REPORTED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LENINGRAD MILITARY DISTRICT: RAILWAY BRIGADE NO 2 OF THE NAVAL ARTILLERY OF THE BALTIC FLEET/FLAME-THROWER COMPANIES/RESERVE WELLS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500430348-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 348
• Publication Date: March 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Approved For Release 2000/08/30 : CI 1P80t-00809A000500430348-6
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUg"T Reported Developments in the Leningrad ?lilitnry
District: Rsilwny Brigade No 2 of the N'.val Artillery
of the Baltic FleetfFlEUne.-Throver Comprnies/Rescrce Wa]Zs
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HniJ.wny Lrig,nde ;to 2 or Vim have].: Artillery of the Baltilc rlegit
1. "The 'Railway Brig-de No 2 of the Nav.l Artillery of the Fieltic Fleet,
(7heleznodorot.hn-.ti-3. Brigade Morskoi 'rtiller,i XI+F No 2) is Zoe=cted in the
milittu'y settlement of Ust-Lug'T,north of NTrve. in Septelrber 1953 one b>ttery
of this brigade stood at the Narv rr.ilvay station. The battery consisted of ?.
train with six carriages and an engine. In the middle of the tre.in were two
8-axle rrmored platforms. On each platform stood one '250-mm re.ilw:iy gun of
the coastal defence' (heleznodarothnaia pushke. beregovoi laboroay). The barrels
of these guns were ;:bout 10 meters long. 'according to the local inhabitants,
Rs.ilway Brigade No 2 has two divisions, with two batteries in each. The
total number of rnilvey guns for coast-.1 defence based nt Ust-Luga is eight.
o Kingisepp, :eningra.d oblast. Tt has been -,secrtained that these ':special
flame-thrower eompniniec' ;,re Art of the cher ic!,! forces (khi.micheskie Voiskn)
of the Leningrad military district. The co,p:+.nic:s are armed with knapsack
flame-throwc:?c of the type 'RO-43'. The '1O-43' throws out e jet flame to A
distance of up to 40 meters. . 'npecinl flame-thrower eomp:4n3r' conelets of
three flame-thrower platoons. Thecc componiec are motorized.,
FFllnme-Thrower Cog. _nies ..It Ki.ngissepp
2. "The 126th, 128th and 129th 'special fl,ne-thrower comp!nies' sr' based in the to'n
is danger that the municipal water supply aystess will be destroyed or
contaminated with chemicals."
Reserve Wells in Tallinn and S.eningrad
"."ince spring, .1953, reserve veils have been dug, in those barrnuic jgo-ands for
troops which have Water supplied by the centralized water ny:atein of the towns
of Leningrad and Tallinn. There are rumors that such wells have been dug in
other towns as well. The reserve Wells rse for use in case of war when there