INFORMATION ON KVP UNITS AT WEISSWASSER TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002400300002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Units at We .G fiser Troon Tra.inini Grounds
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la From 26 July to 2 August 1953, many KVP units arrived ate or lefts the Weisswasser
troop camp. The KVP units which arrived from Weimar on 24 Juuly,, left again, on
26 July, tine KVP units generally held two-week
courses in firing and driving,, Firing by machine , guns,,. artillery pieces and tank'
a hg ti thrnna}hrnit the day from the f3rin ? rare southeast of Nochten,,
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construction work had been done since three weeks
by a K VP unit at the Traenke troop training grounds which was located between
Pechern and tietschen 0 During the three-week period, 40 cubic meters of timber were
daily consumed for the construction of underground bunkers, field fortifications
and temporary buildings The troop training grounds was guarded by a KVP detail
which was quartered at the former sawmill at Tr aenke
fter mid-August or early September a large maneuver woul, be
i e:id at this area
At 10 a.m. on 4 August, v. troop tra which had arrived from the direction of
Cottbus we unloaded at Weisswaseer
bnd one boxcar loaded with boxes,, 30 x 40 cm< The train was escorte
ovae soldiers who wore red-bordered black epaulets. These soldiers were
trucked toward Nochten0
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On 4 and, 5 August, firing by heavy machine guns, submachine guns and carbines was
practiced at the infantry training grounds, The firing of tank guns was heard from
the tank firing range. Six armored scout cars were used for driving school purpose
in the wooded area near Nochten and Boxberg 0 The scout cars were occupied by Soviet
soldiers and KVP personnel.
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From 6 to 11. Augusta an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 KTPs were stationed at the
Wcisswasser troop training grounds. the units stationed there had come from
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An undetermined number of v. instructors nc.
for some time at Camp Nochten0
'7, Twining activities by VP units were daily observed at the troop training grounds
between 6 and 11 Augusta Firing with heavy machine guns, submachine guns and
carbines was practiced, No combat training or advanced combat practice firing was
observed. Two or three times every week, tank and AT guns practiced firing witch
live ammunition at the tank firing range
i' k crews were being trained by Soviet instrupctors
the KVPs were asked by their PK officers to volunteor or
employment against partisans in Poland.
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I a I rment The frequent change of P units stationed at the Erieisswasser
troop training . grounds is confirmed The K