SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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Soviet Tip Trains
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES 0 4 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
DATE PREPARED 26 October 1954
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CB - Converted Boxcar; B - Boxcar; F - Flatcar; SSY - Heavy-Duty Flatcar.
1, On 4 -October 1954, a troop traih of 32 B, 18 F was unloaded at thebers-
walde railroad station. The train came from Templin. Nine tanks and nine
trucks were observed. 1
2. Troop trains from Stendal to Kuestrin which passed through the Oran:ienburg
railroad station on 5 October included a train of 8 B 27 F with soldiers,
1 sedan, 1 jeep, 2 field kitchens, and 18 trucks and 25X1
another train of 6 B, 29 F with soldiers, 11 AA guns of about 76 mm~ 1 jeep
and 16 trucks. 2
3. Troop trains observed at Frankfurt/Oder between 2 and 8 October included:
Date in
October
Number of Cars
From
50; empty shuttle-
Frankfurt/Oder
-train
50 with soldiers
Kuestrin
toward Cottbus
5
50 with soldiers
Kuestrin
toward Cottbus
50; empty shuttle-
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest-Litovsk
-train
6
50; empty shuttle-
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest-Litovsk
-train
8
50 with soldiers
Kuestrin
4. Troop trains which came-from Frankfurt/Oder and went toward Cottbus via
Muellrose between 5 and 9 October included a train of 55 F on 5 October,
a second train of 56 B on 6 October, and a third train of 55 B and a
fourth train of 53 B on 9 October. All trains carried soldiers.
5. On 7 October, a troop train of 42 F with soldiers from Frankfurt/Oiler was
observed going toward Guben.
6. Between 5n and 88OOctober, the number of cars which were to be made available
in the Iit .burg mead district was fairly high and far above the averag . 25X1
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Boxcars and flatcars to be made available numbered 1,100 on 5 October;
1,300 on 6 October; 600 on 7 October; and 200 on 8 October. On and after
9 October, the military traffic was again normal. 3
7. Troop trains
9 October included:
Date in Composition of
October Troop Trains
observed between 5 and
4 CB, 1 B, 28 F with Gardelegen Schwerin
10 medium AT guns
4 CB, 1 B, 38 F with Gardelegen Schwerin
22 medium AT guns and
vehicles
3 CB, 2 B, 22 SSY =Moehringen Parchim
with T-34 tanks)
3 CB, 2 B, 21 S Vinzelberg Perleberg
with T-3 cs~~-I
4 CB, 1 B, 28 SSY Gardelegen
4 CB, 12 F, 34 SSY
with 34 T-34 tanks
Letzlingen Guestrow
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8 CB15 B, 37 F with Meissen Neubuckow
16 x 85-mm AA guns
and vehicles
12 CB2 4 B, 42 F with Leisnig Neubuckow
20 x 85-mm AA s
and vehicles
6 9 CE, 1 B, 36 F with Mahlwinkel Schwerin
16 x 85-mm AT guns
and vehicles -
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9 9 CB, 1 E, 50 F with Mahlwinkel Schwerin
24 x 85-mm AT guns
and vehicles
8 CB, 2 B, 39 SSY
with T-34 tanks
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Date in Composition of From
October Troop Trains
12 CB, 12 F, 34 SSY Moehringen
Perleberg
8CB,2B,37F Letzlingen
Guestrow
3 CE, 2 B, 26 F Vinzelberg
7 2 CB, 1 B, 17 SSY Moehringen
8 CE, 2 F, 15 F with Tangermuende
24 medium AT guns,
Ludwigslust
Parchim
Bergen
vehicles
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prime movers
7 CB, 4 B, 29 SSY
5 CE, 4 B, 37 SSY
with Y--34 tanks
Tangermuende
Moehringen
Rostock
Parchim
11 CE, 3 B, 44 F Moehringen Parchim
3 CB, 4 E, 25 SSY
with T-34 tanks F
Moehringen Parchim
5 CE, 1 E, 32 F with Jaevenitz Techenthin
16 x 85-mm AT guns,
prime movers and
vehicles
8 CB, 5 B, 47 F Dresden Kroepelin
3 CB, 4 SSY with an Kroepelin Erfurt
artillery firing
director
8. On 7 and 8 October, the Magdeburg-Schwerin railroad line was blocked for
regular freight traffic. All regular freight trains were used as troop
trains and carried tanks, SP guns and medium AT tguns. 3
9. On 7 and 8 October, 50 steel pontons of the TMP type and 24 light AT guns
were observed on the road from Stendal via Perleberg. 5
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Comment. The troop train probably carried a tank firing detail of
the th Gds Mecz Div back to its home station.
2. Comment. The two troop trains carried components of the 32d .AAA
Div which returned from maneuver of the Third Shock Armv_ Tin arIriitinna1
troop trains went from Stendal to Frankfurt/Oder.
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the troop train
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5. Comment. The observation indicates that components of the 18th 25X1
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