TRANSFER TO WINTER EXERCISES OF THE 7TH GDS MECZ DIV IN THE LIEBEROSE-COTTBUS-FORST AREA

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CLASSIFICATION
East Germany
REPORT
Transfer to 'Minter Exercises of the 7th Gds Mecz Div in the
Lieberose-Cottbus- Forst Area.
EVALUATION P1 A OBTAINED_____
DATE OF CONTEN
DATE OBTAINED LDATE PREPARED
'REFERENCES.
1 April 1955
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1. On 12 and 13 March 1955, loadings took place at the Fuerstenwalde
railroad station, which was guarded and patrolled by sentries.
Trucks with billeting and egni a ui ment continually went to
the station during both days. 7
At 1150 on 13 March, a train carrying 4 canvas-covered tanks, 6 rock et
launchers, 8 x 57-mm AT guns, 4 four-wheel armored personnel carriers,
8 armored scout cars, approximately 30 trucks, 4 tank trucks and, on about
15 boxcars, personnel, left toward Frankfurt/Oder. At 1500, all loadings
at the Fuerstenwalde railroad station had been completed. Fresh imprints
of tank tracks led from the barracks installation on Braunsdorfer
Strasse (4501) to the freight station. On 12 March, the mobile-shop
truck of the Pu.erstenwalde commissary was equipped with goods for 10 25X1
days, since it was scheduled to accompany the units, which left
Fierstenwalde.
2. The following trains with personnel and equipment were loaded at, and
dispatched from, the Fuerstenwalde railroad station on 12 and 13 March:
12 March. Two trains totaling 30 boxcars and 61 flatcars to Klinge;
twp trains totaling 13 boxcars and 62 flatcars to Doebern;
13 March. Two trains totaling 28 boxcars and 67 flatcars to Forst; and
two trains totaling 21 boxcars and 47 flatcars to Cottbus.
3. Between 0300 and 0500 on 20 March, 6 T-34/85 tanks, 1 T-34 tank hull, 25X1
2 SU-100 guns, 2 x 85-mm AT guns, 2 x 76-mm AT guns, 2 x ].20-mm
mortars, 4 x 82-mm mortars, 8 six-wheel armored personnel carriers,
2 half-track armored personnel carriers, 22 trucks, 2 tank. trucks,
2 field kitchens and 6 boxcarloads of personnel were unloaLded at the
Berlin-Schoeneweide railroad station. 25X1
more than 20 shipments 25X1
of units of the 7th Gds Mecz Div went to th P'hprngp - Cottbuct - Forst
area from Fuerstenwalde and Frankfurt/Oder.~T'i 25X1
Since the bulk of the shipments went to the , 25X1
Cottbus-Forst area, it is assumed that the winter exercise of the 7th
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Gds Mecz Div developed from south toward north and terminated
in the Lieberose training area, where small elements of the
division presumably were to represent the enemy force. The
return to Berlin of elements of the 24th Gds Mecz Regt of the
-division indicated that the exercise probably terminated on
19 March. Observations at tbe'barracks installation on Braunsdorfer
,trasse indicated that units of the 312th Gds RL Regt of the Fourth
Gds Mecz Army also participated in the winter exercise of the
division.
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