SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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CIA-RDP80-00810A004200230008-2
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RIPPUB
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S
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3
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December 16, 2016
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February 11, 2003
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8
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Publication Date: 
April 22, 1954
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2004/10/12 : CIAMT 0-0081 OA004200230008-2 CLASSIFICATION SEG ETJ COi! I 'RZ' Mast Gea z TOPIC?Soviet Troop Trains ---REPORT NO. 6 )5366 EVALUATION- seo be2-Dw MACE OBTAINED DATE OF CONTENT 16 arch to 9 April 1954 DATE OBTAINED I I D T~ ac r-DAPcn 22 April 1954 REFERENCES ,DACES 3 ENCLOSURES (pro. & TYPE) _._. REMARKS ____ 25X1X SOURCE 25X1X GE - Converted Boxcar; B - Boxcar; F.- Flatcar; RRym -- Heavy -Duty Flatcar Troop trains from Neinsdorf listed in railroad :Included.. 'r, T ains 16 2 B, 9 F, 7 RRym 3 2 F , 10 RRym 2 B, 5 F, 15 RRym 7 S,3F,3Myra 25 4 B 12 RRym records on 16 and 2.5 March 1954 25X1 2 vin St-alto Brand Brand Brand Forst Zinna Wolmi.rstedt Troop trains identified from railroad teletype messages and on 26, 27 and 28 March included.: Ar &TM. its 26 3 B, 27 F Teehentin 27 2 B 20 F a B 37 F Schwerin-Goerries Schwerin-Goerrjes 14 B: 41 F Techentin 16 13, 44 F Perleberg 28 10 13, 30 F Perleberg 3B., 51 F 2 B, 'Fl F Perleberg Ferlsberg (;__ ,SSIFlCATI0,N! SR~,T~__ observed by source To Lindow Gransee Gransee Lindow Gransee Fuers tenb Fuuerstenbef Fuerstenbe 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/10/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004200230008-2 25X1A 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/10/12 : CIA-RDP80-00810A004200230008-2 25X1 25X1A SECRRl .T,,I 25X1 25X1X 5. 25X1 was observed at the Wuatermark railroad station. train wen to Doeberitz. 5 of f'l-itcars with 16 x 100--nn- AT guns, and about 25 trucks, On 3 April, a troop train of 7 boxcars with soldiers and an undetermined number Troop trains identified .fray railroad records on 1 and AMU C, caffi i is of `r iaaffi 2 April included: 1 8 013, 3 B, 22 F Jueterbog-Altos 14 GB, 31 F 9'e:tsplin 2 1/a. B, 33 F Jueterbog--.Alter 25X1 25X1 6. The following troop trains qlala Uri 21 Lager Oranienburg Jueterbog- kites Lager Lager Prenzlau Templin Finow were listed in railroad records on 7 Mbff o Eq&tqarq ELSE 20 Da. llgotj Neustrelitz 12 Jueterhoag 'Wittenberg 34 Dal I gow Neuruppin 74 Witt tack Velten 29 Netzeband Dallgow 25 'eu r kow Dallgow 8 and 9 April 25X1A L. Ce qr_ : on 16 March '195 ", tank units of the 7th Gds. Tank Div from Zeerbat: . a.ec moved.-to Brand on at leant two troop trains to participate in the field exercise conducted by the division in the Brand-Jueterbog area between 17 and 20 March 1.954. Three return ships ents from Jueterbog to Meinsdorf or.n' 20 March 1954 previously confirmed that units from Rosslau also participated in the above maneuver. 25X1A 2, 25X1A 3. 25X1 25X1 Q C . On 25 march 1954. a tank detail of the 7th Gds Tank Div probably transferred to Y.etzling Heath for combat firing practice. Cole 'these troop trains which were previously reported carried components of the 18th Mech Div from Techentin and Perleberg, and contingents of corps troops of the XX I4tz Rifle Corps from u"chwerin Goerries to field exercises to the above division. .25X1 25X1 A' 4. jf.. Concordant off: cial records indicate that, on 29 Parch 1951+, no 25X1 train went from Jueterbog to Eborawalde, bwe, only the troop train 25X1 25X1 hauled tanks of the 25th Tank Div from Haldenaleben o enz au. . The same tank ~ib~;e gyred on the train passing through Oranienbur on 29 E arch 1954 were also seen during the unloading at Frenzlau. On 1. .pri1. 1954, the troo trait. went r:z Ebers- 25X1 wal.de in .3 eterbog. Approved For Release 2004/10/12: CIA-RDP80-00810A00213000,~ 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/10/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004200230008-2 Approved For Release 2004/10/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004200230008-2