MIG-15 GUNNERY PRACTICE IN THE CZECHOSLOVAK AIR FORCE AT THE BELECKO FIRING RANGE

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• Publication Date: November 21, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Seca. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
SUBJECT MIG-15 Gunnery Practice in .the DATE DISTR. 11 NOV 1
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DATE OF
INFO.
targets were located. The entire wooded area, 30 kilometers long, lying to
J elecko actually consisted of only a few ruins, around which the ground
of Pardubice Airfield where the tvY regiments were based. The village of
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report dealing with MIG gunnery practice
procedures carried out in the Czechoslovak Air Force. Ai.r m-alr? arid air-
to-ground gunnery practice of the 4th and the 18th Fighter Regiments was
performed at the Belecko (N 50-09, E 15-57) Firing Range, located northeast
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COUNTRY: Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT: MIG-15 Gunnery Practice in
the Czechoslovak Air Force
1 October 1957
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the results Of a aair-toaai
r firing were unsat
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isfaatory for the 4th Fighter Regiment, the average score was two
hits per 40 rounds of amanunition.. These results were achieved du r.
ing the annual prescribed tests (proverky)
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10* Air"to-ground firing was accomplished in a 100 z 100 a ter area,
na twin-engine aircraft with a wing span of .25 -meters; the '. were
located 50 meters apart. Two additional targets were shaped as
fighters with a wing span of 11 meters, and were also 50 meters
from each other. The distance between the two types of targets
was 100 meters. This target area as located near the deserted
village of 1 eleoko.
11. During the pre-operation briefing, the regiment commander
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participants for the firing, the officer in charge
his asa
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p..
and a detail which was to leave early in the morning for the
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ag ranged This detail consisted ofg
a. The hero radio car, with a R8140 radio transceiver.
b, A Praga NR truck carrying tools for the ground work,
a* An Aero ambulance
d. A Skoda 805 truck with fire fighting equipment.
This detail totaled 11 people and included two guards who barred
the approaches to the firing range. The vehicles were parked In
t
ie woods, 200 meters from the Large
12, After the targets were ready, the airfield was notified by radio
that firing could begin. The first MI-15 left with 40 rounds of
unitionA normally all 23 mm but often also 37 mm caliber, The
"all clear signal was given and the aircraft approached the tar-
gets. At a height of 860 meters the aircraft made a diving left
turn and began firing from a heikht of 500 meters at an angle of
at least 30 degrees. The aircraft pulled away as it reached a
height of 150 meters and announced the end of firing. The radio
car then announced no shooting'; the soldiers of the detail
checked the hits; they were recorded by the officer in charge of
the firing. This officer would then announce the "all clear for
the next firing. The entire fi.ring# including flights to and from
the tar
et a
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asted 20 minutes.
13. The results of the air-to-ground firing were good i
n the 4t
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&
Fighter Regiment. An average of 10 to 12 hits was achieved with
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Fig-re I a Overlay sheet
Firing Range BeIecko*
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COUNTRY: Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT: MTG-15 Gunnery Practice in
the Czechoslovak Air Force
1 October 1957
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Ville of Zwvbradek (h
(3) Village
(14) of l -steii
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b Area of Air-to-tamed
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and t fl tomixt the tow al"raft
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was i00 metro. This tart area wait located .."
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participant, r or the tiring, the offfic is ohwge* his airs;
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An feet awWance
A spa 805 tM*k with ft"L fighti equi nt
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tamt ax ers lasted 20 miawbe .
13. The
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ft -610
t i egIuMt, An ave a e of 10 to 12
90 rounds of anmuition.
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