SLONIM ARMY TRAINING AREA SOUTHEAST SLONIM, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

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SLONIM ARMY TRAINING AREA SOUTHEAST
SLONIM, USSR
BELORUSSIAN 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 NPIC. The photographic
analysis is being performed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division (NPIC), and the Production
Center 1PIc (DIA). The photographic analysis for this particular re-
port was performed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group.
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 firingranges, (Q) artillery
emplacements (batteries), (R) infantry or combined arms field train-
ing area or courses, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilities or tracking activity.
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SLONIM ARMY TRAINING AREA SOUTHEAST
(53-02N 025-25E)
SLONIM, GRODNENSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
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- Road
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KILOMETERS
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25?30'
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SLONIM ARMY TRAINING AREA SOUTHEAST
(53-02N 025-25E)
SLONIM, GR.ODNENSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
13ELORUSSIAN MD
Minsk
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BELORUSSIAN
MILITARY DISTRICT
- Railroad, single track
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF SLONIM ARMY TRAINING AREA SOUTHEAST, SLONIM.
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The Slonim Army Training Area Southeast
(TA-1) is located (Figure 1) 7 kilometers (km)
southeast of Slonim (53-05N 025-19E). Slonim
Army Barracks and Ordnance Depot (AL-2)
is 8 km northwest of the training area. The
Slonim-Baranovichi highway is adjacent to the
north edge of the area. The Slonim-Barano-
vichi railroad is 2 km north of the area, but
no transloading points were observed.
The training area (Figure 2) covers ap-
proximately 3,100 acres and is located on
fairly level, open ground. The area contains
a wheeled-vehicle driver-training course, a
tracked-vehicle driver-training area, two tank/
assault-gun firing ranges, a possible flat-tra-
jectory range near one of the tank/assault-
gun firing ranges, and an infantry field-train-
ing area.
This area was covered by - TALENT
photography and 13 KEYHOLE missions be-
tween . Compara-
The Slonim-Baranovichi railroad passes 2
km north of the area, but no transloading
points are observed.
tive analysis reveals the following significant
changes between (a) de-
activation of two firing lanes and three moving
target runs, addition of one moving target run,
lengthening of the two firing lanes at tank/as-
sault-gun firing range Ni; (b) addition of two
firing lanes, lengthening of two firing lanes,
deactiviation of three moving target runs and
addition of one moving target run at tank/
sault-gun firing range N2; and (c) addition of
four possible firing points and two possible
moving target runs at the flat-trajectory range.
The level of activity increased between -
and remained constant with
medium usage between
- Only the wheeled-vehicle driver-crew
training area (Ml) and one tank/assault-gun
firing range (Ni) were active on snow-covered
photography of - when both facilities
had light activity.
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Five support buildings are locatedthrough-
out the installation. One building was addedbe-
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Road service is provided by the Slonim-
Baranovichi primary highway adjacent to the
north edge of the area.
Area M1 is a closed-circuit, wheeled-ve-
hicle driver -training area with a figure-8 driving
course and three figure-8 courses.
The area
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covered photography, and medium activity on
spring, summer and fall coverage.
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Area M2 is an irregularly shaped, tracked-
vehicle driver-training course. The area showed
little change from
It was inactive during winter months with medium
activity in spring, summer and fall.
Area Ni is a 3,450-foot range* with two
1,600-foot firing lanes and two moving target
runs,** one 90 degrees right and one 15 de-
grees right. Two lanes were deactivated between
The two remaining lanes
have been lengthened 700 feet. Three moving
target runs were deactivated, one added, and
the one remaining lengthened between -
The areas were observed to be
more active on KEYHOLE cover-
age than onMI'ALENT coverage. Light ac-
tivity was observed during -
Area N2 is a 4,000-foot range with four
firing lanes, two 2,600 feet and two 2,065 feet,
and two moving target runs, one 90 degrees
right and one 15 degrees right. The two 2,065-
foot lanes were added between
_ The two 2,600-foot lanes werelen thened
1,600 feet between Three
*The length of a range is the maximum distance from the
static firing line to the moving target runs.
**The angle of the moving target run is the angle formed by
the target run and a perpendicular line from the static fir-
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of the four moving target runs were deactivated
and one added between Little 25X1 D
activity was observed on =TALENT, and
consistently medium activity was observed on
KEYHOLE coverage.
Area P is two possible flat-trajectory fir-
ing ranges, one 1,225 feet and one 1,950 feet
with two moving target runs, one 50 degrees
left and one 120 degrees left. TALENT cover-
age revealed a facility with five moving target
runs and numerous trenches; however, these
are not visible on KEYHOLE coverage. Ah
observation tower observed on TALENT cover-
age is visible. Four possible firing points were
added between The two
possible moving targets were added between
This area revealed little activity on TAL-
ENT and KEYHOLE coverage.
Infantry or Combined -Arms Field -Training
Area or Course
Area R is an infantry field-training area.
Trenches and foxholes were visible on TALENT
coverage but not on KEYHOLE coverage. Ground
scarring indicates light activity in the area. No
change in the level of activity was observed be-
tween
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