MILITARY TRAINING AREAS SLONIM, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD
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MILITARY TRAINING AREAS
SLONIM, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
This training area, associated with Slonim
Army Barracks and Ordnance Depot (BE No
covers approximately 1280 acres
and is located 1.6 miles (2.6 kilometers) south
of Slonim at 53-04N 025-19E (Figure 1). It
contains an explosives storage area, a storage
area, possible motor pool, a 990 by 165-foot
small arms firing range, and atracked-vehicle
driver training area covering approximately
400 acres.
tank firing range with a maximum target distance
of 4,210 feet, two 2,620-foot and two 2,065-foot
firing lanes, and two target runs. Considerable
vehicle track activity was observed in the west-
ern section of Area B.
no change in the facilities at either training area.
Usage appeared constant except onsnow-covered
photography ofwhen only the wheeled-
vehicle driver training area and the northern-
most moving target tank firing range at Area
B appeared active. Neither area appeared active
Primary roads connect both training areas
to Slonim. Secondary roads connect both train-
ing areas to their adjacent barracks area. They
are not directly rail served; however, the Bar-
anovichi-Borodichi railroad runs in a generally
east-west direction immediately north of
both areas.
No artillery firing positions or impact
areas, bivouac areas or tent camps, engineer
training or water-crossing training sites, air-
borne or air transportability training facilities,
or rail loading ramps were observed.
This training area, associated with Slonim
Army Barracks Albertin (BE No-
covers approximately 3,100 acres and is lo-
cated 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometers) southeast of
Slonim at 53-03N 025-24E.
It contains a probable infantry combat
course, awheeled-vehicle driver training area,
one moving target tank firing range with a max-
imum target distance of 3,415 feet from static
firing line to target, two 1,590-foot firing lanes
and two target runs; and another moving target
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