AIRBORNE MILITARY INSTALLATION CHORTKOV, USSR CARPATHIAN MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: July 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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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 1P lc.
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, (II) 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.
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AIRBORNE MILITARY INSTALLATION
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CHORTKOV, TERNOBOLSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
CARPATHIAN MD
Railroad, single track
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FIGURE I. LOCATION OF AIRBORNE MILITARY INSTALLATION.
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An airborne military installation, located
on the west side of Chortkov (Figure 1), covers
approximately 260 acres, is road served, and
has rail access.
The major structures found within the area
(Figures 2 and 3) are 14 multistory barracks,
three barracks, five multistory administrative
buildings, 15 administrative buildings, two vehi-
cle maintenance buildings, four vehicle storage
buildings, one possible vehicle storage building,
22 storage buildings, two possible storage build-
ings, two ammunition storage buildings, one
possible ammunition storage building, and 36
support buildings.
Training facilities include two athletic
fields, two small-arms ranges, one probable
free-fall jump tower, one probable jump tower,
nine probable mock-up cargo-type planes, four
possible mock-up trainer-type planes, and three
empty emplacement pads.
The installation is active and little change
increasing improvement in the quality of photog-
raphy shows buildings which are not new but
which could not be previously identified on
earlier photography.
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Railroad Service
The installation has rail access to the
single-track $uchach-Chortkov rail line.
Road Service
The installation is served by all-weather
roads.
Administrative and Troop Housing Areas
Area D1 contains five multistory barracks,
two barracks, two multistory administrative
buildings, two administrative buildings, one
storage building, and eight support buildings.
Area D2 contains three multistory barracks,
two multistory administrative buildings, one
storage building, and 10 support buildings.
Area D3 contains six multistory barracks,
one barracks, one multistory administrative
building, eight administrative buildings, four
storage buildings, and 11 support buildings.
General Storage Areas
Area El, a secured open storage area,
contains one administrative building.
Area E2, a secured open storage area.,
contains three storage buildings.
Area E3 contains one administrative build-
ing, seven storage buildings, and one support
building.
Ammunition Storage Areas
Area Fl contains one administrative build-
ing, one 85- by 40-foot ammunition storage
building, and one 40- by 40-foot ammunition
storage building.
Area F2 contains one 95- by 35-foot possible
ammunition storage building.
Other Buildings or Structures
Area Ill is a probable free-fall jump tower
with one support building.
Area 142 contains one administrative build-
ing, one storage building, nine probable mock-
up cargo planes, four possible mock-up trainer-
type planes, and three empty placement pads.
Area H3 is a probable jump tower.
Area H4 contains two possible storage build-
ings connected by a walk-over structure.
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FIGURE 2. AIRBORNE MILITARY INSTALLATION, CHORTKOV, USSR
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Railroad, single track
Road
Fence
FIGURE 3. AIRBORNE MILITARY INSTALLATION, CHORTKOV. Sketch compiled from)
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Equipment Storage/Maintenance Areas
Area J1 contains one 275- by 35-foot vehicle
storage building, one 240- by 35-foot vehicle
storage building, one 150- by 55-foot vehicle
maintenance building, and one 105- by 55-foot
vehicle maintenance building.
Area J2 contains one 190- by 35-foot vehicle
storage building and one storage building.
Area J3 contains one 195- by 55-foot pos-
sible vehicle storage building and one storage
building.
Area J4 contains one 290- by 35-foot vehicle
storage building, one administrative building,
three storage buildings, and five support
buildings.
Athletic Fields
Two athletic fields are indicated as Areas
K1 and K2.
Small-Arms Firing Ranges
Areas L1 and L2 are small-arms firing
ranges. L1 is 160 by 50 feet, and L2 is 600
by 40 feet.
MAPS OR CHARTS
US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0233-16HL, 4th ed, Oct 62 (SECRET)
US Air Target Mosaic, Series 50, Sheet 0233-16/10MA, 1st ed, Jan 64 (SECRET)
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