MINSK AMMUNITION DEPOT SOUTHEAST MINSK, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: May 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
M'Illl AMMUNITION DEPOT - SOUTHEAST
MINK, USSR,
ELORUSSIAN MD
Declassification Review by NIMA/DOD
'Handle Via TALENT -KEYHOLE Control Only
This document aanrains elassified information offactLng the natior?ol security of the United States within the
meaning ~f'the espionage laws U. 5.?Cede Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its transmission
or the revelation of its contents in any manner ro an unauthorized person, os well as its use in any manner
prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the
detriment of.the United States_ It is to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and outhori.ed to
receive TALENT.KEit`HOL? information. Its security must be maintained in accordance with KEYHOLE arfd
TALENT relations.
NATIONAL 'PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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NPIC/R-338/64
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 photo raphic
analysis is being performed by the NPIC Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division (NPIC), and the Production
Center IPIc (I)IA). 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 he p jec~-t~tlttirefltcflt. -When --specifit acility is flat
observed both it--s title and letter designator are omitted in tote report,
"1 itles 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, (Ii) 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) sm.ill- arnrr firing ranges, (\1) driver ttnining trreas, (N tank
assault gun firing ranges, (P) flat trajectory firing ranges, (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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MINSK AMMUNITION DEPOT SOUTHEAST
(53-47N 027-41 E)
MINSK, MINSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
25X1A
25X1 C
FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF MINSK AMMUNITION DEPOT SOUTHEAST.
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Minsk Ammunition Depot Southeast (Figure
1) is located 15 kilometers (km) southeast of
25X1 D
25X1 D
This installation is covered by- TAL-
ENT photography and KEYHOLE missions
dated Compara-
tive analysis reveals an increase in the R5A1 D
of activity. Significant changes observed are
as follows: - coverage revealed a
spur from the Minsk-Osipovichi rail line
branching off 1 km north of Berezina serv-
ing this installation; - coverage grre-
vealed this spur extending past the in2aG4Attibn
and joining a new rail line, under construc-
tion from the Minsk-Osipovichi rail line.
Changes in the ammunition storage area be-
tween include
the addition of four unrevetted atr5Li?on
storage buildings and four support buildings.
Changes in the support area include the ad-
dition of one administration and one adm--i31=
istrative-type building, four barracks, four
storage buildings, and five support buildings.
Minsk (53-54N 027-34E). The installation is
rail-served by a branch line from the Minsk-
Osipovichi rail line. A secondary road pro-
vides access to the primary all-weather Minsk-
Smilovichi highway. The Minsk Army Barracks,
Uruchye (AL-_1) is located 18 km north-north
east. Numerous other military installations are
located in the Minsk area.
The ammunition storage area and adjacent
support area cover 380 acres. The ammunition
storage __area is enclosed by_ a fence and a wide
firebreak and contains 28 unrevetted ammunition
storage buildings, two probable rail-to-road
transloading buildings and nine support build-
ings. The support area located outside the
secured area contains oneministrationbuild-
fng, two administrative-type buildings, seven
multistory barracks, 11 storage buildings and
12 support buildings.
25X1 D
25X1 D
25X1 D
DESCPIPTION OF INSTALLATION
Railroad Service
The installation is served by a new branch
line from the .Minsk-Osipovichi rail line com-
pleted to a point immediately north of the stor-
age area and under construction toward Minsk.
Road Service
A secondary road provides access to the
all-weather primary Minsk-Smilovichi road.
Administrative and Troop Housing Area
tistory administration building, two administra-
tive-type- buildings, seven multistory barracks,
11 storage buildings and 12 support buildings.
- coverage reveals one new admin-
istration building, one new barracks, three new
_;storage buildings and one new support building.
coverage reveals one additional
administrative-type building, four additional
barracks, one new storage building and-four new
support buildings.
Ammunition Storage Area
Area F contains 28 unrevetted 60- by 210
foot ammunition storage buildings and nine sup-
port buildings. - coverage revealed
one new ammunition storage building and one
support building. coverage re-
vealed three new ammunition storage buildings
and four new support buildings. !2l5MDhe
ammunition storage buildings are well dispersed
and directly accessible to a network of in-
ternal roads.
Other Buildings 25X1 D
Area H contains two 200-foot-long rec-
tangular probable rail-to-road transloading
buildings.
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FIGURE 2. MINSK AMMUNITION DEPOT SOUTHEAST, -
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Railroad-, double track
Railroad, single track
Road
Single track railroad under
construction
Fence
Area outline
200 0 200 400 600
M INS M.
15 KM
25X1 D
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25X1 D
MAPS OR CHARTS
CS Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 016h-14 HI_ 2d ed, Dee 63 (SECRET)
REQUIREMENTS
C-RR-4-x2.111 (partial answer)
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