ARTILLERY REGIMENT OF TV SUED IN LEIPZIG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003700150004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 9, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY- ~XxGermany
EVALUATION.
Artillery Reginent of TV Sued in Leipzig.
DA 71 E OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
The artillery regiment, al.vo rof; rrrdd to as "o-Koxrs nd-0, is stationed at
Alto laserne on 0lbricht S trasa'e Le; u4:ig N 22.. a'nd' .: '' i ord n. ?to "Co
TV Sued which is located on Georg Schi,,,na.nin Strasb o in L,e-lrs. _ o n Lei
satbordinate. to TV Sued include Bereitschaft Erfurt, Bor?eit; chU ft i.}r o c ear,
reitschaft Halle and the S-5 KoDiuand o 1,egpzig. Lieuter4art~ Colonel Yahle
tfnu) was. eoxrmanding officer of the S-5 got' :_wanc ~a al:t`= ?_3 the reported period,,
the organization and strength of the E,,,.Ko=, Said was as follow Fl:
Headquarters
School
Headquarters company
Supply section
Hedical. company
Reconnaissance battalion
1st through 3d Eris each
35
1
6
i
3
15
26
The following officers were assigned to the unit.
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Lieutenant Colonel Rudolf, `f nu), CO
Captain Swendy (Thu), deputy CC and PA officer;
Captain paerich (fuu) , CO, 1st 8n;
Senior Lieutenant Schubert (fnu), GO, 2d Ba.
12 .35
20 10
5 15
50 3J
42 155,
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3. The B-Kommrando was equipped with 24x15? Win,
the 3d, 6th and 9th Co each were additionally equip ed wit 'n, -e r?ee 1.22 mm guns.
Yotor vehicles available to the unit included 25 prime movers of Soviet type,
15 riodel G-5 trucks, 15 r:odel 11ry=3-A. trucks,, 15 N sedans, 3 tank trucks and
12 x 3-ton trailers.
25 YEAR
RE-REVIEW
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About 10 percent of the personnel belo r ed to the 1936 clas's'., 20. -percent
to the 1935 clads 25 percent each to the 1934 and 1933 cla8ses a.'ad 20
percent to olc?er classes. About 90 percent of the - er c n el ha. s: r
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up to 3 . y=iars, an 10 percent g goy ; 3 to 5 .-ears. About 4,11Q! percept each of
the tereonnel came from Saxony-4%nhalt and Saxony,, and 20 percent from
Thuringia. About 10 percent of the soldiers were fol o,-e?:? of
the r; Y;,~r,o?
40 percent indiffe. ent, 30 percent were secret opponents of the r aVimc,
while 20 percent. showed their discontent oronly. The i crale of tM soldiers
was fir.. This va - due to insufficient toast leave, a harsh -trey%ttr.ont on the
side of their o~`.'z" . w rs and irregular duty hours.
Coir rent. Tho howitzer artillery regi'Pient of : 'f fe- 25X1
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e i a? sued) which had been yet up in tlu ust/S ate: r' eAy 19: 3, was
organized in 3 battalions with 3 batteries each axel corresponds to the howitzer
artillery regiment. of Ar tmeegrtp fiord. The ar.?r aaraent, ho=sever, deviates from
that of the howitzer artillery gir rat of Armeear
one `ord w :i n 25X1
is caly equA rid w ika ` ~a':ti hcw :t: J .
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