MILITARY INFORMATION FROM GERA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001400740004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 12, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001400740004-1
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TOPfC_ Military Information from Gera
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REPORT
r'RTE PREPARED "12 May 1953
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on. y a rew soldiers were observed in Gera,
artillery ,ie;ces of 100 r..r to 120 mm and fnmrr Pield kitchens were loaded
with arti_lery, motor transport or tank insignia, 55 trucks, 31 prime
mover s , 24, x 100 AT guns and 1,200 AT gun arn:nunition boxes were
loaded at the Gera railroad station, Four tanks left the Panzer Kaserne
Tinz toward Weimar .l 2
At 7 a.m, on 20 April,,, two troop trains of about 40 care each were loaded
with eight artillery pieees of about 150 mi. tuo field kitchens, ?rig
e uit,menl, and trucks
e troops came rom the Reuss Kaserne
era The troop trains of taward :teixrar At 9:55 a?m. on 21 April, three
1 On 21 Arril 1953, about 900 troops wearing red-bordered black epaulets
On and after 22 April,
The trains--nro
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24 x 100 --mm A guiLs were entrained on the morning of 20 April 195: ,,
e Brigade, however, is listed with one regiment. equipped with 24 x 100-inm
AT guns only. Thus, if, is possible that either the same train remained at
the'Gera railroad station until 21 April 1953, or that the regiment is
equipped with a ni ht)r of AT guns Dryer than previously assumed a As the
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