MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE AREA OF THE THIRD SHOCK ARMY

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CIA-RDP80-00810A006300600004-5
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2
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December 21, 2016
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August 20, 2008
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4
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Publication Date: 
March 4, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/08/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300600004-5 COUNTRY- TOPIC__ CLASSIFICATION S RwT Fast v -REPORTE Military Aetivity in the Area of the Third :hock Arm EVALUATION DATE OF CONTENT DATE OBTAINED- REFERENCES- 2 PAGES REMARKS _ PLACE OBTAINED ATE PREPARED. ENCLOSURES (1190. & TYPE) 25X1 25X1 I, 1 o At 0600 on 18 F b 1955 a tely 100 trucks with 35 to 40 85 _mm AT guns 25X1 moved out of the Flak Kaserne [ LA Brandenburg and went, tcvar=1 the tows On 19 February, the installation was illuminated about 20 percent.! 25X1 2;, At 1220 on -2 Febrjja 1955 12 x 37-m AA guns and 32 trucks wiaro s ?traintod at the Haldensleben railroad station for shipment toward Magdeburg. The units had arrived at the station from a northerly direction at 06002 At 0700 on 13 Fobruary,r e< train carrying AT guns, trucks and soldiers passed through Haldensleben railroad station from the direction of Magdeburg and proceeded toward Oeb1sfolde,, At (730 another train was seen on route in the same direction. It carried 12 IT guns3 presumably of 57-0m on an undatermin-d number of flatcars and soldiers on 12 be&xc3rso 3. The following columns crossed 5trass.nbrueoke Nord (Wilbtalm Pisck Bridge) in Magdeburg on 13 February: 25X1 At 0 17 trucks with soldiers and a gun, presumably a 122,-4m fia1cl howitzero~ At 16001 2 armored personnel carriers, 18 trucks, 2 x 57 -mm AT mortars, 3 radio trucks, 1 ambulance and 1 field kitchen, Both columns were on route westward .4 4o At 1730 on 15 F the following _oltmn which came from the direction ox' town moved into the Flak Kaserne (5641) in Wismart 6 z 122-arm field howitzers, 4 x 57-.mm AT guns 29 trucks with approximately 420 soldiers, 2 radio trucks and 2 ambulaneeso Approved For Release 2008/08/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300600004-5 4 March 1955 Approved For Release 2008/08/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300600004-5 SDCRE4 1. 30 went from Halberstadt to Gardelegen as was inferred from official records, The trains may be identical with the shipments mentioned, 4o C these were, units of the 19th CdeD"~ecz Div wh+.ch were probably transferred to Letzling Heath for short-term firing practices. ~Comolat-_ These were units of the 20th Ari AT Arty Trig which 25X1' presuaably left for*d'iring, at Al.teeaabowo esi wire pos!- LA RMI *W to 3d Me AAA Div or of 25X1; the 19th Gds Meow w) returned to :'+hgdeburg from firing practices at Letzling Heath. C t During the same pert &, '? shiprents 25X1 C to The weapots indicate that units of the 199th Gds Gun Arty 25X1 egt and oc the 28Pth Gds Mtz rifle ILegt of the 94th Gds Mtz Rifle Div were observed0 hey are believod to have returned froze firing practices in Letzling Heath where they had been transferred in two shipments on 6 Febru'rya SECRET, Approved For Release 2008/08/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300600004-5