EXERCISES OF THE 9TH GDS TANK DIV AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN MAGDEBURG

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Exercises of .the 9th Gds Tank Div and i;ilitary .pctly ties :~z :;,;wL.t? s;
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ra. lroadman stated that approximately 100 tanks were. detrained a.",
Ne ustrelitz railroad stati,)n and left torrardi Neue In .f anterie ;a e .ie
during the night on 26 September. At noon on 2 Septe __ber, 3hip.,on.t
with C. 37-,:w'-, :i.A guns and ao jrc.` i;-iate.i.y 25 tr"uc"ks i te.[.udi n,g
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At, 10i'd) inn '27 ember 1954, a shipment of 9 T-34 tan.~.s
and J3 tank ~.o o detrained at the : eus re 1a.
railroad station ana left tova.ra 1L fit= In-Canterie Kaserne (2221) . A
proceeded toward Berlin.
passed through the 2ieustrela.t ,
the direction of Neubr:.ndenburg .d
Between 26 and 29 September, the fol1tt~,'.'^. r'Vat7 ons w Z e ma.-0 at
the Neus tre'11 tG pos J.
Restrict :d ;area on Gerhart ii u traan . S'U ?ass. ,'our ?!~--13 rocket l-aa..:chors
and trucks returned to the restrict x. c:oea;..
After the arrive; o the column, the inst Nation was occupied b,
a, ,proximately 200 soldiers wearing red-+boruered black epaulets.
Alte G ennadier naserno 222 : An undetermined number of 122--mm field
howitzers and 12 trucks returned to the installation. After the az r.val
of the column., the installation was occu;,iod by api~roxi:.:..tely 30J 25X1
soldiers le r:in ; red-bordered black epaulets.
:Feue infkanterie itaserne (2221) : Ta
proceeded southward. The train carried, about 9 SP guns
pers nnel passed through the Pleuurandenburg; railroad station and
carrier and tr ::i_:ls entered the
ins .allati_n, which was occupied by approximately icy.' soldiers -caring
red-uor .,er :d cl: rck epau'. e ts.
At 2000 on 27 Septerm.ber, a train of 20 flatcars and 5 boxcars with
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Restricted Schlo ,:>;-Yarten area 2227 A six-wheel armor;d pci?.:~ ne
4 T-34 tanks I ~ !+ trucks and a: acio
At 7..40 on 27 Septor;ber, a tr:,in with 26 flatcars arrived at the
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_. 1Jeubre,rnderdburg railroad station frorz a northwesterly direction. The
train carried a roximate 17 T-34 tanks
JS-2 tanks and 3 SP guns. The departure or direction
of the tram could not be:determined.l
In the evening of 27 September, several engineer columns left the
Seeckt K.aserrxe (5287) in Magdeburg and proceeded eastward. Motor
vehicle throur-rh
?z'9 seen. Lfte.r the departure of the columns, the installation appeared
to. be vacant After .ate 36ptemuer, the occupation strength of the
Nachrichten Kaserne (5286) in Pia.;deturg decreased. In the evening on
29 Septearbor, supply trucks left the
installation and i-:ent to,.ard the east.2
0' nonOn 27 September .r a jcr tank vri.ts of the 9th Gds Tank
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Div probably returned from exercise,. The shipments which came from the
north and passed through Neubrandenurg on that day indicate the
location of the training area. a hiptaent
of units of the 31st A Div went from Veiten to De!,=in or, 23 Sept ;rsia r.
The units ?;probably returned on the tr .iin which, according tp tha
F These observations tend to inrii cate that elox::ents of
the 9th Gds Tank Div, reinforced by wits of the 31st AAA Div, conducted
a tank exercise in the Deenin area: between 23? and 26 September. Other
information indicated that, at that ti r..e, ar ti;irery units. of the
division conducted an exercise in the vesenberg--iri.row area, and elea.ents
of the unidentified Gds Hv Tank Sj Regt apparently held small-scale
exercises in the area north of Pe z
On 27 September, units of the 36th Pon bri:Jge IRegt of
the GuF'., possib y departed in order o .par-t,icipate in exercises of the
reinforced 1:, L tZ Rifle Corps. The fact that units of the 19th Gds
;Meth Div left simultaneously partially confirms the assumption that
the division again participated in exercises possibly of the IX Yt,;,
Rifle Go r+os ;after 25 September. it is
possible., that elements of the diVisi:an, along ,itb units of the 20j'7th
i tz Rif l e Div, were 'employed in tine