HEAVY HOWITZER ARTILLERY REGIMENT OF TV(Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: November 13, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1 1. In early July 1953, KVPD a Schwerea Iiaubitzkoznmando (Howitzer
ArtV lery Regiment) was stationed in a tent camp about 12 1a north of
Pasewalk and 10 km south of Torgelow,. The unit belonged to Heeresgruppe
Nord and was organized as follows:
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Headquarters
35
5
15
Supply detail
8
7
30
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1
3
6
School
13
11
56
1 through III Abteilung each
31
31
142
Reconnaissance unit
31
13
90
Headquarters battery
7
6
40
188
138
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The set-up of the school was as follows:
Officers
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Staff
6
1
1
1st Section (radio operators)
1
1
7
2d Section (telephone operators)
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1
6
3d Section (co e~
1
2
10
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4th Section (1st Fire Control Section) 1 2 B
5th Section (2d Fire Control Section) 1 1 7
6th section (drivers) 1 1 9
7th Section (drivers) 2 t
Lieutenant General Heim His deputy commanding general for training
at the 2iinistry of the Interior;
Major General Rudolf Doe1i ngs in charge of PK matters at the rinistry of
the Interior;
Major General lle snn Rontschp corranding general of Heeresgruppe Nord;
Colonel Hainrich Neitscb lIC officer of Heeresgruppe Nord;
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Petters chief of the KVP artillery;
Senior Lieutenant Schiller (ftu), chief of staff;
Senior Lieutenant Wolfgang Duehring, chief of the school of Schweres
Haubitzkoru arido;
Senior Lieutenant Schx11guhn (f nu) , commanding officer of the let Abteilung;
Senior Lieutenant Saegebarth (fnu), cormanding officer of the 2d Abteilung;
Senior Lieutenant Bomblitz (fnu), comrsanding officer of the 3d Abteilung;
Senior Lieutenant Hampel, cornianding officer of the reconnaissance unit;
Senior Lieutenant Lindner (fnu), ccL.rzianding officer of the headquarters
battery,
Major Gaertner (fr i), commanding officer of MID
Captain Moeller (f nu) , PK officer;
Between 18 and 22 July 1953, all the Soviet advisors were withdrawn from
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the Schweres :au z mr=an o was scheduled return to
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3 ~ The Sehtreres Ilaubitzkormando was equipped, with 26x152ruin howitzers and
14,122 howitzers all of there of Soviet naks s In detail the howitzers
were distributed as follows:
School: 2 x i52-mm howitzers and 2 x 122m howitzers;
lot Abte ilung 12xl52-rr?n howitzers;
2d Abteilung : 12x152-ms howitzers;
3d Abte.lung : 12x122 ;m howitzers 0 1
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4. On 15 July 1953, the let through 3d Abteilung transferred their 4th
Batteries to another unit o One 152 mm battery each moved to Gloewen and
Halle, while a 122--xrin battery transferred to Gotha,, The batteries involved
and all their equipment were roved by rail, each battery consisting of 75
to 80 men e The batteries were equipped with 4 guns and 5 tractors o 3
5. It.VPD was equipped with 50 model Stalinez-4 tractors$ five per battery;
25 H A trucks; 25 Phaenomen type trucks; 2 command cars; 2 tank trucks
with a model 0-5 trailer each; I model O.5 shop truck; and 8 BMW sedans
6, In April 1953y the first firing practices with life w unction were held
with 122-m howitzers in Jaeger}ruecko The firing practices were attended
by all officers of the reri.ment a About 24 July 1953, the 9th Battery of
the 3d Abteilung held firing practices with 152-mrz howitzers in Jaegerbruecko
The practices were attended by the best officers and NCOs of the entire
regiment, a total, of about 200
7. Of the effectiveo of the unit, 5 percent belonged to the 1920 through 1925
classes., 30 percent to the 1926 through 1930 classes and 65 percent to the
1931 through 1936 classes a About 70 percent of the came from Saxony and
10 percent each came from Mecklenburg, Thuringia and Saxony-,Anha,1t a About
40 percent of the unit followed the Communist line while 60 percent were
opposed to the regime, Prior to 17 Junes political indoctrination centered
around the history of the Soviet Communist Party and World War II in Soviet
view. After 17 v uae, the coneequanees of the June 17 uprising were treated
Topics discussed were "The provocations of the American imperialists and
their west German stool pigeon" and "KVP Missions after 17 June". In the
political indoctrination it was stated that the event on 17 June had been
prepared since 1945 and that the reduction of work norms had been decreed
already on 11 June 1953 by the SED Central Comitteea
8. On 1? June, no special measures were taken by the unit. Only about 6 a.m.
.on 1.8 June, the unit was placed on alert status which was extended to
25X1 about 15 July. The KVPI) 0 was not employed during the riots o Personnel
of the headquarters battery was on leave but was not recalled o In mid-
July, a commission of about five medical officers including a former major
(xmed) appeared at the unit. Prior to 20 July, about 50 sick KVPs were
discharged in addition to 70 to 80 soldiers of the unit who were declared
unsuitable for the KVPO Anotier 150 soldiers most of them corporals and
sergeants were discharged because the had served for more than three years.
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25X1 9n On 23 Julys, 15 infantry soldiers who were transferred to KVPO
arrived by truck from Prenzlau,, About 17 July. Senior Lieutenants
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Scheede (fnu) and Peble (fnu) of the reconnaissance unit were sent to
Leipzig where they were to qualify in a 4-week course for training in
the USSR.
1 C 9mment. The howitzer artillery regiment involved was renamed
ors'nando just as all other KVP regiments,
KVPD is stationed in the Stallberg area.
rrior to early July 1953$ the regiment consisted of 4 battalions with
4 batteries to each battalion and had a total strength of about 1,700
men? After discharging personnel and transferring personnel to TVs 0
of about 1,000 men the regiment dropped to a personnel strength
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2. I Comment, i?oet of the Soviet instructors were also withdrawn from
other units of Armeegruppe Nord.
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dent. The transfer of a 152 battery to the artillery
instruction regiment of TV D in Gloewen is credible? HIoweverr,
25X1 the correctness of the statement that howitzer batteries were trans-
ferred to Halle and Gotha is doubted, A KV1' Infantry unit which is
2 5X1 probably not equipped with 152-mm howitzers is statiohed in Halle. The
.AAA instruction regiment of TV 0 which should have no use for
25X1 1'22 mm howitzers Is stationed in Gotha. It is more probable that the
two batteries mentioned were transferred to the artillery instruction
regiment of TV 0 in Erfurt o
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40 Car Banta The statements on personnel discharged by KVPO
agrees with other information on discharge operations of the KVPC
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