MISCELLANEOUS POLISH ORDER OF BATTLE INFORMATION

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• Publication Date: December 23, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Miscellaneous Polish Order
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.MISCELLANEOUS POLISH ORDER OF BATTLE DATA
AND PERSONALITY
Introduction
The following is a list of locations referred to in this report, with co-
ordinates:
CZERWONY BOR (N53-04, E22-09) (No UTM coordinates)
GARWOLIN (N51-54, E21-38)(EC 425505)
MALGA (N32-27, E20-44) (DE 835230)
MUSZAKI. (N53-23, E20-37)(DE 7314)
TORUN (THORN) (N53-02, E18-36)(OD 400770)
ZIELONKA (N52-18, E21-38)(No UTM coordinates)
MISCELLANEOUS POLISH ORDER OF BATTLE DATA
Unit Desig- Subordi-
nation nation Location
CO and Remarks
U/i Light Artillery 1st "Kosciuszko" GARWOLIN An unidentified major of Russian
Regiment. Inf Div descent.was the CO of this regi-
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was garrisoned in the old pre-
war Polish casern in GARWOLIN during winter months, and from April to September,or
October of each year it was in the summer camp and training area at CZERWONY BOR.
(See Annex A for pinpoint location and description.)
The regiment's equipment included an unknown number of 76-mm Guns, M1942 (ZIS-3)
and 122-mm Howitzers, M1938,1? the latter towed by Studebaker-type trucks. Both
of these weapons were World War II models of Soviet manufacture (with Russian in-
scriptions). Regularly each year, this regiment gave 30-day summer training to
second-year students (strength about 100 men) of Warsaw Polytechnic 2?and three-
months' reserve training to enlisted reservists.3?
there were an unknown number of summer
ORarc -,ae
'in t camps WONY 50X1-HUM
bi-
vouac area consisted of unknown number of tents andbarracks used
small arms rooms, and orderly rooms (see Annex A). . Elements of
szko" Inf Div used the CZERWONY BOR training area for summer camp
and during winter firing exercises.
U/i Heavy Artillery Unk
Regiment (Pulk Arty-
lerji Ciezkiej)
months in the training area
description.)
OLSZTYN CO in 1953 was an unidentified
(ALLENSTEIN) colonel. This regiment al-
legedly was garrisoned in
OLSZTYN during the winter sea-
son and camped during the summer
at MUSZAKI. (See Annex B for pinpoint location and
CO r`t FI D ErQ7IA L
as mess halls,
the 1st "Kosciu-
and maneuvers
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Unit Desig- Subordi-
nation nation Location
CO and Remarks
This regiment was equipped with unknown number of 122-mm Howitzers, M1938, towed 50X1-HUM
by Stalinets 80 (5-80) tractors o, by ZIS-151 trucks and unidentified 155-sm caliber
.
Minn
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to the students of the Warsaw Polytechnic
fied male students. The summer camp was located approximately 2fr km southeast 50X1-HUM
of the Muszaki railroad station, while the training areas and firing ranges were
situated in a northeast direction, toward the village of MALGA.
Military Regional Unk
Command-WKR, WARSZAWA-
MIASTO I
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WARSAW CO was an unidentified Polish
Army major.
was situated on the top floor of a three-story stucco building located at Ulica' 50X1-HUM
Grojska 75 in WARSAW. Approximately 15 officers and EM were seen at this. office.
This headquarters was opened at this location in 1952.
Military-Regional Unk
Command-WKR, WARSZAWA-
'MIASTO II
WARSAW- CO was unknown. The offices
of this headquarters were in
a two-story stucco building
located on Ulica Ratuszowa in
WARSAW-PRAGA. The entrance 50X1-HUM
to the building bore a sign
reading: "Military Regional Command, WARSZAWA-MIASTO II."
U/i Military
Hospital
Ministry of WARSAW
National Defense
CO was unknown. This hospital
was known to all residents as
the "MON Military Hospital"
(Szpital Woskowy MONu), and
was located on Ulica Nowowiej-
ska at the corner of Ale ja
Niepodleglosci. This hospital gave medical care to all military personnel assigned
to Ministry of National Defense offices in WARSAW and their dependents. The Out-
patient Clinic (Wojskowa Przychodnia MONu) of this hospital also gave physical
examinations to students of Warsaw Polytechnic prior to their participation in the
reserve officers' training program which was compulsory at this school for all male
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This regiment gave 30-day summer trains
The headquarters
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Unit Desig- Subordi-
nation nation Location
CO and Remarks
U/i Artillery OCS . Unk OLSZTYN was unknown.
? (OSA-Oficerska unidentified graduates of
Szkola Artylerji) Warsaw Polytechnic who were
sent to the artillery OCS in"
OLSZTYN for three m ths'
re-
serve training
U/i Higher Artil- Unk TORUN CO was unknown.
lery Officers'
School (Wyzsza
Szkola Oficerow
Artylerji)
graduates
Warsaw o ytechnic0 were 50X1-HUM
sent here `,for three months'
reserve officers' training.
U/i Chemical OCS Unk KRAKOW
(Szkola Of icerska
Sluzby Chemicznej)
U/i Military
Installation
Chief Chemical WARSAW
Service of MON
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CO was an unidentified colonel,
a Chemical branch officer.
This installation was located in an old, three-story stucco building, located onr
Plac Dzierzynskiego, at the corner of Ulica Marszalkowska and Ulica Elektoralna.
The entrance was guarded 24 hours a day by a sentry wearing a cap with a red band.
and armed with either a carbine or submachine gun.
entirely operated by the military
a roll of unidenti- 50X1-HUM
iiea s w c were supposed to microfilms of ied documents pertaining 50X1-HUM
to the manufacture of explosives. these films from this iristallatl,on
all classified documents of impor ance were being OUAI-nuivi
microfilmed an stored in unknown places. The installation described above wa
for the storage of TOP SECRET (Scisle Taine) microfilms of a chemical nature_
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Unit Desig-
nation
U/i Chemical Unit Chief of the WARSAW CO was unknown.
attached to the Chemical
Institute of Applied Service,MON
Chemistry (Instytut
Chemji Stosowanej)5.
Subordi-
nation
Location
CO and Remarks
The Institute of Applied Chemistry was located at Ulica Lacznosci 8 in the Zoliborz
district of WARSAW and was headed by a civilian director, Professor HACKIEL, (fnu);
it was subordinate to the Ministry of Chemical Industry. The primary work con-
ducted at this institute consisted of experiments and research in explosive mate Ala
and war gases. 7. 50X1-HUM
U/i Military Ministry of ZIELONKA CO was unknown.
Experimental and National
Testing Station Defense
(Wojskowa Stacja
Doswiadczalno-
badawcza MONu)
at s s a on the ni-
stry of National Defense tested
all new weapons and equipment which were of Polish manufacture and intended'f or the
Polish armed forces. Tests and experiments in the chemical field were conducted
under the personal supervision of Professor Dr. Engineer Tadeusz URBANSKI, an ex-
pert in explosives and a well known scholar, who wrote books on chemical and physi-
cal subjects.
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Military personnel and their dependents were quartered in a newly built military
housing project. Assignment to this station had to be approved by the Central
Committee of the PZPR and by the Ministry of National Defense. The installation.
was classified TOP SECRET (Scisle Tajna Stacja).
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LOCATION OF THE SUNNER CAMP AND TRAINING AREA AT CZERWONY BOB
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1. Railroad station and loading ramps.
2. Abandoned brick building.
3. Main tent camp. This housed all troops of the unidentified light
artillery regiment and the Warsaw Polytechnic students taking summer
training.
4. Two water towers, each having a steel tank, capacity unknown, mounted
on wooden poles about 12 to 15 m above the ground level.
5. Motor and equipment park. This area contained one, open wall garage,
used for housing approximately 30 trucks and an unknown number of
wash racks. An unknown number of artillery pieces (76-mm and 122-mm
"caliber) were parked in the open. The motor park was located on the
edge of the woods.
6. Tent camp occupied by staff officers, including an unknown number of
Air Force officers.
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Annex B
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To. ULI,ESCBEN (ULESIE)
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East Prussia 1:25,000
LOCATION OF THE SUN CAMP AND
THE TRAINING AREA AT MUSZAKI
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Legend to Annex B
1. Short Firing Range (Skrooona Strzelnica) - Simulated firing of the
artillery weapons (76-mm and 122-mm caliber)'by direct firing of an
unknown sub-caliber attached to the gun barrel.
2. Muszaki railroad station and loading ramps.
3. Small Arms Firing Range,with five firing points.
,4. Kitchen and mess hall, a one-story wooden building measuring 25 x 8 M.
5. Water tower and.steel tank, capacity unknown, mounted on wooden poles,
about 12 m above the ground level.
6. Tent area, consisting of about 10 tents, each having a capacity of 20
men, housing about 100 Warsaw Polytechnic students and an equal number
of artillery EM.
7. Tent camp, consisting of an unknown number of tents and small wooden
barracks used as small arms storage rooms and orderly rooms. This camp
housed the main body of the unidentified heavy artillery regiment troops.
8. Parking,area. An open air parking area for guns and trucks, equipped with
an unknown number of wash racks. The number of guns and trucks parked
here was unknown.
9. An unidentified corps headquarters was located in an old, one-story,
stucco farm house.
10. Abandoned village of GRABOWKO. A shower point was installed in one of
the houses.
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