ARMOR TRAINING AREAS OMSK, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000600020020-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: February 3, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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ARMOR TRAINING AREAS
OMSK, USSR
February 19 5
1. THESE TRAINING AREAS INCLUDE OMSK MANEUVER AREA SOUTH WHICH IS
LOCATED 6 NM SOUTH OF OMSK, AND ANOTHER MILITARY AREA WHICH IS
LOCATED 6.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF OMSK. THE OMSK AREA HAS BEEN COV-
ERED BY
2. COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT OMSK RAILROAD REPAIR AND TANK PLANT,
VOROSHILOV 174, ONE OF THE LARGER PRODUCERS OF TANKS IN THE SOVIET
UNION1IS BELIEVED TO HAVE TEST FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLANT. ?
3. THIS MISSION REVEALS OMSK MANEUVER AREA SOUTH HAS AN ADMINISTRATION/
SUPPORT AREA CONTAINING ONE U-SHAPED AND 11 LARGE ADMINISTRATION/
SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AT LEAST 80 SMALLER BUILDINGS, AN UNDETERMINED
NUMBER OF TENT BASES, ONE ATHLETIC FIELD, AND 2 SMALL-ARMS FIRING
RANGES. IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE ADMINISTRATION/SUPPORT AREA IS A
SECURED MOTOR POOL CONTAINING 4 LARGE MAINTENANCE BUILDINGS, ONE
OTHER LARGE BUILDING, 5 SMALLER BUILDINGS, AND 12 REVETTED HORI-
ZONTAL POL TANKS. A DOUBLE FENCED AREA, IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE
ADMINISTRATION/SUPPORT AREA, CONTAINS 2 LARGE AND 7 SMALLER STORAGE
BUILDINGS. A SMALLER BUILDING IS JUST OUTSIDE AND EAST OF THE AREA.
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes oily and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be consi?~red valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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February 19155
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THREE NM NORTH OF THE ADMINISTRATION/SUPPORT AREA ARE 2 DOUBLE
SECURED AREAS, ONE OF WHICH CONTAINS 2 LARGE AND 8 SMALLER PROB-
ABLE STORAGE BUILDINGS. THE SECOND AREA CONTAINS 2 SMALL T-SHAPED
BUILDINGS, 3 OTHER SMALL BUILDINGS, 25 SMALL HORIZONTAL POL TANKS,
AND 3 REVETTED AREAS. A TRACKED-VEHICLE DRIVER-TRAINING COURSE,
A MOVING-TARGET TANK-FIRING RANGE (SUBCALIBER), AND 5 SMALL-ARMS
FIRING RANGES ARE LOCATED WEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION/SUPPORT AREA.
NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND FA/AAA REVETMENTS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE
AREA. APPROXIMATELY 50 UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT
ARE OBSERVED IN THE MOTOR POOL.
THE OTHER MILITARY AREA, 3.5 NM NE OF OMSK MANEUVER AREA SOUTH,
HAS A FENCED ADMINISTRATION/SUPPORT AREA CONTAINING ONE T-SHAPED
AND 21 ADMINISTRATION/SUPPORT BUILDINGS, ONE PROBABLE VEHICLE MAIN-
TENANCE BUILDING, AND 19 STORAGE-.TYPE BUILDINGS. SIX ADMINISTRATION
BUILDINGS, 32 BARRACKS, AND 24+ OTHER BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED IMMEDI-
ATELY WEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION/SUPPORT AREA. A POL STORAGE AREA,
IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE ADMINISTRATION/SUPPORT AREA, CONTAINS ONE
BUILDING, 3 MOUNDED AREAS, AND 13 LARGE AND 12 SMALL PROBABLE HORI-
ZONTAL POL TANKS. THE MILITARY AREA ALSO CONTAINS A MOVING-TARGET
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of is
 Approve
3 February 1965
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TANK-FIRING RANGE (SUBCALIBER), A TRACKED-VEHICLE DRIVER-TRAINING
COURSE, AND NUMEROUS UNOCCUPIED TRENCH SYSTEMS AND FA/AAA REVET-
MENTS.
TWENTY-TWO TANKS/SP GUNS, 13 CARGO TRUCKS, 11 OTHER VEHICLES,
AND 12 OTHER VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED IN THE ADMIN-
ISTRATION/SUPPORT AREA.
BOTH OF THE TRACKED-VEHICLE DRIVER-TRAINING COURSES CONSIST
OF A SERIES OF RAMPS, DITCHES, AND OTHER MAN-MADE ?ACLES, AND
COULD BE USED AS TESTING, AS WELL AS TRAINING, FACILITIES.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to -the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
For ReIease2.QQ6/14
 ARMOR TRAINING AREAS
OMSK, USSR
54-52N 73-24E
MOVING TARGET TANK
FIRING RANGE ]SUB-CALIBER)
TRACKED VEHICLE DRIVER
! TRAINING COURSE
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f; TRACNEO VEHICLE DRIVER
r s TRAINND COURSE,
APPROXIMATELY 50 UNIDENTIFIED POL AREA
VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT
MILITARY AREA
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L POL STORAGE AREA
MOVING TARGET TANK
FIRING RANGE [SUB-CALIBERL
CARGO TRUCKS
VEHICLES/PIECES TGF EQUIPMENT'
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