SOVIET TROOPS IN KOSTERNEUBURG AND VIENNA X

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006200160007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 10, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC
CLASSIFICATION S CALF
Austria
Soviet Troops in Kosterneuburg and Vienna X
EVALUATION I I PI A(E ()RlA!NFI)
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED-
REFERENCES
1. Or. 15 January 1955, individual officers wearing red-bordered black
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eo.oaulets and soldiers wearing black-bordered red epaulets iith
artillery insiGnia left the forra,--r Pionier Kaaerne in Klos ,erneuburg.
(0 49/S 30). T-.-Ie main Cate of the kaserne ;vas guarded by a ;;entry
who wore black-bordered red epaulets. Van-like motor vehicle
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with a driver wearing red-bordered black ea a:?Leis, which 50X1-HUM
the direction of Vienna, entered the installation. Truck
with a driver wearing; black-bordered black c pau.lets, which
carried snow and a snow-sweeping detail left the nort:~~;o tern gate
of the installation which was guarded by a sentry who Torre red-
bordered black epaulets. The men of the sweeping detail v:o::?e black-
bordered black and black-bordered red epaulets and were Lod by an
officer wearing black-bordered red epaulets. All shed roof's :in the
area of the former Pionier L:useum which was guarded by a Sentry
wearing a fur coat were empty. There was no activity. An aiming device
representing a moving air target was installed between two smokestacks.
The troops were a_-parently stil row e Atnt:lon n_-.ca as was
observed in the sur:,mer of 1954? tey had 50x1 HUM
left for the training Grounds at the begiraxiii ; of the year. 1
2. On 15 January 1955, truck occupied by soldiers wearing 50X1-HUM
black-bordered red and red-bordered black epaulets was earlred in
front of the Trost Kaserne in Vienna. The kaserne was guarded by
a sentry who :,ore black-bordered red epaulets. After bein.; occupied
by soldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets who cae from the
installation, the truck left toward Favoriten Strasse. Two armored
half-track vehicles drivers of which ;:ore red- 50X1-HUM
bordered black epaulets, left the Trost iaserne. The vehicles had
armored side and back walls,
bumpers. 50X1-HUM
Jeep and ruck with drivers wearing red-bordered
black epaulets were observed at the installation. Almost 1j0 soldiers
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received infantry training on the training ground south of the.
Trost Kaserne. Two soldiers who were supervised by an instructor
practiced the emplacing of an air-cooled heavy machine gun on a
wheeled carriage which was presumably the 1943 model. Gun fire
was heard from the direction of the target range in the area of
the training; ground from where, after a while, an armored full-
track vehicle emerged. Due to the large distance the vehicle
could not be identified as a tank or SP gun. Two T-34/85 tanks
and 3 trucks were observed in the area of the repair shop at 109
to 111 Trost Strasse. About 25 motor vehicles which were parked
r -r-oxaza at 87) f included t k
Other motor vehicles observed
at the installation included truck th a driver wearing;
black-bordered red epaulets and jeep and van-like
motor vehicle with drivers wearing red-bordered black
epaulets. 2
equipment of these units are stored in the former Pionier Museum.
In view of previous information, it appears unusual that the
entire regiment, possibly also the engineer battalion, have moved
to the training grounds in January. A short move of the several
component units of the reiment to the troop training grounds
for firf'ng practices in January, however, corresponds to the
Soviet training policy observed in East Germany.
Comment. The 46th Gds liech Regt and the Sth Gds Ensr Bn
are st::a.tioned at Klosterneuburg. The motor vehicles and the
2. LCorInent. The 44th Gds i"ech Regt is stationed at the 50X1-HUM
belong to the 127th Tank Bn which is subordinate to the 44th
Gds Lech Regt. The motor-vehicle observed at the garage 50X1-HUM
at 81 Pernerstorfer Gasse belong to the 13th Gds Mech Div.
The r:oto_- vehicles observed at the Trost Kaserne belong to the
Central Group of Forces in Vienna and Baden.
Trost Xaoerne. It is believed that the armored half-track
vehicles mentioned in the present report are model US-?1 3
half-track armored personnel carriers. The two T-34/85 tanks
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