POLISH ARMY CASERNE IN MRAGOWO

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003000650001-6
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 16, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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A Polish Array caserne is located at Mragowo (Sensburg)(53 52N-
2i. 18E) Poland. The casfrne consists of the following buildin,;s: 21
Bui:~ i No.
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Description
1. Hq buil cling, :oicrote, 40 x 30 m, 2 stories
2 Officers:' Casino, concrete, 60 x 40 m, annex 20 x 40 m,
2 stories
Troops' quarters, concrete, 100 x 25 m, 2 stories
4 Same as #3 above.
5 Troops' quarters, concrete, 50 x 35 m, 2 stories
6 Concrete building, purpose unknown, perhaps storage,
100 x 40 m, single story
7 Horses' stables, concrete, 120 x m, single story
8 Horses' food storage, concrete, 60 x 25 m, single story
9 Horse carriages' garage, wooden, 95 x 20 m, single story
10 Concrete storage building, 100 x 40 m, single story
l-~ Car repair shop, concrete, 60 x 50 m, single story
12 Artillery garage, 120 x 25 m, 2 stories, conoretet
on 2nd story probably artillery ammunition storage.
or
Troops' quarters, concrete, measurements unknown,
? stories
14 Troops' quarters, concrete, 100 x 25 m, 2 stories
15 Storage, concrete, both wings 100 x 25 m, single
story
16 Storage, concrete, 100 x 35 m, single story
17 Storage, concrete, 100 x 35 m, single story
13 Troops' quarters, concrete, one wing 100 m the
other 150 m long, both 35 m wide, 2 stories
Potatoe,3 storage, wooden, 30 x 15 m, single story
Undetermined building, 20 x 20 m, single story
Kitchen and mess-hall, 100 x 40 m, 2 stories, concrete
Troops' quarters, concrete, 100 x 25 m, 2 stories.
Undeterminec building, ooncrete, 70 x 25 m, 2 stories
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Building No. Description
Ger.; et self-'->ropelled guns and trucks, concrete,
:7. 3 L nIrie story
Gara;;e, car acid jeeps* uoncrete, 30 x 20 m, sJngle story
Troops" quarters, concrete, 6c x 2U m, 2 stories
Troops' quarters orchestra)., concrete, 60 x '''O m,
2 stories
M, ta- ilor shop and shoerepair, concrete, 60 >. 20 m,
stories
Fire fighting water reservoir, 55 x 15 x 2 m.
Guard shack at main gate, 2 x 2 m.
Undetermined concrete bT.ailding, 3 x 3 m, sing..e story
Area of officers' house...
`asoline storage area, Under surface storages,
at least 4 concrete elevations
4'i .x 2 , z: x 1 rn, sowed with grass
Damagecf buildings
buildings being constructed or rebuilt
111 '1-, e following are the weapons : ept at the cc.serne:
V , info+:zntr_v weaooas ci' c:_ifferent types, such as rifles, machi:-ie
rd submachine guns Lna pistols.
About 10 mortars on wheels, caliber about 15 to 20 cm, tto:.'e.i
-~...b Bldg, 12.,
r About ?0 cannon w.th long barrels, stored in Bldg. 12.
C about 20 small infantry cannon, resembling the German tehrnacht
Z_K ?uns, stored in Bldg. 12.
X u1-;propelled guns. on tank caassis, stored in Bldg.2L.
L juipmen and equipment ;;pair facilities at the caserne are a3
_ lows:
;;bout 50 horses, kept zr. 'Bids. 7, used for farming on the land
as_ 1. -flee t- the barracks and somewimes for drawing the guns and
mortars on exercises... 4 horses to one grenade-thrower or Tong
btr?,~1.led cannon.
About 30 carriages. drawn by horses, mos'ci.y for farming, kept
in Bldg 9.
Up to 40 trucks, US makes mostly, kept is Bldg. 24.
One "Ursus" tractor, ', Soviet made ,seeps and one car, stored in
Bldg. 25.
The auto repair shop (Bld; : 11) takes care of cars ona trucks,
but not tanks.
?r There are about 1,500 soLtherz in the barracks. Most of them wear
brown uniforms and red hatbands, but c small number wear grey uni-
-orms and black hatbands. he latter have either tank-shaped
i.asagnia on the lapels or a winged-wheel insignia on the shosider
::tirapso Sever hundred trbo s,, perhaps up to half of the soldiers
c.J the caserne. are officers ;rith one star on their shoulder (traps
(Choy - could be translate as 3rd Lt). officers in such r.uribers
were first seen at the I May festivities in 1952. They undergo
-ome training, since they are often seen margining and exercising in
iormation. All have brows: sn .forms and red hatbands. They c??.n be
met in large numbers on zze streets and in public places of sgowo
zn the evenings every day, The caserne seems zo be packed to
capacity.
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-11-i t roop3 c ,nduc t exerc Lses in various places :e:1 a 110 V]Cir-i vJ Ui,
~~Ldfi,; chieI.t r: .he area sjuth of atlragowoa Ar-vinery excrciu@d=
1u~tar area,
`13 .,re is .)ne 1?'K1E..r..i =a vli? I3t.iii rate s14rit11n; in front of bid.$- 30,.
31+ "ISI- e r7;? E+ 2Ii10 ~!ifd Pa L u the ourracks east of ul Viojo u
,: ske. P ;o is un -uraed, On state io . _days there are p,?uai s
RT r,ry corner' of wie uarr c.ks. outs de the f'enca,
Enclosure: I map section ahow1ii the .Location of ax"my barracks In
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Polish Army Caserne at Mragowo
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?.(; building
'.)ir.Lcers' Casino
Trarlus" naarters
~c ps" quarters
.n eterr. i d auiidirs
T r':sc.} r stMiles
or'_ ?S d food storage
firriaiYes gu ag?
`.) 3to''a e
1 C r repair shop
`a.r ape
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'?'roops auartrrs
Stores
Troops, c'uar t ers
aYi ri inih the limits of areas u ded to ,i3^-3 caserne
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19 Potato storair'o
20 Undetermined bui di!t
21 Kitchen Lnd mess-hall
22 Troops' -,unrters
2'' Undetermined building
24 taarare, self-.propelled guns and. t ru . .
25 Garage,, cars
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2b roJpg' quarters
'17 Troops" quarters
t,.,i?or :'aa~nra?.car
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29 rater pool
30 Guard sheek
31 'Gndetermine Lui1c_iri
32 Officers' houses area.
Undersurface craso-' ?ne tors -es
X Damaged buildings
U Tiildi: _-.s being; constricted or r ?t:ui F
XX Sports field
lcrete base 50 cm high, iron 'en^e 1-5 m high
r c;e , w_re net, 2 m high
r(-rJ:e. wooaeal Cit ni wLth spaces where on=e can look
Ii- u li, 2 m high. Soldiers with no pass :lump this fen?e:.
'en e, : oocien plank with no tsuac,ss tetwc e:n teem, 2 m hi #
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