SELECTED INSTALLATIONS VITEBSK, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: July 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
SELECTED INSTALLATIONS
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? VITEBSK, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
Declass Review by
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This report is one in a series on Soviet Ground Force and logistic
installations being prepared for a DIA/C1A 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 Intelligent Division (NPIC), and the Production
Center 1Pic (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group.
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 area or courses, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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and a supply depot are located 4
'llE), on the east side of the Vitebsk-Orsha
rail line (Figure 1). The installations are
served by spurs from the rail line and by all-
weather road connections from Vitebsk. Mili-
tary installations in the Vitebsk area include
Vitebsk Army Barracks West (AL-2), 5.5 km
north, and Vitebsk Army Barracks East (AL-
5), 7 km northeast.
The secured petroleum storage area (Fig-
ures 2 and 3) covers approximately 34 acres
and contains 24 storage tanks and six small
kilometers (km) south of Vitebsk (55-12N 030-
support buildings.
The secured supply_depot (Figures 2 and
3) covers 59 acres and contains five large stor-
age buildings and 25 small support buildings.
The area is covered byl_fALENT pho-
tography and by KEYHOLE missions
Comparative
new storage building under construction
was completeil
Comparative analysis of the petroleum stor-
age area revealed that two large petroleum stor-
age tanks were added nd that three
storage tanks were added
Raifrood Service
Each installation is served by a spur from
the Vitebsk-Orsha rail line.
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Road Service
All-weather secondary roads provide ac-
cess to Vitebsk.
General Storage Area
Area E contains five storage buildings and
support buildings. A storage building under
construction was complete by
P0L torage -ea
Area G contains six support buildings and
24 storage tanks with the following diameters:
thirteen 20-foot; four
three 80-foot; and two 100-foot. The two 100-
foot tanks were first observed
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?~~~_\ VITEBSK PETROLEUM
? STORAGE SOUTH
~---- Railroad, double track
Railroad, single track
Road
->- Fence
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V ITEBSK-ORSHA-
RAIL LINE
LAKE
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