INFORMATION ON THE 2D INFANTRY REGIMENT OF KVP DIVISION SCHWERIN IN ROSTOK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003700110002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION C_. ::'!1 IU LITIAl:
East Germany
.._RE'PORT
Information on the 2d. pantry Regiment of KVP Division Schwerin ir. Rostock
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED-
REFERENCES
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REMARKS
1. The 2d Inf Regt of KVP Division Schwerin, which ~wais a1'o`'r fdrre ! to as'
2d :ta A-Kommando, was stationed at. the Corner - Kavvller?iw Kaserne on
Kopernikus Strasse in.Rostock._ It was- subordinate to the. 1VPB Cg K rder
Strasee"i#i Schwerin. This Bereitsahaft Included the-3 '";!ti:'A-X6mrando
at Steinbuchholz, the 2d A.tz A-Kormando at Rostock. and_. the 3d 1Tt _A- :o bid ~-
at Pror- -orfRuegen Island. During the reported perlod,..the. c?rr~tnan rf o `f
of the RVP.B Sdhwerin, which was subordinated to TV Nord iri Thsewalk, was
2d
Colonel fleck `. 1
The 2d "t'z A-Ko redo was organizetj as follows:
Officers
NCQe
EM
Headquarters
30
12
`8
Motor transport coax: r
4
12
4tl
Votor vehicle repair shop
16
10
Medical corlpany
5
5
12
School
w
8
40
Headquarters'platoon
1
4
'12
Supply platoon
5
6
25
S-I Company"
3
5
30
1)-i Company
3
7
25
D-2 Company
3
6
30
x-4 Company
3
6
30
5-6 Company
3
6.
30
S-7 Company
4
8
30
let through 3d Bn each
30
'6o
200-
The strength of the S-5 Company
could not be determined. 2
3. Officers assigned to the unit included:
Lieutenant Colonel Wildner . , Co;
Captain Schirmer , deputy CO and PA officer;,
Captain Max , chief of staff;
Major Wicke -. ,` dernity CO in charge of supply;
Captain Gerlsch ', deputy CO and ordnance officer;
Captain Rost -, CO, 3d Bn. 10,.,
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4. rotor vehicles assigned to the unit incluieds
5 nodel SU 76 self-propelled mounts; 5 nmo 1e1 "'-2 armored personnel carriers;
I Yodel G-5 tank truck with trailer, capa;ity 8.5W liters;
1 model ZIS-150 tank truck with trailer, ,pacity 6,500 liters;
1 model ZIS-150 repair n trucks-, 1 rod.-.-l % x-1 command car;
7 WW and 1W sedans 25X1
1 model Granit-27 f ~a
50 model H-3-a trucks 25X1
12 WW motorcycles with a piston displace . can of 350 cubic cm;
I model A sidecar Motorcycle with a pis ton displacement of 250 cubic cm-
5 3-ton trailers;
2 mobile model LOWA delousing stations;
2 model TS-8 fire truck trailers. Of thes motor vehicles only the self-
nropelled mounts, about 10 model H-3 -A trucks and 4 model BMW sedans
,,ere in use. All the other vehicles were :-loth-balled. In late October 1953,
the armored personnel carriers mentioned arrived from an undetermined KVP
agency In 0ranieAburg. They have not yet 'been assigned to any specific unit. 3
5. About 10 percent each of the personnel belonged to the 1936 and 1935
classes, 40 percent to the 1934 class and 20 percent each to the 1933
class and to older classes. About 85 perc-ant had served up to 3 years and
15 percent from 3 to 5 years. .,.bout 10 , percent each of the personnel came
fr9 'i Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, 5 re rcent :?rams Thuringia, 60 percent from
recklenburg and 15 percent from Prandenbur'g. About 30 percent were followers
of the CM) regime, 10 percent were indif':: Trent, 50 percent were secret opponents
of the regime, while 1.0 percent showed th;; i r discontent openly. A Soviet
lieute ,ant ,colonel who wore a KVP uniform was attached to the Kcwtiando.
6. The barracks installation which quartered the 2d rtz A-Kosriando was
scheduled to ho 'a elements of the former division rerair shop unit from. Prora
This repair shop was expected to arrive ia late November 1953. Elements of
the repair shop unit in Schwerin were also scheduled to move to Rostock.
Comment,. Thee
data agree with otter Information
Corar,ent. The strength figures mentioned add up to a total strength
of about 1,9400 men which would represent ;about 63 percent of the war time
strength of a Soviet motorized rifle regi.?:: ent.
3. L__~urmnt. These armored personnel carriers were delivered from the
USSR to a distribution point in 0ranienbu~g from where they were distributed
among . VP units.
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