DETRAINING OF TANKS IN SATZKORN; TRANSPORT MOVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF SPERENBERG LUCKENWALDE AND FORST ZINNA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006300590008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 7, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLA4 Ft + . 3110
East Germany
Detraining of Tanks in Satzkorn; Transport Movements in the area
1. On 8 February 1955. at about 1925, train) )arrived at
Satzkorn railroad station from Brest Litovsk. Fifteen high-
ranking officers, some of whom belonged to units from Krampnitz,
had already come to the station at about 1630. The following troops
and materiel was unloaded between 2015 and 0315:
of Sperenberg, Luckenwlde and Forst Zinna
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7 March 1955
:ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
20 tanks (T-54 ?)
1 boxcarload of batteries and accessories
escorting personnel from two boxcars
The railroad station was heavily cordonned off. The detraining detail
was furnished by troops from the Kavallerie Schule (2161) in
Krampnitz. The escorting crew installed batteries and o#her
unidentified accessories from the boxcars and left toward Krampnitz.
The superstructure of the tanks was covered with canvas. 1
2. At 0720 on 10 Februay. 65 to 8 boxcars and about 30 to 35 flatcars
were loaded at the Forst-Zinna railroad station. Materiel entrained
included 6 field howitzers of about 100 mm, 4 to 7 AT guns of not
more than 75 mm and about 15 to 20(t trucks.
3. Assemblies of rolling stock was observed in the following towns:
a. Jueterbog railroad station: 20 flatcars,5 boxcars for troops
b. Forst Zinna railroad station: 22 flatcars and 4 boxcars for troops
c. Luckenwalde railroad station: 18 RRy-type cars and 20 flatcars. 2
motor vehicles were seen on
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practices involving 400 to 500 men. The troops practiced
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4. D-ail-y between 1900 od from 31 Jamar-y to 7 eb
troops from the Artillgwia U* .'3281 in Kummeradoxf maga"d in night
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Between 0730 and 0815 on 31 January, a column consisting of about
70 trucks with about 50)d7-mm A.A guns, 2 ambulances, 4 repair shop
trucks and about 3 radio trucks drove to?v.a_r(1 L>ckPnwa,lAo from the
direction of Sperenberg. Each of the trucks oarried about 1.0 men
a.rd ammunition boxes.
Comment. The recent arrival of tanks on trains exceeding
the scheduled load is known from official records. In addition to
shipments bound for Satzkorn, the following were noticed:
Two shipments (7th Gds Tank Div ) to Meinsdorf
1 shipment (9th Tank Div) to Roederau and
1 shipment (6th ;ds_Ta-Nk Dive to Wittenberg.
tanks of the new type (T-54 ?)
(2161) in Krampnitz is/now believed to have a total of about 30
e 10th Gds Tank Div in the Kavallerie Schule
Comment. Probably a shipment and assembly of rolling stock
for the 1st Mecz Div in connection with the termination of artillery
firing in Jueterbog-Forst Zinna.
Comment. The bulk of the 56th Motor Trans Regt of the GSFG
is housed in the Artillerie Kaserne (3281) in Kummersdorf. "lost of
the motor vehicle elong to the GSFG in Kummersdorf.
fNight practices were also conducted in other posts during the same
period.
omment. It is believed that the units observed were elements
o e 2d Gds AAA Div en route to the Jueterbog-Forst Zinna troop
training grounds where firing practices by light AAA units have been
observed since mid-January 1955?
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