QUARTERING AREA OF THE 12TH GDS TANK DIV IN NEURUPPIN, FUERSTENBERG

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004900250007-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASS IFICATIOl _ :`VRR;I,
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COUNTRY..
Qiartarir Area of th(i 12th Gds Tank
PLACE, ORTA111ED
".)ATE O.? CONT -
REPORT
DATE OB AU\ ED ? . PREPARED. 24 August 1954
`'E ERE1NlCE_:'S .
a~AGES__?m._. 6..N(:l_OSl1R S (NO. & TYPE)
REMAR S) _o_
'etwee as 23 June and 2 'u` *L954,, 30 SU x 0 RUMS I zac?.
124, T-34/85 tang, w rre ;een with Unit Dronc?v
in the Fr'idericu. Kaserne 2205 1.1 Ne? r p a a. Eight aP u ms pens daily
to ta.e Gentzrode training area,. Bs-,ween 12 and M7 Ji31 r 39 Fy 34 5 tom;:.
131 SUU100 gizm and truck
n in the garages of wait K ova!.e ovo J _ guns
eon in another shed. On 30 Ju"lyp Unit L ftnov, which
rJ re Cei
were i
xa d Lea`. or -July,, returned to the installation,. Soldiers of the unit
lore re d hcrdered black epaulets with teak.. artillery, sigma1 and motor
transport irzsl,_ ai.a Meals for persona w
of 650 ;gin
: Ee gran 1. and .23 July, the Frider''ious K a.serne was herivily o.ccu.. ied? AWL t,
90 psrcent of the windows of the iaasta 11 .tion were lit on ae3vez-al
evenings of observation. On 6 Julry, 20 s,..decar motorcycles emd 4
si c= .:a e 9
arraoa e psrsom..o1 carriers ere saeara en route to Netrupp ,. The coluaa, eue
from a northeasterly direc tiono 1
3 Cu 1`~ iiir& 6 F =13 rocket 1eunchora-
w er s e err. in the yard o. F riedr'? ch=_a anz Kaserne 2 ctr l Lai ~aeu pu; p3xa,, P.
school :so ? o?v.et children was being established in the main building o
tht' for := telegraph construction bur?eaau located. In the barracks a).ree,
garages there were still occupied 0y Unit E 1ayev. On 29 Julys 3. 'pas
detarmia?med that the quarters' of Un-J.t Dahurcyrole were occupied ?:r' Unite
ii holae y-ev and Zultanov, Accor3.3 .ag to r?esvde:nte of Fuer tenwraalien Unit
L"31=01sk ? ?saae no longor stationed in 1 ei:jirnpinQ
4 Be 6::je e?_? I aid 23 July;, the Fr?iedrie hhFrazz Kaserne in Neuruppin was
oca,.pi,3d as previously,. About 80 percent of the windows of, the ir.stal,la?iion
werre. ii?;q on several evenings of oheerva3t .any Soldiers wearing red-box-de:.-ad
black epaulets repeated -17 practicec wit ..2 _ 37a.a rl? A9. guns,, 2 3: 122--mm
x""i,=,-1d howitzers, and I a: 577m1 LT kun in. , a barrack3 yard, On 10 Ju' y
5 uc s ors: a ng AA ,'whi.ne r rnd a w?= PJ+ gun entered tka f rastal
1-y6ic> ,, Motor vellicl was On 13 J:alyo 5 stc th el a r:.zA?ed
p :ova 1, caa s?_ryi.e s were ;:stored _fn c ne ce u,? of the : racks yex(
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o ti-r: eri 5 and 20 July thh 7: ?:l r, It ti irMx, , Raurappiz -ts
cocc, pla b7 about )L,2.00 sold,iars wbaring z"eddh r ee, 'b1ac;k e3 a eto
incl :gig s :t With e,rtii3,ery i* i. 5 The zoldiers were "nipped wit;
l22-Ln s'i=,ls howit, ra and m-13 ro*et l wnehe ? After s ~a raa eo] nna
with 22 ': la- 2_d howltza xgr_ semeral ocket launch-era and trucks
had left on f!O
Jza v the installation u c:oupie!i by about 700 soldiers until. t b
ROM In an of 6 Au lsto F-2 Little training waa observed da io?g t o, p iod,
xeka were seen en route to and from t?e
:3,:tcotLl .4
6. On 26 J4a1y,, it 'as deter~ nd that Unit Z onov in the ca) ;ssr!,ass (a-203)
in N?tu ppin. was a school. 8oidiern from Fridericus erra were ob r 'ed
there. In addition to Unit Z onoo,, tho installation yes occupied by c.
rear detail of 100 men on 29 July,
7o tweesn 5 J and 6 Aug .t9 the Sao Ka serne in IYeurappin was occupied
prerlously by app s =iinte 1,,000 ooldiers weari g reddbor'dored b1z k
epaulets including sow with tank and motor transport Insignia, Prior to
mid-July,, as n a 8 $ 120ar mo. s uoere se at ,].lati on,,
After .d.JulV, ''344/85 ta ? were observed.
Groups Of 3 to 4 tanks fr equon? left for the post raLnirig area axad
groups of up to 60 to sd soldiers fre u t
Motor vehicle
eritered and left the Installation,
Ivtuoeuu .l ?d 23 July the former post hospital (2202) in Kom-uppla wag
occupied, About ad 5 peg,-cent of the iirido we of the installation were lit
on s vvra1 Ovanin of o" srvation0
,troves I and,
10 Jullrv the fo.r jai sail for girls (22) in "Neea.r,xl7rrixt,
s occupied diririrng soxnoi1 .its,, soldiers of which 'wore red-bordered
black e ual? is includ mg goy ; with motor transport lnaig niaa , Driving school
practice with 13 to 16 trail s were daily held In the town are . About 2..20.
soldiers war a frequent swan .ching to Friedrich Oran tifs?* where th 1r
received ',hhe rzal .
l0a tw en, early July and 6 Avrgn tr, the for mar high school for girls An Non
ruppi.n 'w s occupied as pre ious]y y app atsaly 300 soldiers wearing red-
=bordered ' 1 ack ee ulets n :inn: l uding sow with motor transport Insignia. Ta
wait we.s Ad '.fii ad ai c P 'r } ?erz0
On 29 ~~:s two Soviet -oe -i ed detached bui ldi n at the intersection of
,x o 8tras; e and Karl i.f-is scht 8tra ase ware thought to quarter MVD
wKe
oficer&., 11's word
nt;ra< Tcc % was observed on a paper issued by this
office, : ~ eaut as a Colonel ,nin signed documents in those offices,
In late special c o taxi sioe i p icted all apar nts In I ou ppiaQ In
apa rtmwto n `c, ocaxw i,c d to city s one rte 'U s to be z ado available or
dopxm dsato of 3ov.le cord ;a`3raa? OPaaiT',d n cider than 8 years wens not r ii.tfi d
to :t wzrr the U60"..
t c . 29 jzha, azi 9 Au waft:,. c eroisesa 'bank firing prarrx;tio a; and tank
driving naetio s were frog? ntly field. at the Gsntsrode post trai..ng ak a
3V' uait,-e on ieMuupp:1ao FYIciia 8 to 10 Ju sr, a from 22 to Z3 July,, tare
firing xa: aeti s held there :7=olvv,d up to 9 T'34
Mild 7 J-13 toss
nt torcyelo and to
tat , `X3.4 tank
l at
at dr3,9r;ing practicaso
were seen Pin rout) to `a m the s o t i ' ?rl ,3t$}L?oo t ll .'~~s
amen at ` hei try dnfmg o3`sC9Rin
3 -Ce z-Ts
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4. ft?,ve an 21 t and 28 Ja 7, a&ranced combat practice tiring and giat,
firing of tm,, ,3. ? ere repeatedly observed in the Pion- Gl ies1.tcks area a a the
acbattb ,aao t sect Lon of th 1-fitt'tato k troop training grow ads, 4 T Zoll i.
21. to ?h ju g., N 1 ght firing practice of 6 T=34 tanks
s, Motor vehicle
biri: i. g practices of 12 TT34 tan:
_
u 1 fi xi, t? f -1 PJ 7, practice of 16 Tm34 tank~E
21 his` Might firing practice of 12 T=3/+ tans and
6 a red perao 1 c iera mountina heavy = 411 reled :machiac
gune0 Escorting trs cki
night firing practice Of 10 T-34 tanks and 8 armored perco l
carriers r ount g heat/ twin-barreled machine , )1ve tr cke occupied
Soldiers red- bordered black epaulets
are also seems
Firing o individual tanks and maces g ,, and individual firing of 4 T-34
tanks and 6 armored personnel carr;?i..ere were observed in. the Rheinsbargg
-Zeohnow-Ba rg area from 20 June to 7 July and 28 to 30 July gpective
17.
i5o Between 21 Juno and 9 July and between 4 and 6 August, the barracks instal-.
lation in Droegen (2081) south of Fueretenbarg was occt iod to capacity by
approximtely 39000 soldiers tearing rod-bordered blacl; epaulets. Bs Lween
12 and 23 Tu1yv the installation was loss full, Little -training was observ-
ed in the barrack,, area? Work was performed in the tra:.ning ,,area north of
the installation,, On 20 July, about 12 armored personnol carriers on
block; were seen in the barracks yard. On 6 August, 2 x 57" m AT Vu 3 were
towed into the installation ., During the night on 4 August,, 12
armored personnel carriers were soon on the N u Globs o r lens road,, ea repute
to then: wood patches about 8 km eouthwvst of Fuarstenborg, where otbe;r
camcu d vehicles had already been parked. At noon on 5 A tstq 1P':resh
Imprints of vehicles were seen in this area,, No eoldiex were obeerv(d.
163 Between early July and 3 August, the barracks Installation in Droes a south
of F1 wrstenbsrg,, was fully lighted on several days of observa.tiono Work In
the training area north of the installation apparently oonttuued. A large
part of the field fortif icationa : was covered by camouflage .ne s. Dur.i the
period of observation, the troops revived instruction on light infantry
weapo and two armored persons l carriers Motor vehicles soan en
to and from tae insta
i7 On 9 1'0j stm the barracks installation in Droegen was occupied to Casacityo
tensive activity inciedf ng heavy vehicular traffic wan observed in and
to the i nstall ation0 6
Z. Oasr Unit Dronov is, the 49th Gds Tank
eg which is thus confirm d in Neuruppin until 30 July 1954. It appears
improbable that the equipment of the regiment includes 30 si guns, Major
elements of the regiment may hatoe been stationed at, i t? where "Ibey
press rablp t: nferrted ca 10 Ju1.y,, The return
of these units on 30 July 'has not yet been confirmed, The column with 20
sides motorcycles observed on 6 July probably bel ong d to the 18 h Odc
Mtrel En,, which was located in I euruppin until that, date.
24 o nt , Tb,o ass=pt
assumption that Unit Dzhurems is -Identical to the
Arty R.egt may be incorrecto It Is,, on the other hundm possible that
the onAri s rs of t1 v regim eesnt9 which E e Jueterboag for firing from 20 July
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