MEDIUM TANK REGIMENT IN TORGELOW OF THE PRENZLAU DIVISION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003701040006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION r_.~ t s :..?
COUP TRY ....?.a_. :..t._. East Germsmr
`P-diux Tank 1;eginent in lorgelow of the f enz
EVALUATION
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
P faES- F LOSURES (NO. & TYPE)_ :
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25 YEAR
RE-REVIEW
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-oar.,? -.5: July. Ao 15 Noverber 1953, the +iedil.; }'-= ik reiiii a :t in Toe `tow
wcs subordinate to the Prerzlsu Division corssanded l:v Colonel Riedel (fnu)
and the TV Prenzlau under 2-:Error General _ R(-ntsck.0 -with a icr `1hiel
as c c_,c,re officer, and .,ijor Bier as provost -arshalm,
The reginent had. he designation - :att1 '` (: Korf*ndo 1 rent .-,u (Pr i1au
r`eaium C Kor do) And was quartered iri p s (1 ent rui.ldin ;4' about 3 kilo-
meters southeast of Torfelowo :ever?l motor vehicle and tenk gar?ges were
still under construction east of the trscks o
.The follo4! /list of the- organization and str4ngth'oi'
e `unit.
Office
Mos.
lieadqu ?rte'rs
20
1G
4
Command corpany
8
11
52
a
I'
10
25
nce coripen y
s inten
4
Supply platoon
1
6-
20
Dispensary .
1
2
3
1st throug 5th Tank Co e?ch
67
20
30
SF &s tta: lion
25
20
50
Headquarters
4
1
C Plotoon
1
S-1 Platoon
D-1 Platoon
1
3
16
D-2 F le toon
1
.16
Traffic police,.
6
Frior to the reorganization in July 1953, the rediur C Kom ando totaled
al out 990 ran. }Yee present strength of the unit was about 60C neri. Thee
others had 'keen either discharged or reassigned to various KY? units.
3m Officers of the unit included lieutenant Colonel Wedde, (fnu), re:irentdl
cornender; Senior Lieutenant Schueeke (fnu), deputy for political affairs;
,enior Lieutenant Glesnann (fnu), deputy for general affairs; V` jor Pecker
L
.(fnu), deputy for supply affairs; Senior Lieutenant Gleiche (fnu), deputy for
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tec}?nict.i EfXirs; ..,enior Lieutenant Eduardlbxruth, chief of staff;
..eri or l.ictuter nt T'eineber (fnu), 1 orc nce officer; ?:ioutent:nt
Orcy;ell;redk:t tnu), 1&cier of Ll:e co'r?rsc1 co:'pt.ny; 6ercior LieutennYun:.ti.on cgrriers, 3 nodel. TO Carr ored personnel carriers, which ctz :
in in e rly :overher 19538 zIlegedly fron On..nienburg; 11`hrrenornnen
? r Lulence; : rP.p.r i.r shop tr cke; 2. comes care; I co n* ni. der ? s c4 r;
1 tank truck with trt; iler; vnd 4 W N se&ns o
n
Forty percent of the roan serv1nt;_ ui_;;h the unit belonged to the 1930 to
1932 Hansen 40 perccnt? to he 1933 F.nd 1934 e1e::ses; end 20 pLreent
to the 1935 t.nd 1936 classes.
i L~~Vl l1f.E.:. 11~mvV' ~~ rI~?ai4
Sixty percent of the x!en serving with the unit core fror 6axony t.nc? 40
percent fron Fecklencurg and Erandenl urg0
1C Soviet r tlr;tdviser?s%
Three Soviet officers, who liver in the instellt.tion were #-s.rigned t s
. der:isers to the corr m d ? eadetrurters4
11 A tst_rs.inl;
in late 3ctol er 19;38 several officers corgi .,issions each including two or
three officers of the Prenzlau :division Ad the 77 ii a-walk inspected
the unit in t;everN 'ttl.yects of trLininp. It c`.-:,aired t;rhrt t,::e unit
attained tx'F: inin{ c t corn ?' level ROW of '? tt e l.i.on level us =che-
Wed. II vl-icles were conser.'vad t''ter this in.^-pecticn Kich wf'..
followed by. Wenrinr work t:_nd ft.tipue duty, The new training your e
sci:LMe:.I to co:' .ence on I Decerber 1953.
1.~~ I L' ertt " a t~; cver entz.oned of 'fiver's, ere known to MY the t: o3nt-
mints indicated in the pre ant r : prrt, After about the P11 of 1953,
judge t4.dvoce &e were ruprointec: at t:ll. i.?i'.4` COr:Penr:'. L:jencieso
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on strength, .^rFFr.izc tior< .nd weetons. No L>tJ iOC &, dun were
identified pr?viouslyo
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