KVP IN THE EGGESIN-ALTWARP AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002300430004-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
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RVP in the Eggesin A.ltwa:a: p Area
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED_
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5 and 6 July 1953
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1. On 5 July 1953, one building of Section C of Object No VIII in Eggesin
was occupied by an artillery unit of between 300 to 350 artillery men
who wore black collar patches. Twelve 152-mmmmm guns which. had solid tires,
split trail gun carriages and no muzzle brake; were immediately beside
the building. Twenty 4-wheel armored scout cars, 15 T-34-tanks and not
less than 5 x 7602-r.,m AT guns were in a restricted and heavily guarded
parking lot. Installation work was scheduled to begin in Sections A
through E'of the installation on 1 August and to be completed on 30 August.l
2. On 6 July, a heavy mortar unit of about 1,200 soldiers who wore black collar
patches was stationed at the hutment abet 165 km west of Altwarp and north
of the Warsin road. The troops were quartered in about 13 low wooden buildings<
About 60 trucks and 40 x 120 mortars were juct east of the camp. Two each towed one mortar. Soldiers stated that one battery had transferred forek
an unknown destination on 2 July and two-batteries on 3 July. An employee
stated that, the unit would soon move to Object No VIII southeast of Eggesin.2
. An AAA unit, allegedly a regiment, which numbered between 800 and 900 troops
,as quartered in a tent camp located toward Altwarp and about 500 meters
from the hutment. The troops were organized into three sections. Between 35
and 40 x 37.amm AA guns were seen. Heavy guns had apparently left the
installation, Soldiers stated that the unit had 140 motor vehicles. On 2
July, two batteries and, on 3 July, an additional battery were loaded for
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1. 0 CoM?mment. Available information indicated that Object No VIII in Karpin
was scheduled to quarter three nAchauized regiments, the howitzer artillery
regiment, the mortar regiment and' possibly, the reconnaissance battalion
of the mechanized division in Eggesin. The troops are stationed at present
at su ner camps in the vicinity of the installation. Since the howitzer
artillery regiment of the mechanized division in Eggesin is equipped with
l22 rim howitzers, the caliber of the guns observed appears to be stated
incorrectly. Only the artillery regiment of Armeegruppe Nord which is
stationed in the area of Stallberg Viereck is equipped with 152 mm howitzers.
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The unit observed is the mortar re invent of the division
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in ,ggesin which had previously been reported training in the area. of Altwarpd
3 Conjr,ent, The unit observed is the AAA regiment of the mechanized
division in Fggesin,a The 85 AAA previously observed there belonged to
the UTA regiment of, Arneegr. uppe Nord which also performed firing practices
in the area of Altwmrp? The transfer to the area of Ohrdruf of AAA batteries
may be correct. The AAA regiment of TV 600o is located in Gotha0 It is
possible that several batteries of the A'AA regiment of the division in
Eggesin were detached to Gotha arid/or Ohrdruf for joint practice; with
the AAA regiment of TV 6000. For exar.?pley MA batteries of Armeegruppe
Pord had already been detached to the AAA officers school in Oranienburg
as instruction units in the spring and sterner of 1953. The Soviet troop
training grounds in Ohrdruf was also utilized by KVP in the late sunmer
and fall of 1952
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