SMALL ARMS RANGE KIDOUSH, USSR CARPATHIAN MD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000400010022-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2002
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: June 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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 RHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
SMALL ARMS RANGE
KIDOUSH, USSR
CARPATHIAN MID
Declass Review
by NIMA/DOD
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERR RETAT'ON CENTER
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PREFACE
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 1P lc (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production Center 1Plc.
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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SMALL ARMS RANGE
(48-13N 022-42E)
KIDOUSH, ZAKARPATSKAYA OBLAST,. USSR
CARPATHIAN MD
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A small arms range covering 65 acres is
located in a clearing immediately south of the
village of Kidoush (Figure 1). Included in the
range area are two oval vehicle tracks, four
moving target tracks, and a secured storage
area enclosing four storage buildings (Fig-
ures 2 and 3).
The clearing in which the range is situated
is visible on World War II photography. One
The four storage buildings ap-
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The second oval LOA I
track appeared There has been a 25X1
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The probable use of this range is to pro-
vide training in using small arms from sta-
tionary and moving platforms against station-
ary and moving targets.
oval track and some trails were discernible
A hard surfaced, all-weather, multilane
highway connects with the towns of Beregovo
4.1 kilometers (km) west and Beregi 4.4 km
northeast.
Ammunition Storage Area
Area F (Figure 3) has four 110- by 35-
foot single story buildings. The area is en-
closed by a security fence and perimeter fence.
Small Arms Firing Ranges
There are four small arms firing ranges.
L1 measures 550 by 175 feet, L2 is 550 by
175-300 feet, L3 is 1,000 by 175 feet, and L4,
a possible grenade range, is 350 by 175-350
feet.
Areas M1: and M2 are wheeled-vehicle
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ut appears to have been begun
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moving firing platforms.
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