CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2001
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: January 22, 1960
• Content Type: BRIEF

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER
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JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
ARMY-NAVY-CIA
(Published and Disseminated by CIA/PIC)
SUBJECT : Hexagon SAM Equipment
LOCATION: Kapustin Yar-Vladimirovka
Missile Test Center, USSR
WAC NO. : 235
25X1 D
BRIEF NO:
PIC/JB-1/60
DATE .
12 January 1960
LAT.
48? 46'N
LONG. :
45? 47' E
This bridf describes the hexagon SAM (surface-to-air missile) equipment
identified within the troop-training portion of the SAM Facilities at the Kapus-
tin Y ar -Vladimir ovka Missile Test Center. In addition, it gives a count of
equipment found at several completed operational hexagon SAM sites, as well
as the total count of hexagon SAM equipment identified to date from aerial
photography of the Soviet Bloc.
The hexagon SAM equipment identified at the SAM Facilities within the
Kapustin Yar-Vladimirovka Missile Test Center, USSR, consists of Fruit Set
guidance radars, missile launchers, and miscellaneous vehicles, including vans,
trucks, prime movers, and utility vehicles. This equipment is dispersed
among the dry-firing areas, the transloading area, and the marshaling area.
The total amount of hexagon SAM equipment (excluding equipment at the R & D
area) associated with troop training within the SAM Facilities is approximately
as follows:
30 Fruit Set radars
169 launchers
540 vehicles
The above totals are distributed as follows among the three areas mentioned:
Dry-Firing Areas
7 (2 possible) Fruit Set radars
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21 launchers
49 vehicles
 Transloadin.g Area
12 launchers ;'entrain-ed)
6 vehicles ; ertrain_ed)
36 vehicles
Marshaling Area
23 (approximate) Fruit Set radars
136 (approximate) launchers
449 (approximate) vehicles
PIC /JB- 1 /60
Elements of approximately 30 i-exagon SAM batteries have been identified
within the marshaling area. These batteries evidently arrive and depart
periodically. This is substantiated by the presence of entrained and detrained
equipment in the transloa.dir-_g area., which is directly associated with the mar-
shaling area. % The.scale, obliquity, and shadow distlrtion of the photography
covering the marshaling area. preclude an exact count of equipment, resulting
in approximate totals for this area.
The following pieces of equipment .have been identified from aerial photo-
graphy at several completed operational hexagon SAM sites within the Soviet
Bloc.
6 launchers with detachable bogie wheels
6 launcher prime movers
7 missile transporters (trailer plus prime mover)
7 missiles (total capacity of 12, including 6 in hold status)
1 Fruit Set radar
6 guidance vans
3 guidance generator vans
1 guidance support van
1 Spoon R$st radar
1 Spoon Rest generator trailer
1 IFF radar (probably Score Board)
1 communications van
1 Mercury Grass antenna
3 van-type trailers (possibly maintenance)
In the Soviet Bloc, a total of 46 hexagon-type SAM sites, 10 hexagon SAM
support facilities, and 6 antiaircraft garrisons (containing transporters) have
been identified from all types of photography to date. The total count of pieces
of all hexagon SAM equipment identified at all these installations together is as
follows: .
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 118 launchers-
153 Guideline-type missiles
316 missile transporters
19 Spoon Rest radars
610 (approximate)-vetiicles
Pic/J$-1/60
The combined totals for hexagon SAM equipment located at the SAM
Facilities within the Kapustin Ya.r-Vladimirovkaoiissile Test Center and at
the 46 hexagon'SAM sites, 10 SAM support facilities, and 6 antiaircraft
garrisons follow.
54 Fruit Set radars
287 launchers
153 Guideline-type missiles
316 missile transporters
19 Spoon Rest radars
1, 150 vehicles
T-O-P S-E-C-R-E-T C-H-E-S-S
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