LIDA TRAINING AREA SOUTHEAST LIDA AREA, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000400020010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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LIRA TRAINING AREA SOUTHEAST
LIDA AREA, 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 IPIc (DIA). The photogiphic 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-
fig-area or courses, (S) special training facilities, (T) unidentified
facilitfes or tracking activity.
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LIDA TRAINING AREA SOUTHEAST
.t53-446N025- 9
LIDA AREA, GRObNENSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
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Road Service
Probable all-Weather roads lead to the Lida-
Novogrudok highway.
Administrative and Troop Housing Area
Area D contains one H-shaped administra-
A military training area* (AL-2) is located
16 kilometers (km) southeal i o L i~a (=3N
025-17E) on the west bank of the Neman River
(Figure 1). Lida Military Barracks (AL-1) is
located 21 km northwest. All-weather roads
provide direct connections to the Lida-Novo-
grudok highway. The Lida-Baranovichi rail line
passes 5 km west. -
The area (Figure 2) covers approximately
3,800 acres, including a 200-acre troop billeting
camp. containing five permanent buildings and
extensive areas for tents. The permanent build-
ings include one administration building and four
probable mess halls. The training area is on
tion building, four T-shaped probable mess halls,
and extensive areas for tents.
The minor support buildings and tents, which
were reported from TALENT coverage, are not
-DIA Target Data Inventory (TDI) reports this installation as
Lida Barracks and Training Area Southeast.
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relatively flat terrain (less than 50 feet variation
in e reva to -an ? is p-MM ntly wooded.
Training facilities Include an infantry field train-
ing area, two probable field artillery 4-position
battery emplacements., and a probable river-
crossing training site.
The area was covered by -TALENT
photography -and KEYHOLE missions between
Comparative
analysis reveals no significant change in the
over-all size of this training area. The general
level of track activity remained about the same -
between with no
discernible activity in the winter months.
discernible on KEYHOLE photography.
Artillery Emplacements
Area Q contains two unoccupied field artil-
lery yemplacements.
Infantry Field Training Area
Area R contains numerous personnel trench
systems and field works with light track activity
throughout.
Special Training Facilities
A prababre- river-crossing training site is
located in Area S.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
US Air Ti get Chart, Series 100, Sheet
MAPS OR CHRTS
US Air T get Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0168-13HL, 2d ed, Sep 62 (SECRET)
1st Dec 55 (SECRET)
Army. 11M-171-63, Military Instcllations Lida, Oct 63 (TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF)
Army. PIR-6-58' Military Barracks and Training Areas-Lida, Mar 58 ('POP SECRET CHESS)
DIA. C-225/1-1-63, Installation List, Soviet Ground Forces, Oct 63 (SECRET/No Foreign Dissem
REQUIREME IT
C-RR4-8 111 (partial answer)
NPIC PRO CT
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