RADIO AND RADAR INSTALLATIONS IN EAST GERMANY

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• Publication Date: January 20, 1958
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SUBJECT Radio and Radar Instlatioua in East Germany
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with a mbar eotp T'heez obee do e ice
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8 Rxn Ramt a~ a ads ~3s ICeda
0a 10 Scpt co 1957, .one X -fes,-eet 8 v l ~.~t`= c f r&~
obsc Pcd fog Uia f-- -jt ltie alb the OP
Rehage n Kaoe,sne south of building No 9,,8
9. Rex'i1Lkft_ !! t 1a ion
OO 23 Dot bar 1957, the Token yet zwasa ri ll ,.~cac 1, t-hc lint- ,
looation0
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On 24 Sept~abpr 1957D the so-ten which ua
was 0e .,on in opex-at on i.n the P wwwf. ioo anon `?x.
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On 11 Octtbe' 1957 the prewiouey 'epo 2 P' ,... d o t
2 Fishnets were @till ob i red in the .!clrwa9
12. Sc~;o1nsll~tis~n
No changes were ob?ioz~v?d at Stshn kopf
reported for t ho first time that in the 1xAu ! r, 4'-1 57-Ws 'ZY :7g ~ .:
object9 on top of S aaekopfy anctheg- i.~; e.~ h;aea wags loC,ct
which was eur aded by two fence? with bt hc- i-t ba,ween, 4
Sovibt Jamming transmitter was oaAel to oe --km ops tiom there,
Guarde called the new inatall tion 11ariment as ems, Uon of tho
Gem Post". The Inhabitants of Gehlbe'g village to the lmcdiaatr,,
v Lcialty of thin installation spoke aboat a t.,aas itter wbich
to jam the medium-wave broad ? e from Sex 1t> : anz1 the northern
part of the Federal Roptablic of GGrma". One woodon bul~Aing a
two large stationary metal xDir re arranged cst angle of 90
dogrese to each other were r gs ied.,12
i3 a St edor? DF Station (Slegf eldcKaserna)
13.3twc n 1S O?tober and 4 Ho4ac or 1957, no t''k~na :!o F,2K-3 ?la~c~ a d
at the f et Adoc& D/F eta,cn nor r .h of ~hc 'tcke st
the other ante s tems in the bzrrackk c c ::d 4,o ite lr ~ t y .
It was estiz$ed thit the b acks wa ocrn pr , '7fy a' ut i,-m
of a S iet eig a1 an its, partials w x.a.m gr . i i a,
M.
qMgv, D F Station
z, On 25 September 1957, the followiai radar sets wore ob i
in the 1silos 1oez,'otions, 500 meter,,; v! aj -f EK-e
s x a ged in a t :anglo 0
loge ?~st u .roc
I m st Mock D/F at, .? om with
1. 4- t Ad k D/F etation0 tri` a
r :~ ~- # ts`
1 & -mast Adcock D/F e.ticn, with
Soldiers wearing black bordered big--, c tr ~ ~lgn .
igniat, including some er le o", ina..l-. a
were obeeKied roving ftcom and to ZYc L :ho
t sn
b, P ~ con the ldim, o in the pu,i e
Bate were observed `acs
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presence of a 1--Br F D/ F station o v
with cage ante) and a tsW0t(Y-_! a1?".
15" tai T Radar Station
The following mar seta were observed '-113 ern,
15 N6vcmbor 19570
4 Doxbriokk
2 wooden stsq aach r,?-Or - ,~kp o`:e h (s C
the parade -o of v1-1d .gg,3 ITor ?
5
and
l wooden s;? ~,) a` s> ,.>- 0.
sou hsouthwweet-,avm ox' r alt ;
between sport, ex-: 7 ;:: r; rv. ; !s" ~S 3 u
No othce radio insr li ti?~aa wore obso : 7~ :`.,~
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OtzA >n jR, Di a1atedt (1Ja a tdlt)
I Token
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Comment. Q e1egexa eezIy r Ming a Uon Vie! ghr
i Token
i Jock C?
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2 g -,xaGt Adwak D/F a'u`ioag ae I
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d 11?I?-InoM M + C D/ lJition at ~6Y43b ^
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a 1a a red at [JJA zc7 pee dx3O a
o Rtn village at the mr h e ga : Pl
airfields include g
I Tokan
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1 Token, 1 Krdgereat (A?) and 1 Fiobnato
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East Germeu
Radio and Radar Installations
in at Goraetn r.
REPORT
!)ATE or REPORT 13 December 1957
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LAST REPORT ON SUBJECT
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ANNEXES a pbotogiapW
1. pinatedt (Waohstedt) Rsdsr Installation
On 12.October 1957, 1 Token and 1 Kaifereat were observed in the
known: locations.1
2. Ftiuerstenwalde Radar Station
On 20 September 19579 2 Kni. erects? 2 Fishnets, and 5 radio
trucks parked in earth bunkers were seen at Schan&grabenbsrg.2
The insk],latione 'were occupied by about 40 officers and .1 With
field epauIeta- and some. wore signal nsignia.
ferdeleg Radar Inste,],_1ati on
On 17 October and between 23 October and U November 1957, the
following radar sets were seen in the known locations;
I Token
3 Kniferests
1 Fishnet
1 Rock Cake
1 y/i set, mentioned as "b4fereet of double sise".3
From 24 to 29 September, 14 to 26 October, and 27 October to
9 Novenber 1957, the following three D/' stations were observed
in Gera districts
a. 2 six-mast Adcock D/F stations
1 four-mat Adcock D/F statiar;
A thick distant field cable connected Reuss-Kaserne with this
station.
b, 1 six-met Adcock D/F station
1 beem?antenna
Four cables connected Reuss-Kanarne with this station.
o One four-mast Adcock D/F station, no cables leading to
Reuse-Ka.serno visible.4
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5, Nagenow Radar Installation
On 16.Septembar 1957, the trucks with boxlike superstructures
were still seen at their known location sl they were no longer
observed on 18 September 1957. Tbsradar sets of 'this station
were not rotating. On 25 Sept e b r , and on 2, 4, 5, and 10
October, the same observations ware made. On these days of
observation, no operating and servicing personnel, nor sentries
were seen. From 14 to 18 October and 28 October to 2 November-
1957, rotating radar sate were observed; personnel, trucks and
other vehicles were still not noticed. One Token, 2 Knifeeet Cs
and 1 Fishnet were located at Hagenow radar Installation.
6. jd& ,dust Radar Installation
On 5 October 195?, three Box Bx ck;t were observed in the known
locations; they were seen in to .roofed wooden buildings
without radio.-trucks or other t .oks at the former airfield area.
At the same location there wary a radio station with four..mets,
each 7 meters high, in the middle of which was another mast,
about 5. aster high; beside th, :t avast there was another Boxbrick.6
7: hlin-Ellerholz Radar School
From August to 5 Octobar 1957, the following observations were
made:
A radio a, radar school has bona established by the OVA in
Rechlin, where 1M./L rerionnel is to be .trained in the use of
radar sots and as radio operatorLL: Participants of that course
also received practice training with the Token of the radar
installation on Sprottsoiae Berg (?fountain), On about 20 September
1957, east of Krue nael-Schwar r0md, about 500 meters southeast
of the z outh+e;rn exit of l angers?k'a?ag, a truck of the NVA was
observed beside which there w a4 12 to 15 meters high mast
with a radar set,. These obsor?,~ tkozis were made from a distance
of about 500 meter, The radar set could not definitely be
identified from this d.istance;: Except for 4 to 5 NVA personnel
no other details ware. doterm1ae .7
$Q Re'aa en Radar Instm11 ation f era lum ersd rf
On 10 Septe:.-,:ther 195?, oay Kni!srest B with lattice mast was
observed for the fii.,ct at t. southeastern corner of
Rehagon K.as a.: ne, south c f No 9.8
9,s Rerik Radar "'nat w tiou
On 23 October 1957,, the Token sct was still seen in the known
1ocati.paa~
10. R.ibnits Rlada.~, Inst .':1 tio:i
On 24 Septet .aer 1957, the Token wh!.ch was reported previoo8ly
vas seen in aporation in the known location on Wolfeberg.
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U. a1zwede1 F:adar Installation
On 11 October 1957, the previously reported 2 Kniferests and
2 Fishnets were still observed in the known location0n
12. Schap Radar Installation (Thuringian Forest)
No changes were observed at Sohneekopf radar installation, It was
reported for the first tine that in the immediate vicinity of this
object, on top of Schneekopf, another installation was located
which was surrounded by two fences with bushes in between. A
Soviet jamming transmitter was said to be in operation there.
Guards called the new installation "Experimental station of the
German Post". The inhabitants of Cehlberg village in the immediate
vicinity of this installation spoke about a transmitter which was
to jam the medium wave broadcasts from Berlin and the northern
part of the Federal Republic of Germany. One wooden building and
two large stationary metal mirrors arranged at an angle of 90
degrees to each other were recognized.12
13. StAhnsdorf Station (Siigfeld-Kaserne)
Between I8 October and .4 November 1957, no changes were observed
at the four-mast Adcock D/x station north of the barracks and at
the other antenna s~rsteras in the barracks area and In its vicinity.
It was estimated that the barracks was occupied by about 600 men
of e. Soviet signal unit, partially wearing signal insignia.
llo Mgr 4 F_Stat on
a. On 25 September 1957,, the following radar sets were observed
in the known locations, 500 meters west of the barracks, and
arranged in a triangle
1 6-mast Adcock D/P station, ?rith highest mast
1 !,.-mast Adcock 1)/F station, with smaller mast
1 8.me.st Adcock D/r station, with smaller mast
Soldiers wearing lilac bordered. blue epaulets with signal
insignia, inoluiing some artillery or motor vehicle insignia
were observed moving from and . to the installation and in the
town,
b. Between the build ngs in the barracks installation, two more
antenna s;>>terre were obsesir.d, which apparently Indicate the
presonce of a "Bx av D/. station (long-distance DA station
with c! ge antsoue.) are a 1.-,~ax~smi.tter and receiver station.14
The following r d'r .j :tn were observed in the known locations on
15 November Y-Mt
4. Boxbricks
2 wooden masts, each about 20 meters high, at
th? parade ;ground northeast of buildings Nos
4. and 5
1 wooden mast, about 20 meters high, at the
soutt:sout:hwestern edge of the 'barracks
etwoen sport- and parade grounds.
No other radio installations were observed.3.5
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Comment. The early warning st9.tiora and the fighter control
w.ws sue.
station in Dingeistedt (Wschsted:). prey .maably includes
1 Token
1 Kniferest A
1 Knif'erest B
3 (7) Fishnets
Comment. F erstenvalde flgbt? xt cor trol station of the
au ern Ftar Corpa still consists of 1
1 Kniferest B
I Kniferest A
2 Fishnets
Comrnea Gardelegen early was:'nta:g station and fighter
control station
1 Token
1 Rook Cake
1 xnifereet B
newt 1 Knitarect C
2 Kniferest Av (7)
4 (?) Fishnets
Comae . The fol1e ing D/.F stA.t ons were observed in Geras
.s 1 t iwaast Adao D/F a'aation on. SWnr teberg
2 six m et Adcock D/F statr.orasa a 1. four-meet Adcock DA station
at Lew Jts
1 four-.acct Adcock D/F station at T.rebidts
U.
Cent. Haganow early warning station includess
1 Token
2 Kniferest Cu
2 Fishnets
, ... T .; *i ge1r t radar o ~? : tion station includes
4 Bobri -a.
cnaaent,. One eigial battalion (radar) of the NVA/L is
assumed to be stationed at ReabUr.FJJ.erhols, but it has not
been ccaafirneed,
Comment,. ;?u: K tf-west B and oni~s Fishnet were reported
for the first. t =no In P"gen; they ably belong to the
fighter control ete.tiot of this . ath~ -~l Ftr Corps or the
Twenty-Fourth Ur Ac v B cauartere For 2 photographs of
alJor^eat Ba, ssfl ,:r <
0ozmnent. Rerik early war:ain tn.tion and fighter control
on, .i.ora ~ at t u To xt~ cFiz~,s ' about 2.5 km southwest
of Rerik :gi".fi.3x;ga at the wrthar,-. tRS the former Wustroir
ai fields, inc uder
Token
l Kniferest
1 Fishnet
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Cola, a a ; M itz 1y wes:y~:r s' ,.tt.oa iah ..r s i,
Ioaated about 2 km sw-A h. of Rio ~tp c+x:, the Welfsberg aYc1 e,
1 To eaa. The con trn t en of a c c w 1- - .er in k i.bnita 2,.
(+Cenf1.rr d. The buthc ` It to be. co;;?.,$~i$ eAi b' December :l''r"A t)xxi
px eumablar is to,. be usse on rJ w ;r ng station F?aar3
o?ntrol station.
ant., Sal W 1 1 figs t a? r; ~?X't3 et iaas of I : there
Ftr Corps.,. still 1o atre'. in the ;Ac? zg 1 .;m ...on, i uck
1 Xnifereat (A? )
1 Fiet
12.
13.
A.
ICamraant. - Theinforn tion c the iusti .$ion at Sch i k *pf
suplement 3 a foram roport, Thin ar; y 'i rni.n station, et';l
locate on the weat'rn i bop. of 5' oek 34mutain, iwludas t
1 Token
1 Kniterest
1 Fishnet
The jemnir g , trap idtter? is seer t for Us f irat timo.
Lorsi. State sdorf DA ctafiou is located about
ii ii
south of Stahnsdorf and north of S{ ? fe I sarne@ Owi four-asst
Adoock D/F station in assumed to b ;.ocated tbwv.
CorM, ' Torgau 1)/F est .-:. ' onu iti . boated 5W, m to a
west of the :formes' 1'~ .l1erse+.-Ya ern , k.nc3 e? :
I four-mast Adcock D/F utation)
I six.-met. Adcock D/F station) xTaagal in a triangle c.
I eight ,st D/ station ) : ntcC- L3 of about 10) nic:tei^r..'
Orae beige D/? ew&tion i en ,:, ye-.rt oa the first tie Xt wsa$
a squirrel m gex an.'t na .?eystet b>:.ag-. nge braving 6~po:? ometsr-
s,7atem ,
Coxmieut. Wiener eex r a rnir g ;it;jt, ,or. sxAd noie: :',~ a#:~~xaiaag
station include:
1 radar station in the 30 . ica4 w er n :or ac;w of the Flru s erno,
. prey b with
I Token, I Iuxi f ares`a (A?) aiad 1 f1 h :x4at;
1 noise Ustoring e"Zf>t.'O x. lpawt t. ^. ? e scut:? restsrtI c :c ro. ? r
of the Flak Ka er: u it a r`~ f3e~t ~;.' Q r
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GERMANY BRANDENBURG KUMMERSDORF (NR) 52 09 N
13 20 E KNIFEREST,B RADAR ANTENNA AT SOUTHEASTERN
CORNER OF REHAGEN KASERNE.
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GERMANY BRANDENBURG
KUMMERSDORF (NR) 52 09 N
13 20 E KNIFEREST B
RADAR ANTENNA AT SOUTH-
EASTERN CORNER OF REHAGEN
KASERNE.
GERMANY BRANDENBURG
KUMMERSDORF (NR)
5209N 1320E
KNIFEREST RADAR ANTENNA
AT SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF
REHAGEN KASERNE.
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