LENINGRAD ARMAMENT AND TANK PLANT BOLSHEVIK 232 LENINGRAD, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000500220071-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: July 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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 SUMMARY sox 852/2) is located at 59-51-40N 30-28-40E
The Leningrad Armament and Tank Plant in the ,southeastern outskirts of Leningrad,
Bolshevik 232 in the outskirts of Leningrad, USSR (Figure 1). The plant is reported to have
USSR, has produce heavy guns and other produced naval, coastal, and anti-aircraft guns
armament in the past. The majority of the ,as well' as other armament. ~ This report
structures in the plant were present in 1942.
Two large buildings constructed since 1961
contain sections capable of housing vertical
checkout and testing facilitie$ .for missiles. Plant 232 (Figure 2) occupies a site
DESCRIPTION OF PLANT measuring approximately 5,200 by 1,700 feet
The Leningrad Armament and Tank Plant on the west bank of the Neva River; the site is
Bolshevik 232 and Post secured by a wall on the landward side. The
 plant contains 15 major buildings representing
a roof coverage of about 1,636;80(3 square
feet and approximately 45 other structures. The
major facilities include an open-hearthfurnace,
probable rolling mills, assembly buildings,
machine shops, storage buildings, and admin-
istration buildings.. ?
Building 14 is amonitor.-roofed machine
shop which was. observed-under construction
in .1961. The building is 55 feet high, and it ,
includes a corner, tower 90 feet high ? which
measures 40 by 40.feet. Building 15 is a 2-level
high-bay assembly and checkout building which
was under construction in 1963. It measures
830 by 185 feet; the 2 bays are 80 and 45 feet
high. Both buildings have capabilities for ver-
tical missile checkout and testing operations.
Figure 3 presents a perspective view of Build-
ings 14 and 15. The only other building of
significant height at Plant 232 is ;an assembly
? and shop building (item 5) which was present
in 1942; this building, probably used for gun-
barrel production, has a 55-foot high bay
measuring 265 by 140 feet. Other new con-
struction at the plant since 1942 includes an
addition to the reheat furnace (item 11) in
1963, an office building in, 1961, and an ad-
dition to a storage building (item 8) in 1962.
? Descriptions and the dimensions of the
major buildings in Plant 232 ire presented in
Table 1; because of the irregular shapes of
most of these structures, only the,overali
measurements of length and width are given.
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High bay: 4?_0 ~ 165 a 60 ft high
Low bny: 410 z 165 x 45 Ct high
'Dimensions of main structure only.
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