RADAR SITE AT SCHANZGRABENBERG (SOVIET)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A051300370001-1
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 29, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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I N FORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Radar "Site at Schanzgrabenberg~
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
EPORTI
ATE DISTR. * 9 OCT
NO. PAGES 1
REFERENCES RD
(report on the Soviet
radar site situated on the high.grond near Schanzgrabenberg. Attached
to the report are three sketches, showing the following:
Annex A: Location plan of the radar site
Annex B: Layout plan of the site
Annex C: Sketches of various aerial arrays
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18 MAY 1960
STATE I IARMY I ix NAVY IX AIR
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(Note: Washington distribution indicated by 'T'; Field distribution by "#".)
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SECRET
EAST GERMANY/USSR
AIR/MILITARY
Radar Site at SCHANZGRABENBERG
(Au ,gust 1959 )
1. Attached at Appendix A is a sketch location plan of a Soviet
Radar Site, situated on high 'rmind nt SruANZGRABENBERG
The hill upon which the
FtiRSTENWALDE to MUNCHEBERG via TREBUS, approximately 1 km North-East
of the village of PALMNICKEN.
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2. At Appendix B is a sketch layout plan of the site, which is
rectangular, approximately 400 metres x 200 metres. It is enclosed by
a wire fence. Apart from the radar equipment, the site incorporates
a wooden .patch-to:rer some 4 - 5 metres high, and three wooden sheds of
varying dimensions (see Appendix B).
3. There are in all eight aerial array: on the site, located at
points 1 - 8 on Appendix B. Sketches of the various arrays are given
at Appendix C, the numbers corresponding to those on Appendix B.
4. The arrays at points 1 and 2, identified as KNIFEPEST, probably
round-mounted, are some 10 metres bove ground, while the other arrays
unidentified) vary bot,ieen 4 and 8 metres in height above the ground.
(The approximate heights are given in Appendix C). The two KNIFEF.ESTS
x*ptatet occasionally, :,chile the other arrays were static. Appendix C
also gives the -pproximFte orientation of the arrays.,
5. A further l%rg: array is t pr..3ent um ur construction at the
site. It is surrounded by scaffolding, and appears to be some 10 - 15
metres high.
6. The radar site is mnned on shift bsis by Soviet troops
stationed in FfJRSTENWALDE.
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