SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE NORTH CAUCASUS MD

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• Document Release Date: November 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 98
• Publication Date: February 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
NORTH CAUCASUS MD
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February- 1965
SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE
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This report is one in a series on Soviet Ground Force and logistic
installations being prepared for a DI:\ '(AA Panel. The series is being
coordinated, published and disseminated by 'tiP1C:. The photographic
analysis is being performed by the APIC Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division NPIC:), and the Production
(,enter 1P1a 1~1.AI, -1 he photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the l'rodueetion Center I P I a.
In the interest of uniformity. the titles and letter designators for
the facilities observed at these inst,llI'll ions arc identical with those
appearing in the project requirement. A\hen a specific facility is not
observed both its title and letter designator are omitted in the report.
I ities and letter designators for the various facilities are as
fellows: (.A) railroad service, P) road service, '(.) landing strips,
I)) administrative and troop housing areas, 1.) storage areas, (1) am-
munition storage areas, G) P( )I, storage areas, i 11) other buildings and
facilities. (.11 equipment storage n aintenanee areas, (K) athletic fields,
~I.l small arms firing ranges, A1, driver training areas, (N) tank
assault gun firing ranges. ~I' flat trajectory_ firing ranges, ((?) artillery
emplacements batteries I, infantry or combined arms field train-
ing areas or courses. ~S~ special training facilities. (f) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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VOLGOGR:\D, \'OLGOGR:\DSK:\Y.\ O13L:\ST, LTSSR
NORTH CAUCASUS MD
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF VOLGOGRAD HEADQUARTERS 266 MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION, VOLGOGRAD, USSR
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FIGURE 2. VOLGOGRAD HEADQUARTERS _'ob MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION, VOLGOGRAD, USSR,
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This rail-served installation is located just
west of Volgograd, approximately 17 kilometers
(km) from the Volga River Darn (Figure I). Vol,-
,gograd Army Barracks West 3 is adjacent to this
installation on the south and southwest.
The 375-acre installation has a barracks
area consisting of 68 buildings, a sod landing
strip, 2 motor parks, a
vehicle maintenance area, an abandoned S-gun
AAA site, 2 special training facilities and a com-
bined-arms training facility (Figures 2 and 3).
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A comparative analysis re-
veals the addition of 2 new earth mounds to the
east of the barracks area
area. These new facilities-were first observed
in the first photography covering the
area since Although recent cov-
erage does not reveal the presence of as many
vehicles and aircraft as did the
mission, the area appears occupied and contin-
uously active with the exception of 2 buildings
under construction in the vehicle maintenance
area.
Railroad Service
The installation is served by a rail spur run-
ning along the western boundary from a multi-
track rail line 3 km north-northwest.
Good, hard-surface, all -weather roads
serve the installation.
A 2,200-foot sod lan:lini sr.rip (C) is located
just north-northeast of the barracks area. It
has a tar'iway leading to an :p! t- and one p~ ~s-
sihle light aircraft.
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Administration and I roop Housing Area
Area I) contains 6 multistory barracks, I
multistory l`-shaped administration huildirig.
1 administration building, 43 quarters, 2 srn:rll
security buildings, 3 storage buildings, .rnd 12
support buildings.
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lLquipment Storage 'Maintenance Areas
'rea J 1 contains a motor park, 700 by 4301.
feet; 3 vehicle sheds, 135 by 50 feet, 170 by 45=
feet, and 140 by 45 feet; 3 vehicle maintenance
shops, 10(1 by 35 feet, 1) by 40 feet, and 60 by
30 feet; and 3 support buildings. The motor
park is enclosed by a wall and contains 10
probable trailers or vans.
Area J2 contains a motor park. 850 by 510
feet; and 5 vehicle sheds, three 185 by 45 feet,
and two 105 by 30 feet: 1 security building and
- support buildings. I ive vans or trailers and
6 other vehicles are scattered throughout the
motor park.
\rea J3 contains a maintenance area; 1
large, irregularly shaped administration build-
ing; 6 quarters; one 370- by 35-foot vehicle
shed; 5 vehicle storage/maintenance build-
'1 by 45 feet, 110 by 45 feet, S5 by 40
feet. 160 by 5() feet and U0 by 30 feet: 2 build-
ings under construction; 3 storage buildings;
U support buildings; and 2 other buildings.
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Railroad. single track
Road
Fence
w Wall
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Earth mound
Building under construction
100 0 700
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Combined-Army Field Training Area
Area R, probably used intermittently as a
training area, contains many possible foxholes,
but no firing ranges or other items prevalent
in a continuously active training area.
Area Si consists of an earth mound with a
roadway leading to a flat surface atop the mound
and going, down on the other side. This facility
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has an electronics signature. Throughout the
area there are 1 1 revetments large enough for a
,,,an or trailer-type vehicle. Four of these re-
vetments, all the same size, are located at the
base of the mound. One 55- by 25-foot build-
ing is located 560 feet from the mound and is
probably connected to it by cable:
Area S2 contains 2 earth mounds similar
to the oiie described in Area S1. No revetments
are visible in the area: however, ground scars
,are apparent at the base of the mounds.
:Unidentified Facility
Area I consists of a revetment almost sur-
rounding an earth mound, and 3 small buildings.
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