SOVIET ARMY SUPPLY SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600010212-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 212
• Publication Date: February 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SLCR.ET%tir''1' .~-'"' ~'1'~'ORMATTON
CrNTRAI_ INTELLIGENCE tiSENCY
COUNTRY USSR/Poland~Germany (Soviet Zone)
SUBJECT Soviet Army Supply System
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
the Soviets do not use the US Army
system of classification Classes I-,V~ to denote the different types of
supplies 1-lowever, the terms Categories I-V are employed to indicate the life
or current condition of any article Thus:
Category T refers to an item just produced and stored at ~L-he factory..
Category TT refers to an unused item in storage at a warehouse
Category III refers to an item in need of soma slight repairs
Category IV refers to an item needing a mc,jor repair
Category V refers to an item thnt is re-~dy ~to be junked a.s valuelesso
Ration #1 is given 'to flying personnel, while Ra-tic~n ~/2 generally is
provided for. ever~-o,c- e7_se? Actually, however, 12 difi'erent ration norms
are in exa.stence~
Ration f~l~ is ,~~n is:uc: of rations i.n hind for military personnel going on
TDY -to cover the period of travel time involved going to and from the rew
assignmen?to Rnti.ons for the to?ta1. travel period are given upon the initial
departureo Ra~t,ion f/12 is a dry ration with. an AVer~age weight ~f about
950 grams per dayo Tt ~?~ould consist of
CLASSIFICATION
SF'CRL"P/S1;CURTTY ITIFOR~ `I'IUN
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 SOD grams of br9a1
/.D grams of butter
35 grams oP sugar
75 grams oP pork fat ("eow belly"), or
13C grams of bologna, or
~Q grams ,e at the depot,
1 warehou.~es must ba ret~ii,y for ar: ins; ect.ic?n o.f the,e nouns at any time Thus,
and a7
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if 20 ssCks of flour are removed .C.?~m t}:e w::r?ehouse, {.leer. 20 rnore must immediately
be brought; in 'Co replace t:hern,
The 1st echelo)i refers to i;he r..?;~rchousas :nearest to tirhere t,},e troops ure figP.ting,
as well as the i;?ype of supplies cont;ai.r_ed `herein wYsilc the n31Son level of the various reports submitted by the companies which is sent on
to the regiment; The regiment on the tr:3is of thin consolidated re ort sends +.he food
requirements txack down the line. Mairter"arce is the
responsibility of the first sergeant althcuF;h an o ter may a reeu re o be
present at the re+;urn and issue of such items n_a rifles which have a definite respon-
sibility. "
The chief of rear services at t~egir.:ent or division lev~a has no authority over
technical supplies. At division level, the warehouses in which these technical
goods are stored are physically under the administrative control of the. Divisional
Supply Point, DIS (formerly DOP), which of course comes under the chief of rear
cervices. However, he is only con^erned with administrative (housekeeping) control
of the technical supplies in his warehouses., Actual operational control over them
comas from the ins+suctions of the appropriate Division Technical Officer.-(Division
Engineer, etc.) or his represontative (section chief).
At regimental level, there is a chief for each of the three technical branches. .Each
chief has his own supply point. When one 'runs out of any of his supplies or equip-
ment, he goes to his respective chief at division level and gets a requisition on
the DIS from him. The supplies are drawn from the DIS and taken tack down to the
regimental supply point for storage and use.
Storage of the technical items of supply rests largely upon local circumstances and
the amount of available space. All technical items may be located within one building'
or each may have a separate warehouse allotted to it. If all items are kept under one
roof, the building is div~.ded into sections-and the stores are kept apart from one
another.
The supply personnel at the technical warehouse(s) are com~randed by a line officer
in most cases. It matters little what branch of the service the enlisted help are
from insamuch as in the close confines of the warehouse, they work directly with
the officer, Roar service officers woulc] rarely be put in :~:arge of such warehouses.
Trophy detachment8 do exist In time of war, tut rot during peacetime.
each division has ono trophy pla.?oan (atou.t 30 men), each army has one rep y
company, and each srmy group has one trophy battalion. The purpose of these trophy
detachments. is to follow the Fighting, collect weapons (both their own anti the
enemy's), and send them back to the rear, Thoy do not collect trucks or other
vehicles, however, a.nd Choy do not take part in the fighting.
To coordinate the activities of thane various trophy detachments, a Main Trophy
Directorate existed during Wor1J War II which supervised the gathering of battle-
field aupplie? and their subsequent redistribution, At army level the Main Trophy
Directorate is located in the ?nd echelon. At ministerial level the Main ".'rophy
Directorate comes under the control of t.ho Chief of Rear Services.
In addition to the wa^k of trophy detachments, another -- 'i7ut separate -- front
lin? aalvaao unit ie PAM -- Assembly Point for 4lrocked Machines (Sborny Punkt
AvarinyY.h htashin). This organization fathers u.p trucks and other wheeled equipment
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of both the enemy and Soviet forces. This would include the Qelvage cf? tanks,
half tracks, armored cars, etc. It collect3 only those vehicles, however, which cannot
be repaired by the self-contained *_?epa:Lr (3rd echelon repair in the IInitod States
Army) facilities of theix assigned unit. SPAM is found at division 1eve1. it is
a wartins unit only;?.and consists of about 60 meu under the command of a lieutenant.
Tt is not under the rear s~rv!ee organizAtion but comes under ?Cha co,~trol cf tho
Deputy for Teehni~al Equipment?
academies or higher military s
onnel might be sent for tra.inir.
The
tov NLilitary "Housekeeping" (KHOZYAISTVENNAYA) Acad?~ at Kalinin with at least
300 graduates per year, probably raoreo Tt alsc has a sclzool for the advanced training
of high ranking a.nd reserve ofFYcerso There may be an academy at Kharkov like tine
one at Kalinin,
~EGRE~`:
SECRET/SEC[IRITX INPOI~.MATTON
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