PETROPAVLOVSK VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PLANT AND PETROPAVLOVSK PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY FACILITY

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basic Imagery Interpretation report
Petropavlovsk Vehicle Assembly
Plant and Petropavlovsk'
Probable Missile Assembly
Facility (S)
STRATEGIC WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
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INSTALLATION OR ACTIVITY NAME
Petropavlovsk Vehicle Assembly Plant
Petropavlovsk Probable Missile Assembly Facility
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GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
54-5:3-52N 069-09-55E
54-52-47N 069-16-43E
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ABSTRACT
1. (TSR) This is the initial report on Petropavlovsk Vehicle Assembly Plant (VAP), USSR,
and the apparently associated Petropavlovsk Probable Missile Assembly Facility currently under
construction. The reporting period for Petropavlovsk VAP (formerly known as plant Rorki, Petro-
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:3. (TSR) Petropavlovsk Probable Missile Assembly Facility was first observed in December
1975 and is still under construction. The layout of the facility is similar to that of I he Vot kiosk
Missile Final Assembly and Checkout Facility
4. (S) This report includes a location map, a line drawing, three photographs, and three
tables.
INTRODUCTION
5. (TSR) Petropavlovsk is in the Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan, approximately 280 kilome-
ters (kni) west of Omsk (Figure 1). The wall-secured Petropavlovsk Vehicle Assembly Plant
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FIGURE 1. LOCATIONS OF PETROPAVLOVSK VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PLANT AND PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY
FACILITY, USSR
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(VAP) is in the northern section of Petropavlovsk and is connected by rail to the Trans-Siberian
rail line. The isolated Petropavlovsk Probable Missile Assembly Facility is approximately 9 km
east of Petropavlovsk and is secured by a wall and served by rail.
BASIC DESCRIPTION
Petropavlovsk Vehicle Assembly Plant
7. (TSR) Petropavlovsk VAP comprises approximately 115 structures, totaling 171,279
square meters of floorspace (Figures 2 and 3, and Table 1). The plant has five assembly/fabrica-
tion buildings, a forge, and a variety of support buildings. Electricity and steam are supplied by
the Petropavlovsk power and heating plant which is nearby.
8. (TSR) In 1967 the total floorspace at Petropavlovsk VAP was 112,668 square meters
which included 56,669 square meters of assembly/fabrication floorspace. Over the next seven years
(1968 to 1974), a total of 46,112 square meters was added, including 20,736 square meters of
assembly/fabrication floorspace. From 1975 through March 1979, an additional 12,499 square
meters of floorspace were added; approximately 25 percent was assembly/fabrication floorspace.
The only significant construction underway at present is a probable assembly/fabrication building
with approximately 12,600 square meters of floorspace. This building is in an early stage of
construction (item 116, Figure 3).
Only three products have been identified from
overhead imagery-an agricultural fertilizer trailer, the SCUD B transporter-erector-launcher
(TEL), and a BTR-60 vehicle probably modified for the SS-16/-20 systems (Table 2).
By 1964 the plant contained percent
(56,669 square meters) of its current assembly/fabrication floorspace. The low number of fertilizer
trailers observed from 1967 through 1972 and the identification of only two MAZ-543 chassis
(probably for SCUD B TELs) in August 1967 appear inconsistent with the amount of assembly/fa-
brication floorspace available at Petropavlovsk VAP prior to 1972. The low product count
indicates that either the total floorspace was not being used or the plant was involved in the
manufacture of additional products.
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11. (TSR) On imagery o ten canvas-covered BTR-60s were observed at 25X1
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November 1978, between five and eight canvas-covered BTR-60s were identified at the plant. The
small number observed suggests that the vehicles were probably modified, rather than produced,
at this plant.
13. (TSR) Two MAZ-543 chassis were observed next to a grease rack in a fence-enclosed
area on however, a MAZ-543 chassis was not seen again until
During the following year and a half, MAZ-543 chassis were observed in the shipping and
receiving area in quantities ranging from two to 11.
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FIGURE 3. PETROPAVLOVSK VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PLANT
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ITEMS KEYED TO TABLE 1
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Table 1.
Buildings and Structures at Petropavlovsk VAP
(Items keyed to Figure 3)
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Item Prob Function/
Dimensions
(m)
Year
Floorspace* Com-
Comments
Item Prob Function/
Dimensions
(m)
Floorspace*
Year
Com-
Comments
Description
L
W
H
(sq m) pleted**
Description
L
W
H
(sq m)
pleted*
1
Stor bldg
5
5
2
10 1974
e Assem/fab sect
30
13
7
(390)
1964
2
Stor bldg
12
Irreg
2
34 1974
f Admin/engineeri
ng sect
73
8
11
(1,752)
1964
3 stories
3
Stor bldg
8
4
3
32 1974
58 Stor bldg
7
4
3
28
1974
4
Vehicle maint bldg
47
11
2
517 1973
59 Support bldg
19
Irreg
8
300
1974
5
Stor bldg
15
6
3
90 1969
60 Support bldg
6
3
3
18
1976
6
Vehicle maint bldg
30
18
7
540 1976
61 Shop bldg
27
13
4
351
1964
7
Vehicle maint bldg
30
19
5
570 1967
62 Stor bldg
36
12
7
432
1977
8
Vehicle maint bldg
8
7
3
56 1972
63 Assem/fab bldg
28,965
No roof ventilators or
9
Vehicle maint bldg
8
7
3
56 1972
stacks, prob assem
10
Vehicle maint bldg
13
7
3
91 1969
only
11
Vehicle maint bldg
8
7
3
56 1969
a Assem sect
288
72
18
(20,736)
1974
12
Vehicle maint bldg
58
6
3
348 1969
b Admin/engineeri
ng sect
72
13
14
(2,808)
1974
3 stories
13
Vehicle maint bldg
1,729
c Admin/engineeri
ng sect
139
13
14
(5,421)
1974
3 stories
a
Vehicle maint sect
61
19
5
11,159) 1964
64 Assem/fab bldg
27,304
b
Vehicle maint sect
30
19
6
(570) 1968
a Assem sect
227
85
10
(19,295)
1964
14
Underground stor bldg
b Final assem sect
94
Irreg
14
(5,459)
1964
15
Support bldg
18
10
5
180 1964
c Admin/engineeri
ng sect
85
10
10
(2,550)
1964
3 stories
16
Support bldg
4
4
2
16 1974
65 Support bldg
10
6
4
60
1967
17
Support bldg
4
2
5
8 1977
66 Support bldg
18
11
5
198
1974
18
Admin bldg
40
14
4
560
1964
67
Control bldg for
19
Support bldg
6
5
5
30
1967
underground ta
nks
20
Admin bldg
2,576
a Control bldg
66
Irreg
3
444
a
Admin sect
29
19
5
(551)
1964
b Underground tan
ks
8
Diam 2.5
b
Admin sect
29
19
5
(551)
1964
68
Support bldg
12
6
7
72
1964
c
Admin sect
67
11
8
(1,474)
1964
2 stories
69
Shop bldg
66
13
5
858
1964
21
Support bldg
40
13
4
520
1972
70
Support bldg
18
12
3
216
1976
22
Support bldg
14
7
4
98
1972
71
Support bldg
6
5
5
30
1964
23
Support bldg
21
19
5
399
1977
72
Support bldg
25
19
8
475
1972
24
Admin bldg
33
13
12
12,887
1964
3 stories
73
Receiving/stor bl
dg
152
Irreg
11
9,084
1964
3 stories
25
Support bldg
28
18
6
504
1977
74
Stor bldg
7
Irreg
4
57
1964
26
Engineering/shop bldg
115
20
18
9,200
1964
4 stories
75
Substation
38
6
5
228
1964
27
Admin bldg
2,446
76
Support bldg
3
3
3
12
1974
a
Admin sect
26
20
9
(1,040)
1973
2 stories
77
Forge bldg
8,562
b
Shop sect
37
19
9
(1,406)
1964
2 stories
a Forge sect
120
49
16
(5,880)
1972
28
Shop bldg
36
Irreg
4
340
1969
b Forge sect
72
25
21
(1,800)
1972
29
Stor bldg
40
8
4
320
1964
c Admin sect
49
9
10
(882)
1972
2 stories
30
Support bldg
6
5
7
30
1967
78
Stor bldg
10
4
3
40
1974
31
Civil defense bunker
79
Stor bldg
24
13
2
312
1976
32
Engineering/shop bldg
85
19
20
6,460
1964
4 stories
80
Stor bldg
7
6
2
42
1976
33
Support bldg
40
Irreg
7
1,100
1964
8 tanks adjacent to this bldg,
81
Shop/stor bldg
61
24
27
1,464
1976
4 stories
volume of each tank is 0 25 cu m
82
Stor bldg
6
3
4
18
1967
34
Stor bldg
23
4
2
92
1969
83
Stor bldg
24
4
3
96
1967
35
Stor bldg
8
6
3
48
1972
84
Support bldg
30
30
8
900
1976
36
Stor bldg
13
3
2
39
1972
85
Stor bldg
31
Irreg
4
717
1964
37
Cooling tower
16
9
10
1964
86
Stor bldg
30
7
3
210
1967
38
Support bldg
18
Irreg
5
172
1967
87
POL stor tank
Diam
9
7
-
1967
445 cu m
39
Security bldg
7
6
4
42
1976
88
POL stor tank
Diam
9
7
-
1967
445 cu m
40
Stor bldg
6
5
2
30
1978
89
Pumphouse
9
7
3
56
1972
41
Stor bldg
12
5
3
60
1978
90
Steam distributio
n bldg
24
13
5
312
1976
42
Assem/fab bldg
4,650
91
Steam distributio
n bldg
8
6
3
48
1967
a
Assem/fab sect
73
Irreg
10
(3,570)
1976
92
Steam distributio
n bldg
7
6
4
42
1967
b
Assem/fab sect
60
9
11
(1,080)
1977
2 stories
93
Support bldg
13
6
4
78
1967
43
Shop bldg
57
12
6
684
1978
94
Receiving/shippi
ng bldg
79
25
13
1,975
1967
44
Stor bldg
12
5
3
60
1977
95
Stor bldg
24
11
3
264
1976
45
Stor bldg
16
5
2
90
1974
96
Shop bldg
34
Irreg
4
395
1973
46
Stor bldg
20
12
2
240
1977
97
Shop bldg
20
Irreg
Irreg
431
1964
47
Stor bldg
73
13
4
949
1973
98
Carpentry shop b
ldg
19
13
8
247
1973
48
Stor bldg
9
8
5
72
1972
99
Shop bldg
19
Irreg
5
158
1973
49
Stor bldg
44
6
3
264
1972
100
Shop bldg
22
7
4
154
1973
50
Carpentry shop bldg
7,920
101
Stor bldg
55
Irreg
5
361
1977
a
Carpentry shop sect
72
71
9
(5,112)
1967
102
Support bldg
61
Irreg
3
623
1964
b
Admin sect
72
13
12
(2,808)
1967
3 stories
103
Stor bldg
13
3
2
39
1973
51
Support bldg
5
5
10
25
1976
104
Stor bldg
14
6
2
84
1967
52
Stor bldg
6
5
4
30
1967
105
Sawmill
23
Irreg
4
226
1967
53
Support bldg
9
5
6
45
1967
106
Stor bldg
5
4
3
20
1973
54
Stor bldg
7
6
5
42
1967
107
Star bldg
12
Irreg
3
24
1973
55
Stor bldg
37
9
3
333
1967
108
Star bldg
14
8
3
112
1967
56
Assem/fab bldg
12,456
109
Support bldg
19
Irreg
7
567
1973
a
Assem/fab sect
168
62
8
(10,416)
1964
110
Support bldg
9
6
20
54
1976
Covered tanks
b
Admin/engineering sect
68
10
12
(2,040)
1964
3 stories
111
Support bldg
12
Irreg
Irreg
145
1975
57
Assem/fab bldg
24,088
112
Support bldg
7
4
3
28
1976
a
Assem/fab sect
259
73
11
(18,907)
1964
113
Support bldg
30
13
11
360
1976
b
Final assem sect
66
31
26
(2,046)
1964
114
Support bldg
10
6
5
60
1977
c
Admin/engineering sect
31
9
11
(837)
1964
3 stories
115
Support bldg
31
Irreg
4
289
1976
d
Assem/fab sect
13
12
9
(156)
1964
116
Prob assem/fab
bldg
197
64
12
(12,608)
Numbers in parenthesis are not included in total floorspace
' Buildings complete before 1964 are indicated as complete in 1964
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On the only occasion w en
MAZ-543 chassis were observed without canvas covering, on imagery of I two of the six
chassis appeared to have a minor frame modification (Figure 4). This modification could indicate
that the chassis will eventually be used in different vehicles. While there is no evidence which
supports the contention that the specialized SS-22 and SS-X-23 MSE will be assembled on the
MAZ-543 chassis, there is evidence provided by imagery which supports the
SCUD B TEL association.
Table 2.
Products Observed
at Petropavlovsk VAP
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MAZ-543
Chassis
Agricultural
Fertilizer
Trailer
40 The chassis was adjacent to
a grease rack
& fence secured
4
60
12
35
300 Large increase in trailers
coincides with const
200-300 of forge; number of
200-300 trailers observed during the
remainder of the reporting
period fluctuated between
200 & 300
200-300
200-300
- 200-300
10 200-300
- - 200-300
2 200-300
4 (prob) - 200-300 Shipping-receiving area
partially cloud covered
1 1 - 200-300
1 1 - 200-300
1 1 - 200-300
200-300
4 200-300
6 200-300 2 chassis may have a minor
- 200-300
- 6 200-300
2 8 200-300
5 prob 4 prob 200-300
4 poss
3 8 200-300
4 (2 prob) 7 200-300
4 7 200-300
4 7 200-300
- 5 200-300
5 200-300
- 200-300
- - 200-300
- - 200-300
- - 200-300
- - 200-300
- - 200-300
- - 200-300
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Series production may be occurring in building 63 (Figure
3). The building completion date (1974) corresponds to the probable time of SS-21 prototype
assembly,
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Table 3.
Buildings and Structures at Petropavlovsk
Probable Missile Assembly Facility
(Items keyed to Figure 5)
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Item
Prob Function/
Dimensions
(m)
Floorspace* Comments
Description
L
W
H
(sq m)
1
Support bldg
19
13
3
247
2
Support bldg
7
3
4
28
3
Support bldg
136
a
Support sect
8
3
(24)
Height undet
b
Support sect
14
8
3
(112)
4
Steamplant
36
20
11
720
Height of stack is 44 m
5
Prob missile
2,134
In late stage of const
a
assem bldg
Final assem sect
66
19
19
(1,254)
b
Assem sect
80
11
10
(880)
6
Footings
-
-
-
-
Bldg in early stage of const
7
Prob missile
59
18
12
1,062
In late stage of const
8
assem bldg
Support bldg
10
10
5
100
9
Support bldg
364
a
Support sect
28
7
5
(196)
b
Support sect
24
7
4
(168)
10
Support bldg
20
13
5
260
1 1
Support bldg
8
5
3
40
12
Admin/support bldg
250
a
Support sect
21
10
4
(210)
b
Admin sect
8
5
5
(40)
13
Admin bldg
30
14
6
840
2 stories
As some structures are currently under construction, some dimensions may differ when the buildings are complete. Numbers in
parenthesis are not included in total floorspace.
Petropavlovsk Probable Missile Assembly Facility
20. (TSR) A probable missile assembly facility is under construction in a forested area
approximately 9 km east of Petropavlovsk (Figure 5 and Table 3). Construction was first observed
on imagery of Footings for a probable missile assembly building (item 7, Figure
5) were observed on Footings for another probable missile assembly building (item
5) and the framing for building 7 were observed on
Both of these buildings
appeared to be in a late stage of construction on New footings (item 6) between
buildings 5 and 7 were identified on
The probable missile assembly buildings are
served by rail.
21. (TSR) This facility is probably associated with Petropavlovsk VAP. Final assembly of
Soviet SRBMs takes place at both Petropavlovsk VAP and Votkinsk Missile Machine and Steel
Plant 235. Petropavlovsk Probable Missile Assembly Facility has an isolated location and plant
layout similar to that of Votkinsk Missile Final Assembly and Checkout Facility. The distinctive,
high-bay, rail-served building (item 5) at the Petropavlovsk facility is almost identical to
assembly buildings at the Votkinsk facility. Significant similarities exist between the two
Petropavlovsk plants and the two respective Votkinsk plants. These similarities indicate a
probable association between the two Petropavlovsk plants which will be similar to the known
relationship of the two Votkinsk plants."
22. (TSR) Petropavlovsk Probable Missile Assembly Facility and Votkinsk Missile Final
Assembly and Checkout Facility will probably have similar functions-the final assembly and
checkout of solid-propellant missile systems. The Votkinsk facility is heavily involved in the
assembly of ICBM/IRBM systems. The Petropavlovsk facility will have a similar capability;
however, its activities may be restricted to the assembly and checkout of SRBM (and other
tactical) systems associated with Petropavlovsk VAP.
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o vsk Probably Producing SCUD-B SRBM Ti 1.. l 12;iZ Z. Nov
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7. NSA Facilities Expansion Planned at Soviet Missile Production Plant at i'etmparlucsl,, 197N-
1979, 181342Z, Jan 77 (TOP SECRET
8. NSA. Petropavlovsk Vehicle Assembly Plant Supplying Armored Pcr.s(,nucl ('ar^icrs to
9. NPIC. RCA-09/0005/79, SSM Developments at Selected Soviet Strategic Rescarrli, I!riclop-
ment, and Production Installations (S), Mar 79 (TOP SECRET
10. NSA.L
SECRET
COMIREX J02
Project 2900640)
S&T? Soviet 9M714 SRBM Probably Has Fiberglass Motor Casing, 1;4 -117Z, Mir 79 (TOP
(5) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. They may he directed to
Strategic Forces Division, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPIC,
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