GENERAL INFORMATION ON KVP DIVISION PRENSLEU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300560007-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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East Germany
. REPORT
General Infox &tion' on KVP 'Division Pr6rizlau
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22 October 1954
l,, The ration strength of Division Prenzlau on 10 and 13 September 1954 included
the division heaadquart're9 a signal battalions a i econnaissanoe battalions several
headqu=arters -its 9 and. 12 Soviet advisor i s totalling 277 officers and '926 NCOs
and men? the let Inf Regt Pros had 1,,400 officers, MOs and men; the -2d Inf Regt
Pinnow had 204 officers and 1,,405 RCOs.aand men; the 3d Inf ! egt Droegeheide shad
1,360 officers, COe a many ,the artillery regimrent; the AAA battalion and - th
AT battalion Droegeheide had 19100 officers, NZOs and men; and the medium tank
regiment Drc heide had 460 officers, HCOs and men?
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2e In early September, the 'following KVP off .cers were' known to held the follaiing
assigrcmrents; (first- names unknown)
-: K r eb id o Lieutenant Colonel Kusch, commanding officer;
Captain Gieriges political officer; Captain Hanisch9;deputy commander in charge
of supply affairs.
t~D~ne xel~s 3d Lieutenant Colonel Walter9 -commanding officer; Major
Schsubea political officer; Senior Lieutenant Schulz9 deputy commander in charge
of supply affairs; and Lieutenant Leglers supply .officer,
tc. Rk~ , Id~h;~ a Lieutenant Colonel Wedde commanding officer
Lieutenant Colonel ltoes9 commanding officer; and Captain
Reinhard, political officer,
3. After completion of the fall insnections9 the discharge. program started in early
October or mid-October. Dischargees of the 2d Inf Regt included about 200 NCOs
and men who had served for three years. Nb officers were released. On 24.
September, Lieutenant Colonel Sommer (fnu) s chief of ' staff of the d 4ision 9gave
a speech and asked all dischargees to reenlist. Between 1 and 23 Sep aber9 155
recruits were inducted into the 2d Infantry Regiment Prenzlauo Seventy percent of
the recruits came from Mecklenburg,, and 30 percent came from Berlin and its
vicinity, Most of the recruits were members of the FDJ0 Since no more recruits were
to be assigned to.the 21 Inf Regt9 other replacements will be attached to ether
units of the division,
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On. 11 September9 the 2d If Regt received 10 new ZIS trucks from Ascherslebeno
On 1? Saptem'ber9 44 new ZIS 3 1/2-ton trucks were consigned by the Aschersleben
Plant to the let Inf Regt Pinnowo On 25 September, 10 motor vehicle drivers gf
the 2d Inf Regt were detached to .Lschersleben to take over the new vehicles,
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50 On 29 August, the 2d Bn of the 2d Inf Regt together with the engineer
ccopany of the regiment practiced stream-crossing on the Uecker River.
Since more than 60 percent of VPs of the 2d Inf Regt were detached
for harvest in the Prens1au districts, between I and 10 Septcabar9 the
scheduled field exercises and a regular training could not be conducted,
Between 13 and 17 September, a field exercise was held at Schorfheids
Heath in the area of cross Schoenebeok north of Berlin? KVP units
participating included the division headquaartersa, the headquarters of the 25X1
artillery regiment and tank regiment, and the let Inf Regt and 2d Inf Regt0
The total strength was about 19800 Asa Subject of tr, inisng was the
employment of a regiment in attack and defense with each regiment
alternotely representing the enemy. Since the fall inspections were held in
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renzlaea prior to early Qctober3 The inspection included training
and Interior duty,4
60 The ter" fall inepection"not only includes inspection of training and
interior dutyb but also field eexercises0 Thus, the anareuver held, at 25X1
Schorfheide Heath between 13 and 17 September was a part of the
fall inspection. In 1953, officers of the Ministry of Interior inspected
the field exercises but the present inspection was held by the division.
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The report indicates that the ration strength is about
7,000 "Pa. Since the Ex ,eer Battalion .Fuenfeeichen9, personnel on
furloughs, detached personnel or othor personnel absent from the post
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(~not been mentioned and the actual strength of the division is
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Since sa of the aiischaargess probably will ra nl.ist,
e number of disohar?gees and rem is of the 2d Inf mgt will be
about even.
3o enJ . The trucks Probably came from the USSR and were provided
with a new superstructure at Aschera lebe m0
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it cannot be dotes Cned that large-scale field exercises
or maneuvers 4fl be conducted in October 1954 According to the report
such field exercises would also be a part of the fall inspection,
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