ORDER OF BATTLE 1. MILITARY CLASSES ON ACTIVE DUTY 2. STRENGTH AND CADRES OF THE ALBANIAN ARMY

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• Publication Date: March 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its trtnamisrion or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Albania
SUBJECT Order of Battle
le Militar Classes on Active Duty
2, Strength and Cadres of the
Albanian Arir j
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Military Classes on Active Duty
1. The following military classes are currently on active duty inthaAba i n
Armed Forces: Class of 1928, 1929, 19309 1931, and 1932 (partly el
distributed as follows,
a. Army 30,000
b, Air Force 5,000
c. Navy 5x000
do Border Guards 5AOOO
2. There art; approximately 10,000 men in each class,
Stren fth and Cadres of the Albanian Army
3. There are approximately x.5,3000 men in the Albanian Armed Forces, and they are
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Other forces which should be considered as an effective element in the nation's
mobilized strength,
a. The militia 15,000
bo The Police 7,000 (Sigurimi?)
c, Labor units 9000
31,000 Total
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The Albanian Army consists of the following units:
a. Three infantry divisicns,9 which are deployed as follows:
1 Division in Tirana
5 Division in Gjinokaster2
8 Division in Korce
b. Two motorized brigades
c. Eight border guard battalions
6. The following unidentified non-divisional units are under the direct operational
control of the Ministry of Peoples Defense:
a. In Elbasan
One artillery brigade
b. In Shkoder
Two infantry brigades3
c. In Durres
One coast artillery brigade
One marine regiment
d. In Tirana
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One communications brigade
One tank regiment
One 122 mm mortar regiment
One antiaircraft regiment
One antitank regiment
One battalion of Republican Guards
The following special communications unit is also stationed in Tirana:
11 Communications Regiment,, Headquarters on Via Dibra consisting of:
2 Telephone Battalion
1 Radio-Telegraph Battalion
Each battalion in this regiment has four companies and each company has four squads.
8. Each Albanian infantry division is composed on the following units:
a.. Three infantry regiments
b. One artillery regiment
c. One service company
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9. Each regiment is composed on the following units:
a. Three infantry battalions
be Unspecified number of service units
10. The following units are organic to an infantry regiment:
a. LIGHT MORTAR COME ANY
There are three platoons in a company. Each platoon has three squads of
12 men each. A noncommissioned officer heads a squad, and a commissioned
officer heads a platoon.
Company headquarters: 3 commissioned officers
2 noncommissioned officers
17L enlisted men
- scout car
I motorcycle
It horses
3 horse carts
Total company strength: 6 commissioned officers
14 noncommissioned officers
1)40 enlisted men
Company armament: 18 82 mm 36-M mortars
There are three platoons to the company. Each platoon has three squads of
12 men each, A noncommissioned officer heads a squad, and a commissioned
officer heads a platoon.
Company headquarters: 3 commissioned officers
2 noncommissioned officers
li enlisted men
'2 three ton trucks
) transport vehicles
8 draft horses
Total company strength 6 commissioned officers
14 noncommissioned officers
15() enlisted men
Company armament.- 18 120 mm 38-M mortars.
There are three sections to the battery. Each section has three squads of
15 men each. A noncommissioned officer heads a squad, and a commissioned
officer heads a section.
Battery headquarters., .3 commissioned officers
2 noncommissioned officers
18 enlisted men
1 scout car
:L motorcycle
14 horse-drawn transport wagons
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Total brat- erl stren?;th: 6 couijssicned officers
17 ncncoim;,issioned officers
147 enlisted men
9 antitank guns, 7-Li.2, 7.62 Cal.
d., VUDh M C ..--0TTG.':,5 COIMTPANY
There are two racl:i.o telegraph platoons under the command of a com::.issioned of-
ficcr. . Each platoon has 4 sections consisting of three enlisted men and one
noncommissioned officer.
There are two telephone platoons under the cori,iand of a comyineioned officer.
Each platoon has four sections consisting of three enlisted wen and one non-
co ::iiss:_ci:a.ed officer.
Co_rn': air headquarters: 3 commissioned officers
2 noncommissioned officers
:L3 enlisted men
2 scout cars
1 motorcycle
3 two horse-drawn waFons
1 mess wagon
`Totall. cola a-t7, strength: 7 commissioned officers
222 noncoy,u-;tissionod officers
(i enlisted men
CoT,pan,.. signal equipment: Radio sets ':-1949 of Soviet construction with double
antenna. One antenna is 15C Ica hi?1n, the other is a
circular or rectangular antenna. 3C lea high.
Units below the reginental level are assigned portable
signal equipment. This equipment is usually carried
by four enlisted man or ~ounted on a horse. Fewer is
furnished by batteries.
degii,iental and divisional units have their co, rx.tiunica-
tions equipment transported on vehicles. ;rower is
f l:Lrnished by batteries. Equipment con ints of German
type TORN and 10 "d sets, and Soviet typo
12 L.P., 1R.f., and d.I.f, radio sets.
There are three platoono each commanded by a co.nri.asionod officor,
has .'our squads.
Oorran;. headquarters: 3 coneii,.ssioned officers
2 nonco,rL?.ij.ssion.ed officers
16 enlisted mail
2 three ton trucks
3 horse-drawn wagons
Tetal CC.. Cl:i` :., l,Y'C:mn{:,th. 6 co-niecinnod officers
20 noncom :.ssioned officers
2c:3 o nlisteo. men
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Each platoon
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Comments:
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evo l area were scheduled for d for mobilization on
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headquarters of 5 Infantry Division is located in
3. Current holdings list an independent infantry brigade in Shkoder, possibly
the 60th.
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