SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300310015-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: October 12, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY:
TOPIC_
East Germany
Soviet Troop Trains
EVALUATION L
DATE OF CONT
DATE OBTAINED
,REFERENCES
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converted boxcar
B boxcar
G gondola car
F flatcar-
- heavy-duty flatcars
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troop tra
ins
bet
ween 25 and'
29 epten r 1
954-
Date in Composition-o
f
September ' TrooA Trains
Fro
m
25 13 P, 29 F.
Jue
terbo
g-Al
tes Leisnig
6 B, 23 F
lag
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er
skow'
Satzkorn-
27 F
3 B
G
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ru
now
26 4 B, 3 F, 10 R
Rym
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n
4 B, 22 F, 1 G
Wildpark
4 B, 31 F
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'Satzkorn
3B, 18 F
Fra
nkfur
t/Od
er Wildpark
6 B, 28F
Gru
now
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28,29 CB, 15 F
Jue
terbo
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Cottbus
2 CB, 20 F
2 CBS, 20 F
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28,29 3 GB, 16 F
2CB, 16 F
2 CB, 19 F
29 2 ? CB , ..2 F$ 'l `S57.9
14 RRym
2.CB, 2 F, 18 RRym,
10 CB, 7 B, 30 F
.undetermined
2 CB, 14 F
2 CB, 13 F
25 8 CB; 33 F,. 1 G;
empty
46 CB;
empty
27 16 Shy;
empty
coal;
empty
Jueterbog-'
Altes Lager
n
Cottbus
n
Wuensdorf
Jueterbog Luebben
Peitz
Kroepe.in- Wuensdorf
n n
Jueterbog Luebben
Jueterbog- Peitz
Altes Lager
Berlin-
Schoeneweide
Fuerstenwalde
Halle Jueterbog-
Altes Lager
Luckenwalde Grunow
Jueterbog - Guben
Altes lager'
49 CB, Berlin- 'F4aenbrietzen
empty Rummelsburg
29 46 CB, Jueterbog-' Kuestrin
2 ears for Altes Lager
ration supplies,`
5 ktsher ears, sand
2 G for firewood and
coal;
empty'
2. On 25 and 26 September, an empty troop train arrived at'the Kietz
railroad station. The arrival of additional trains was expected.
On. 25j- -26- and 27 September, "a total of four troop trains was 'dispatched
from Priort to Brueek and Wiesenburg. Troop trains observed between
25 and 28 September included:
46 CB,
cars for
ration supplies,
'5 kitchen cars, and
1 G for firewood and
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Trains
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Wd zstermarrk
Brandenburg
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27 1 Neugarten Loewenberg
1 Oranienburg
1 Wustermark Rathenow
28, 1 Priort Wuensdorf
Rosslau 6
Troop trains to Frankfurt/Oder on 26 and 27 September included:
Date in Composition' of
September Troop Trains
26 10 B with soldiers
Digpatching Station
Lieberose
45 B with soldiers Guben 5
27 20 B with soldiers, Lieberose
l0 F with 10 tanks, including
On 27 September, additional troop trains were said to have been dispatched
from Lieberose to Fuerstenwalde.. 7
Comment. The troop train which was previously reported carried
elements of the 358th Gds AAA Regt of the 8th Gds Mecz Div to their
home station at Leisnig. The troops returned from firing practices
in the Jueterbog area.
C nt.-The troop trains carried components of the 10th Gds Tk
Div which returned from the division maneuver in the area east of
Cottbus and north of the Lieberose troop training grounds. The trains
were previously observed.
C t. The .troop trs~ins'probably carried tank units of the
9th Mecz Div back to their winter quarters. The division probably
held a large-scale field exercise which extended from the area of the
Forst Tauer troop training grounds to the Jueterbog area and terminated
on 27 September 1954. The wheeled elements of the division which
participated in the field.. exercise probably returned to their home
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stationp by e return movement included the
troop traini7d
to Wuensdorf. This observation
confirms again that a component of the 9th Mecz Div,'which also includes
tanks, is stationed at the Neue Kaserne south of Camp Zbssen.
Comment. The two troop trains which carried components of the 2d
Gds,AAA Div were previously reported.
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servat
ons refer to
sat
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The assembling of trains which
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went from Jueter pg toward east on 2 9 September 1954 was
previously reported. a train-from Guben
to Frankfurt/Oder on 26 September 1954 probabl carried replacements
from the USSR which were dispatched via Guben.
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1954 probably operated in connection with movements of the IX Mtz
Rifle Corps to the Wiesenburg Belzig Brueck?assembling area from
.which the fall,,maneuvers of the corps started in a northwesterly
direction.
G? e? . The troop trains carried components of the'7th Gds
Mecz Div to their home station at Frankfurt/Oder and Fuerstenwaldd.
The "return movement started on 23 September. Most of the trains
reported up to 26 September 1954 went to,Frankfurt/Odor.
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receiving stations were known in only-a few cases, no definite
Comment-, Since-it is" believed "that' the actual' dispatching and
conclusions can be drawn on departure, destination and loading-
of the troop trains.'The troop'trains on 25,'26 and 27 September
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