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SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE NORTH CAUCASUS MD

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP78B04560A004200010013-8
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
T
Document Page Count: 
8
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
December 28, 2000
Sequence Number: 
13
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
December 1, 1964
Content Type: 
REPORT
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CIN T R o o 1 Approved For Release 2 110E%JR VP78B04560A004200010013-8 NP I C/R 5049/64 TCS10580/64 December 1964 Copy 1 8 6 Pages SOVIET MILITARY ORDER OF BATTLE NORTH CAUCASUS MD Handle Via TALENT - KEYHOLE Control Only Z Declass Review by N I MA/DOD This document contains classified informati.on affecting the national security of the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws U. S. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, as well as its use in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized to receive TALENT.KEYHOLE information. Its security must be maintained in accordance with KEYHOLE and TALENT regulations. NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2002/01/14: CIA-RDP78B04560A004200010 li4.'a'e'a..,.m,.. o prodinp pid der lee.( Handl PProved For Release 20D2P01T1~CClA-RDP78B~4?60AY04200010013-8 TALENT-KEYHOLE Control System Only TCS-10580/64 NPIC/R-5049/64 This report is one in a series on Soviet Ground Force and Logistic installations being prepared for a DIA/CIA Panel. The series is being coordinated, published and disseminated by NPIC. The photographic analysis is being performed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group, the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division (NPIC), and the Production Center 1Plc (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re- port was performed by the Production Center 1Plc. In the interest of uniformity, the titles and letter designators for the facilities observed at these installations are identical with those appearing in the project requirement. When a specific facility is not observed both its title and letter designator are omitted in the report. Titles and letter designators for the various facilities are as follows: (A) railroad service, (B) road service, (C) landing strips, (D) administrative and troop housing areas, (E) storage areas, (F) am- munition storage areas, (G) POL storage areas, (H) other buildings and facilities, (J) equipment storage/ maintenance areas, (K) athletic fields, (L) small arms firing ranges, (M) driver training areas, (N) tank/ assault gun firing ranges, (P) flat trajectory firing ranges, (Q) artillery emplacements (batteries), (R) infantry or combined arms field train- ing areas or courses, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified facilities or tracking activity. Handle Via -KE Approved For Release 2002/01/14: CIA-RDP78BO456OA004200010013-8TALE HO TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF Controi l System Only Approved For Release 2002/01/14: CIA-RDP78BO456OA004200010013-8 Handle Via TALENT-KEYHOLE Control System Only TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF TCS-10580/64 NPIC/R-5049/64 SAM SUPPORT AREA AND GARRISON (48-52N 044-38E) VOLGOGRAD, VOLGOGRADSKAYA OBLAST, USSR NORTH CAUCASUS MD Tuapse Cherkesske W.'' __ " TRANS AUCASUS` MD Kapustin Yar I Astrakhan, Groznyy `,, Makhachkalas FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF SAM SUPPORT AREA AND GARRISON. Handle Via Approved For Release 2002/01/14: CIA-RDP78BO456OA004200 ; I ff !r ysYJYHOLern only TOP SECRET CHESS. RUFF M0SCD M D/ . Hand l~ TOP SECRET A F TALENTEQed For Release 2002/01/14 :CIA- D 0 200010013-8 Control System Only FIGURE 2. SAM SUPPORT AREA AND GARRISON, VOLGOGRAD,, USSR, TCS-10580/64 NPIC/R-5049/64 Handle Via Approved For Rabe 2O RETc CHESS RUFF 0042000100O V F' tC Control Sy Sysstem tem Only ly 11 ApprovecT1Q R51aQ7002/a'I%1 CIA RDP 8BO456OA004200010013-8 H TALE ndle Via T-KEYHOLE TCS-10580/64 Contr l System Only NPIC/R-5049/64 This installation is located approximately 12 kilometers (km) north of the center of Volgograd (F It su pa gure 1) and covers approximately 140 acres. is road served, and consists of a fenced SAM ort facility, a partially fenced motor vehicle I'll rk an administration /barracks area, and an , 2 nd closed ammunition storage area (Figures a 3). Between the SAM support facility and the bar- racks area are 2 unoccupied 8-gun AAA sites. E missions, , covered the fro area. A comparative analysis reveals no major changes in this apparently active installation. DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION Other Buildings and Facilities oad Service I This installation has good, all-weather road j~dmini.strative and Troop Housing Area Area D contains 3 multistory barracks, 4 ad- Area buildings (3 are multistory), 7 sup- ort buildings, and 25 quarters. Area contains a large drive-through hangar-type building, 7 support buildings, and 4 revetted storage buildings. Equipment Storage/ Maintenance Area Area J contains a partially enclosed 1,200- by 300-foot motor park and a 145- by 35-foot vehicle maintenance /storage building. Although there is considerable trackage, there is no evidence of a permanent driver-training facility. Six 185- by 45-foot support buildings and two Ammunition Storage Area 120- by 35-foot vehicle storage buildings are utside the motor park area, between Area F contains 5 ammunition storage build- oc Areas dD oand F. Handle Via TALENT-KEYHOLE Approved For Release 2002/01/14: CIA-RDP78B0 60A0042000100ilt I System Only T.,rl cr-E D T rNFSS RUft TQ1g ~C~ET CHESS RUFF Approved For Release 02 CIA-RDP78BO456OA004200010013-8 Handle Via TALENT-KEYHOLE Control System Only FIGURE 3. SAM SUPPORT AREA AND GARRISON. Sketch compiled from -5- Approved For Release 2002/01/14: CIA-RDP78BO456 TOP SECRET CHESS TCS-10580/64 NPIC/R-5049/64 Handle Via TALENT-KEYHOLE %4200010013-8 Control System Only Handle via Approved FoTRUeleaSe-2U021D'I/1~. C`I?kRDR`~604560A004200010013-8 ALENT-KEYHOLE ontrol System Only TCS-10580/64 NPIC/R-5049/64 25X1 D US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0235-16A, 2d ed, Feb 60 (SECRET) MPS OR CHARTS Army. PIB 94-60, SAM Support Area and Garrison, Stalingrad, USSR, Feb 60 (TOP SECRET CHESS) Handle Via Approved For Release 2002/01/14: CIA-RDP78B04560A004200 di3F8"HOLE TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF ontrolSystem Only TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2002/01/14: CIA-RDP78B04560A004200010013-8 Approved For Release 2002/01/14: CIA-RDP78B04560A004200010013-8 TOP SECRET

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