1. CHIEF DIRECTORATE OF ARTILLERY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER MILITARY ELEMENTS 2. CLASSIFICATION AND RANKS OF SOVIET ARTILLERY OFFICERS

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 29, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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-ENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR
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tionai Do of the United States, within the mean-
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`DEPORT,
Chief Directorate of Artillery and Its DATE DISTR.
Relationship to other Military Ilements
Classi,.fication and Ranks of Soviet NO. OF- PAGES
Artillery Officers
DATE OF INFO.
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
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IERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REP( . ARE DEFINITIVE.
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In
1950,the artillery units of the Soviet Army sent reports of ordnance perfor-
mances to the Scientific. Rmsearch Institute of the Academy of Artillery
Science.
41o president was Col. .Gen.Blagonravov.
the Territorial Reserves Offices (QZMM Territoriallnyh
Reserves a which were charged with stockpiling. all sorts of supplies for the 25X1
Soviet Army and which Placed orders with all of the manufacturers- were
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on Zubovskaya ploshchadti, near the large $rymekiy most k:orad$e) and the Qorkiy
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1. In 1950,the GAII (Glavnoye J!. ll 1 e lenirs - Chief Directorate of
Artillery) was renamed the GAUfl i& Glavnov~r Artilleri rskois Unravleniye p,
Komandrvueh~chem ArtMeriyt-a Sovetskoy Armii + Chief Directorate of Artillery un-
der the Artillery Command of the Soviet Army). In 1941-the QV had its offices
2. the Academy of Artillery Science kademin Artilleriyskikh
1Q-t: --- .oA.. -Aa A na s. ,.a,n+#Ar for Artillery science in i946 Or 1947 in MOSCOW
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(Not.: Washington Distribution Indicated by "X"; Field Distribution b "#".)
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directly subordinate to the Ministry of Armaments, which