MILITARY TRAINING AREA PORECHYE, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2000
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: July 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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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 iPic (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, (Ni) driver training areas, (N) rank/
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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MILITARY TRAINING AREA
(53-51N 024-14E)
PORECHYE, GRODNENSKAYA OBLASTS3. USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
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FIGURE 7 LOCATION OF MILITARY TRAINING AREA,+ PORECH
Railroad, double track
Railroad. single track
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A military training area (Figure 1) is lo-
cated 2 kilometers (km) east of Porechye
(53-53N 024-08E). All-weather roads connect
the training area to the Grodno- Kaunas highway.
The training area is not directly rail served
but has access by road to a rail siding in
Porechye. Porechye Maneuver Area Grodno
is located 14 km west of
this training area and there is a direct road
connection between the two.
The training area (Figure 2) covers approx-
imately 11,500 acres, extends on an east/west
axis 16 km long with a maximum width of 4 km.
The training area has less than a 50-foot
wooded and marshy terrain. Two possible biv-
The installation is accessible by road to a
rail siding in Porechye, 2-km west.
Road Service
Probable all-weather roads provide access
to the Grodno-Kaunas highway.
Administrative and Troop Housing Areas
Area Dl is a 6,000- by 1,700-foot possible
Area D2 is a 4,500- by 2,300-foot pos-
Both areas consist of road patterns within
a wooded area and several small clearings,
which are possibly used as vehicle parks.
Tank Firing Range
Area N is a 3,500-foot tank firing range'
with three 2,150-foot firing lanes and eight
moving targets runs, one at 45 degrees left,
'The l the range is the maximum distance from the
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ouac are are lo64ted within the training area.
Trai t-Ong facilities include a tank firing
range, a p obableOinfantry field training area,
and a 0 Bible combined-arms field training
area. Artiillery emplacements include three
AAA si>~ea and 1>f eld artillery emplacements.
Th training area was cove
KEYHOLE missions between
Pomparative analysis reveals
no significant change in size. The general
level of track activity has remained rather
heavy during with relatively light
activity in the wiiter months. Several of the
roads in the train g area were partially cleared,
but no training activity was discernible on snow-
covered photography of
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one at 45 degrees right, three at 15 degrees
left, and three at 15 degrees right."
The range was first observed irt-
The level of track activity remained about the
same between
the last snow-free coverage.
Artillery Emplacements (Batteries)
Area Q1 contains one 6-gun AAA site, one
8-AAA gun site which was first observed on
overage, one 4-position FA em-
placement, sev- ,6-position FA emplacements,
one of which apars occupied, and two 8-posi-
tion FA emplacements.
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Small trent systems and vehicle tracks
Area Q2 tarns cwu + wJ,..~.. ...
placements' an'two 6-position FA emplace-
ments.
--The angle of the mo,inyt iariet run i- the angle formed
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Area Q3 contains one 6-position FA em-
placement (not shown on Figure 2), which was
first observed
Area Q4 contains one 6-gun AAA site, one
4-position FA emplacement, and one 8-position
FA emplacement. The 4-position emplacement
appeared to be occupied on
coverage.
Area Q5 contains five 4-position FA em-
placements. Three appeared to be occupied on
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Infantry o
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C mbined-Arens Field-Training Area
Area a probable infantry field train-
ing area, rains numerous small trench sys
tems and se vehicle trackage.
Area R2, a possible combined-arms field
training area, cons i a heavy track activity,
trench systems, and numerous ground scars.
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