SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE BALTIC MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2000
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• Publication Date: April 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
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April 1965
MILITARY ORDER ;OF . BATTLE
BALTIC MD'
ass Review by'NIMA/DO-D
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This report is ode 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. TG~ photographic
analysis is being, performed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division (NPIC), and the Production
Center 1Pla (DlA). The. photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production Center 1Pla.
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 rLot
observed both its title and letter designator are omitted in the report.
Titles and letter designators for the various facilities are as
-toll.ows: (z\)
(I)) administrative and troop housing-areas, (L) storage areas, (F) am-
munition storage areas, (G) POL storage areas, (H) other buildings and
facilities, (J) equipment storage! ma i ntenance 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 areas or courses, (S) special training facilities, -(T) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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KARDLA ARMY BARRACKS SOUTHWEST
AND
KARDLA ARMY BARRACKS EAST
IIIIl1MAA ISLAND, ESTONSKAYA SSR, USSR
BALTIC NID 25X1 C
KARDLA ARMY BARRACKS SOUTHWEST
AN D
KARDLA ARMY BARRACKS EAST
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212?
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FIGURE 2. KARDLA ARMY BARRACKS SOUTHWEST AND KARDLA ARMY BARRACKS EAST, HIIUMAA ISLAND, USSR,-
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Kardla Army Barracks Southwest (Coord-
inates: 58-,59-32N '022-43-20E;
25X1A
25X1 A is located at the
southwestern edge of Kardla (Figure 1). The
barracks installation covers approximately 55
acres and contains 2 administration buildings,
2 barracks, 5 storage buildings, 6 probable ve-
hicle storage buildings, a probable.vehicle main-
tenance building, and 3 support buildings (Fig-
ures 2 and 3).
Kardla Army Barracks East (Coordinates:
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58-59-55N 022-45-28E;
is -located in the eastern
part of Kardla: The barracks installation cov-
ers approximately 7 acres and contains an ad-
ministration building, a barracks/administra-
tion building, 3 barracks, and 2 support buildings.
Comparative analysis re-
DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATIONS
Good all-weather roads serve both barracks
installations.
Kardla Armv Barracks Southwest contains
2 administration buildings and 2 multistory bar-
racks (Area D1).
Kardla Army Barracks East contains a
multistory administration building, a multistory
barracks /administration building, and 3 multi-
story barracks (Area D2).
Kardla Army Barracks Southwest contains
5 storage buildings (Area E).
Kardla Armv Barracks East contains 2 sup-
port buildings (Area H).
Kardla Army Barracks Southwest contains
6 probable vehicle storage buildings (two 200
x 40 feet, one 250 by 40 feet, 'one 175 by -40
feet, and two 190 by 35 feet), a probible ve-
hicle maintenance building (90 by 40 feet)., and
3 support buildings (Area J).
25X1A
25X1A
25X1 D
25X1 D
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The barracks installations are each covered
4 KEYHOLE missions between
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Road
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FIGURE 3. KARDLA ARMY BARRACKS SOUTHWEST AND KARDLA ARMY BARRACKS EAST. Sketch compiled
from
25X.1 D
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REFERENCES
Army. PIB-TK-65-63, 4lilitary Barracks Installation, Aug 63 (TOP SECRET RUFF)
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Army. PIB-TK-65-63, Alilitary Barracks Area, A'ardla, Aug 63 (TOP SECRET RUFF)
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