SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
oGt1iV i F?Y East Germany
TOPIC Soviet ',Troop Trains
Number of Tons From
Cara_ or Axles
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT_
DATE OBTAINEn
F:EFERENCES_
CLASSIFICATION SECRET _-
PAGES 9 _ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
F!EMARKS .
This is UNEVALUATED Information
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CB - converted boxcar B - boxcar F m flatcar
1e On 25 February 19559 troop trains passing through Neubrandenburg included a 25X1
train of an undetermined number of cars with trucks and about 8 heavy AA
guns which went toward Pasewalk9 and another train of an undetermined number,
of cars with trucks and about 8 heavy AA, guns which went toward Noustre itz.
On the same dayp a troop train of z5 cars with trucks and 8 heavy AA guns
passed through the Thurow railroad station and went toward Neudtrelitz,l
On 28 February, a troop train of an undetermined number of cars with trucks
.16 AT guns and 8 medium AA guns passed throux h the B-r,en railroad station,
The train came from Stralsund and went to::ard Prora.
2, Troop trains identified from railroad records between 24 February and 'l March
includeds
24 February 112 axles 825 Kroepeli.n
25 February undetermined 800 Bad Doberan
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900 Bad Doberan
it 1p000 Kroepolin
26 February 90 axles 800 "
110 axles 900 Bad Doberan
28 February 8 CBs 1 Bs
54 F;
Fuerstenwalde 4
Berlin railroad
district
Fuerstenwalde 4
Berlin railroad
district
Magdeburg 5
railroad district
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.DATE PREPARED 30 March 1955
Brandenburg
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28 February 9 CB9 5 B9 19018 Frankfurt/ Oder
39 F;
Kroepelin
1 March 10 CB, 3 B, 900 Altengrabow Dallgow 7
44 F;
3. Troop trains from Altengrabow
a train of815 cars to Fuerstenberg, and another train of 15 cars to
Altruppin.
4.
troops were entrained at
the Wild park, Priort and Satzkorn railroad stations during the night of
6 ).larch.9
1. f Comment. The troop trains probably returned from the Wustrow AAA
Range.
2. Comment. The troop train probably belonged to the 4th AT Arty 3rig
an possibly came from 'x trot. Major contingents of this brigade
practiced fixing at the Wustrow AIIA Range in early February 1955. The heavy
AA guns observed probably also were AT guns.
3. J Comment. The troop train belongs to the return movement of
contingents of the 2d Gds AAA Div which moved to Wustrow on three troop
trains on 14 January 1955. The return has been repeatedly confirmed. On
1 March 19559 two.Dthor troop trains carrying 85-mm AA guns went from
Sperenberg to 'v`ustrow.
4. ~_JCormment. The troop trains which carried components of the 63d AAA
Div back to their home station have been zepeatedly confirmed. These
components moved to V~:ustrow on two or three trains on 14 January 1955.
On 28 February 19559 another two troop trains of this division went
from Eberawalde to V+ustrow.
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Comment. Mother information indicated that two troop trains went
from Frankfurt/Oder to Wustrow on 28 February 1955, On 10 January 1955,
components of the same 32d Gds AAA Div moved from Kuestrin to Wustrow
on two troop trains which returned on 26 February 1955-
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7., Comment. The troop train carried a unit of the 2d Light Arty Brig
back o its home station. The unit has been stationed at Altenrabow
since 19 February 1955.
The two troop trains carried small details of the
12th Gds Tk Div back to their home station. On 15 February 1955, one
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of the trains had been observed moin to A1ten.-rabow.
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