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Aircraft from the GSFG used the Przemkow Range in Western Poland. That range had many similarities with the target airfield on the Wittstock Air-to-Ground
Gunnery/Bomb Range (Gadow-Rossow) in the GDR. Przemkow was an element of the 532nd Aviation Training Center (Uchebnyy Aviatsionnyy Tsentr). 1: Platoon strongpoint / trench, 3 tanks 2-“Ch”: Chaparral platoon in firing positions / 9 vehicles, 4 launcher mock-ups 2-“V”: Vulcan platoon in firing positions / 4 mock-ups 3: Howitzer battery in firing position / 4 howitzer mock-ups and 8 motor vehicles 5: Medium-tank company in combat formations / 12 tanks 21: Medium-tank company on the march / 10 tanks 27: Hawk SAM battery / Battery control point, 4 radars and 3 motor vehicles 42: Pershing firing platoon / 3 control points, 6 motor vehicles 46: Highway bridge 62: Grass airfield / Runway 2700x50 meters 62-1: Northwest aircraft parking apron / 12 aircraft in the combat exposure area 62-2: Central aircraft parking apron / 12 aircraft in the combat exposure area 62-3: Southeast aircraft parking apron / 12 aircraft in the combat exposure area 62-4: Aircraft taking off / Pair of aircraft 62-5: Airfield command post / Command post, 2 radars, 1 radio aid 62-6: POL dump / 6 fuel tanks, 1 motor vehicle 62-7: Ammunition dump / 6 storage areas, 2 motor vehicles 62-8: Hardened aircraft structures / [2 structures?] 62-9: Central fueling point 101: Initial training benchmark / Circle Δ = 100 meters - Cross = 40 x 40 100: Firing ranges / Circle Δ = 400 103: Night 105/105A: Radar target / Corner reflector PROHIBITED: During live AAA gunnery at the Cieszyn Range, [night?] sorties at the Przemkow Range are prohibited. During daytime sorties, overflight of the observation tower at a distance of 15 meters at H = 100 meters. PERMITTED: Bombing from horizontal flight with a zoom climb and dive by all aircraft types employing caliber Δ = 500. Dropping caliber 1500 bombs on targets n°5 and 62 given that the targets are acquired visually. Launch of air-to-ground guided missiles from a combat heading of 290-300 meters. Download the Przemkow firing range for Google Earth > |