MILITARY TRAINING AREA ZHITOMIR, USSR CARPATHIAN MD

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1964
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MILITARY TRAINING AREA
ZHITOMIR, USSR
CARPATHIAN MD
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This report is one in a series on Soviet Ground Force and Logistic
installations being prepared for a DIA/CIA Panel. The series is being
coordinated, published and disseminated by NP IC. The photographic
analysis is being performed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division (NPIC), and the Production
Center 1Plc (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the Production Center 1P lc.
In the interest of uniformity, the titles and letter designators for
the facilities observed at these installations are identical with those
appearing in the project requirement. When a specific facility is not
observed both its title and letter designator are omitted in the report.
Titles and letter designators for the various facilities are as
follows: (A) railroad service, (B) road service, (C) landing strips,
(D) administrative and troop housing areas, (E) storage areas, (F) am-
munition storage areas, (G) POL storage areas, (H) other buildings and
facilities, (J) equipment storage /maintenance areas, (K) athletic fields,
(L) small arms firing ranges, (M) driver training areas, (N) tank/
assault gun firing ranges, (P) flat trajectory firing ranges, (Q) artillery
emplacements (batteries), (R) infantry or combined arms field train-
ing areas or courses, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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MILITARY TRAINING AREA
(50-11N 028-34E)
ZHITOMIR, ZHITOMIRSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
CARPATHIAN MD
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This military training area, which covers
approximately 28,000 acres, is located 11 kil-
ometers southwest of Zhitomir (Figure 1).
Zhitomir Army Barracks South
_ is adjacent to the eastern edge of the
training area. The installation is not directly
rail served, but rail service is available at
Zhitomir Army Barracks South. Road service
is provided by secondary roads from Zhitomir
and from the barracks.
Facilities at the training area consist of
one tracked-vehicle driver-training area, two
wheeled-vehicle driver-training courses, six
small-arms ranges, three tank/assault-gun fir-
ing ranges, and a probable combined-arms field
training area. Located to the rear of the tank/
assault-gun firing ranges are two probable ve-
hicle maintenance buildings and several C-
shaped buildings which may be used for small
unit administration during bivouac on the ranges.
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no major changes in the training area except
the addition of two small-arms ranges. The
training area appears to receive heavy usage
during the summer months. -photography
reveals light usage in the vicinity of the tank/
assault-gun firing ranges, but none in any of
the other areas.
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DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION
Railroad Service
Rail service for the training area is avail-
able at Zhitomir Army Barracks South, which is
adjacent to the eastern edge of the training area.
The barracks is served by a spur from the
Zhitomir-Berdichev railroad.
Road service is provided by secondary roads
from Zhitomir and the barracks area.
Aircraft Landing Strip
There are no landing strips in the training
area; however, Zhitomir/Skomorokhi Airfield
is located approximately 4 kilometers from the
training area.
Administrative and Troop Housing Area
Administrative and logistic support are
probably provided by Zhitomir Army Barracks
South.
Other Buildings
There are four C -shaped buildings with 110-
by 50-foot bases and 50- by 50-foot wings behind
each of the tank/assault-gun firing ranges.
They are probably administration buildings for
unit bivouac areas. Possible tent areas are
observed adjacent to three of these buildings
in Area N1.
Twelve various-sized buildings in the
vicinity of the tank/assault-gun firing ranges
are probably used for range support.
Equipment Storage/Maintenance Areas
Area J1 and Area J2 each has a C-shaped
building with a 500- by 70-foot base and 150-
by 70-foot wings. These are probably vehicle
maintenance buildings. There is one in the
vicinity of each tank/assault-gun firing range.
Small-Arms Firing Ranges
Areas L1, L2, L3, and L6 are 300- by
75-foot small-arms firing ranges. Area L4
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is a 1,000- by 75-foot small-arms range and
Area L5 is a 300- by 150-foot small-arms
range. Areas L1-L4 were first observed in
and Areas L5 and L6 were first
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Area M1 contains several irregular-shaped,
closed-circuit tracked-vehicle, driver-training
courses.
Area M2, first observed in
contains two figure-8 wheeled-vehicle driver-
training courses.
Tank/Assault-Gun Firing Ranges
Area Ni is a 5,100-foot firing range with
ten 1,600-foot lanes, ten 2,800-foot lanes, and
17 moving targets.
Area N2 is a 4,500-foot firing range with
eight 2,500-foot lanes, two 1,500-foot lanes,
and 12 moving targets.
Area N3 is a 5,200-foot firing range with
seven 4,800-foot lanes.
All tank assault-gun firing ranges were first
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Combined-Arms Field Training Area
Area R contains numerous ground scars
and is probably a combined-arms field train-
ing course.
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