23RD TANK REGIMENT, 9TH TANK DIVISION: OB. TRAINING AND SUPPLY

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2004
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: June 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY 1JL SR/Germany
SUBJECT 23rd Tank Regiment, 9th Tank Diviffiion:
OB. Training and. Subply
DATE D STR. 02 3 J,,2n I9jl
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brigade, with wr_aponL, of various calibers, was fcr?ned in Melxssen as part of the
First Guards aaIs formed in Koenigsbruck.
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1. The 23rd Tank Regiment to stationed in Oschat.z. The other regiments of the 9rh
Tank Division are located in Meissen, Riesa, Zeithain,
2. No new major units ;have been brought into Germany from the TBSR, but; a new, artillery
warning order is given and the movement order requires Immediate :>o;upliar.eti.. At .
present, the entire 9th Tank Division is located in the Koenigabruck Maneuver Area
along with the rest of the First Guards Meo Army. Seventy men of the. 23rd. link
Regiment are le:f:i in .the winter kasernes as a housekeeping detachment when the
regiment moves to Koenigsbruok.
6. Recruits from the USSR were last received by the 23rd Tank Regiment in. -the Fall. of
1950.
The 9th Tank Division has not gone on any maneuvers or problems at Plauen.. Through-
out the year, it has gone to Koenigsbruk for firing and. training. Moves *0
Koenigsbruck are by rail and. 'truck and contstitutr. training In themsel.vess., No
Members of the 1.927 Class are being sent home from Gersoany for d.emc'bilization.. 0
F_ I This demobilization in.-
c m: eis all members of the class, both privates end PICO 1 5, Re1'p1a cements for these
men are expected in the future,
8,, In the USSR, cl.asserj were previously ind:ulsted at, age 22, but are now being Ind-acted
at age ld Tn the Fall of 1950, recruits for the 23rd. Tank Regilnttnt were from the
Belodgo (phonetic) Oblast,
9. Present strength of n, Tank Battr.1' ion is 18 T-34 tanka and. tometh.ing over 90 men,
five men per tank, plugs a :Pew headquarters personne.d. . Strength of the 23rd, Tank:
Regiment it 68 cfficers and 700 men. Strmngth of for 9th Tank Division i!s 12,,OGOP
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10. The 23rd Tank Regiment is equipped with T-34 tanks, some of which mount I22= guns
and othexa moulting 85's. It also has JSU-152'a and SU-100's. Trucks include 48 US
trucks and 18 ZIS-5'a. ZIS-.151's are not used by Soviet troops in Gerry, but would
be in Lull of combat. No armored pertunTme1 narrierw xre beer... The Rnrrtme t 'hPA
100% WE equipment. Many tanks and trucks are ordinarily kept in dead storage, but
these vehicles and weapons do Areompn the '-:cgiment to Koenigabruck.
11. The 9th Tank Division includes eight regiments of all types. One of these ie an
artillery regiment.
3.2. When the 2-)rd Tank Regiment moves to Koenigabrack, it maintains a three-day supply of
rations on trucks, plus an undetermined amount of ammunition. It is not necessary to
return to .Tinter ksaernes for any supplies when the regiment is in the training area.
Some supplies come from the USSR and. others are procured in Germany.
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