31ST HEAVY ARTILLERY BRIGADE AT DEDICE NEAR VYSKOV

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CIA-RDP80-00810A004600050007-2
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RIPPUB
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4
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December 20, 2016
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August 14, 2007
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7
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August 2, 1954
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REPORT
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This is UNEVALUATED Survey battalion (M.rioefq~ delostreleoky oddil W0)1 Artillery reserve officers' school (Skola dustojnikia.v salose - SD2) Art"Zory EQ school Artillery Sid+vey NCO' school 25X1 'the Dedios.Brdiltfloeud strict ;wady.. Tb. survey b-ttltoq, is located In he. :. ziskr barr s; on .th? 'western 40 of the Pgskov-8pnohX as near the Vrskov atds or the Dem.Oe-uspfl (PLO? ssA. E, &yt !a t meows Dedloe to P 'tong; +PS4t of tds3s ~a~e 11 paraliet to it is the io.- Namiltony trdat eastern tt- Dedioe-Vesperk roa leading to the 1i q e, oast is north of fedi4,e (V56 AM) on the, Western Oraaisationr. H4sade headquarters as The brigade wa4 anbordinat,, to the grid" Military District, " WMMq by r/ .,,~4!.wl-~ DATI OP SIMO. fioaiion books. 9--member OfAlii upi 1-as requested b sate autho ty to produce" ?his identification book he had to cover by his hand the note of the unit. Approved For Release 2007/08/14 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004600050007-2 d. The brigade was equipped with Park 37 S guns, caliber lStaea. 4. Personnels General J.. 4Lec, Commander in Chief of a17. Czechoslovak artillery units. Colonel Franifeek Vitek, oommand4k officer of the lin+ x.a.,.. Lt.-Colonel ri7h 8~drnik Battalion, dO"tY _ oer and it Mayor Kratochvil (tnu), chief of staff. Major de4liffeu), mesa:'. r,; officer. Lieutenant 3 ransk (tnu), transport officer. Lt. Koyeniky':{rnu), chemical warfare officer. Lieutenant;8 rboda (ft), :quartermaster offlce lieutenant Jiudela (ffrau), letLt. David (inn), signal of 2nd (fin) physic training officer. let Lt.. suraa. (tpq),"political attain officer Captain(lindra+ DO) Versa (flu). Captain Adsmsk,(fnu), litf,.batta ion`d putt' dommandi mettenwi liaei *arta, ">saetalion chief of staff. I4.euteneat floock' (m u), let battalion deputy chhi.ef lit Lt. 8~tbni k '(!au), lit batter oc~and , of ices. Lieutenant Yom'{tnu), : A{batty tplatoon ccmuandin; officer lot U. Frog k e (frau)i'` i battery aoa dtng officer Lf ut.,ra ~fs1C (Inn), `at c d`to' 2 b tterl- Idsut nazzt p{1ie;"''`(tmi),. attached"to gnd battery. lit Lt. Hrs a 3rd battsry cgnaanding officer, Lieutenant Voy*oek (tn}t)i attached" to 3rd battery. Major Qadap, 2nd battalion ob ng,gfticet; Captain !i (tnn),.)id batt4ion chief of staff. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 20X1, 25X1 25X1 , 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2007/08/14 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004600050007-2 Approved For Release 2007/08/14: CIA-RDP80-0081OA004600050007-2 lot Lt. Jo of Dvorak, attached to NCO school.- 3laior Kopecks (fnu} 'commanding offloer of the Artillery Survey NCOstschool. 25X1 25X1 .Selection of students , for the reserve-officer school and NCO school, Candidates were selected from men who-had completed one month of service in a receiving center (prijimae). The recruiting officers declared that the poli= tical past of the prospective candidates would not be taken into account at all, because the candidates wo ld begirva new lifeand'the final opinion would depend on their behavior at- theschool. Candidates had to fill in question mires pertaining to their personal historyand to previous political activities. They also were asked to express their. wish; concerning future assignment(s) in the army. Follonink these queiitiormaires the candidates for both schools were chosen.' Among students chosen for ,reserve officersschool were many, school teachers. As a rule, so d1 disp ayed.little in Brest in yetting ititc these schools and most of them tried! to avoldAb. selecting as much as they ooa}d, By ?the and of a month oatidi+fates + terview. with their battalion or battery aemnaziders who nfbited. them about t e decision. During the school only those studentsto proved incapable for studies or. who were reported t7 their former civilian gut oritiea a,_1enemies of the. people's democratic regime were sent batik rromm the..sehools to pei,r vAits.. The Sajorityof the` students were anti atuanists.Rh* Concealed their true neli_t sal tewl;nee_ -' training April-duly; methods of linstrudtion - Augguat-mid October. The fol lowing subjects were taught; political indoctrination, g~nnsry,? tactics,-physical training, drill, army regulations, military ihu vsying, artillery aquiyaent, ballistics, ;milltazy sn Bering, chemical warfare, medical service, motor transport servies,?jandRear-echelon services Studies wore divided into three termst theory.- December-Marchj practical The artillery reserve officer school coiu"J.oulum: Da Sly programr 7.140-7.55 - Pflpantion for morning olasiss b.25-6.50 - xathzs~`and o7ean-u~ti of billets 12.35-1 :40 - preparation for 1uSeb 12.40-1.25 P.m.'- lunch 1.30-2.45 -.rest period 4.50-5.40 - maintenance of small time or "a class:: 1o4u-9.35.-.individu" studying 9.40-9.55 - roll cell' and 9.55-10.00 - marc i ng and_ sing;: 10.45-11.00 preparation for 'bed Miscellaneous. Food was plentiful' and we21 pr pa d.` saves wets granted only as;a special reward " for good service or met work, Passes were granted for Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons only. kocoamodations wers:.brick barracks without central heating. In winter months tO*-was, a shortage -of coal. Morale was bad in general, due to the f t th ac le t a aves and passes were-An acarest Besides that, soldii~rs hated sspscial]y he excessive political indoctrination which they had to attend. During 10 months, two students committed suicide:. because they-found out- about their wiveadinfidelities and were refused leans. Element Gottwald': Tank 7tair ng Center The Tank Training Center was situated in the same camp as the 31st Heavy?Artillery Brigade. In the Ceatair'was.; school for tank of maial0 nf" T_91, #awba u..AAh. Pioeas,, She egnipm?ult coasietsd Approved For Release 2007/08/14: CIA-RDP80-0081OA004600050007-2