AIRBORNE MILITARY INSTALLATION CHORTKOV, USSR CARPATHIAN MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2000
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: July 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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AIRBORNE MILITARY INSTALLATION
CHORTKOV, USSR
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CARPATHIAN MD
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Titles and letter designators for thevarious facilities are as
follows: (A) railroad service, (B) road service, ~(9 landing strips,
(D) administrative a d troop housing areas, (E) stora`0 areas, (F) am-
munition storage areas, (G) POL storage areas, (H) other buildings and
facilities, (J) equipment storage /maintenance areas, (K) a;hletic fields,
(L) small arms firing ranges, (M) driver training areas, (N) tank/
assault gun firing rages, (P) flat trajectory firing ra s, (Q) artillery
emplacements (batteries), (R) infantry or combinems field train-
ing areas &r cour s, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilities or? tracking activity.
observed both its tili le and letter designat
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This report is one in a. series on Sovlec round rce and Logistic
installations being prepared for a DIA/CIA'Panel. 1 series is being
coordinated, published and disseminated by NPIC. The photographic
analysis is being pe~formed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division (NPIC), #iy the Production
Center 1Plc (DIA). 1 The photographic ana is for particular re-
port was performed the Production Cent r iPic. -
In the interest 4f uniformity, the ti nd letter designators for
the facilities obser~{ed at these installa are id ntical with those
appearing in the pr ject requirement. a apeI facility'is not
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AIRBORNE MILITARY INSTALLATION
(49-OON 025-46E)
CHORTKOV, TERNOBOLSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
CARPATHIAN MD
FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF AIRBORNE MILITAOY 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. 0
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
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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, andthree
empty emplacement pads.
The installation is active and little change 25X1 D
has been noted since however,
increasing improvement in the quality of photog-
raphy shows buildings which are not new but
which could not be previously identified on
earlieotography.
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The tristallation was covered by
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Railroad Service
The installation has rail access to the
single-track Buchach-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.
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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 F1 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 HI is a probable free-fall jump tower
with one support building.
Area H2 contains one administrative build-
ing, one storage building, nine probable mock-
up cargo planes, four possible mock-uptrainer-
type planes, and three empty placement pads.
A H3 is 'a probable jump tower.
A e H4 contains twopossible storage build-
ings c'Qrr ected by a walk-over structure.
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KOPY CHINTSY
16 KM 1
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PROBABLE MOCK-UP
CARGO PLANES
POSSIBLE MOCK-UP
TRAINER PLANES
PLACEMENT- -r -' -
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Road
Fence
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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 115- by 55-foot pos-
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building.
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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
KI and K20
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.
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