ESTIMATED FLOORSPACE OF VORONEZH AIRFRAME PLANT NO. 64

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RESEARCH AID
ESTIMATED FLOORSPACE
OF VORONEZH AIRFRAME PLANT NO. 64
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10 October 1957
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND REPORTS
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RESEARCH AID
ESTIMATED FLOORSPACE OF VORONEZH AIRFRAME PLANT NO. 64+
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FOREWORD
This research aid, one of a series evaluating current floorspace
of Soviet airframe plants of the Ministry of the Aviation Industry
(Ministerstvo Aviatsionnoy Promyshlennosti -- MAP), is based on metrical
analysis* of World War II German photography. Supplementary intelli-
gence data also have been used in an attempt to ascertain the composi-
tion and functions of the individual plant buildings. An effort has
been made to determine the areas of the plant which are multistory,
and the latest information on new construction has been included. This
research aid will be reviewed and reissued periodically to include new
intelligence information as available.
Determination of measurements by the use of aerial photographs.
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Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1. Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
it. Final Assembly Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. New Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Appendixes
Appendix A. Composition of Floorspace of Voronezh
Airframe Plant No. 64 . . . . . . . . 5
Appendix B. Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Appendix C. Gaps in Intelligence . . . . . . . . .
Appendix D. Source References . . . . . . . . . .
Illustrations
Figure 1. USSR: Vertical Photograph of Voronezh
Airframe Plant No. 64 . . . . . . . . .
Figure 2. USSR: Layout of Voronezh Airframe Plant
No. 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 3. Types of Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. ESTIMATED FLOORSPACE OF VORONEZH AIRFRAME PLANT NO, 64*
Summary
Voronezh Airframe Plant No. 64 in the USSR contains about 2.4
million square feet (sq ft) of floorspace.** The plant has a final
assembly area of approximately 110,000 square feet. It is estimated
that the administration area comprises about 85,000 sq ft, or 4
percent*** of the total floorspace. Analysis of aerial photography
and of prisoner-of-war reports reveals a minimum of 81,000 sq ft of
multistory area, or approximately 3 percent of the total floorspace.
A minimum of 69,000 sq ft is believed to be warehouse area.**** No
known basement areas exist within the plant. The site of Voronezh
Airframe Plant No. 64 is estimated to encompass approximately 6.9
million sq ft. With a total roof area of slightly more than 2.3
million sq ft, the plant has a building densityt of 34 percent.
* Based on aerial photography. (See Figure 1, following p. 2.)
(For serially numbered source references, see Appendix D.) The estimates
and conclusions contained in this research aid represent the best judg-
ment of ORR as of 15 August 1957.
** All figures dealing with square footage which are used in the
text of this research aid are rounded to two significant digits.
xxx All percentages are computed with actual figures.
Xxxx The term warehouse is applied to those buildings or areas within
the plant which have the primary functions of receiving materials from
external sources and of holding these materials in bulk quantities for
subsequent distribution to the processing points in the plant.
The term storage areas is applied to those buildings or areas,
usually parts of buildings which have primary functions other than
storage, in which materials are stored or.maintained for the direct
support of production or service activities. These areas normally are
located adjacent to the activities which they support, and they receive
their stores from plant warehouses.
t The term building density represents the proportion of the total
roof area of an airframe plant to the total plant site, expressed as
a percentage.
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Voronezh Airframe Plant No. 64 (510381 N - 30015' E) is located
in Voronezh, USSR, adjacent to the double-track Moscow-Voronezh-Rostov
Railroad, about 1.2 nautical miles east of the Voronezh River. The
plant is approximately 400 feet (ft) west of the Voronezh grain elevators.
2. History.
The airframe plant in Voronezh was constructed in about 1935 and
originally was designated Airframe Plant No. 18. Evacuated to Kuybyshev
in the late fall of 1941, the plant was dismantled and the workshops
were destroyed by the retreating Red Army. The plant was established
as a repair base after its recapture by the Red Army in late 1942 or
early 1943- In 1944, reactivated and designated Plant No. 64, it was
retooled with German equipment from the Bayerische Motorien Werke (BMW)
Engine Plant and, reportedly, from a plant in Budapest. J
Returning prisoners of war reported that reconstruction of the
original plant site continued until as late as 1950. A reliable source
reported the completed construction in 1955 of two new hangar types
of buildings adjacent to and similarly constructed as Building No. 32
(see Figure 2*). J
3. Description.
The plant area of Voronezh Airframe Plant No. 64 is rectangular
and occupies the southeast corner of Voronezh East Airfield. On its
western edge it adjoins a reported flying school and an aircraft research
institute.
Analysis of 1943 German photography and of other available informa-
tion indicates a total roof area during World War II of approximately
2.2 million sq ft.** The multistory gallery area within the plant is
estimated to have been about 81,000 sq ft, or 3 percent of the total
floorspace. No significant addition to the roof area of the plant since
World War II was reported before 1955. Before 1955 the plant is esti-
mated to have had 2.3 million sq ft of floorspace.*** The new construction,
Following p. 2.
# Metrical analysis of Voronezh Airframe Plant No. 64 is based on
source /. Dimensions of individual buildings have been interpreted
according to the best judgment of the analyst.
*** See Appendix A.
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USSR: LAYOUT OF VORONEZH AIRFRAME PLANT NO. 64
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which was reported in 1955, is estimated to have added 140,000 sq ft
of floorspace, resulting in an estimated current total of approxi-
mately 2.4 million sq ft. It is estimated that 85,000 sq ft, or 4
percent, of the total floorspace is used for the administration area
and that a minimum of 69,000 sq ft is used for the warehouse area.
The plant site encompasses approximately 6.9 million sq ft and
has a total roof area of slightly more than 2.3 million sq ft, giving
a building density of 34 percent. Little space exists within the
present plant boundaries for significant plant expansion, although
expansion could be accomplished with little difficulty by moving '
into the adjoining sites of the flying school and the research institute.
The major buildings are primarily of concrete construction with
brick and concrete slab side walls. Roofs are predominantly of monitor
and sawtooth design (see Figure 3*).
A spur of the Moscow-Voronezh-Rostov Railroad serviced the plant.
In addition, good roads and tram facilities connect the installation
with the city of Voronezh.
4. Final Assembly Area.
Analysis of German prisoner-of war reports indicates that the
final assembly area of Voronezh Airframe Plant No. 64 probably is
contained in one shop type of building, Building No. 17, which
measures 370 ft by 290 ft (see Figure 2). This building has approxi-
mately 110,000 sq ft of roof area with no reported multistory sections.
Its height is 35 feet, topped by a sawtooth roof. It is possible that
the final-assembly function has been shifted from this building, al-
though evidence to confirm such a shift is lacking. No available re-
ports reveal the internal layout of this building or any postwar changes
in its configuration.
5. New Construction.
Analysis of World War II photography and of German prisoner-of-war
reports indicates that Voronezh Airframe Plant No. 64 was heavily
damaged during World War II. By far the most significant damage to
the plant buildings was sustained by Buildings Nos. 7, 9B, and 9C
(see Figure 2**). Prisoners of war assigned to reconstruction work
Following p. 4.
Following p. 2, above.
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at Plant No. 64 reported completion of this work by 1950. This
reconstruction has not been considered "new construction" for the
purposes of this research aid, primarily because the reconstruction
reported is not believed to have added significantly to the original
production capability of the plant.
The only reliably reported new construction at Voronezh Airframe
Plant No. 64 since World War II is that of two buildings, Nos. 36 and
37 (see Figure 1*), in the northeast -corner of the complex. These
two buildings, similar in type and size to Building No. 32 (see
Figure 2*), J were reported in July 1955, and it was indicated that
one of the buildings was of brick construction. No other information
concerning these buildings has been reported. Together with Building
No. 32, Buildings Nos. 36 and-37 border a large parking ramp which
is on the plant airfield (see Figure 2*).
* Following p. 2, above.
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COMPOSITION OF FLOORSPACE OF VORONEZH AIRFRAME PLANT NO. 64 a/*
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APPENDIX B
METHODOLOGY
On the basis of available intelligence, an effort was made to
determine the function of each building in Voronezh Airframe Plant
No. 64, to identify multistory plant areas, and to account for new
plant construction. All buildings within the plant site, except
sheds with areas less than 1,000 sq It, are listed in Appendix A.
German vertical photographs of 1943 were used to determine the
roof area and the physical layout of the plant. Metrical analysis
of this photography provided an estimate of the total roof area of
the plant. In the computation of this total, no allowance could be
made for multistory buildings. To compensate for this factor, in-
telligence information, consisting chiefly of prisoner-of-war in-
terrogations, was used. Although this category of information is
often considered unreliable, plausible data from this source were
used to determine the functions of the plant buildings and, in some
cases, to account for multistory or gallery areas. Whenever func-
tions of buildings or the number of stories were unknown, the best
judgment of the analyst was used to provide an estimate.
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APPENDIX C
GAPS IN INTELLIGENCE
The accuracy of the estimates of the floorspace of Voronezh
Airframe Plant No. 64 is greatly impaired because of a paucity of
information. Vertical photographs of 1943 are available, however,
and from these photographs the roof area and the physical layout
of the plant as it was in 1943 can be computed. Lack of current
vertical photographs precludes further study of the plant by this
means.
Helpful information was obtained from reports of interrogations
of German prisoner-of-war returnees. Unfortunately, these returnees
were restricted primarily to the warehouse areas of the plant, and
reports of their observations of the remaining areas of the plant
are vague and incomplete.
Information pertaining to multistory or gallery areas within the
plant is virtually nonexistent. Because estimates of floorspace
in multistory areas greatly affect the estimates of total floorspace,
acquisition of this information is of prime importance. The lack
of oblique ground photography further hinders the determination of
building heights and designs, and the lack of both vertical and oblique
ground photography hinders the analysis of new construction in the
plant. Details of the final assembly area and reliable information
concerning the composition of other essential buildings likewise are
not available.
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APPENDIX D
SOURCE REFERENCES
Evaluations, following the classification entry and designated
"Eval.," have the following significance:
Source of Information
Information
Doc. - Documentary
1
- Confirmed by other sources
A - Completely reliable
2
- Probably true
B - Usually reliable
3
- Possibly true
C - Fairly reliable
4
- Doubtful
D - Not usually reliable
5
- Probably false
E - Not reliable
F - Cannot be judged
6
- Cannot be judged
"Documentary" refers to original documents of foreign governments
and organizations; copies or translations of such documents by a
staff officer; or information extracted from such documents by a
staff officer, all of which may carry the field evaluation "Docu-
mentary."
Evaluations not otherwise designated are those appearing on
the cited document; those designated "RR" are by the author of this
research aid. No "RR" evaluation is given when the author agrees
with the evaluation on the cited document.
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