ARMS PLANT NO 9, SVERDLOVSK, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200290061-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: May 1, 1961
• Content Type: BRIEF

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DECLASS REVIEW by NIMA/DOD
ARMS PLANT NO J
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Published and Disseminated by
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER
PIC/B-1003/61
May 1961
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SVERDLOVSK HEAVY EQUIPMENT PLANT,
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Arms Plant No 9 (56-52N 60-35E) is one of two arms plants (Plant
No 8 is the other) within the target complex of Sverdlovsk, USSR, that are
known major producers of heavy-caliber artillery, antitank, and naval
guns. 1/ This plant, in common with other artillery plants, has a good
potential for the development and production of guided missiles. Z/ Pho-
tography of however, shows only two components that may be
connected with missile production: the high-bay production building (Fig-
ure 2, item 8) and the secured shipping and receiving area (item.12) .
The arms plant has a total ground area of approximately 9, 500, 000
square feet and a total usable floor space of approximately 1,311,909
square feet. The major components of the plant are annotated on Figure
2 and described in the accompanying table of annotations.
FIGURE 1. SVERDLOVSK ARMS PLANT NO 9. The plant is in the compound containing the Sverdlovsk Heavy
Equipment Plant in north-central Sverdlovsk
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1 Administration bldg u/c
2 Assembly & workshop
bldg (rail served)
3 Workshop bldg
4 Workshop (within
fenced area; rail
spur enters bldg)
5 Probable workshop u/c
6 POL storage area (fenced)
Two vertical tanks
One horizontal tank
Pump house
7 Bridge crane
A section
B section
C section (two rail
spurs enter B & C)
D section
E section u/c
F section
9 Four storage bldgs
10 Storage bldg (rail served)
11 Probable workshop
12 Secured shipping and
receiving area
Two storage-type bldgs
Platform (served by
through rail spur)
13 L-shaped storage bldg
14 Bldg u/c (footings only)
15 Poss administration
bldg u/c
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----------HEAT PIPELINE (OVERHEAD)
-?-?-- GAS PIPELINE (OVERHEAD)
POL PIPELINE
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MAPS or CHARTS
SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheets 0156-18A & 23A,
1st ed, Apr 59, 1:200, 000 (S)
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1. ACIC. US Target Information Sheet 0156-9999, 3d ed, 2 Nov 55
(S)
2. CIA. OSI Working Paper, PD Z-13, 18 Jun 59 (S)
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