MISCELLANEOUS SOVIET ARMY INFORMATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2013
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
CONFIDENTIAL
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18. U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
bylaw.
? COUNTRY USSR REPORT NO.
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Soviet Army DATE DISTR.
Information
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1954
22 September
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
D 84 o4 THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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Comment,
1, In paragraph 7, Tshushino is correctly Tushino,
2. In paragraph 2 "Kishin, Ev, and other campaigns" should readuKishinev
and: other campaigns."
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(NOTE: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "*".)
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COUNTRY USSR
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REPORT NO.
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DATE DISTR. 20 114026t 1954
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Soviet Army Information NO. OF PAGES 3
DATE OF INFORMATION
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vAlig jiLtArzi ns MVD
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2.
what he knew about the alleged 1948 edition of
tneLervioe tipitit Ills was somewhat 50X1
fami-lab-1715-570-71174 Service Regulation dated 1948
(Proekt Polevo o Ustava). All itudir courses fi military academies
an institutes and all croop training followed this projected PSR
as a text. The Prot replaced a manual known 50X1
as the Infantr -CT)flbiitt Re ulations-Bo evo Ustav Pekhot BUP and
a manua own as n an rzLITILALTAsua ons o evoz
Ustav Pekhoty (PUP .
The Proekt included among other things detailed description of
World War II campaigns with lessons learned, etc.. These include
in detail the Stalingrad, Kursk, Kishin, Ev, and other campaigns,
nointina out aond and bad features of Soviet military action.
this manual is the basis for all training, all
military school tactical training as well as unit training in. the
field, that it "was mandatory" to follow its direction ("Bylo
Zakonom"), and that it was a very valu ble piece of work.
500 3. the Proekt is to be found down to regimental
level in the army; it is not to be found in BG units but at the
Babushkin g 55-520 E 37-427 Higher Border Troop MGB Officer
50:0 School there were four or five copies.
Its classification was top secret (Sovershenno Sekretno.)
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4, In antiwar to a question if there wale in the ovi.tAX'n& single
ddlleetion' of TO'S in one publication, he had never
Seen or hoard of such a publication but seemed logical that
there should be such,
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Soviet Airborne Troops
6.
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tnere had been none, but a certain instructor during
recesses and breaks had intimated strongly that there were para-
chute divisions in readiness, together with means of dropping
light tanks and light artillery to permit these troops to "wage
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independent battle". queried on term airborne said
he meant parachute and glider-borne, not air transportable.
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7.
the entire student body at the
Babushkin school had been on special guard duty at Tshushino
Airdrome in Moscow during the air show on Aviation Day in August
1952. During the show a large number of parachutists dropped;
they were dressed in nondescript garb not recognizable as uni-
forms and had no other equipment. One chute failed to open and
a military ambulance rolled out or the field. *eked
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the attendant medical officer why he was treating& civilian, the
latter informed him that the jumpwrs were not civilian at all but
battalion of regular A/t troops dressed so in order to deceive
the visiting military attaches into believing they were DOSAAF
personnel. No further information.
Fortified Re ions in the Soviet Arm
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if he had ever heard the term "Fortified region"
("UKREPLENNYY RAYON"); called "UR" for. short.
as a fortified area astride a strategically important ground
approach route into the USSR usually near the frontier. '
9. URs are a complicated maze of defenses, concrete, and wooden and
earthen pill-boxes, anti-tank barriers, inter-locking fires, anti-
tank ditches, etc. URs are of different depths and widths de-
pending on terrain and locality.
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the military personnel who built and man it; this unit is not
known as a regiment or a battalions for example but only as a UR.
Personnel strengths of UR's differ according to size and importance
as they are "tailored to the defenses".
11. The mission of these UR's is to stand off suddenly striking enemy
ground troops until reserves car be brought up.
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in 1945.hear-the dity-Of Insterbotrg;
East Prussia :0-54-39,-E 215917 now Chernyakoveik, 'Kaliningrad
oloto-gsm, there *a6-a"htmbered UR'which-huMber-he-dOednit
thder-an-Unknown-dolOnel. This UR-iitab. later disbanded
for-bothe unknown readon-and'itS perStintiel-Wat shiPped to SOme-
Mere-in'the Far East; personnel manning this UR approximated a
division.
URIs were not discussed in this school and are not generally
discussed, because their existence is
generally a closely held secret. The individual garrisons,
surrounding army troops, and neighboring Border Guard troops
would know of the existence of an individualUR and no other.
all branches of service were vepresented in
these units; artillery, infantry, armor, signal, engineers,
etc.. UR strengths are generally strong enough to deter fairly
strong enemy units until army reserves can be brought. They
Under the district commander wage(' mull-uary .strict they
are always found according to areas and are
are located,
glee; un commaders were known as UR Chiefs (Nachalnik Ukreply-
think that UR garrisons run larger than division
onnogo Rayona).
There were no URfs in the parts of East Prussia, Lithuania,
Latvia, Estonia. or Turkestan *hen h was
last there, there were URB at various places
along the western and southern Soviet borders and in the
Soviet Far East. There was no connection between Border Guard
troops and UR troops, but in case of a sudden attack in a given
area, Frontier Guards and UR (Army) troops (when present) would
cooperate.
book in 'he special project section, EURASIAN Br. 0 A C/S
Comment: note: The original of this note-
G-2 DA, together with English Language translations.
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