PROBABLE ARTILLERY TEST RANGE CHIK, USSR SIBERIAN MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 56
• Publication Date: July 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC R?50164
July 1964
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
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PROBABLE ARTILLERY TEST RANGE
CH IK9 USSR
SIBERIAN MD
Declass Review by
NIMA/DOD
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER .
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This report is one`?1n 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 1Pic (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division.
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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PROBABLE ARTILLERY TEST RANGE
(54-59N 082-25E)
CHIK, NOVOSIBIRSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
SIBERIAN MD
Railroad, double track
Railroad, single track
Road
---- Trail
--- Power Iine
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A probable artillery test range is located
2.5 kilometers (km) south of Chik, 33 km west
of Novosibirsk, and 15 km east of Kochenevo
(Figure 1). The installation is served by a
spur of the Omsk-Novosibirsk rail line and by
improved, all-weather roads connecting the
test facility to Chik and Novosibirsk.
The range is approximately one km divide
and extends south approximately 25 km. The
rangehead and the impact area encompass,ap-
proximately 10,000 acres.
A study of the installation (Figures 2 and 3)
reveals that it is probably used to evaluate and
test artillery. The rangehead complex contains
a total of 68 buildings consisting of 12 probable
administrative buildings/barracks, one unre-
vetted and eight reverted secured probable ex-
plosives storage buildings, 21 probable research
and development buildings, and 26 support
buildings. A related possible electronics site,
located approximately 2 km southwest of the
rangehead facility, contains 11 buildings and
four semicircular structures.
No significant changes have taken place in
the installation since its initial coverage
]Lhe latest available photog-
raphyl
indicates moderate
Railroad Service
There is a rail spur in the support area.
Road Service
The installation is served by improved, all-
weather secondary roads, which connect the test
facility with Chik and Novosibirsk.
Administrative and Troop Housing Area
Area D (Figure 3) contains 12 administra-
tive buildings /barracks and 15 support buildings.
Ammunition Storage Areas
Area F1 contains four 75- by 45-foot re-
vetted probable explosives storage buildings,
four 60- by 20-foot unrevetted buildings, and a
guard post of undetermined size.
Area F2 is another guard post for the ex-
plosives storage area and measures 110, by
20 feet.
Other Buildings
Area Hi is a rangehead facility containing
probable research and development buildings
with associated minor support structures. There
are 21 buildings in the area.
Area H2 is a rail -served transloading point.
It is partially secured and contains 10 support
buildings. No loading docks were observed.
Area H3 is a related possible electronics
site which is located down range. It has 11
buildings of undetermined type and four uni-
dentified semicircular structures.
Artillery Emplacements
There is an on-line 3-position artillery bat-
tery within the rangehead facility.
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