SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE LENINGRAD MD

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 23, 2001
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: October 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET MILITARY
ORDER OF BATTLE
LENINGRAD 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 Production Center 1Pla.
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, (F) storage areas, (F) am-
munition storage areas, (G) POL storage areas, (Ii) 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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MILITARY INSTALLATION
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GROMOVO, LENINGRADSKAYA ()BLAS F, USSR
LENINGRAD MD
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FIGURE 2. MILITARY INSTALLATION, GROMOVO, USSR,
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AP(, firing range, and atracked-vehicledriver-
training cour-e are located between the instal-
approximately 100 acres, and contains 1 multi-
story barracks, 3 administration buildings, 7
lations.
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warehouses, 12 vehicle storage/maintenance
missions of interpretable photography between
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buildings,
16 proba
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structures,
a guardhouse. an athletic field,
were noted and the level of activity remained
aand2 driver-training areas (Figures 2 and 3).
this installation may be associated with
relatively cor:>tant.
Railroad Service
The nearest rail service is 10 km east of
Gromovo.
Road Service
A primary road from Gromovo serves the
area.
Aircraft Landing Strip
Sakkola Airfield is 12 km east.
Administration and Troop Housing Area
Area 0 contains 1 multistory barracks,
:3 'h-shaped administration buildings, and 8
support structures (I located within a secured
area).
General Storage Area
Area E contains 7 storage buildings and
l guardhouse. 'I'wenty-one canvas-covered
possible tracked vehicles were observed parked
in this area in
Other Buildings
Area H contains 16 probable quarters and
Equipment Stc -age/Maintenance Area
area .i cc ruains ten 180- by 60-foot vehicle
storage build_ngs, one 200- by 70-foot vehicle
maintenance 'Eructure, one 180- by 70-foot
flat-roofed vehicle shed, and 8 support build-
ings (2 of wh-h may contain POL, since they
appear to have ramps at each end).
ine vehib :e storage building and the flat-
rooied vehicle sited are located within a sepa-
rate lv securec area. Approximately 36 vehicles,
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