SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE TRANSCAUCASUS MD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000500060057-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: April 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE
TRANSCAUCASUS MD
DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW by NIMA/DOD 4/19/00
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This document contains classified information affecting the national security of the United States within the.
meaning of the espionage laws U. S. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and.794. The law prohibits its transmission
or the revelation of its contents in any manner- to an unauthorized person, as well as its use in any manner
.prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the
detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized to
receive TALENT-KEYHOLE information. Its security must be maintained in accordance with_ KEYHOLE and
TALENT regulations.
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 DI:\ /C.1:\ 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 1Pla (DI:\). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production Center 1 P l a.
In the interest of uniformity, the titles and letter designators for
the facilities observed at tl),ese 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, (13) road service, (C) landing strips,
(17) administrative and troop housing areas, (1=) storage areas, (F) am-
munitiop storage areas, (G) 1101- storage areas, (11) other buildings and
facilities, (.1) equipment storage 'maintenance areas. (K) athletic fields,
1_) small arms firing ranges, (NI) 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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AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA
(40-48N 044-15E)
SPITAK, ARMYANSKAYA SSR, USSR.
TRANSCAUCASUS MD
42" 44' 46`
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SUMMARY
An ammunition storage area is located in
an isolated area 3 kilometers (km) southwest
of Spitak and 20 km west of Kirovakan (Fig-
ure 1). r
The storage area is double fenced, covers
approximately 50 acres, and contains 10 re-
vetted buildings and a small separately-secured
area. Five support buildings are outside the
seciired ammunition storage area (Figures 2
and 3). -
This area is covered on interpretable
photography from KEYHOLE missions of -
Comparative analysis
reveals no change.
DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
Road service is provided by a single road
from Spitak.
The ammunition storage area contains 10
revetted ammunition storage buildings. This
area is surrounded by a -double fence and a
firebreak. A small area in the northern corner
is separately fenced. Five support buildings
are immediately outside the secured storage
-area.
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Road
* Fence
Revetted building
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FIGURE 3. AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA. Sketch compiled from
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