MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF THE FOURTH GDS MECZ ARMY

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Unloa.ings observed at the Pre~zlau railroad station involved:
10 c,-.7.--vas-covered tai. s at 0300 on 6 March 1955;
5 fT1-34/35 tai s, I JS-2 tank a: :id 2 Jg-M Guns at 0530 on 10 March;
2 T-34/05 tanks, 1 six-wheel arnnorect personnel carrier and 1 repair shop 25X1
tr -c _ at 1,130 0 : 12::arcli.
At 0 0 on ':arch. 2 T-34/0 1 six-wheel armored personnel carrier
a d I . re ,air shop truck enure e::tra:ned.. 1
2. 0 - lag i eazl arch., I except for some
vo' i cl es, of the barracks installation southeast of Berliner Strasse
i 1-a: e zlau T's-,2e,) T-34/tasks ineiuaing
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wore seen in the antita 'I': ditch of the training area of the ins ta a ion
rest of Berlir Strasse (474:L).
3. On 9 March-, 7 T-34/05 tan_ tis a:nd their crews were detrained at the Berlin-
Schoeneweide railroad station. At 0330 on 12 March, 2 x 85- AT gi-me,
1 xi -r:ri AT gun, A three-axle a: - _o.xed personnel carriers, approximately
2 trotks, tam trucks, 3 fie" kitchens and 8 boxoarloads of soldiers
were e~..trained at 'i hove- :_ : tio~ d station left toward Xoenigswuster-
auti?' 1. at 1320. 3
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At 0,""'C an 11 I arci_, a colar~~~ with tanks left Camp Vogelsang and went toward
Templi n_. At 1400, it was followed ';y a column which included 05-mm AT g ns. 4
14 and 16 March, rian camp fires were seen and noise of battle was
earc_ t'_ e I a:.: elcy ing--Stor'Lc,wr area. 5
JCoz r ez t.. Tar ,1,- firi nag details _ of the 25th Tank Div were rotated between
P-re.zlau and Templin
Similar o:ioervation s were made in Leipzig, Wittstook and
Brand.enbiurg.
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LComme.It. A tanl: detail of the 24th da
M ecz iv which ,rent to T lift fo
returned on 9 March. 4
or, 12 March is quite defMitelty be
Regt of the 7th Gds
*ers. on 6 March probably
The unit which was entrained
D ha.vee also belonged to the
move-ue..tioned reL;iment. The train probably went to Lieberose where
nz,mmerous shipments of the di vis ' ii had baa tched from Frankfurt/Oder
at that ti-me.
4. Co, a e at. The colui_:us nay have belonged to the 10th Gds Tank Div
tier' ich, at ~# tc*ucted Sri .ter ex ises ix the Templin training
mounds. ?- --...On the other hid, it is also possible
that uait +~ 2` th Tangy: Div left for exercises.
Comment. U .-.its of the 2'th Tam Div may h egnducted. exercises
the are mentioned.
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