SOVIET TROOPS AND SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS IN THE KIEV MILITARY DISTRICT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY USSR (Kiev MD) REPORT NO.
SUBJECT Soviet Troops and Supply Installations DATE DISTR. 11+ August 1953
in the Kiev Military District
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This report contains information of Soviet troops and supply installations in
the Kiev Military District.
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Kiev March and
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Soviet Troops in the Kiev MD
^ Installation Location
Occupation Remarks
Tank activities. Between the Dar- Prior to 22 April The PWs believed that
nitsa railroad 1951, single trucks, billets of a tank unit
station and the truck columns, and were in the woods north
Kiev-Gomel high- tanks were observed of Darnitsa.
way, on an east- on this road north
bound road lead- of Darnitsa almost
ing into a woods. daily. For instance,
four tanks left the
woods at short in-
tervals daily and
proceeded in a
northern direction.
In the course of the
afternoon, they re-
turned'in the direc-
tion of the woods.
The tanks were about
seven meters long and
were equipped with
tracks 3 to 3.5 meters
wide. They had six
bogie wheels and three
track-supporting roll-
ers as well as one
idler and one drive
wheel supporting a
very wide plate track.
The nose of the tank
was three-edged, the
sides of the hull
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1. AAA position. In the open ter-
rain east of the
Dnepr River,
about 500 meters
northeast of the
southern rail-
road bridge.
The turret was turtle-
shaped and was set up on
the forward half of the
hull. No information
on the gun was available.
The rear portion of the
turret mounted a notice-
ably. large AA machine
gun. The muzzle of a
machine gun was identi-
fied in the upper section
of the nose.
While riding past the
installation in April
1950, source observed
an AAA position cca-
sisting of four em-
bankments. An uniden-
tified number of the
guns was covered with
canvas. The barrels
were elevated almost
vertically. They were
estimated to be 80 to
90 mm. The position
was constantly manned
by an unidentified
number of soldiers who
were bivouacked in two
large pointed tents
near the guns.
2. AAA position. West of the In February 1950, source
Dnepr River, observed an AAA position
southwest of of three excavated em-
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An area, about 400
meters square, enclosed
by several fences and
including a wooden hut,
was located about 600
meters north of this AAA
position. According to
Soviet civilians, the
area served as an ammu-
nition depot. It was
guarded by.sentries
carrying rifles.
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1950.
1948 to
April
1950.
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north of the 80 to 90-mm was seen
Kiev-Darnitsa in each emplacement.
road.
AAA positions. On the eastern Up to October 1950, While going to Borispol
bank of the (N5O-21, E30-57) in mid-
Dnepr River, north AAA battery of four 1950, source saw another
and south of the guns to the north, and AAA battery near the
new Kiev- one to the south, of the Borispol airfield.
Darnitsa road. concrete road. The guns
were estimated to be 80
to 90 mm and had a con-
crete base. The AAA
unit was located in a
barracks, about two km
northeast of the positions,
on a north-south road. Two
towers about 20 meters
high and connected by two
antenna wires were set up
west of the barracks. at
an interval of about 50
meters. The lead-in wires
of the antenna ended in a
small hut.
1. AAA positions.
On both sides of
the Dnepr River,
near the railroad
bridge and the
vehicle bridge
located farthest
to the south.
south of the road to Darnitsa
and several hundred meters
west of the river, opposite
the other battery. The
guns were estimated to be
70 to 90 mm. No billets
were seen. Several search-
light positions were also
located on both banks. The
diameter of the searchlights
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2. Barracks, multi-
story brick buildings,
about 100 meters long
with fresco paintings
and ornaments on the
outer walls and en-
closed by a brick
wall, two meters high.
In the south-
western sector
south of all bar-
racks instal-
lations, on the
west side of the
road to Volinskiy
airfield.
AAA units was held in
February 1950. Searchlight
practices with aircraft
involved were also ob-
served at night. Between
February and April 1950,
source frequently saw
20 to 25 heavy AA guns
towed by prime movers near
the batteries on the east-
ern bank of the Dnepr River.
The guns were operated by
civilian workers. Judged
by their appearance, the
prime movers were also sup-
plied by civil agencies.
When PW, labor was organ-
ized before March 1950, the
installation was referred
to as a Kadetskiy Shkola.
The school was believed to
be occupied by more than
1,000 officers of various
ranks. They wore black
uniforms with red epaulets
and tank insignia. The
top section of their epau-
lets mounted a cross
stripe of blue, green,
yellow, or violet color.
The trainees were fre-
quently observed holding
review rehearsals, marching
out of the billets and
leaving the installation
on trucks for field exer-
cises. The only weapons ob-
served were small arms seen
at the review rehearsals.
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3. Barracks instal-
lation of four four-
or five-story brick
buildings, about 120
meters long and cov-
ered with sheet
metal roofs, 1
cruciform building,
and, south of the
latter, two build-
ings of the same
construction and
other unidentified
structures as well
as one tank monu-
ment.
At the western
exit of the city,
about 1,500 me-
ters northeast
of the Svatoshino
freight station,
on the south side
of Brest-Litovsk
Shosse.
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Up to March 1950, the bar-
racks installation quartered
a tank unit organized into
four sub-units. The men
wore black uniforms with
tank insignia on their epau-
lets. The entire unit was
frequently observed, from
Pw Camp No. 7062/4, marching
to the training ground
northwest of the city. The
tanks of the leaders of the
four sub-units mounted red-
bordered flags, 25 cm
square, with the Soviet
star; the upper section of
the flags consisted of a
stripe, about 10 cm wide,
of blue, yellow, green or
violet color. Up to Feb-
ruary 1950s two of the
abovementioned units were
equipped with T-3L4 tanks
and the rest with tanks of
another model. In larch,
the unit which had a flag
with a violet stripe was
re-equipped with tanks
of another model, which
had six minor bogie wheels
and a flat, turtle-shaped
turret.
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4. Tank storage
area.
5. Barracks in-
stallation of
several brick build-
ings newly con-
structed after the
war.
6. Military unit
in a multi-storied
new brick building
On the northwest-
ern perimeter of
the city, on the
west side of a
large ravine ex-
tending from the
north to the
south.
In 1949, the area con-
tained at least 200 pits,
about 2 meters deep and
3 or 4 meters wide, in
which tanks were stored.
The unit which marched
out of the area, accompanied
by an unknown number of
these tanks, rode, upon its
return, back to the barracks
installation described on
trucks. Later. a. crew of
PW Camp No. 7062/4 con-
structed tank stalls of
wood and concrete in this
area.
In the south-
western sector of
the city, on the
west side of the
road leading to
Volinskiy air-
field, several
hundred meters
north of a tall
building on the
east side of the
road.
About 1,000 me-
ters east of the
Dnepr River, on
On the assignment of the
PW crews to the individual
places of work, the bar-
racks installation was re-
ferred to as a Militsiya
Shkola. According to fellow
PWs, the capacity of the
installation was as high as
1,000 men, but was not yet
fully utilized in 1949.
The trainees were officer
candidates of the militia;
they wore black uniforms
and green-bordered epaulets
with two white stripes
across their lower ends.
The building, which was
constructed from mid-1949
to March 1950, was referred
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June 1949
to March
1950.
with a street the south side
frontage of about of the road
200 meters. leading from the
new bridge in
the direction of
Darnitsa.
Billets and train- East of the
ing ground. Dnepr River, north
of the Gomel
(N52-27, E31-00)
road, starting
about three km
northeast of the
vehicular bridge
over the Dnepr
River.
to as a ministry by
the PWs. Two army sentries
stood guard in front of
the building.. Whenever
source rode past the
structure, from 50 to 80
passenger cars were parked
in front of it. Once, the
two sentries were seen
presenting arms when a
passenger car passed by.
The training ground, which
consisted of pine woods,
swamps, and ponds, ex-
tended over ten km in a
northeastern direction.
It was generally referred
to as the Brovary by the
PWs.
a. The western section of
the training ground in-
cluded an area where
exercises of combined
arms were frequently
observed. Motorized
artillery units with
guns of various cali-
bers, all towed by
prime movers, engineer
units with pontoons
loaded on motor vehicles,
and motorized AT units
with 37-mm guns and
crews riding on trucks,
were seen during these
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exercises. The letter
T was painted on the
windshields of all
vehicles.
b.. A settlement of three-
story brick buildings,
housing officers, families,
was located on the eastern
edge of the training
ground described in para-
graph a.
c. Farther to the northeast,
the roofs of barracks
were seen projecting
over the treetops in a
woods. During the
entire time of obser-
vation, a great many
soldiers of, various arms
were observed at the en-
trance to this woods and
on the road. A regular
German field officer, in-
terned in the FK camp,
who had made the same
observations, believed
that a division was lo-
cated in the entire
area. A review re-
hearsal was held in late
March 1950. It was
directed by a general
referred to as a division
commander in the PW camp.
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December
1949 to
March 1950.
1948 to
June 1949.
Up to May
1949.
Billets of four
very long huts;
enclosed by a wire
fence.
South of the
Novaya Darnitsa
freight station.
The billets were occupied
by an infantry unit of
about 1,000 very young
soldiers wearing red-
bordered epaulets with
crossed-rifle insignia.
No weapons other than
rifles and machine guns
were. observed. The men
were seen undergoing in-
fantry training on the
drill ground southwest
of the area.
Barracks instal-
lation of one six-
story building,
about 30 meters
long, and one
small shed.
About 1,200
meters southwest
of the main rail-
road station, on
the west side of
the road leading
to Volinskij
field.
1. Barracks instal- In the south-
lation of one, large, eastern sector
three-story, brick of the city,
Up to June 1949, the in-
stallation was occupied
by a traffic police unit
of about 200 men. They
wore black uniforms and
violet-bordered black
epaulets. Their average
age was estimated at 28
years. A lieutenant
colonel was the command-
ing officer; five junior
officers were observed.
The unit was equipped
with solo and sidecar
motorcycles. When march-
ing out of the installation,
the mert carried rifles and
submachine guns.
The barracks installation
was referred to as a
tank barracks by the
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A large multi-story
building was under con-
struction on a site
about 500 meters south
of this barracks in-
stallation. According
tinere, tine auitaing
was to quarter a police
school.
An MVD barracks of one
long building situated
in a park was located
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building, about
200 meters long,
amidst parklike
gardens, and
small wooden
buildings; en-
closed by a fir
hedge, 2 meters
high; and in-
cluding a small
SP gun supported
by a concrete base
set up in front of
the main entrance
on the northwest
side.
about 1,000
meters southwest
of the citadel,
north of the new
superhighway lead-
ing from the Dnepr
Bridge to the so-
called Stalin
Bridge, 2,500
meters southeast
of the main rail-
road station.
population. Several
colonels appeared to be
the ranking officers.
They wore two, red-
bordered, black patches
near this barracks
installation.
mounting tank insignia on
the cuffs of their blouses,
and epaulets which also
mounted tank insignia. The
unit was estimated at 500
men. The men seemed to
be fully trained. In the
morning, the unit, which
had not more than 35 SP
guns, was frequently seen
marching out to the train-
ing ground south of the
city, east of the Vasilkovo
(N50-U, E30-18) road. The
armored vehicles included
an unidentified number of
tank chassis. An unidenti-
fied number of the SP guns
was also stored southwest
of the city, on a road to
Volinskiy airfield. The
area included large, open
sheds set up as late as
1917. The guns were
pulled under these roofs
from both sides. The number
of the guns stored there
was not identified; the
capacity of the area was
estimated at more than 200
vehicles. The chassis of
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the SP guns mounted six
bogie wheels, three track-
supporting rollers, and
metal plate tracks, about
60 cm wide. The track
width was about three
meters (sic),and about six
meters long. The rigid
superstructure was for "bard
of the middle of the chassis
and had no commander's
cupola. The gun, larger
than 100-mm, projected far
beyond the nose and had
a roll-shaped muzzle-brake.
Two machine guns were in-
stalled on either side
of the gun barrel. Several
SP guns mounted antennae
set up on the right forward
section of the superstructure.
The SP gun was driven by a
diesel engine.
2. Armored train. About 2,500 meters According to fellow PWs, an
south of the armored train was on a
southern railroad siding in a roundhouse up
bridge over the to May 1949.
Dnepr River, on
the western bank
of the river.
1948 to Barracks instal- On the western Up to April 1949, the bar-
April 1949. lation of several perimeter of the racks were occupied by a
brick buildings city, northeast tank unit of undetermined
with an antenna of the military size. Once, the unit was
tower, five or six freight station. observed marching out of
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meters high, set
up on the roof of
one building; en-
closed by a high
brick wall.
1. Barracks instal- In the southern.
lation of one., four- sector of the
story. brick build- city, on the east
ing, about 200 meters side of a street
long, with a flat, with a streetcar
sheet metal roof, route leading
bordering on a park- from the rail-
ing lot to the east. road station to
the automobile
factory, south
of a prison.
the installation accompanied
by at least 50 T-31 tanks
bearing white circles en-
closing a lightning insignia,
on both sides of the turret.
Combined exercises of small
tank units and infantrymen
were frequently held on the
training ground between the
barracks and the PW camp.
During these exercises, the
seizure of a trench system
was practiced again and
again by the troops,with
the infantrymen riding on
the rearward tanks. Haring
dismounted from the tanks,
forming a semicircle, the
infantrymen began to assault
the trench system. Sub-
sequently, the tanks rolled
over the trenches.
In February 1950, the in-
stallation was occupied by
an AAA unit estimated at
one battalion. About 15
AA guns of 70 to 80 mm
caliber without muzzle
brakes were on the parking
lot. Approximately the
same number of trucks were
stored nearby.
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January to
April 1950.
2. Barracks instal-
lation of four, two-
story buildings,
about 80 meters long,
set up at a right
angle to the road,
and one smaller build-
ing.
In the central
sector of the
city, about 800
meters south-
southeast of the
railroad station,
on the west side
of a road to the
south.
In late 1949, the instal-
lation quartered a horse-
drawn infantry unit. The
18-to 20-year-old soldiers
wore red epaulets. No
details were determined.
1. Barracks instal-
lation, about 400x
200 meters, of three.
old, five-story.
brick buildings,
about 100 meters
long, and six to
eight open sheds,
about 30 meters long;
enclosed by a thick
wall, three or four
meters high.
In the southeast-
ern sector of the
city, on the east
side of a major
street with.a
streetcar route,
bordering on the
prison to the
south.
Up to April 1950, the in-
stallation was occupied
by an AT unit, estimated
at 1,000 men. The instal-
lation seemed to be occu-
pied to capacity by
troops, most of whom were
very young men. Up to
200 men were observed
practicing in the barracks
yard. No small arms other
than submachine guns were
seen. Heavy AT guns, the
number of which was esti-
mated at several hundred,
were under the sheds. The
guns were never observed
in use. They had split
trail gun carriages and
single, rubber-tired, disc
wheels. The overall length
of the barrel was estimated
at six meters. The barrel
had a pear-shaped muzzle
brake and two conical tapers
in front of the shield. Its
caliber was estimated at 80
mm. The overall height of
the gun was about 1.3 meters.
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2. Barracks instal-
lation of three. red,
multi-story, brick
buildings, 80 to 100
meters long, and
eight to ten open
wooden sheds, about
40 meters long, in-
cluding a large
storage area; en-
closed by a thick
wall, about 3.5
meters high.
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Bordering on the
prison Tyurma I
to the north.
Up to April 1950, the
installation quartered
a tank unit, the size
of which was estimated
to be at least 2,000
men. The very young
soldiers wore black epau-
lets and tank insignia on
their collar patches. The
men who were observed
practicing in the barracks
yard carried only submachine
guns. From 200 to 300 two-
and three-aale.trucks were
stored in several lines,
in the storage area bi-
secting the installation.
Tanks of one model, an
unknown number of which
was covered with canvas,
were stored in the open
sheds. They had relatively
small bogie wheels; no
track-supporting rollers
were recollected. Source
was sure that the nose of
the tanks was not three-
edged. Seen from above,
the turret seemed to be
elliptical, with rounded
off edges. There was no
commander's cupola. The
gun mounted a barrel of a
caliber less than 100 mm,
which had a pear-shaped
muzzle brake and projected
far beyond the nose. The
rear mounted roll-shaped
fuel drums.
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Luch November
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3. Barracks instal-
lation of three.
large, five-story,
brick buildings,
about 70 meters
long.
1. Barracks instal-
lation of one multi-
story building,
about 100 meters
long, with two side-
wings,: about 70
meters long, and
several small build-
ings; enclosed by
a barbed wire fence.
2. Barracks instal-
lation of a head-
quarters building,.
about 50 meters
long, a mess build-
of the same length,
a three-story bar-
racks, 80 meters
long, and another
barracks about 120
meters long; en-
closed by a barbed
wire fence.
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South of the
city, about
1,000 meters
southeast of the
automobile fac-
tory, near a
power plant.
In the central
sector of the
city, about
1,000 meters
southeast of
the railroad
station.
About 1,090
meters north-
east of the
railroad sta-
tion on a hill;
about 1,000
meters south-
west of a
cemetery.
The installation was
generally referred to as
the Signal Barracks by
the Plfs. A steel
tower, about 100 meters
high, whose upper half
mounted obstruction
lights, was set up at a
distance of 200 to 300
meters from the instal-
lation.
Up to November 1949., the
installation quartered an
infantry unit of at least
500 men. Three units of
company size were fre-
quently observed. The
men wore red epaulets
mounting number 416. They
were equipped with.rifles,
submachine guns and light
machine guns.
This installation also
quartered a unit with
number 416 of approxi
mately the same size
as the unit located in
the installation des-
cribed under Point No. 1.
One colonel, two other
field officers, three
captains, and several
lieutenants were seen in
the headquarters building.
The men of this unit ware
also equipped with rifles,
submachine guns, and light
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Supply Installations in the Kiev MD
Installation
Data on installation
Ordnance depot, a
large, fenced-in
installation, about
500x14OO meters,
with a number of
trees.
Motor vehicle re-
pair shop, a
fairly old instal-
lation.
In the south-
eastern sector
of the city,
about 200 meters
northeast of the
southern freight
.station,
In the suburb of
Podal on the
northern peri-
meter of Kiev,
on the northeast
side of Frunze
Street.
Not less than 1,000 guns, an unidentified number
of which was covered with canvas, were stored in
lines. Source only recollected that they differed
in size and caliber. An unidentified number of
soldiers was working on the guns. -
In 1949, the shop, which formerly had the numerical
designation 5 or 7, was renamed Auto Repair Zavod 12
(ARZ 12). It included an assembly shop, about 70
meters long, with a foundry equipped with three
forge fires and two hardening furnaces, and a kitchen
attached; a machine shop equipped with two lathes,
three milling machines, and two drilling machines;
one mechanical shop, about 70 meters long, to manu-
facture replacement parts, equipped with 20 lathes,
four milling machines, three grinding machines>and
two drilling machines; 1 electroshop to repair
electric components; and a vulcanizing department
equipped with four furnaces. Besides these build-
ings, an office building, the guardhouse, a tool
storage shed, and a service station with underground
installations were located in the area of the motor
vehicle repair shop. The three-story administration
building was on the opposite side of Frunze Street.
The labor force of the repair shop, excluding the
Soviet workers, numbered more than 100 PWs. The
rate of monthly production was estimated at 50 trucks
of various types.
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1948.
1949 to
March
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Clothing depot.
Southwest of the
main railroad
station, in one
of the barracks
installations on
the road leading
to Volinskiy air-
field.
In October 1948, police uniforms were stored
on the fourth floor of a large building. The
dark-blue blouses had red piping and red epau-
lets. The trousers were black. The clothing
was later taken to the Justice Building.
Ordnance depot,
about 1,000x5OO
meters, with one
small brick build-
ing and open ammu-
nition storage
sheds located in
the western sec-
tion.
West-southwest of
the main rail-
road station, on
the west side of
the road leading
to Volinskiy air-
field.
a
guns in one ne. The guns
were arranged in several lines, and source
estimated their number at 700. When ob-
serving the installation from a distance in
March 1950, source felt that the number of
the guns had increased. The guns were 70-mm
to 80-mm models and had muzzle brakes:. Workers,
including women, of the Bolshevik Plant-were
trained with an unidentified number of-these
guns after 1700 daily:
b. In March 1950, the number of AT guns was esti-
mated at more than 500. The guns were of a
light model of about 37 mm, were brand--new
and had two wheels, a shield, and a split-
trail gun carriage.
c. About 100 short-barreled guns of about 150 mm
caliber with split-trail gun carriages and
two-part shields were also stored in the depot.
The wheels had solid rubber tires. Vertical
cylinders were installed on either side of the
barrel.
d. About 30 short-barreled guns of about 300 mm
caliber, without muzzle brakes, were also ob-
served. They were moved in two loads. Not
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 25X1X Voroshilov- Up to
grad November
(N48-33, 1949.
E39-19).
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less than 50 prime movers were seen near the
guns.
Tank and ordnance
park, about 1,000x
800 meters; en-
closed by several
wire fences; equip-
ped with numerous
wooden poles mount-
ing searchlights.
Several kilo-
meters west of
the city, near
the junction of
the Voroshilov-
grad-Lissichansk
(N48-55, E38-25)
roads.
e.. Very large quantities of ammunition, partly
unpacked, were stored in the western sector
of the installation. The bulk was AT and kA
gun ammunition. Source was sure that ammu-
nition for the other gun models was also stored
there. Very large boxes were believed to con-
tain shells for the heaviest guns. Source
was unable to estimate the quantities of ammu-
nition stored. Source believed the guns had
self-propelled carriages.
The park was referred to, by an MPD officer, as an
army depot, which was allegedly controlled by an
agency in Kharkov. The soldiers employed at the.
depot wore red-bordered, black epaulets with tank
and artillery insignia. They seemed to do checkup
and repair work. From 25 to 30 ambulances were on
blocks in the open, on the round square at the
entrance. An unidentified number of tanks was
stored in ten open storage halls, about 50x20 meters,
with concrete floors and gabled roofs. Rocket
launchers (possibly with 34 barrels), mounted on
three-axle trucks, with small trailers, were stored
in nine open storage halls, about 100 by 50 neters.
The number of the rocket launchers was not specified.
Ten more open storage halls, about 100x50 meters,
contained guns and prime movers. The guns had
noticeably long barrels, and wheels painted white.
Three very large, closed, wooden, storage halls
serving undetermined purposes were located in
another section of the depot. An unidentified
number of trucks and prime movers was in front of
these buildings. Soldiers wearing fatigue uniforms
were working on the motor vehicles.
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