SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002800910002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 14, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
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Soviet Troop Trains
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DATE PREPARED 14 October.1953
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-Coach
CB -:?tbnverted Boxcar
B -Boxcar
F - Flatcar
SSy - Heavy-duty Flatcar
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Date in Composition of
August . .Troop Trains
1 24 cars with .
soldiers and vehicles
9 20 cars with
soldiers and vehicles
18. 52 cars with
soldiers and vehicles
19 19 cars with
soldiers and vehicles
32 cars with
soldiers and vehicles
14 17 cars, 13 SSy with
soldiers, tanks and
vehicles
From
Klotzsche
Klotzscha
Klotzsche
Koenigsbrneck
Koenigsbrueck
Neubukow
Aue Chemnitz;
Glauchau PlaUen
24 2 cars, 3 SSy with . , Bad Koestritz
soldiers, tanks and
vehicles
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8 cars, 4 SSy with
soldiers, tanks and
vehicles
53 cars with
soldiers and vehicles
20 cars with
soldiers and vehicles
Glauchau
Plauen
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2. Troop trains listed in railroad between
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? 13 12 B, 33 F
11 CBp 3 Bp 41F
5 B2 41 F
9 CP9 7 B, 25.F
8 CB, 2 P, 30 F
14 10 CB, 7 Bp 34F
? 3 CB, 4 F
6 CB, 3 p, 15 F
11 CB, 3 B, 35 F
1 CB, 3 13 32 F
15 .9 CB, 2 B, 14F
9 B, 18 B
14 CB, 3 Bp 32F
12 B, 10 C
18 7 CB, 1 B0 22 F
20 11 CB 3 Bp 40 F
22 12 CB, 3 Bp 31 F
23 2 B9 15'F
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From
? Rathenow
Rathenow
Kroepelin
Neubukow
Kroepelin
Neubukow
13 and
Neubukow
Mechterstaedt
Altengrabow
Brandenburg
Altengrabow
Lindau
Altengrabow
Altengrabow
Neubukow ?
undetermined
Zeitz
Ohrdruf
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23 September included
To
Altengrabow
' Burg
Burg
Weimar
Dresden '
railroad district
Weimar
Altengrabow
Wildpark'
Rathenow
Altengrabow
Rathenow
Jueterbog
Brandenburg
Erfurt
railroad district
Chemnitz
Jerichow
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3 . major loadings were to be
made in the Hillersleben Genthin and Magdeburg areas in late September.
The operations were supervised by special control steffs.7
4. On 26 Septembers, the Soviet transportation control headquarters ordered thaty
at noon on 27 September, 44 converted boxcars were to be made available.. Thm
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Cement. The troop trains probably carried components of the 11a4
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Gds Tank Div.
Comment. These two troop trains
hauled components of the 4th Gds AAA Div to Wustrow.
Comment.
6th Gds AAA Div
unidentified AAA regiment of the
in Chemnitz until 8 August 1953.
gamalla, As the three troop trains were dispatched from Glauchau, 50X1-HUM
they probably carried elements of the 220th Hv Tank SP Regt. The linlngdino
of the troop train on 14 Aurust 1953 was observed at Plauen 50X1-HUM
on 35 August 1953. The unit unloaded participated
In local field exercises conducted by components of the 39th Gds Mtz Rifle 50X1-HUM
Div. The units entrained on 24 and 27 August 1953 probably moved to field
exercises held by contingents of the 20th Gds Yecz Div in the Gera-Zeitz area;
no details could be obtained, 50X1-HUM
Comment. 011.28 August 1953, elements .of the 17th Gun Arty Regt of the. .
39th C.de Mtz Rifle Div possibly moved to OhrdrufeAccording to other
observations, they returned from Ohrdruf to Plauen on 5 September 195350X1-HUM
6., Comment.
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Troops returning from Wustrow on 13 and 14 September 1953 included
trains to with elements of the unidentified AAA regiment of the
LXXIX Mtz Rifle Corps,
two trains to Weimar with components of the 1th AAA Div; the unloading of
at Weinar was previously
the trooe train
observed
floraia with a detail of the 4th Gds
AAA Div which probably was unloaded at Dresden-Klotzsche. It is believed that,
between 14 and 20 September 1953, an artillery unit of the XXIX Gds Mecz
Corps from Kirdel still was at Altengrabow for combat firing practice. The -
troop train possibly carried units of the IX
Mtz Rifle Corps which were to participate in major fall maneuvers in the
northern sector of Letzling Heath and the Rathenow area.
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csement. The loadings intended in the Hillersleben, Genthin and Magdeburg
area probably are connected with the beginning of the fall maneuvers.
Comment. The converted box-cars were probably used for the repatriation 50X1-HUM
of German POW's from Brest Litovsk to Germany.
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