M - TYPE STORAGE SITES AT SOVIET AIRFIELDS

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June 1961
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW by NIMA/DOD 4/5/00
M - TYPE STORAGE SITES
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SOVIET Al?RFIEL DS
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This photographic interpretation report has been prepared at the Na-
tional Photographic Interpretation Center with participation by the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and CQwtral Intelligence Agency. It is based solely on
photographic evidence and is concerned only with the so-called M-type
(miscellaneous) storage sites at Soviet airfields which have been the object
of considerable interest in the intelligence community for several years.
It is the purpose of this report to examine the M-type sites collectively
and to determine
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Twenty-three so-called M-type storage sites have been located on
photography between They are associated
with both tactical and long range airfields in various parts of the Soviet
The M-type storage sites associated with Soviet airfields include sites
for which no specific storage function has been identified. They have certain
general characteristics which include
Other than these general characteristics, the M-type sites differ con-
siderably in general appearance, size, shape, and layout. Road connections
with airfields are sometimes new and direct, and in other cases where
existing roads have been utilized, they are indirect. All sites are road
served, and a few are rail served. All sites, with one exception, appear to
be enclosed by a double wire fence separated by a wide cleared area.
Despite the diversity of these sites, for purposes of discussion in this
report they have been divided into four groups, three of which are based
on certain similarities, primarily in size and shape, while the fourth group
includes six distinctly dissimilar sites.
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The six M-type sites shown in Table 1 are covered on vertical and
oblique photography ranging in quality from very good to poor. These sites
are almost square in shape. Figure 1 is a photograph of the Monchegorsk
site.
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TABLE 1. First Group of M-type Storage.Sites
Courdinap~s Distance Transportation Percent
of Site from A,'F (nm) Facilities Complete
Afrikanda 67? 26' N
32' 4S' F.
Gdov 5S? 50' N
27? 57'.E
Monchegorsk 67' 59' N
33? 04' E
Osinovka .1.1? 01' '.r
132? 1 1' E
Postavy
Road Possibly 100
Road Probably 100
Road Probably 100
Road 100
Road 50
Road Probably 100
The service road within the site is laid out in a nearly-square pattern
26? 16' E
53? 35' N
2 4? 45' E
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non-revetted gable-roofed buildings situated on
FIGURE 1. M-TYPE STORAGE SITE NEAR
MONCHEGORSK AIRFIELD.
paved ramps and well spaced. Two
or three of the buildings at each site
are large storage buildings while
the remainder are quite small. Vi-
sible only at the Osinovka and Pos-
tavy sites is a very small structure,
possibly earth-covered, which could
be for storage of primers and fuzes.
Although the storage sites in this
group have certain similarities, no
one site appears identical to-another.
Excellent to poor quality pho-
tography, both vertical and oblique,
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covers the eight M-type sites in, the second group (Table 2). They are
rectangular in shape. The service road within the site forms a long rec-
tangle with an average of nine non-revetted gable-roofed buildings, well-
spaced on separate paved ramps. Most of the sites in this group have three
large storage buildings and one large support building near the entrance
with the remainder of the buildings being smaller storage buildings.
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TABLE 2. Second Group of M-type Stornge Sites
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Coordinates 1)i.stance
Transportation
Percent
of Site
from A/F (nm)
Facilities
complete
15? 5S' N
1.5
Road & Rail
29' 21' E
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Chernyakhovsk
54? 34' N
21? 48' E
Dombarovskiy
50' 47' N
Road
Probably
100
59'31' E
5.1? 22' N
Road
100
77' 22' 1.
Road & Rail
100
30' 02' E
51 ? 17' N
Road
5S' 37' E
55? 54' N
Road
23? 27' E
Sol'tsy `?
55' 10' N
Road
30? 17' E
? Type II site also present at this airfield. "Type I site also present at this airfield.
The Briyeni and Limanskoye sites, (see
Limanskoye site), which appear to be almost
in this group that have a rail spur
entering the site. The site atSol'tsy
appears to be about the same design
but has no rail spur. The other sites
in this group have the same general
features with certain minor varia-
tions in layout or number of build-
ings.
Good quality photography cov-
ers the M-type sites in the third
group (Table 3). There is no stan-
Figure 2 for photograph of
identical,
are the only ones
FIGURE 2. M-TYPE STORAGE SITE NEAR
LIMANSKOYE AIRFIELD.
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dard size or shape to these facilities, but they are generally larger than
those in the first two groups. Figure 3 is a photograph of the Ussuriysk/
Vozdvizhenka (formerly Voroshilov/Vozdvizhenka) site. The Spassk-Dal-
niy site is the only. M-type site where only a 'single security fence exists.
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Khorol East
44? 2b' N
2.5
Road & Hail
100
132' 05' 1:
SJ,assk-I'alniy
East
44' 35' N
Road & Rail
Probably 100
132'56' E
U s.suriy sk
Vozdvizhenka
42' 53' N
Road
Probably 100
131? 58' L
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The Ussuriysk/Vozdvizhenka and Khorol East sites each have 17 non-
revetted predominately large gable-roofed buildings. The Spassk-Dalniy
East site has only seven.
The key feature which makes a group out of these storage sites is the
presence of several circular structures. They are placed along the road
network on small curved aprons. There are two each at Khorol East and
Spassk-Dalniy East, and four at Ussuriysk/Vozdvizhenka. They are prob-
ably circular tanks covered with earth, for liquid storage of some type.
No entrances are visible. These circular structures could be present but
not discernible at some of the other M-type sites.
The remaining six storage sites (Table 4) haSe the same general cha-
racteristics as the other M-type storage sites, but each one is unique in
layout of buildings and roads. They appear on good quality photography
except in the case of the Kedainiai site which is on far oblique photography.
Location
Coordinates
of Site
Distance
from AZ F
Transportation
Facilities
Percent
Complete
Baranovichi ?
53' 01 N
Road
100
2G' 03' E
Engel's ?
51' 29'
Road & Rail
100
4 6? 15' E
Kedainiai
55' 22' N
Road
Unknown
23= 57' 1?:
Krechevitsy
5S? 3G' N
Road
70
31= 23' F
Niel itopol
4G' 53' N
Road
100
Zaporozh'ye
35, 19' l?:
East 47 52' 1
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Type II site also pre,,ent.
Buildings vary in number, size, and shape. At the Engel's site there are
also several very small structures possibly for storage of fuzes and pri-
mers. In addition, at Engel's there is extensive open storage, possibly
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Table 5, with a comparison of features observed at M-type sites.
Comparison of the M-type sites
at Soviet airfields (as shown in Table 5) indicates that they have none of the
The M-type sites are not
secluded by board fencing; they are not protected from internal or external
blasts; they appear to have no facilities for weapon check-out or loading;
and they lack the uniformity of design characteristic of the Type I and
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For these reasons it seems doubtful that the,
M-type sites were designed and constructed for the
On the other hand the M-type sites do resemble some World War II
ammunition storage areas, utilizing simple gable-roofed storage buildings
well-spaced along a service road.gt is expected that each of these military
airfields would require some facilities for the storage of conventional
weapons, which would include bombs, rockets, and ammunition. Most of the
airfields with associated M-type sites have no other facilities available
for the storage of these conventional weapons.
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