ARMS PLANT NO 9 SVERDLOVSK, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04751A000300020007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 22, 1960
• Content Type: BRIEF

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
CIA/PIC
SUBJECT - Arms Plant No 9
LOCATION: Sverdlovsk, USSR.
COORD : 56?52'N 60?351E
PHOTOGRAPHY
NO - PIC/.B-7/60
DATE: 22 Sep 1960
MAPS or CHARTS
SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheets 0156-18A & 23A,
Ist ed, Apr 59, 1:200, 000 (S)
DOCUMENTS
1. Air, ACIC. US Target Information Sheet 0156-9999, 3d ed,
2 Nov 55 (S)
2. CIAA.. OSI Working Paper, PD 2-13, 18 Jun 59 (S)
REQUIREMENT
CIA/RR/E/R1/60, requesting a description of Sverdlovsk Arms
Plant No 9
Sverdlovsk. Arms Plant No 9, apjaearing on h.otogra.phy,
is within a fenced industrial compound which also contains E Sverdlovsk
Heavy Equipment Plant, Uralmash, Ordzhonikidze, located in the h ea.,vily
industrialized north-central portion of Sverdlovsk, USSR (see Figure 1).
This plant is one of two arms plants (Plant No 8 is the other) within the
target complex of Sverdlovsk that are known major producers of heavy-
caliber artillery, antitank, and naval guns. l/
This plant, in common with other artillery plants, has a. good.
potential for the development and production of guided missiles. .2/ The
photography, however, shows only two components that could be connected
Declass Review by NIMA / DoD
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with missile production: the high-bay production building (Figure 2,
item 8) and the secured shipping and receiving area (item 12)e The
plant has a total ground area, of approximately 9, 500, 000 square feet
The major components of the plant are annotated on Figure 2 and
described in the accompanying table of annotations.
and a total usable floor space of approximately
No Description
1 Administration bldg u/c
2 Assembly & workshop
bldg (rail served)
3 Workshop bldg
4 Workshop (within
fenced area; rail
spur enters bldg)
5 Probable workshop u/c
6 POL storage area (fenced
Two vertical tanks
One horizontal tank
Pump house
7 Bridge crane
8 High-bay production bldg
(served by through rail
spur; entire area poss
enclosed by wire fence)
A section
B section
C section (two rail
spurs enter B & C)
D section
E section u/c
F section
10 Storage bldg (rail served)
11 Probable workshop
12 Secured shipping and
receiving area
Two storage-type bldgs
Platform (served by
through rail spur)
13 L-shaped storage bldg
14 Bldg u/c (footings only)
15 Poss administration
bldg u/c
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FIGURE 1. SVERDLOVSK ARMS PLANT NO 9. The plant is in the compound containing the Sverdlovsk Heavy
Equipment Plant in north-central Sverdlovsk, USSR.
HEAT PIPELINE (OVERHEAD) 1000
-'- - GAS PIPELINE (OVERHEAD) I 1000
?+ POL PIPELINE I- 1 T
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