31ST HEAVY ARTILLERY BRIGADE IN VYSKOV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003700130009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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eocarn ander, and Lieutenant Hurta (frau) , chief i:;f staff, The 1e't9 2d -and 3d 13ttries
were c roman ed by Seni .ir Lieutenant Bubenik (fnu), Senior Lieutenant Pr hazka
(fnu; and Senior Lice te;t nt B ezina (.f.nu)0 All platoon leaders within the
ba.tt?,rfi:es were pi's ce~~rs4 The 2c! in was coxat a,nded by I ajor glad&,t:tnu) , amd the
3d Bn by Major Ju cc tak (fnu), whose chief of staff was Captain Xasa (ftcau) o 2
No Soviet of:;. en;-s were observed arith the brigade
4. an artillery survey unit whose superior headquarters was Sande-
termined we,,, quart+.,,ed in the Zizka Barracks on the east aide of the .Prostejov
(P 5o road on the northeastern perimeter of Vyskov.. From 10 to 12 ?l.ow
buil.ling;. south of the quartering area of the 31st Brig is the Dedioecantorment
were ococtpied by a tank school (tankove uciliste)o Numerous armored vehicles
were sheltered in the terrain 2 to 2.5 km north of the .nto nto
this installation as e n .oeno' w.4,
;v indivi.dva1 armored vehicles were observed in the area of the ntonnent>
one 1522-m SP gun and. some Cromwell and Panther tanks.
5. According to a decree by the War Dep iarent published in August 1053 the rank. of
senior captain in the Czeohoslovalt n wed Forces was abolished,, General Nelec
(fnu) was mentioned during instruction as Chief of Artillery Troops in
Czechoslovakia. 4
A~ ~_Ca, It is believed that this QHQ artillery brigade was activated after
the deactivation of the artillery division. The P/C of the brigade does not
correspond to that of a comparable Soviet army artillery brigade, which, in
addition to an AT regiment, includes an artillery regiment with only twenty four
152-m howitzers.
4.
C o The officers are reported for, the fir-it time. 25X1
Mccz Div and the military acy for tank troops ax'
believed that most of the tanks available are Soviet
Corps General Wee (f u) is known as Artillery Inspector or ..xt1llery C? s+ inder-
one tank regiment of the 13th
e carried in Vyskov. It is
models
may The abolition of the rank of senior ca
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 Approved For Release 2009/05/07: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA003700130009-8
Approved For Release 2009/05/07: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA003700130009-8