WEEKLY OB SUMMARY

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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This is UNEVALUATED
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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT _Weekly OB Summary
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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7 July 1954
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
The following is a summary of Soviet and KVP military activities observed
prior to 5 July 1954s 25X1
Soviet Troop Movements and Exercises:
1. First Guards Mechanized Army: On 22 June, the rocket launcher regiment was
still at its Meissen post. Between 23 and 27 June, units of the 4th Guards
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division left Wustrow in two shipments, and were
replaced by other units from the same division. Eighth Guards Mechanized
Division units at Grimma and Leipzig were at their posts on 22 June. An
engineer battalion, stationed in a summer camp three kilometers south of
Grimma, practiced bridge construction on the Mulde River. Late in June,
units of the 9th Tank Division rotated from their posts to the Zeithain
training area, while the bulk of the 11th Guards Tank Division was stationed
at Koenigsbrueck.
2. Second Guards Mechanized Army: On 27 June, units of the 31st Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Division returned in two shipments from Wustrow to Schoenwalde.
On 26 and 27 June, three shipments carried elements of the 2nd Light Artillery
Brigade from Doeberitz to Jueterbog for advanced combat firing practices, with
the first troops returning on 28 June. Advanced combat firing practices by
tank and artillery units of the 1st Mechanized Division at Doeberitz and of
the 12th Guards Tank Division in the Neu-'Glienicke section of the Schweinrich
troop training grounds continued to the end of June. Units of the 9th and
12th Guards Tank Divisions,. presumably artillery, went in four shipments
from Neustrelitz, Fuerstenberg and Neuruppin to Forst Zinna on 29 June.
Elements of the heavy tank and SP regiment of the 9th Guards Tank Division,
including 11 heavy tanks, were transferred on 27 June, in one shipment,
from Neubrandenburg to Altruppin for advanced combat firing exercises. The
following movements by units of the 9th Guards Tank Division took place in
Neustrelitz on 29 and 30 June: the artillery regiment previously stationed
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IVerassier Kaserne; a unit at the Kuerassier Kaserne, presumably the 234th
Mortar Regiment, and the 126th Guards Rocket Launcher Battalion at the Am
Schloss installation, went to Gerhard-Hauptmann Strasse; and an anti-aircraft
artillery regiment previously stationed in Am Schloss, and an unidentified
unit with anti-tank guns and armored personnel carriers from the Infanterie
Kaserne, left toward Camp Domj'uech, southeast of Neustrelitz.
3. Third Guards Mechanized Army: The 35th Engineer Regiment was observed at
The 6th Guards Tank
the Schumke Lake barracks in Sperenberg until 27 June.
Division was confirmed at the Werder-Markendorf camp east of Jueterbog
till mid-June. One shipment with artillery elements of the 7th Guards Tank
Division, including 16 light anti-tank guns, 3 rocket launchers and 20 trucks,
was entrained at Haldensleben on 23 June.
4. Fourth Guards Mechanized Army: On 21 June, two shipments with elements of the
63rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division went from Wustrow to Fuerstenwalde. On
23 June, two shipments went from Bberswalde to Wustrow. Two shipments
carried-light units.from Fuerstenwalde to Jueterbog on 26 June. Between 25 and
28 June, elements of the 25th Tank Division, presumably a tank instruction axd
a transport battalion, were transferred from the Sachsenhausen concentration
camp at Oranienburg to Prenzlau. The bulk of the division washconfirmed Guardsat
Templin until 21 June., Elements of an artillery regiment of
Tank Division returned on 27 June in one shipment from advanced combat firing
practices in the Jueterbog area. On 1 July, two shipments with self-propelled
guns, tanks, armored scout cars and 37-m anti-aircraft guns were entrained
at the Eberswalde railroad station. A shipment including five T-34 tanks
and six motorcycles with sidecars was observed on 2 July at the Bad Freienwalde
railroad station. Also on 2 July,. one shipment with eight T-34 tanks and one
armored personnel carrier went from Bernau to Berlin-Kaulsdorf.
5. Third Shock Army: On 17 June, one shipment with a unit of the 4th Guards
Artillery Brigade went from Schwerin to Ruegen for advanced combat firin_
practice. The 18th Mechanized Division was confirmed at the Schweinrich
troop training grounds until 26 June, with tank and artillery firing
practices dontinuing., On 19 June, three shipments carried elerents of the
18th Mechanized Division from Perleberg to Dranse, from where they returned
between 22 and 25 June.l A troop shipment went from Dranse to Stendal on
21 June; another shipment from Stendal to Pritzwald on 30 June; and two
shipments from Altengrabow to Sagard on Ruegen Island on 29 and 30 June.2
On 27 June, troops with more,than 300 motor vehicles crossed the Elbe River
near Fa5by from west to east on ferries; the troops left in the direction of
Zerbst.
6. Eighth Guards Army: The artillery brigades and corps were still at their
posts in late June. Elements of the brigades from Altenburg and Gera con-
tinually rotated to Forst Zeitz, where the elements from Gera concentrated
on night exercises. The headquarters of the 28th Guards Rifle Corps was
absent from Rudolstadt,and was presumed to be at the Ohrdruf troop training
grounds. The three engineer battalions appear to have completed the first
phase of their training, lasting from 3 to 20 June, in the Dessau-Aken area;
the engineer battalions of the 20th Guards Mechanized Division and of the
39th Guards Rifle Division have left the training area. On 23 June, the
units were found complete at the Saalfeld post. Elements of the 39th Guards
Rifle Division, normally stationed at Plauen, were observed on 11 and 25 June
at battalion to regiment-level exercises near the post. The bulk of the
anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the 29th Guards Rifle Corps was
identified at Wustrow after 8 May. On 27 June, the 57th Guards Rifle
Division was located at Kindel, except for the 172nd Guards Rifle Regiment
at Gotha and battalion-strength security details in Naumburg and Weissenfels.
7. IV Artillery Corns: Two shipments with elements of the 32nd Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Division went from Kuestrin to Wustrow on 10-June; another ship-
ment followed on 23 June. On 21 June, elements of the Division returned in
two shipments from Wustrow to Frankfurt/Oder. Elements of the 4th Anti-Tank
Artillery Brigade from Ruegen, after having arrived in the Wustrow area in
two shipments, engaged in firing practices between 21 and 25 June. One
unit of the 25th Guards Rocket Launcher Brigade moved in one shipment from
Rathenow to Altengrabow on 29 June.
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8. Miscellaneou_: On 15 June, a shipment of 24 flatcars wont from.the Frankfurt/
Oder border station to Bernburg. The cars were loaded with ten-meter-long,
three.meter-wide objects which were covered with tarpaulins. At 7 p.m. on
16 June, one shipment consisting of six boxcars and 46 flatcars, all covered with
tarpaulins, was detrained at the Schuml allation in Sperenberg. The
unit, including about 400 soldiers, 16 jeeps and amphibious vehicles,
was quartered in farms on the north edge of Hege Lake.4 In early and mid-June,
about twelve shipments with medium guns were observed en route toward west on
the Brest-.Litovsk-Frankfurt/Oder railroad line. On 21 June, one shipment from
Brest-Litovsk carried 95 guns, Of the total, 37 were unloaded at Frankfurt/Oder;
the others were shipped on. A shipment of 50 to 60 field howitzers was observed
at the Jueterbog loading ramp on 25 June,5
B. KVP Developments:
1. On 23 June, the mortar units of the mechanized regiments in the Ahlbeck area
summer camps returned to Karpin. On the same day, the artillery and anti-
tank units of the mechanized regiments in Karpin were moved to the summer
camp in the Ahlbeck-Jaegerbrueck area. Elements of the Mechanized Division
Potsdam probably were stationed at the troop training grounds in the Klietz-
Ferchels Mahlitz area in mid-June. From 16 to 20 June, the engineer regiment
from Klietz held exercises at the Elbe River west of Klietz. Engineer ex-
ercises were observed in the Eggesin area from 22 to 25 June. The engineer
regiment of the Prenzlau Divisionwhich departed from Fuenfeichen on 12 June
was moved to the Oder River, presumably near Hohensaaten. In mid-June, the
Weisswasser troop training grounds were still occupied by tank units of the
Corps South and elements of the Grossenhain Tank Officers' School.
2. The medium tank regiment and the mechanized regiment at Oranienburg received
about 200 recruits in mid-June.
Comments:
1. Presumably advanced combat firing practices for rear details.
2. Troops involved in these shipments could not be identified.
3. The troops could not be identified
4. It is believed that the unidentified equipment has arrived from the USSR,
and was intended for the Bernburg engineer regiment, part of which has
been bivouacking since April near Hege Lake for special exercises.
5. The arrival of guns, presumably for reequipment of units, is continuing.
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