1. POLISH ORDER OF BATTLE 2. SOVIET SUPPLY DEPOT IN POLAND

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• Publication Date: February 4, 1958
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SUBJECT
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Polish Order of Battle
DATE DISTR.
* FEB 1958
2.
Soviet Supply Depot in Poland
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report containing (a) marginal
information on Polish Order of Battle and (b) a Soviet supply
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED, ADVANCE INFORMATION
MISCELLANEOUS POLISH ORDER OF BATTLE DATA AND ONE SOVIET SUPPLY
DEPOT IN POLAND
Summary: This report gives
fragmentary information on three Polish army
units, one unidentified artillery school, three Military Regional Com-
mands, a possible missile launching site and airfield, and the pinpoint
location of an unidentified Soviet supply depot in Poland.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED, ADVANCE INFORMATION
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MISCELLANEOUS POLISH ORDER OF BATTLE DATA AND ONE SOVIET SUPPLY
DEPOT IN POLAND
Ins uctio
The following is a list of locations referred to in this report, with coor-
dinates:
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CHOSZCZNO (ARNSWALDE) (N53-10, E15-25)(UTM WU 281913)
CZARNE (SCHWARZ-SCHEMPLIN) (N53-15, E20-36)(UTM DE 764023)
JANOWO (JANOWETZ) (N53-19, E20-40) (about six kilometers northeast of
CZARNE )
MODLIN (N52-26, E20-41) (UTM DD 7810)
NOWY DWCR (N52-26, E20-46)(UTM DD 805090)
PIASECZNO (N52-05., E21-02)(UTM EC 0269)
REMBERTCW (N52-15, E21-10) (UTM EC 110910)
SWIDNICA (SCHWEIDNITZ) (N50-51, E16-30)(UTM XS 048336)
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nation nation
Location CO and Remarks
U/i Artillery Pomeranian
Unit Military
District
CHOSZCZNO A Polish colonel (nu) of
(See Annexes Russian extraction commanded
A and B for this unit from 1955 until
pinpoint lo- April 1957
cation and
sketch
/ An artillery unit pf regimental or greater strength was
stationed in the Choszczno casern. estimated the actual strength of this
unit at 1,200 to 1,400 men, including 300 to 400 recruits who were quartered in
three buildinea
(this unit was e i with an unknown number of field guns,
howitzers, and antiaircraft guns, all of over 100-mm caliber.
this unit had a large number of U.S.-type trucks (G-MC Stude-
baker, and Dodge) in the alert storage (see item 9, Annex B)
called "MOB" (Mobilization Status). The communication center of this headquarters
operated 24 hours a day in contact with other subordinate units, sizes and locations
unknown.
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Unit Desiia Subordi-
nation . nation
k2cation 00 and Remarks
U/i Signal
Battalion
CO was unknown. The strength
of the unit was unknown. r
training on new radio technical apparatus and all military
personnel at this unit were warned not to diecusa the equipment with anyone outside
the installation.
as an "electro-teohnical battalion" ("ba
U/i Engineer Unk
(Sapper) Unit
on electrotechniczny").
Unk NOWY DWOR CO was unknown. The size of
the unit was unknown. P
an unidentified engineer unit stationed
in the NOWY area. training day and night,
building and disassembling military bridges. in
the same area some other unidentified unit eaper ante th a new unidentified
tank capable of moving on land and in the water, called a "land-water
tank" (czolg ladowo-wodny").
U/i Officers' Unk Unk REMBERTOW CO was unknown.
Advanced Artil-
lery School F
a two-
year course at an unidentified
Officers' Advanced Artillery School (Wyzsza Szkola Oficerow Artylerji) in REMBERTOW.
Allegedly, only regular army officers ranging in grade from second lieutenants to
captains were selected for this course.
U/i Military Warsaw Pro- Unk WARSAW/
Regional Com- vincial Mili- ZOLIBORZ
mand (Wojokowa tary Command
Komenda Rejonowa (Wojewodzka
-- WRR) Komenda Woj-
akowa - WKW)
CO was unknown.
this installation
was located in a two-
s ory- g stucco villa at the
corner of Ulica Henryka Biego-
lewskiego and Ulica Ksiedza
Felinskie o in WARSAW.
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Location CO and Remarks
personnel reporting to work in this unit. About 25 civilian men and women signed
in on the roster placed on one of the tables in the waiting room. The signing-in
was effected by placing initials under the appropriate date column. About eight
to ten officers and N COs reported to the 16-room offices located on the first floor
of the villa. The officers O were second lieutenants, first lieutenants, and
captains. Prior to 0800 hours, the entrance to the villa was guarded by a private
armed with a pistol, in the small foyer room with a small window; during office
hours he was assisted by another sentinel in the hall way. The officers and EM
wore red ca banda.
Military Re- Warsaw Pro- Unk
gional Command - vincial Mili-
WKR (Praga Po- tary Command
ludnie - Praga - WKW
South)
WARSAW A Polish captain (nu) wearing
Infantry branch insignia was in
charge of this unit.
This Military Re-
gional Command headquarters was
located in an old three-story-high villa located at Ulica Francuska 24 in WARSAW-
PRAGA. The entrance gate to this villa had a sign with white letters on red back-
ground which read: "Wojakowa Komenda Rejonowa - Praga Poludnie" (Military Regional
Command - Praga South).
U/i Military Warsaw Pro- Unk WARSAW CO was unknown.
Regional Com- vincial Mili-
mand - WKR tary Command
- WKW
This WKR headquarters was located in a four-story-high, gray stucco building
measuring about 35 x 15 m located at Ulica Florianaka 10, in the Praga district
of WARSAW.
Possible Missile Unk
Launching Site
and Airfield
CO was unknown. In the summer
CZARNE of 1955
unidentified construction activities were taking place in
the area located approximately 2* km northeast of CZARNE and about one or two kilo-
meters south-southeast of JANOWO (see Annex C for pinpoint location). From high
ground at CZARNE, could see that many workers were employing horse wagons
and unidentified engineer equipment to level the terrain and improve the general
area by making drainage ditches. The drainage system drained water from the
see R P- r
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construction sites west toward the Orseo River, which flowed north. The distance
between the construction site and the Orzec River bed was from two to four kilo-
meters. the round
was broken or construction.
most of the workers number unknown) at that time were local farmers from
CZARNE and JANOWO. new underground storage facilities, an air-
field, and a "missile lawn hing site" (wyrzutnie pociskow)4. were
under construction. the whole project was supervised by
army officers although actual construction was done by an unidentified civilian or
state firm.
U/i Soviet Unk Unk
Supply Depot
SWIIIJICA
(SCHWEID-
NITZ)
(See Amex D
for pin-
point loca-
tion and
CO was unknown. observed
this installation
the Precision Equipment Manu-
facturing Plant (Zaklady
W.ytworcze Aparatury Pomiarowej,
in SWIAJICZ. An unidenti-
fied Soviet supply depot was
located adjacent to, and directly
east of this firm.~observed the depot from the southeast and west and
noticed at least four bunkers in the western part of the depot. The installation
was surrounded by a 21-meter-high mesh wire fence and was guarded by two roving
sentries, at the southwest and northwest corners of the depot. These Soviet
sentries wore black shoulderboards and were armed with submachine guns. No fur-
JTS:
beginning with the class of 1935
(which was called into service in December 1955), conscripts had to serve
24 months in all branches of the Polish Army with the exception of Infantry,
in which the term of service allegedly was cut down to 18 months. Prior
to this curtailment of service, which became effective sometime in 1956,
there was no fixed length of service, or rather no compliance with the
policy on length of service by the Ministry of National Defense, and con-
sequently conscripts and reservists called for training never knew when
they would be released to civilian status.
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This curtailment of service did not affect the class of 1934 which was in
service at that time, and they had to serve 2j to three-year tours to
provide training cadre for incoming recruits of the 1936 class.
with the introduction of the two-year term of service,
early releases from active duty were easier to get than they had been
prior to this change. There was no relaxation in the requirements for
deferment of conscripts from compulsory active duty although the reduction
of Polish armed forces was stressed in the newspapers and on the Polish
radio.
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PINPOINT LOCATION OF THE ARTILLERY CASERN IN CHOSZCZNO (ARNSWALDE) 25X1
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SKETCH OF THE ARTILLERY CASERN IN CHOSZCZNO (AHNSWALDE) 25X1
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This installation was constructed after WW II. All buildings were three
stories high, of gray stucco, and had gable roofs covered with red tiles. Each
building was approximately 30 x 15 m in size,with the exception of items 3 and 6
below.
1.
An iron picket fence mounted on top of a 70-cm-high cement foundation.
2.
Main entrance and personnel gate guarded by two sentries armed with sub-
machine guns. They were red bands on their caps.
3.
Guardhouse and pass office. A red brick structure one-story-high and
about three by three meters in size.
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Headquarters buildings. These four buildings also contained a military
store, a barber shop, an officers' club, and other unknown activities.
/;a. Flag pole. A roving guard walked his post in front of two of the head-
quarters buildings in the vicinity of the flag pole.
5. One barracks-type building, use unknown.
6. Garages, motor shop, and school for drivers. A one-story-high gray stucco
building, L-shaped, 60 x 30 x 20 m, with at least 16 double-wing doors.
7. Barracks. Thirteen buildings, each with an estimated capacity of 120 to
140 men. Troops slept in single steel cots, about four to six in each room.
8. Four barracks-type buildings, use unknown.
9. Area allegedly containing garages and "MOB" (mobilization pool) trucks in
storage.
10. Athletic field with installed poles for soccer ball games.
11. Officers' housing area - four buildings.
12. Officers' housing area seven buildings.
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PINPOINT LOCATION OF POSSIHLS IC SSILE LAUNCHING SITE AND AIRFIELD
IN THE JANOWO-CZARNE AREA
ANOWO
~)CZARNE
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PINPOINT LOCATION AND T 7 SKETCH OF AN UNIDENTIFIED SOVIET SUPPLY DEPOT Iff SWIDNICA (SCHWEIDNITZ),POLAND
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approximately 50 a long, 15 a
wide, l.8 a high,covered with soil.
Each broker had three ventilation
pipes(sarked an the sketch).
5. An area containing unidentified bnildinga.