KOTELNICH AMMUNITION DEPOT ISTOBENSK AND KOTELNICH SECURED STORAGE AREA KOTELNICH, USSR URAL MD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2000
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: August 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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KOTELN-ICH ..AMMUNITION DEPOT- ISTOBENSK
AND KOTELNICH' ' SECURED,,' STORAGE AREA
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Titles and letter designators for the variou:iacilities are as
follows: (A) railroad service, (B) road > ervice, (C) landing strips,
(D) administrative and troop housing areas, (E) storage areas, (F) am-
munition storage areas, (G) POL storage are, (H) other buildings and
facilities, /J) equipment storage/maintenance areas, ) athletic fields,
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(L) small arms firing ranges, (Ni) driver training areas, (N) tank/
assault gun firing ranges, (P) flat trajectoryfiring r es, (Q) artillery
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KOTELNICH AMMUNITION DEPOT ISTOBENSK
(58-21N 048-47E)
AND
KOTELNICH SECURED STORAGE STORAGE AREA
158-19N 048-39E)
KOTELNICH, KIROV OBLA T, USSR
URAL MD F 25X1 C
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'KOTELNIC
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ISTOBENSK
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF KOTELNICH AMMUNITION DEPOT ISTOBENSK AND KOTELNICH SECURED STORAGE AREA.
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The Kotelnich Ammunition Depot Istobensk
and thKotelnich Secured
Storage `Area (no BE number) are located ap-
proximately 20 kilometers (km) eaTt-of Kotel-
nich (48-19N 058-17E), and approximately 7 km
apart, each located on and served by the Ko-
telnich-Kirov rail line (Figure 1). Secondary
roads provide access from the respective stor-
age sites to their support areas and to several
small villages in the vicinity.
The ammunition stoi