PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF A CRITICAL PORTION OF THE VOLGA RIVER AND PLAIN.

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• Publication Date: December 13, 1959
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1. THE OVER-ALL QUALITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY IS EXCELLENT. HEAVY
CLOUD COVER TO COMPLETE OVERCAST WAS ENCOUNTERED AT BOTH THE BEGINNING
AND END OF THE TRACK. HOWEVER9 MOST OF THE MAJOR TARGET AREAS5 EXCEPT
THOSE IN THE CAUCASUS, WERE CLOUD FREE.
II. THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT COVERS ITEMS OF MILITARY
SIGNIFICANCE IN RESPONSE TO REQUIREMENTS LEVIED BY THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.
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RAIL4 CANALS RIVERS AND ROAD TRANSPORTATION NETS.
COVERAGE IS ALSO OBTAINED OF SOME 31 AIRFIELDS. THREE
OF THESE, ONE OF WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ARE MAJOR NEW FIELDS.
THE REMAINING 28 INCLUDE 11 MAJOR F.IELDS9 8 MINOR FIELDS AND LANDING
AREAS, 3 ABANDONED FIELDS% AND 6 ON WHICH DETAILED INTERPRETATION IS
NOT POSSIBLE. A TOTAL OF 1243 AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED, INCLUDING 290
BOMBER59 539 FIGHTERS9 132 TRANSPORTS9 85 LIAISON,'139 TRAINERS9 57
HELICOPTERSS AND 1 GLIDER.
OF THE KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER DURING THE PERIOD
TH OF
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PROVIDES EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF A
CRITICAL PORTION OF THE VOLGA RIVER AND PLAIN. INVALUABLE INFORMATION
IS RECORDED FOR DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION
III, SUMMARY
EXCELLENT COVERAGE ICS PROVIDED OF
TO THE GROWING LIST OF SUCH SITES NOW KNOWN TO CAI
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OF OVER 28 MONTHS SINCE THE PREVIOUS TALENT COVER. A WIDE S
THE VOLGA PLAIN FROM NORTH OF KUYBYSHEV TO STALINGRAD IS PHOTOGRAPHED
FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF WESTERN OBSERVERS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
WORLD WAR IIS
DDS SIXTEEN HEXAGON SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE'SITES
ST IN THE US P,
Ii.r' BOMBER AIRCRAFT INCLUDE 37 BISON9 18 BEARS 62 BADGER, 38 BULLS AND
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155 BEAGLE
FIGHTER AIRCRAFT INCLUDE 2 FISHPOT/FISHRED9 31 FARMER. 32 FLASHLIGHT.
AND 462: FAGOT/FRESCO.
GUIDED MISSILES
1*. KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER
THE KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER
WAS COVERED BY EXCELLENT QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY. OVER-ALL
THE CENTER IS CHARACTERIZED BY EXTENSIVE TROOP TRAINING
ACTIVITY AND BY AN EXPANSION OF EVERY
MAJOR LAUNCH COMPLEX. A TOTAL OF 243 A R RAFT ARE
FOUND AT VLADIMIROVKA/AKHTUBA AND KAPUSTIN YAR
AIRFIELDS. NO MAJOR DOWN RANGE INSTRUMENTATION OR
IMPACT AREAS WERE IDENTIFIED.
THE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE
SOUTH AND 15--CHARACTERIZED BY EXTENSIVE TROOP TRAINING
ACTIVITY. LAUNCH AREA SOUTH. UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN
i NCLUDES TWO FIXED FAN-SHAPED HEXAGONAL-TYPE
SITES. EACH WITH THREE TO FOUR COMPLETED EARTHEN
REVETMENTS. IN ADDITION. 10 THREELAUNCHER TROOP
TRAINING SITES. 7 OF WHICH ARE OCCUPIED. ARE LOCATED
NEARBY. A LARGE UNOCCUPIED BIVOUAC AREA. CAPARLF OF
BILLETING APPROXIMATELY 2900 TROOPS. IS LOCATED JUST
TO THE REAR OF THESE SITES.
A NEW-TYPE SAM LAUNCH AREA CONTAINING TWO
PROTOTYPE SITES. EACH WITH FOUR LAUNCH POINTS. HAS BEEN
CONSTRUCTED SOUTH OF THE TROOP TRAINING SITES. THIS
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AREA HAS AN ASSOCIATED GUIDANCE OR INSTRUMENTATION SITE
POSITIONED TO THE REAR.
THE R&D HERRINGBONE LAUNCH AREA LOCATED TO THE
NORTH HAS UNDERGONE NO MAJOR CHANGES. HOWEVER, QUALITY
OF-PHOTOGRAPHY HAS ENABLED THE IDENTIFICATION OF TWO
R&D HEXAGON SITES ONE OF WHICH APPEARS ABANDONED. THE
ACTIVE SITE, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN HARDENED, INCLUDES SIX
OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS AND THE CHARACTERISTIC
GUIDANCE EQUIPMENT`
AT LEAST 40 MISSILES ARE LOCATED IN THE PROTOTYPE
HERRINGBONE LAUNCH AREA. JUST NORTH OF THE RAIL
SUPPORTED SAM ASSEMBLY COMPLEX, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
VEHICLES AND PIECES OF EQUIPMENT PARKED IN A LARGE
FENCED AREA PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE A POSSIBLE TEST
CELL FACILITY.
A NEW LAUNCH COMPLEX HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND EACH
OF THE THREE MAJOR LAUNCH COMPLEXES (ZONES 7o 8 AND 9)
HAS BEEN EXPANDED. THE BRANCH RAIL LINE SERVING
ZONE 18 HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SERVICE A NEW SUPPORT AREA
UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT ZONE 9. IN ADDITION A LARGE
BIVOUAC AREA IS LOCATED TO THE REAR OF ZONE 9.
THE NEW LAUNCH COMPLEX IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
4.5 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ZONE 7. IT CONSISTS OF A
SINGLE LAUNCH PAD, ABOUT 200 FEET SQUARE, AND
ASSOCIATED SUPPORT FACILITIES ALL LOCATED WITHIN A
DOUBLE WIRE FENCE. A SMALL SUPPORT AREA CONTAINING 37
TENTS AND 4 BUILDINGS IS LOCATED NEARBY.
ZONE 7 15 BEING EXPANDED TO INCLUDE TWO NEW RAISED
LAUNCH PLATFORMS, EACH 30 FEET HIGH AND SERVED BY TWO
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RAMPS. THE PLATFORMS ARE ABOUT 100 FEET SQUARE AND
HOLES APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET IN DIAMETER ARE POSITIONED
NEAR THEIR CENTERS.
ZONE 8 HAS A NEW LAUNCH AREA WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO
LAUNCH POINTS. THERE APPEARS TO BE A VARIETY OF
COMPLEX EQUIPMENT AND/OR STRUCTURES INCLUDING A
VERTICAL LAUNCHING TOWER AND THREE INCLINED LAUNCHING
RAILS WITHIN THE ZONE.
ZONE 9 HAS A LAUNCH AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN AN
AREA LYING BETWEEN THE TWO EXISTING LAUNCH AREAS WHICH
WILL CONSIST OF TWO LAUNCH POINTS. IN ADDITION THERE
IS A NEW RAIL-SERVED SUPPORT FACILITY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION ABOUT FOUR MILES TO THE REAR. THIS
FACILITY WILL BE SERVED BY THE EXTENSION OF THE BRANCH
RAIL LINE FROM ZONE 18?
A LARGE TROOP BIVOUAC AREA IS LOCATED TO THE REAR
OF ZONE 9s THIS AREA IS SUB-DIVIDED INTO SIX UNIT
AREAS AND IS CAPABLE OF BILLETING ABOUT 6000 TROOPS.
ZONE 10 HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE TWO NEW
LAUNCH AREAS, BOTH OF WHICH ARF ROAD SERVED. ONE OF
THESE IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE AND THE OTHER IS IN AN
EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE RAIL-SERVED LAUNCH
AREA IS COMPLETE. CONSTRUCTION AT THE ADJOINING LAUNCH
AREA IS STILL INCOMPLETE9 HAVING PROGRESSED VERY LITTLE
SINCE THE _ COVERAGE.
A NEW GUIDANCE/INSTRUMENTATION FACILITY HAS BEEN
POSITIONED 5,000 FEET TO THE REAR OF ZONE 10. THIS
FACILITY CONSISTS OF TWO FENCED SITES, 26t400 FEET
APART, WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY A CABLE LINES
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ZONE 12 IS NOW COMPLETE AND HAS MARKED
SIMILARITIES TO AN ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT FACILITY IN
THE RANGEHEAD AT THE TYURA TAM MISSILE LAUNCHING
COMPLEX.
THREE TROOP TRAINING LAUNCH SITES ARE LOCATED
IN THE REGION BETWEEN ZONES 11 AND 12 WITH AN
ASSOCIATED POSSIBLE BARRACKS AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION
NEARBY. A FIELD EXERCISE IS UNDER WAY IN ONE OF THE
LAUNCH SITES AND INCLUDES AN ERECTED MISSILE ABOUT 55
FEET LONG AND=5 FEET IN DIAMETERS AND SEVERAL
SERVICING VEHICLES INCLUDING TWO PROBABLE LIQUID
PROPELLANT TRUCKS. THE DIMENSIONS OF THE MISSILE ARE
SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE KOROLOV LIQUID?FUELE
BALLISTIC MISSILE WHICH WAS
TO BE UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND TO HAVE
N THE ORDER OF 350 NAUTICA
A NEW MISSILE SUPPORT AREA SECURED BY A DOUBLE
WIRE FENCE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED JUST NORTHWEST OF ZONE
12. NUMEROUS VEHICLES AND PIECES OF EQUIPMENT,
ARRANGED IN THREE DISTINCT GROUPINGS, ARE PARKED
OUTSIDE THE FENCE. THIS AREA IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE TROOP TRAINING LAUNCH SITES.
ZONE 139 AN AIRBORNE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND LOADING
COMPLEX9 IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE
NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT INCLUDING 2 BEARS9 2 RADGERS9
1 BEAGLE, 13 FARMERS% 4 FLASHLIGHTS, 1 FAGOTS I COLTS
AND 2 FISHBED/FISHPOTS.
ZONE 149 A MISSILE PRODUCTION COMPLEX, EVIDENCES
EXTENSIVE EXPANSION. THERE IS A LARGE TWO-SECTION
STEEL-FRAME BUILDING 85 FEET HIGH IN AN EARLY STAGE
OF CONSTRUCTION. ONE SECTION MEASURES 400 BY 225 FEET
AND THE OTHERS WHICH WILL BE RAIL-SERVED MEASURES 400
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BY 80 FEET. OTHER SUPPORT BUILDINGS ARE ALSO UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN THE COMPLEX.
SUMMARY
THE FOLLOWING MAJOR POINTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED
1. THE KAPUSTIN
YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER HAS UNDERGONE
CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION BY THE ENLARGEMENT OF EXISTING
FACILITIES AND BY THE ADDITION OF MANY NEW ONES. THIS
FACTOR CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THE CENTER CONTINUES TO
BE A MAJOR SOVIET MISSILE FLIGHT TEST FACILITY,
2. THE SAM COMPLEX APPEARS.TO BE THE MAIN
SOVIET CENTER FOR SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE FLIGHT
TESTING, TROOP TRAINING, AND POSSIBLY, UNIT EQUIPMENT
OUTFITTING. THE TWO NEW PROTOTYPE SITES IDENTIFIED IN
THIS MISSION MAY WELL CONSTITUTE THE NEXT GENERATION
SAM SYSTEM OR AN IMPROVEMENT OF A PRESENT SYSTEM.
3. THE NUMBER OF BALLISTIC AND CRUISE
MISSILE LAUNCH POINTS HAS DOUBLED
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CENTER NOW INCLUDES FIVE MAJOR LAUNCH
COMPLEXES WITH 18 FIXED LAUNCH POINTS-(-5. UNDER
CONSTRUCTION) AS CONTRASTED WITH FOUR COMPLEXES AND 9
FIXED LAUNCH POINTS CONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
IN ADDITION, THE CENTER NOW ALSO INCLUDES THREE TROOP
TRAINING LAUNCH SITES FOR LARGE ROAD-MOBILE BALLISTIC
MISSILES. THIS INCREASE, COUPLED WITH THE INCREASED
NUMBER OF SUPPORT FACILITIES AND THE PRESENCE OF A
LARGE NEW ASSOCIATED TROOP BIVOUAC AREA CAPABLE OF
QUARTERING 69400 TROOPS9-INDICATES AN EXPANDED FLIGHT
TESTING AND TROOP TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE CENTER.
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HEXAGON SAM SITES
A TOTAL OF SIXTEEN HEXAGON SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE
(SAM) SITES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE KUYBYSHEV9
SARATOV-s AND STALINGRAD AREAS. TWELVE SITES ARE
POSITIONED AROUND KUYBYSHEV9. FIVE OF THESE HAVE AN
IMMEDIATE OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY, FOR ANOTHER THREE
CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE REMAINING FOUR
ARE IN VARYING STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. ONLY ONE SITE
WAS LOCATED NEAR SARATOV AND CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN
COMPLETED AT THIS SITE BUT NO EQUIPMENT INSTALLED,
THREE SITES ARE POSITIONED AROUND STALINGRAD AND ALL
HAVE AN IMMEDIATE OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY.
A FENCED SECOND-ECHELON SUPPORT FACILITY IS
LOCATED NEAR THE LENIN HYDROELECTRIC STATION AND DAM
30NM NW .OF KUYBYSHEV. THIS FACILITY CONTAINS 24
CANVAS-COVERED MISSILES ON TRANSPORTERS, 6 PROBABLE
LAUNCHERS4 25 GENERAL-PURPOSE VEHICLES, TWO MOBILE
CRANES, TWO LARGE AND ONE SMALL REVETTED BUILDINGS, AND
ONE LARGE DRIVE-THROUGH BUILDING.
A TOTAL OF 74 MISSILES9 54 LAUNCHERS, AND FIVE
FRUIT SET RADARS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THE SAM SITES
AND SECOND ECHELON SUPPORT FACILITY.
A TABULATION OF THESE 16 SITES IS PRESENTED IN THE
FOLLOWING TABLE (NEXT PAGE).
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TABULATION OF HEXAGON SAM SITES*
IN THE KUYBYSHEV9 SARATOV9 AND STALINGRAD AREAS
SITE
D ST & DIP
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F
COORD
STTATUSSUOF LAUNCHERS
ONT
MISSILES
GUIDANCE
Not
R
KUYBYSHEV
32MM NW
5229N
COMPLETE
6
7
10UPOSSS EVEHS
4923E
26NM NW
5331N
COMPLETE
6
6
PROB
4941E
NNW
28 NM
5337N
U/C
,
4948E
22.5NM NNE
5332N
COMPLETE
6
6
10 VEHICLES
5017E
32IM WNW
5322N
U/C
4916E
30MM WNW
5321N
COMPLETE
6
7
10 VEHICLES
4922E
23NM NW
5323N
COMPLETE
4938E
8
1'7NM ENE
5318N
COMPLETE
5034E
9
25NM W
5309N
U/C
4551E
10
23MM W
4935E
U1/C5 SITE
11
12NM SSW
55259N
COMPLETE
6
5 POSE
10 POSS VEHS
5002E
12
16NI SE
5302N
COMPLETE
5029E
SARAT OV
13
19NM ENE
5136N
COMPLETE
4629E
~TAL I NGRAD
14
15NM NNE
4859N
COMPLETE
6
FRUIT SET
10 FOSS VEHS
4440E
15
11NM NW
4851N
COMPLETE
6
FRUIT SET
10 VEHICLES
4421E
'16
15MM E
4843N
COMPLETE
6
FRUIT SET
10 VEHICLES
4455E
LOCATION MAP
ON FOLLOWING PAGE
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LOCATION OF HEXAGON TYPE SAM SITES
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AIRFIELDS
KRASNOGVARDEYSKOYE AIRFIELD
39 49 N - 67 17 E
OBLIQUITY AND DISTANCE PRECLUDE DETAILED
INTERPRETATION
SAMARKAND AIRFIELD
39 41 N - 66 59 E
OBLIQUITY AND DISTANCE PRECLUDE DETAILED
INTERPRETATION
NEW MAJOR AIRFIELD I NM S OF KARSHI
38 50 N m 65 45 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED CLOUD COVER
PRECLUDES INTERPRETATION
79500 FT. CONCRETE RUNWAY m CLOUDS PRECLUDE WIDTH
DETERMINATION
4.. KARSHI SOUTHEAST AIRFIELD
38 52 N.- 65 55 E
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AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 29 BEAGLE (PROBABLE)
24 FAGOT/FRESCO, 2 CAB (POSSIBLE),
89000 X 200 FT. CONCRETE RUNWAY
5. NEW AIRFIELD 2. NM W OF URALSK
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 2 BULL, 133 MOOSE, 1 MARE
(PROBABLE)
SOD LANDING AREA ? SNOW COVER PRECLUDES IDENTI-
FICATION OF AREA BOUNDARIES
6. URALSK AIRFIELD
51 14 N - 51 23 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 12 U/I SINGLE ENGINE
34500 X 240 FT. BLACKTOP RUNWAY
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED OBLIQUITY AND DISTANCE PRE-
CLUDE DETAILED INTERPRETATION
81,004 (APPROX.) X 250 FT. SURFACED RUNWAY
BOBROVKA AIRFIELD
53 09 N m 50 42 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 48 FAGOT/FRESCO, 2 CAR, 5
CREEK (PROBABLE)
69,400 X 200 FT. BLACKTOP RUNWAY
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KUYBYSHEV/KRYAZH AIRFIELD
53 07 N m 50 06 E
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AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 5 CABS 6 COLTS 2 CRATES 22
CREEK-TYPE
5:500 X 59000 FT. SOD LANDING AREA
10. KUYBYSHEV/SMYSHLAYEVKA AIRFIELD
53 14 N 50 22 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 14 CAB, 2 COLT, 10 CRATE.
3 MAX (PROBABLE). 3 U/I TRAINERS
0 X 120 FT. BLACKTOP RUNWAY
11. KUYBYSHEV/BEZYMYANKA AIRFIELD
53 13 N - 50 19 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 15 BEAR* 23 BADGER. 6 CAB%
3 CLEAT. 1 CRATE. 2 CREEK
NOTE a SPARE HORIZONTAL TAIL ASSEMBLIES ON
GROUND NEAR BEAR AIRCRAFT MAY INDICATE
MODIFICATION OF BEAR TO TU-114D HIGH SPEED
TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
99200 X 295 FT BLACKTOP RUNWAY.
TWO PREVIOUSLY REPORTED CONCRETE RUNWAYS NOW
UTILIZED AS TAXIWAY/PARKING APRONS.
12. CHAPAYEVSK AIRFIELD
52 56 N - 49 37 E
NO AIRCRAFT OBSERVED
SNOW COVER PRECLUDES RUNWAY DETERMINATION
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1.3. NEW MAJOR AIRFIELD U/C 5 NM N OF BOLSHAYA
TSAREVSHCHI NA
53 31 N 49 57 E
NO AIRCRAFT OBSERVED
69600 x 250 FT BLACKTOP RUNWAY U/C
14. BEZENCHUK AIRFIELD
52 58 N - 49 24 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 58 FAGOT/FRESCO
SNOW COVER PRECLUDES RUNWAY DETERMINATION
15. SYZRAN NORTHEAST AIRFIELD
53 14 N - 48 34 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 63 FAGOT/FRESCOS 60 PROBABLE
FAGOT/FRESCOS 1 COLT (PROBABLE)' 4 CREEK
(PROBABLE)
690'00 X 150 FT PACKED EARTH RUNWAY
16. REPYEVKA AIRFIELD
53 11 N ? 48 03 E
NO AIRCRAFT OBSERVED
69000 X 600 FT PACKED EARTH RUNWAY
17. RYABINA AIRFIELD
52 55 N 48 17 E
NO AIRCRAFT OBSERVED
SNOW COVER PRECLUDES RUNWAY DETERMINATION
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18. VOLSK AIRFIELD
52 02 N - 47 20 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 2 BEAGLE, 4 FAGOT/FRESCOS
1 FARMER (POSSIBLE), 2 CABS9 3 COLTS, 1 CRATES
3 HOUNDS
SNOW COVER PRECLUDES RUNWAY DETERMINATION
19. BARANOVKA AIRFIELD
52 08 N ? 46 58 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 5 BEAGLE, 45 FAGOT/FRESCO,
2 HOUNDS
69600 X 200 FT CONCRETE RUNWAY,
8,000 X 200 FT SOD RUNWAY
20. SARATOV SOUTH AIRFIELD
51 28 N m 45 57 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 25 FLASHLIGHT POSSIBLE C
MODEL), 3 CABS 1 CREEK
69000 X 240 FT CONCRETE RUNWAY; 49200 X 240 FT
SOD RUNWAY
21. SARATOV WEST AIRFIELD
51 32 N - 45 51 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 65 FAGOT/FRESCO, 2 UNIDENTI-
FIED LIAISON TYPE
69200 X 270 FT CONCRETE RUNWAY9 39300 X 270 FT
CONCRETE RUNWAY
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22. SARATOV AIRFIELD
51 33 N - 46 03 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 15 CAB, 4 COLTS 25 CREEK
6,900 X 360 FT BLACK TOP RUNWAY
2.3. ENGELS AIRFIELD
51 29 N - 46 14 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 37 BISON9 1 BEAR, 20 BADGER,
9 BULL, 7 BEAGLE, 1.7 FAGO1, 4 FARMER, 3 CAB,
1 COLT9 1 CRATE, 1 CREEK, 31 HARE, 7 HOUND..
119200 X 250 FT CONCRETE RUNWAY
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24. NEW MAJOR AIRFIELD, 10.5 NM NW OF KAMYSHIN
50 14 N - 45 11 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 2 BULL, 59 BEAGLE, 1 COLTS
1 CREEK.
8 s 500 X 270 FT HARD SURFACED RUNWAY, 1,0900a X 340
FT SOD RUNWAY.
2.5. STALIMGRAD/BEKETOVSKAYA AIRFIELD
48 33 N 44 24 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 2 UNIDENTIFIED TRANSPORT TYPE.
69000 (ESTIMATED) X 200 FT HARD SURFACED RUNWAY
STALINGRAD/GUMRAC. AIRFIELD
48 47 N - 44 21 E
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AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 5 CABs 5 COLT. 8 CRATE.
9 CREEK (POSSIBLE)
6.500 X 240 FT CONCRETE AND SOD RUNWAY
(3.300 FT CONCRETE)o 6#400 X 310 FT SOD RUNWAY.
27. KAPUSTIN YAR AIRFIELD
48 4+0 N ? 45 43 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 6 CAB. 4 COLT. 2 CRATE.
11 CREEK4 8 HOUNDS.
31500 X 2.500 FT SOD LANDING AREA.
28. VLA:DIMIROVKA/AKHTUBA AIRFIELD
48 18 N 46 09 E
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 2 BEARS 19 BADGER. 25 BULL.
33 BEAGLES 78 FAGOT/FRESCO (38. FAGOT-) 24
FRESCOS 16 UNDETERMINED). 26 FARMER. 7 FLASH-
LIGHT. 2 FISHBED/FISHPOT4 3 CAB. 4 COLT. 5
CRATE. 2 CREEK. 6 HOUND
89200 X 260 FT. CONCRETE RUNWAY
99700 X 535 FT. PACKED EARTH RUNWAY
129000 X 240 FT GRADED EARTH RUNWAY
29. THREE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AIRFIELDS
NOW ABANDONED
MAYTUGA AIRFIELD
52 59 N - 49 18 E
SYZRAN AIRFIELD
53 10 N m 48 31 E.
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STALINGRAD SOUTHWEST AIRFIELD
48 40 N ? 44 20 E
30. FOUR PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AIRFIELDS COULD
ZHIGULEVSK AIRFIELD
53 24 N ? 49 28 E
PECHERSKOYE AIRFIELD
53 15 N - 48 53 E
BALAKOVO AIRFIELD
52 02 N - 47 51 E
BEZYMYANNAYA AIRFIELD
51 21 N - 46 26 E
THE URALSK AREA IS COVERED BY EXCELLENT
PHOTOGRAPHY AND INCLUDES SUCH INSTALLATIONS AS THE
URALSK TORPEDO PLANT 2319 POL9 & EXTENSIVE RAILYARD &
INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES. OTHER ITEMS NOTED INCLUDE A
POSSIBLE FIX-FOUR DF INSTALLATION ONE NM NE OF THE
CITY, A POSSIBLE MICRO-WAVE TOWER 3 NM E OF THE CITY,
A POSSIBLE FISHBONE ANTENNA AT NOVAYA Z.HIZN * AND A NEW
ROAD OR RAILROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION RUNNING TO THE
EAST.
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20 N, 50 13 Ep
THIS AREA, WELL COVERED BY PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDES
AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXPERIMENTAL PLANT 2s PHOTOGRAPHY
SHOWS THE ENGINE TEST CELLS AT THE SOUTH ENE) OF THE
PLANT, AND DISCLOSES THAT THE PLANT IS CURRENTLY
UNDERGOING EXPANSION.
STAVROPOL (53 31 Ns 49 24 E)
THE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF STAVROP?OL AND THE LENIN
STATION AND DAM ARE COVERED BY EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHY.
STAVROPOL HAS BEEN REPORTED AS~A NEW AND RAPIDLY
GROWING INDUSTRIAL CENTER WITH HUGE PLANTS BEING BUILT
FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC RUBBER, MERCUPY-AH'C
RECTIFIERS, MACHINERYs ETC. s PHOTOGRAPHY
DISCLOSES A LARGE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION
INCLUDING A POSSIBLE CHEMICAL PLANT, HEAVY INDUSTRY
WITH LARGE FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY-TYPE BUILDINGS, TWO
LARGE COOLING TOWERS, ETC.
4. KUYBYSHEV C53 12 N9 50 05 E)
THE KUYBYSHEV COMPLEX IS COMPLETELY COVERED BY
PHOTOGRAPHY INCLUDING EXTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL AREAS,
COMMUNICATIONS, RAIL AND RIVER TRANSPORT WITH
ASSOCIATED FACILITXES, AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
AMONG THE MANY INSTALLATIONS NOTED WERE THE FOLLOWING
KUYBYSHEV PETROLEUM REFINERIES 2 AND 3
AIRCRAFT ENGINE PLANT (FRUNZE) 24
STALIN AIRFRAME PLANT I
AIRFRAME PLANT 18
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A COMMUNICATIONS CENTER 438 LATTICE TOWER89 THREE
TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER BUILDINGS)
A COMMUNICATIONS CENTER (FIVE FISHBONE ANTENNAS9
THREE SINGLE RHOMBIC ANTENNAS, AND ADDITIONAL
MASTS)
NOVO SEMEYKINO RADIO STATION
KURUMOCH STORAGE AREA (53 29 N% 50 02 E)
A LARGE STORAGE AREAS UNIDENTIFIED AS TO MATERIAL
STORED, MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 10#500 X 2.600 FEET.
IN ADDITION TO ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSING, THIS
FACILITY CONTAINS WIDELY SEPARATED ROWS OF SMALL
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS IN STORAGE) WITH NO EVIDENCE OF
REVETMENTS OR OTHER BLAST PROTECTION. THE STORAGE AREA
IS LIGHTLY SECURED AND APPEARS TO HAVE ROWS OF WHAT
MAY BE LIGHTENING ARRESTORS AND/OR LIGHT POLES,
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7. CHAPAYEVSK t52 58 N9 49 44 E)
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CHAPAYEVSK EXPLOSIVES AND MUNITIONS LOADING PLANT
(COMBINE 15 AND 309) SHOWS APPROXIMATELY A ONE-THIRD
INCREASE IN FACILITIES9 AND A MARKED INCREASE IN
SECURITY, SINCE THE LAST COVERAGE PHOTOGRAPHY). APPROXIMATELY TWO NM SE OF THIS PLANT THERE
IS NOW A HEAVILY SECURED EXPLOSIVES STORAGE AREA CON-
TAINING 38 REVETTED BUILDINGS.
.A TROOP MANEUVER AREA IS LOCATED FOUR NM S OF
CHAPAYEVSK. THIS AREA CONTAINS SOME NINE TOWERS9 AND
MAY ALSO SERVE AS A MUNITIONS PROVING GROUND4
VOLSK MILITARY GARRISON (52 05 No 47 20 E)
A FENCED MILITARY GARRISON AREA LOCATED TWO NM NW
OF VOLSK. THE INSTALLATION CONTAINS FIVE LARGE BAR-
RACKS-TYPE BUILDINGS9 THREE UNOCCUPPIED TENT AREAS CON-
TAIN A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 250 10 BY 10 FOOT TENT
PLATFORMS9 THREE MOTOR POOLS CONTAINING SOME 215 MIS-
CELLANEOUS VEHICLES AND 16 UNIDENTIFIED TANKS* THERE
APPEARS TO BE LITTLE RECENT TRAINING ACTIVITY ALTHOUGH
BOTH ARMORED AND INFANTRY TRAINING ARE INDICATED.
SARATOV COMPLEX (51 31-N9 46 00 E-
THE IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF SARATOV WAS
WELL COVERED BY PHOTOGRAPHY. INCLUDED IN THE COVERAGE
WAS AIRFRAME PLANT 292 WITH ITS FLY AWAY FIELD SARATOV
SOUTH* NEW OIL FIELDS NORTH OF THE CITY AND THE IN-
CREASED HOUSING THAT HAS BEEN ADDED BOTH NORTH AND
SOUTH OF THE CITY,
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10. BOMBING RANGE (51 10 N9 46 20 E)
A LARGE BOMBING RANGES INCLUDING TARGET AIRCRAFT,)
CIRCULAR, RECTANGULAR AND TRIANGULAR TARGETS, REVET-
MENTS, BUNKERS AND SUPPORT AREA IS LOCATED NEAR THE RE-
PORTED LOCATION OF ZHUKOUKA AIRFIELD& (A/F POSITION AS
REPORTED ON SAC SERIES 200 CHARTS)..
11. POL9 ENGELS A/F.
SOUTH OF ENGELS AIRFIELD IS LOCATED
A WIRE SECURED POL TANK STORAGE AREA THAT IS BOTH RAIL
& ROAD SERVED. WITHIN THE AREA ARE 57 CYLINDRICAL
TANKS AND FIVE BURIED TANKS.
12. STALINGRAD (48 42 Ni 44 30 E)
THE CITY IS COVERED BY PHOTOGRAPHY RANGING IN
QUALITY FROM FAIR TO POOR: THE STALINGRAD TRACTOR
PLANT WZERZBENSKIY 2649 STALINGRAD ORDNANCE &
MUNITIONS PLANT' STALINGRAD STEEL PLANT AND OTHERS ARE
COVERED BY EITHER VERTICAL OR OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY,
THE STALINGRAD HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT AND DAM ARE
WELL COVERED BY VERTICAL AND OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY,)
AND EXTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY CAN BE SEEN.
13. AMMUNITION DEPOT NEAR STALINGRAD
(48 54N. 44 17 E)
APPROXIMATELY 14 NM NORTHWEST OF STALINGRAD IS AN
AMMUNITION STORAGE DEPOTS RAIL SERVED & CONTAINING 50
STORAGE BUILDINGS.
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THIS CIT'Y9 JUST NORTH OF STALINGRAD, WAS COVERED
BY OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY.
OT9ER INSTALLATIONS
1. MAYDA DZHABU (39 28 Ns 65 50 E)
LOCATED 6 NM NORTHWEST OF MAYDA DZHABU IS A
PROBABLE BURIED DOUBLE PIPELINE RUNNING SW TO NE, THIS
IS INDICATED BY TWO PARALLEL GROUND SCARS APPROXIMATELY
10 FEET WIDE9 APPROXIMATELY 110 FEET APART9 AND WITH
POSSIBLE SERVICE FACILITY.
VOLGA RIVER9 SOUTH OF SARATOV (51 30 No 45 57 E)
NUMEROUS TOWNS AND SMALL VILLAGES AT LOW POINTS ON
THE BANKS OF THE VOLGA HAVE BEEN MOVED SHORT DISTANCES
INLAND TO HIGHER GROUND IN PREPARATION FOR THE RISE OF
WATER THAT IS RESULTING FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT AT STALINGRAD. SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
OKTYABRSKOYE 251 01 N9 46 02 E9
3. VOLGA RIVER AND CANALS
WINTER FREEZE HAS STOPPED ALL BOAT TRAFFIC ON THE
VOLGA RIVER AND CANALS IN THE AREAS OBSERVED.
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