KAZAN AIRFRAME PLAN B-387, USSR

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• Publication Date: October 1, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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NOFORN
Kazan Airframe
Kazan Northwe
Plant B-387
st Heliport
55-51-18N 049-02-20E
55-51-30N 049-02-15E
DMAAC. USATC, Series 200, Sheet 0165-1, scale 1:200,000
ABSTRACT
1. This report updates NPIC report) and satisfies the basic reporting requirement. It 25X1
discusses construction, production, and testing at Kazan Airframe Plant B-387 from through 25X1
and inculdes activity at Kazan Northwest Heliport, the test and flyaway field for the plant. 25X1
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2. Kazan Airframe Plant B-387 is the primary production facility for the MIL-designed HIP helicopter
and the only production facility for the HAZE. During this reporting period, floorspace in the plant was
increased by 11,266 square meters for a total of 156,446 square meters. (S/WN)
3. This report contains a location map, 12 annotated photographs/drawings, and two tables of
mensural and/or chronological data. (S/WN)
BASIC DESCRIPTION
Construction
4. Kazan Airframe Plant B-387, approximately 400 nautical miles (nm) east-southeast of Moscow in
the city of Kazan (Figure 1), consists of a main plant area and a separately secured MIL 0KB (experimental
KAZAN
NORTHWEST
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design bureau) research and development area (Figure 2).1 In the four years covered by this update, the
facility was expanded by 11,266 square meters to 156,446 square meters of floorspace. Included in these
figures are buildings in the main plant area, the MIL OKB Research and Development area, and the
airfield. Of the 11,266 square meters, 1,260 square meters were added to the OKB area; 1,226 square
meters to the airfield, Kazan Northwest Heliport (Figures 2 and 3); and 8,780 square meters to the main
plant area (Figure 3). (S/WN)
5. None of the construction was production related (assembly or subassembly), but 4,789 square
meters (42 percent) was direct support-shops or test buildings-(Table 1 and Figure 3) and 6,477 square
meters (58 percent) was general purpose, predominantly storage and support (Table 1 and Figure 3).
Fifteen buildings and eight additions were complete or under construction at the end of the reporting
period. (S/WN)
6. Five buildings or additions were completed in 1979 (items 27b, 62b, 99, 102, 104, Table 1 and
Figure 3), six in 1980 (items 45d, 98, 100, 105, 108, and 109), two in 1981 (items 110 and 112), three in 1982
(items 26, 101, and 103) and four thus far in 1983 (items 4b, 67b, c, and d). Five buildings and additions
were still under construction as of (S/WN) 25X1
PRODUCTION ACTIVITY
HIP
7. Several models and variants of the MIL-designed, twin-turbine-powered, five-bladed HIP are
produced at the plant. The Mi-8 (HIP C) was observed here in numbers ranging between 20 and 70
during the reporting period (Table 2 and Chart 1). Military (camouflage painted) and civilian models
(Aeroflot paint scheme) were present on all interpretable coverages. (S/WN)
8. Ono an Armed HIP H was observed at the airfield (Table 2 and Figure 4). Since then, 25X1
from one to 14 have been observed at the plant (Table 2). This helicopter, with outriggers, is the armed
version of the Mi-17 (designated HIP H), displayed by the Soviets at the 1981 Paris Air Show. The Mi-17
has the tail rotor on the port side and the more powerful TV3-117 engine (Figure 5).2 The Armed HIP H is
similar to the HIP E/F; however, the tail rotor is on the port side like the HAZE. (S/WN)
9. The standard HIP H has been in production at Kazan since at least when, on imagery 25X1
of excellent interpretability, seven probable HIP H (four camouflage painted) were observed. On most
coverages of Kazan, the interpretability was not adequate to distinguish the HIP H from the HAZE, also
produced there. (S/WN)
10. The HAZE A (Mi-14) is a land-based antisubmarine warfare (ASW) helicopter that uses a HIP-
type fuselage with aft-mounted sponsons. The number of HAZE A during the reporting period averaged
approximately six per image. The high count for the four-year period was 14 on (Table 2).
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HAZE Shipping Container
11. On
a HAZE shipping container was at the plant. This new container measured
approximately
and 6 meters at the highest point (Figure 6). It is similar
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to HIND shipping containers (types E and A); however, the raised area is broader (Figure 7) and near-
ground-level protrusions for the sponsons are usually on one end (Figure 8). These protrusions are not
observed on all coverages (Figure 7), possibly because they are installed to protect the HAZE sponsons
after the fuselage is placed in the container. Although HAZE helicopters have been at the plant since the
early 1970s, containers did not appear until the Soviets began exporting the helicopter outside the
Warsaw Pact. These containers were also seen in Libya in mid-1981. (S/WN)
Other Container Observations
12. In addition to HAZE containers, observations of HIP fuselage and component containers contin-
ued throughout the reporting period (Figure 9). The HIP fuselage shipping container is distinct from the
HAZE container but resembles the HIND fuselage shipping container type C. The HIP fuselage shipping
container has the cupola centered on the top, midway between the ends; the cupola on the HIND type C
is not centered between the ends. (S/WN)
Other Observations
13. Probably because a Branch of the MIL OKB is collocated with the main plant area, several other
MIL variants/prototypes were observed at the plant. A H.IP K, a jammer variant of the HIP C produced at
Ulan Ude Airframe Plant 99 was observed on (Figure 10).3 Also, one of the 25X1.1
original HAZE prototype helicopters with enlarged sponsons, at the plant since the early 1970s, and two
HOUNDs were regularly observed. (S/WN)
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Table 1.
Construction at Kazan Airframe Plant B-387 (March 79-June 83)
(Keyed to Figure 3)
Dimensions* Floorspace Observed
(m) (sq m) Complete
W H
2b Fire station/garage
area
4b Support sect
38
27b Storage sect
138
45d Shop sect
270
50b Support sect
216
62b Support sect
57
67 Spt bldg additions
301
b Support sect
(168)
c Support sect
(49)
d Support sect
(84)
98 Support bldg
108
a Support sect
(68)
b Support sect
(40)
99 Support bldg
114
100 Support bldg
153
101 Stor/spt bldg
205
102 Support bldg
82
103 Prob shop/
3,023
stor bldg
104 Stor/spt bldg
215
105 Storage bldg
668
106 Support bldg
206
108 Support bldg
92
109 Support bldg
72
110 Prob test bldg
319
a Prob test sect
(80)
b Prob test sect
(156)
c Prob spt sect
(83)
111 Airfield support bldg
789
112 Airfield electronics
Spt bldg
a Spt sect
(164)
b Spt sect
(57)
Total additional floorspace as of 11,266
Previously constr floorspace 145,180
Total floorspace as of 156,446
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Remarks
Early stages of construction
as of 0 floor-
space tentative
Midstage of construction
as of
Aboveground entrances
approx 65 sq m
as of
as of
Midstage of construction as
of at
least one third will be
2 stories; floorspace
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only sighting of this new KAMOV-designed shipborne antisubmarine warfare (ASW) helicopter at Kazan.
KAMOV-designed aircraft are not normally observed at this plant. (S/WN)
15. In the rotor test stand cage, mid-sized, normally five-bladed rotor systems were present during
the reporting period. On what appeared to be a four-bladed, mid-sized system was ob-
served. Because of poor image interpretability, no precise determination of rotor size could be made. A
four-bladed rotor is not known to be associated with any advanced MIL helicopter. (S/WN)
Security
16. Security at the facility includes double fences or a fence and a wall in some areas (Figure 2). In
addition, the plant and MIL OKB research and development area are separated by a wall. Entrance into
the facility is provided by two vehicle/pedestrian entrances, one rail entrance into the plant area on its
southern perimeter, and a single vehicle/pedestrian entrance to the MIL OKB research area on its
southern perimeter. Access to the heliport and parking areas is gained through one of three pedestri-
an/vehicle entrances on the northeastern perimeter of the facility. (S/WN)
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All available satellite imagery acquired from
this report. (S/WN)
Small Format Imagery
was used in the preparation of
Figure No. Agency Accession No. Classification
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DOCUMENTS
1. NPIC. RCA-09/0016/79, Kazan Airframe Plant B-387, Jul 79 (TOP SECRET, CODEWORDS/NO-
FORN/NOCONTRACT*)
2. Aviation Week and Space Technology, " The Paris Airshow (Special Report)," Vol. 114, 8 Jun 81 (UNCLASSI-
FIED)
3. DIA. DST-13405-498-82-Sup 1, HIP, Helicopter System (U), Supplement 1, 31 Aug 82 (SECRET NOFORN**)
*Extracted information is classified
**Extracted information is classified
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