SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE TRANSCAUCASUS MD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000400270045-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2004
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: December 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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December 1964
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
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SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE
TRANSCAUCASU S MD
Declass Review by NGA.
?NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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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 1P1c (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) srdall 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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TANK FIRING RANGES
(40-43N 046-10E)
KIROVABAD, AZERBAYDZHANSKAYA SSR, USSR
TRANSCAUCASUS MD
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Two adjacent tank firing ranges are lo-
cated 17 kilometers (km) west-northwest of
the center of Kirovabad. The 2 ranges occupy
approximately 125 acres and contain a total
of 6 firing lanes and 5 moving-target runs.
Four areas containing a total of approximately
200 tent bases are visible along the northeast
edge of the ranges. Three range support
buildings are also present in the area. Al-
though probably active, the two range areas
did not appear to be in use on
between
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The Kirovabad- Akstafa double-track rail
line passes approximately 5 miles northeast
of the firing ranges; however, no off-loading
facilities are discernible in the area.
Three range support buildings are associ-
ated with the 2 ranges.
The installation is served by a probably-
2-lane, crushed rock/gravel road which connects
to the Kirovabad-Shamkhor asphalt road just
to the north.
Range N1 is approximately 6,500 feet long
and contains 3 approximately 3,500-foot lanes
and 3 moving-target runs.
Range N2 is approximately 3,800 feet long
and contains 3 approximately 2,200-foot lanes
and 2 moving-target runs.
The ranges appeared inactive on Missions
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