SECOND MECHANIZED REGIMENT IN KARPIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002400710004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Secc.ad Mechanized Regiment in Karpin
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1 n The second mechz.:dzed regiment in Karpin, which was also referred to as
Bereitschaft Franke, was subordinate to KVPD Eggesin, Heeresgruppe Nord0
It was organized into headquarters with technical supply company with 85
officersand EM; motor vehicle ' company with 76 officers and. EM; S'1
reconnaissance ccrapany with. 60 officers and EM; 5.2 company with 50 officers and
EM; 5--3 company with 50 officers and EM; S-4 company with 50 officers and Iii,,.
S-5 company with 50 officers and EM; S-6 company with 50 officere and F.'!,;
I through III infantry battalion, each with 150 officers and EM; tank battalion
with 230 officers and E; artillery battalion with 150 officers and 3%; and
Kommando f.ahule with 162 officers and W,. The C-Abteilung (Arend) was organized
into headquarters with ? officers and 2 NCOs; first company with 8 officers,
15 NCOa and 41 EMI; second company with 8 officers., .6 NCOs and 48 EM; third
company with 5 officers, 4 NCOs and 58 EM; and fourth company (technical)
with 4officers, 3 NCOs and 27 i, Contrary to the actual strength of 8
officers, 15 NCOe and 41 i, the first company had an authorized strength -
of r officers? 31 NCOs and 15 EMo They made up 11 tank crews, including
that of.the coi:~rland tank of the battAaliono The other. two companies had 10
t::.,nk crews each.,
2. Officers. of the regiment. a,nd ot'her officers included Lieutenant
General Heinz Hof .nn, director of training with the ?Ministry of the Interior;
Ma jo :r General Rudolf Doelling FuI1t Officer with the 'Ministry stry of tho Interior;
nol.rnel Siegfried We-aiss commanding officer of Division Eggesin; Major Franke
commanding officer of the second mechanized regiment in Kar pin; Captain's
Staup (fxau) first deputy, Captain Koester (fr-u), second deputy; Captain
Stauch (fnu) chief of staff; Captain Fritz Seiffert, core anding officer of
the tank battalion, Captain Felerabend (fnu), head of the Komraando Schu .e,
and Captain Gri mnn (fi nn) , SST officer, Four Soviet advisors, including a chief
advisor; belonged to the tank battalion.
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3., The, tank battalion was equipped with 31 T-34/85 tanks, 3 two?-axi.e armored
scout cars,, 62 tank machine guns, with two to each tank, 3 light machine
guns with the reconnaissance platoon of the fourth company, 54 suu.ehine
guns, and 10 carbines a of the 31 tanks 25 were placed in reserve. while
6 served as driving school vehicles? 25X1
4a Motor vehicles of the regiment included 20 11-3-A trucks, 15 ZIS trucks, :25
phaenoinen personnel carriers, 3 ar:bulancee, 1 corrnahderes map car 1 jeep,
1 threes le H-5 tank truck with trailer, 1 two?-ogle Z.IS tank truck with
trailer, I three-axle H-5 workshop truck, 2 tun-axle H-3-A workshop truck,
1 B'M sedan, and 2 B1,11 500 motorcycles, 1
5A field exer ;ise with infantry practicing attack and defense under tank
support was reld in the Jaegerbrueck area in June 1953 a Units involved
included elements of the Kornmando Schule, the third rifle battalion, a
battery of the artillery battalion and 3 T