TANK UNITS OF MECHANIZED DIVISION DRESDEN IN THE SPREMBERG AND NOCHTEN AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004600740006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 19, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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East. Germany
r`... Tank Units of Mechanized Division Dresden in the Snrembera and Nochten Ares.
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n Jana 1554 the Panzerjaeger Xa:erne in Spremberg quartered several k'VP -lank 25X1
snits ttich were assigned to a hetadquarters in Dresden. After early June A, ?:nree
-;ark battalions moved fr:rn the installation to the Nochten area for combat training
Lind firing with live emor.anition;, iin estimated 500 to 600 men remained at the
'anzerjseger- Kaeerne. Ksl? soldiers stated that tank units stationed at the
:.nstallr.ticn were scheduled to be rotated to the Nochten area every montho
iet%,reea 8 and 19 ,Tune, as many as 10 T-34 and JS tanks were observed on different
rlay9 at the Spremaerg tank training grounds. It appeared that these tanks were
,stationed at the troop-gaining grounds. Details of up to 90 SVP soldiers who
von: blue service color were trained on these tanks. Tank driving school was
:tsually held.,
hr:ing the reported period, firing; with carbines was re';eatedly conducted Lit the
arget range of the installation. Details of uo to 30 men were daily given
..nfantry training in the field.:
:t ring the reported period major clanents of the Soremberg tank unite of
kcic:.wzd:;ed ,i)ivleion Dresden prac'd ced in the Weisswasser area, The medium sank
'a:g mey,2 the heavy tank SP regiment, and the tank instruction tatta.lion of the
vision. are stationed in Spremberg. It is believed that the training grounds of
;t,e Spremberg military post are meinly used by the tank instruction battal:.on,,
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