SOVIET MILITARY MANPOWER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600010185-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 185
• Publication Date: February 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet Military Manpower
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR/Germany (Soviet Zone)
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DATE DISTR. / ( Feb 1952
NO. OF PAGES 5
NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
CLASSIFICATION TrmnR1M4mTn*T
DISTRIGUTION
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About 50 men reported or induction;
four were reJected. because of jail records. A
jail re
and extreme illne=s are the only reasons for rejectioncor~
rejectees are automatically assigned to the labor
vices. According to an order issued in 1950 by Marshal
b..ssilevskiy, Minister of Defense, no deferments whatsoever
were to be authorized. Men who need only a short time to
complete their studies, or specialistF practicing their pro-
fession, are not deferred.
there are two -r
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at the end of September or the ~L111n111g of iuly, the second
beginninrz of October. All
classes register for the first time in the June which comes
closest to their 19th birthday and are called to active service
one year later. For this reason some draftees are 19 and
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hers 20 when called to active sezwice.
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this is the only reason why solve classes are called at
the age of 20 instead of 19. These cis ai'tees who have eight
or more years of schooling are called to active service first
and form the first increment of each class. After basic
training they are sent to officer candidate schools for army
or navy, or to NCO schools. Some men from this increment are
assigned to the MVD and MGB after screening for intelligence,
education and. political reliability. The second call of each
class in September or October is usually composed of draftees
with less than eight years of schooling.
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(a) The class of 1929 first registered in 1948; part of it
was drafted in September 1949.
(b) The class of 1931 was inducted in April 1951 and
arrived 1.n the Soviet Zone of.Germany in May 1951.
he class of 1 2 *~~as to be inducted in September 1951.
Arrival in the Soviet Zone of Germany
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(5322N-1305E)
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P 50 with 700 to 800 men of the class of 1930. On or
about 25 Sep 50 another shipment of 700 to 800 recrui
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or about 6 Sep left Alabino 5532N-3700E on
50, travelling via Smolensk, Gomel, Kovel, Wars
Frankfurt/Oder (5221N-1433E) to Neustrelitz. Most of the
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Poland, Hungary, Austria of th 1930 class were stationed in
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7. The cOllipositi.on of my unit was as follows:
(a) Four NCOs of the 1928 class
(b) Four NCOs of the 1929 class
(c) Four NCOs of the 1930 class
Demobilization
8.
(a) NCOs and privates of the class of 1926 were demobilized
in the Soviet Zone of Germany in June 1950.
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was general for all asSAgnment,s anci all branches.
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The classes of 1928 to 1931 are still on active service.
Upon demobilization all NCOs were given a chance to r
for admission
All soldiers and
DICO s were g ven opportunity to re-enlist if t-ey wished.
la.fter demobilization all soldiers are carried
for 10 -ears as members of the reserve in category A.
the pertinent Voyenkomat have a plan o transfer
to category B members who have completed 10 years in
category A. men who have
receive no re res er training.
Leave
10. Army officers have 45 days annual leave plus travel time.
My information is based on talks with other soldiers and on
the fact that the commanding officer of the 495th Howitzer
Battalion went t
summer of 1951.
jet pilots
are a owe days annual leave plus travel time. NCOs may
receive 10 to 20 days annual leave plus travel time at the
discretion of the commanding officer. Enlisted men are not
entitled to any leave, but a unit commander has the power to
reward an enlisted man with a 15 day leave to the USSR for
the following reasons:
(a)
an expert gunner if he can, hit all five targets: the
regular target with a bull's-eye and four field targets,
representing silhouettes of prone, crouching, kneeling
and. standing figures.
(b) Exemplary conduct, discipline, neatness and all-around
outstanding soldiership.
(c)
Outstanding marks in political indoctrination.
In case of illness or death an enlisted man may also receive
15 days leave. 'Phis kind of leave must be approved by
various channels in the Soviet Zone and the USSR. It usually
takes from one to two months after the emereenev to obtain
hostilities ore; many reserve officers, especia..LJ.y,
pilots, have been recalled from the infantry, tank and tech-
nical services.
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,Labor Service
12,
other schools and universities are drafted into thr service.
Deferments are no longer given. the
proportion of those drafted in 1950 and was greater than
in previous years,
no young men were e
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2nd Artill ry Brigade in r 51.
These
women, 20 to 25 years old, are volunteers and all hold the
rank of private. They draw pay at civilian ratings and
have officer status and privileges. They wear the regular
Soviet enlisted women's uniform: blouse with shoulder boards
and the insignia of the unit to which assigned; skirts;
high leather boots, and a round hat with a red star. They
are employed in various capacities: waitresses in officers'
messes and casinos, typists in orderly rooms, and odd jobs in
kitchens and hospitals. They are free to mix with officers
and enlisted men but not allowed to associate with Germans.
Rumors among the officers, enlisted men, and enlisted women
indicated that all Geinan female
employees were to be replaced by Soviet women. a
female MOB major= was assigned to Hq, 2nd Artillery
Brigade and a female senior sergeant assigned as an inter-
preter to the same unit. The sergeant wore civilian
clothes.
In September 1951 there was a large influx of
Soviet uniformed female personnel into the Soviet Zone of
Germany. Approximately 25 of them were assigned to the
14. Female nurses serve in hospitals throughout the Soviet
Zone. They enroll voluntarily in nurses schools in the USSR
and after graduation are commissioned in the army as junior
lieutenants or lieutenants. They wear the army uniform
only for inspection and parades; otherwise they rear civilian
clothes. Soldiers do not salute them. Approximately 20
nurses, 20 to 23 years old, were assigned to the 2nd
Artillery Brigade. They were billeted in quarters for
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