENT AND
TANK PLANT BOLSHEVIK 23~
LENINGRAD, USSR
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LENINGRAD ARMAMENT AND TANK PLANT BOLSNEYIK 232
LENINGRAD, USSR
SUMMARY
The Leningrad Armament and Tank Plant
Bolshevik 232 in the outskirts of Leningrad,
USSR, has produced heavy guns and other
armament in the past. The majority of the
structures in the plant were present in
Two large buildings constructed since
contain sections capable of housing vertical
checkout and testing facilities for missiles.
DESCRIPTION OF PLANT
The Leningrad Armament and Tank Plant
is located at 59-51-40N 30-28-40E
in the southeastern outskirts of Leningrad,
USSR (Figure 1). The plant is reported to have
produced naval, coastal, and anti-aircraft guns
as well as other armament. 1/ This report
is based on overhead photography of
Plant 232 (Figure 2) occupies a site
measuring approximately 5,200 by 1,700 feet
on the west bank of the Neva River; the site is
secured by a wall on the landward side. The
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plant contains 15 major buildings representing
a roof coverage of about 1,636,800 square
feet and approximately 45 other structures. The
major facilities include an open-hearth furnace,
probable rolling mills, assembly buildings,
machine shops, storage buildings, and. admin-
istration buildings.
The only significant changes in the plant
since Among the
additions were 2 buildings which may have a
missile association (items 14 and 15, Figure
2).
Building 14 is amonitor-roofed machine
shop which was observed under construction
in ~ The building is 55 feet high, and. it
includes a corner tower 90 feet high which
measures 40 by 40 feet. Building 15 is a 2-level
high-bay assembly and checkout building which
was under construction in ~~ It measures
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830 by 185 feet; the 2 bays are 80 and 45 feet
high. Both buildings have capabilities for ver-
tical missile checkout and testing operations.
Figure 3 presents a perspective view of Build-
ings 14 and 15. The only other building of
significant height at -Plant 232 is an assembly
and shop building (item 5) which was present
in this building, probably used for gun-
barrel production, has a 55-foot high bay
measuring 265 by 140 feet. Other new con-
struction at the plant since includes an
addition to the reheat furnace (item 11) in
an office building in ~~ and an ad-
dition to a storage building (item 8) in
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Descriptions and the dimensions of the
major buildings in Plant 232 are presented in
Table 1; because of the irregular shapes of
most of these structures, only the overall
measurements of length and width are given.
FIGURE 3. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF BUILDINGS 14 AND 15 AT PLANT 232.
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High bay: 420 x 185 x 80 ft high
Low bay: 410 x 185 x 45 ft high
Total Roof Coverage 1,636,800
main structure only.
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