SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005400090008-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Sequence Number: 8
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet TO-Op 'i'rai
EVALUATIO
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES-
PAGES 5
REMARKS
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.ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
SB - converted boxcar B - boxcar G - gondola car T - tank car
F - flatcar Say- heavy duty flatcar RRym - Heavy duty flatcar
1. The following troop trains from Lieberose
between 2..4 and 28 September 1954:
Date in Composition of
September Troop Trains
Tons Recei
ving Station
12 B, 8 F, 9 RRym
.1380 Frank
furt/Oder
14 By 11 F, 9 RRym
1450 't
4 B, 4 33y, 10 RRym 1300 T)rebk
au
3 3, 2 F, 15 SSy 1000
26 3 '32 2 F, 18 SSy 790 11
27 2 BY 14 "Sy 650 It
26 18 B, 8 F, 11 :SSy 850 Frankfurt/Oder
25 B, 7 F, 9 SSy 797 Puerstenwalde.
27 25 By 11 F, 2 RRym 850 Frankfurt/Oiler
23 20 B, 2 F, 1 T 200 Berkenbrueck
22 B, 11 F, 4 S .y 650 r,uerstenwalde
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2. The following troop trans came from the 'irectinn ^ Ti< Ir enc 1 ? _
rid proceeded tO d .rc Iiederitz -etwoen the
i.)a.te in ?eoton.}',per ComnOSiticn o' 'Prooc) Trains
with 24 T-34 tanks,
13 B with soldiers , an undetermined n ;
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51 any'. 7` 7 -16-h`- nu'h 73
i w _th _ ._
of with "55 i-3 4 t
tl:k trucks
e n"- bcr
7 _3 with -old iers tasyc';At rr!in d ntu ;^r c
with 42-.,mm AT tritcks 1,7-751- " l 1 ;e 1
r^ontons; ?nd 12 trucks rc t' -' '.r^ h barn c us
3 '_3 with sc: rs, and uln un:.et'r .fired nu_.'Oer
F with 12 SP ins
2 B with soldiers, and undeter. tined n . her
with 3 T-34 t.s~.a-_ks; and 1._ trucks with hill etin,,
equipment
6 B with soli' iers, an undetermined numh"r o_' 7'
with 11 canvas covered tanks, and ' F with trucl
8 B with soldiers, an undetermined number of F
with 17 cs=.nvas-covered tanks, and 7 r' t-'ith Trucks
7 B with soldiers, an undetermined number of ''
with 17 JS-2 tanks, a_nd9 F with trucks.
3. On 27 September, a troop train o. five ears with soldiers and an
undetermined number of cars with 11 T-34 tanks,
5 4 SP gtins, and 11 trucks was stan_din; at
the Magdeburg-Rothensee railroad station.3
4. Troop trains which went toward Haldensleben on 29 am 30 September
included a train of 7 B with soldiers and an undetermined number of
F with 3 sedans, 16 trucks and 4 tank trucks, and :-pother train of
4 B with soldiers and an undetermined number of F with 11 medium AT
guns and 7 trucks an 20 September; and a train of 4 "3 with soldiers
and an undetermined number of T' with 12 Medium AT 7uns o nd 7 trucks
on 30 September,4
>. On 28 September, A troop train of an undetermined number
soldiers x 122-mm field howitzers and 214 trucks,
went from Jueterbog to Halle.
n October, a troop train of an undetermined number of cars with
8 x 122--mm field howitzers, 2 T-34 tanks, 8 -;rime movers, 15 trucks
and 2 field kitchens came from Jueterbog and proceeded toward
Dessau. 5
6. On 4-October, a troop train of 7 CB. 40 F,
The train went fro-ri 3Jinzelberg
7. Since 28 September, an eastbound empty shuttle-.trainard, since
30 September, a westbound shuttle-train with soldiers daily
passed through Kuestrin.7
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2 54 CB, with
8. Troop trains dispat-hed via the Guben ra1.lrr..cd station between
7 October included:
October Cars
soldiers
. *1
54 CB with
soldiers
Frank_f>rt/Oder
a1konber
54 CB;empty Guben . Novel
54 CB;empty
7 54 CB with
soldiers
54 CB with Jagodin Falkenber(;
soldiers
54 CB; empty Guben
Falkenberg
9. The following troop trains between
28 September and 7 October:
Date in Composition of From
September Troop Trains
28 46 CB, 2 B, 1 G Frankfurt/ Jueterbog
Oder
29 46 CB, 2 B, 1 G
6 undetermined;
empty
Brandenburg
undetermined Magdeburg Kuestrin-Kietz
October
2 undetermined
Jagodin
Jagodin
Jueterbog- F,-ankfurt,Oder
Altes Lager
5 18 B, 12 F Kuestrin-Kietz Strausberg
Jueterbog
Seddin
Stendal
Frankfurt/C)d er
Bernau
Frankfurt/Oiler
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7 undetermined;
empty
7 C.6,
10. Troop trains
included:
Date in Composition of
October Troop Trains
5 4 CB, 36 F
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46 CB2 2 B, 2 G
12 B, 3 F
8B, 5 F, 19 G
46 CB2 2 B, 2 G;
empty
3CB, 5 B, 22F
3CB,35F
55 CB
46 CB, 2 B, 2 G;
empty
7 6 CB with
soldiers
49 CB; empty
46 CB, 2 B, 2 G;
empty
8 55 cars
55 cars; empty
Seddin
Frankfurt/Oder 124
between 5 and 1 October
Magdeburg
Brest Litovsk
Stendal
Stendal
Kummersdorf
bbog-
Altes Lager
Stendal
-Magdeburg
Sperenber
Jueterbog
Frankfurt/Oder
Jueterbog
Altes Lager
Jueterbog-
Altes Lager
Jueterbog-Altes
Lager;
redispatched to
Brest-Litovsk
Comment. The troop trains carried components of the 7th Gds
.v which returned to their home stations after termination of
the summer training and fall maneuvers of the division. Their arrival
has been previously reported.
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4.
Comment. The troop trains possibly carried tank units of
the h Mecz Div to the assembly area southwast of Cottbus
from which the fall maneuvers of the division started. The
shipment of additional units from the Peitz railroad station
to the above area appears probable. Since the retux_ of these
tank contingents to their winter quarters was reported from
Jueterbog after termination of the maneuvers on 28 aid 29
September 1954, it is doubted that the troop trains operated
nn 21, Sr.ntamhar a rcl n q l a,te as on 26 and 27 September 1954.
observed on the Autobahrrom the triangle southwest of Luebbenau
as far as Vetschau, and on the roads parallel to the Autobahn/.
All vehicles drove from the northwest to the southeast.
During the same time as that mentioned
Comment. The troop trains carried components of the 7th Gds
1v which returned to their home stati
,the division maneuvers at Letzling Heath.
LComrpent. The troop trains possibly carried AT units to Letzling
ea for combat firing practice. It appears improbable that components
of the 19th Gds Mecz Div returned frommsneuvera of the Th;rd Shock Army
ent, The units have not been identified. Vehicle
is listed with the 19th Gds Mecz Div. It is not believed,
o
e eer.. hat components of this division transfe ec -o Jueterbog
to Halle during the fall maneuvers of the Th. `Shock Army in
iesenburg - Letzling Heath area.
7.
,omment. The troop train possivly carried oontingents of the 6th
Gds Mecz Div which returned from the maneuver of the Third shock Array.
Compare with the detraining of tronns a!h Rernau on 7 October 1954.
Comment. The shuttle-train numbers make the following comments
possible:
Shuttle-train I On 1 October 19' the train ,went empty from
Magdeburg to Kuestrin.
Shuttle-train The train is reported for the first time.
Shuttle-train The two trips reported in paragraph 10 may
have been made. T e eastbound trip prior to 6 October 1954 has
not been observ d
Shuttle-train On 29 September 1954- the train left the GDR
via Kuestrin. Although its ret
is believed possible, the tra
-Litovsk. The additional trips
may have been made. 1
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