SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE TURKESTAN MD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000500200064-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2001
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: July 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PREFACE
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 1Pla (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division.
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) small arms firing ranges, (M) driver training areas, (N) tank/
assault gun firing ranges, (P) flat trajectory firingranges, (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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TASHKENT ORDNANCE DEPOT AND BARRACKS URTA AUL
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(41-12N 069-08E)
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TASHKENT, TASHKENTSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
TURKESTAN MD
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FIGURE 7. LOCATION OF TASHKENT ORDNANCE DEPOT AND BARRACKS URTA AUL.
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FIGURE 2. TASHKENT ORDNANCE DEPOT AND BARRACKS URTA AUL, TASHKENT, USSR,
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Tashkent Ordnance Depot and Barracks
Urta Aul is located 14 kilometers (km) south-
west of Tashkent (Figure, 1).
The installation consists of a doubly se-
cured depot area covering approximately 50
acres and a support area covering approxi-
mately 20 acres. The depot contains 8 large
and 13 small storage buildings, a probable
bunker, a possible administration building,
4 support buildings, 8 guard towers, and 7
unidentified linear excavations. The support
area contains 1 administration building, 6 bar-
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racks, and 9t support buildings (Figures 2 and
3). A large' electronics facility is located
approximately 2 km northeast.
The area was covered by =TALENT
photography and KEYHOLE missions betweenn
The area is
active on all coverage and comparative analysis
reveals that 2 large and 8 small storage build-
ings, the equipment/ vehicle maintenance build-
ing, and the probable small-arms range were
added between
DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
Railroad Service
A spur from the Tashkent-Yani Yul rail
line splits into ~ sidings in the secured area.
The installation is served by secondary
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roads from the Tashkent-Yangi Yul highway.
Administrative an Troop Housing Area
Area D contains I administration building,
2 multistory balracks,. 4 single-story barracks
and 9 support b ildings.
General Storage
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13 storage buildings, 1 vehicle/equipment main-
tenance building (225 by 90. feet); I probable
bunker, I possible administration building, 4
support buildings, 8 guard towers, and 7 `un-
identified lineal-excavations. -
Equipment Storage/Maintenance Area
Area J contains 3 equipment/vehicle storage
buildings (two 175 by 50 feet and one 200 by 60
feet), and 1 vehicle shed (210 by 40 feet).
Small-Arms Firing Range ,
Area L is a 160- by 35-foot small-arms
firing range which was added between
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YANGI YUL
8 KM
TASHKEN T
13 KM
TASHKENT
1 12 KM
FIGURE 3. TASHKENT ORDNANCE DEPOT AND BARRACKS ?URTA AUL. Sketch compiled from
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Railroad, double track
Railroad, single track
Road
* Fence
-w- Wall
------- Area outline
Bunkered building
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PHOTOGRAPHY
MAPS OR CHARTS
US Air Target Chart. Series 200, Sheet 0335-17AL, ??d ed, May 61 (SECRET)
DOCUMENTS
AIR FORCE DPIR No_T-58-44. Unidentified Installation Soulhue..t of Tashkent, USSR, Dec 5S (TOP SECRET CHESS)
REQUIREMENT
C-RR4-51,615 (partial answer)
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