SOVIET T/O & E, WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 22, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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C-0?NNFs4 k E-I-TI A"L
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Soviet T/0 & E s, Weapons
and Equipment
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
INFORMATION REPORT
REPORT
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REQUIREMENT NO.
REFERENCES
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ARMY review completed.
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COUNTRY USSR/Germany (.Soviet Zone)
SUBJECT Soviet T/O&E, Weapons and Equipment
PATE OF INFORMATION
PLACE ACQUIRED
THIS IS UIEVALUATID INFORMATION
VO&E
DATE DISTR. , 27 J :..
NO. OF OAGRS
RIFIRENCES:
Organizational Charts
On page 5 and 6 is a chart and legend giving the or aniza
and command structure of the ozd S
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own Ana organization of this battalion,
and the chart on page 6 only shows those subordinate units and
chain of command relationshi
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preclude the existence of
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1el ionships within the battalion,
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WEAPONS USED
Individual Weapons
7.62-mm pistols, designated Tokarev TT - M 1933 were used as side4
arms by all five officers in company, as well as by the
first sergeant, the nine company LmG gunners, and the CQ.
unit had about 40 7.62-mm SMGs, designated PPSh
M1942 which were manufactured about 1944,
platoon leader w-i-th
the officer replied that
officers would have to be
armed with S
referred to as av oma .
an SMG.
in case of an alert, all
MGs.
About 30 soldiers in company were issued the 7.62-mm carbine
designated m1944, Everyone n the company, with the exception of
the five officers and, the first sergeant, was issued one R042
offensive type hand grenade and one F-1 defensive hand grenade.
The grenades were kept by the individual soldiers. .
Crew-Served Weapons
nine 7.62 LMGs designated DP, Degtyarev in ^ company,
one in each platoon.
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Signal Equipment
OTHER EQUIPMENT
there were in his unit two telephones,. of a'type i "'25X1
and model unknown to him. One was located in the CO's office and
the second one was for the CQ. The VNOS personnel attached to his
unit had a field tele hone similar to the Soviet field telephone
Type UNA-1-43, company had no radiq. The 93d Separate 25X1
Security Battalion headquarters had a vehicle-mounted radio, but
source could give no information on it. He had no further inform-
ation on signal equipment?
O,hemical-Equipment
D. company had an unknown number of Shlem-1 gas masks which 25X1
were issued to all individuals in his company. did not know
of any other chemical equipment in his company or elsewhere.
Source stated that his company had the following vehicles: one GAZ-63,,
one ZIS-5, and one Willys. The battalion headquarters had approximately
three to four GAZ-63s, five GAZ-51s, five ZIS-5s, three to four
Willys,;. one wrecker similar to the ZIS-151, one radio truck similar
to the ZIS-151, and one ambulance,
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12. Roster of
a. Headquarters:
Mob.il.iza-. Duty
:U-1,2n Class Position
1st Sgt Barkhatov 1930
Sr Lt Agafanov, Gregarf yy.
Pavlevich
2d Co,, 93d Sep. Security Bnj
Sr Lt Skorodumov
Ra,r k Name
b. 1st Platoon
Lt Chursin
Sgt Simonin
1933
.Jr Sgt 1934
Jr Sgt ..1934
Jr Sgt 1934
PF'C Podosyenov, Gena.. ,,
diy Filipovich 1933
Pvt Dushenkov 1934
Pvt Ogorodnikov 1934
Pvt Lisovskiy 1934
Pvt Shiryayev, Ivan 1933
Aleksandrovich
Pvt Lobanov, Mikhail .1933
Pvt Koryakov 1933
Pvt Shuykin, Yuriy 1933
Pvt Kalamitsov., Nikolay1933
Pvt Yushin 1933
Pvt Burov 1934
c. 2d platoon
Belyayev
Snopov, Vassiliy
1933
Andreyevieh
Bolotov
1933
Kapitanov, Va.ssiliy
Stepanovich
1933
Vyatkin
1934
Ar.tyemyev, Fedor
1933
Shaposhnikov
1933
carbine
carbine
carbine.
carbine
carbine
carbine
pistol.
SMG
SMG i
8MG
SMG
SMG
LMG, pistol
SMG *
carbine
PFC Korovka 1933
Pvt Nechval-, Vassiliy 1933
Mikhailovich
PFC Yakimov, Aleksandr 1933
Pvt Alifanov 1933
Pvt .~,h 1 i n 1931}
Sr Lt,
Sgt
PFC
Pvt
Pvt
Pvt
Pvt
Jr Sgt Sfdagin 1934
Pvt Yashchenko, Nikolayl933
PFC Sh .shlyanikov., Vice.1933
tor Victorevich
Weapon
do.mpany CO pistol
political officer pistol
first sergeant pistol
1st Platoon leader pistol
assistant let
Platoon leader SMG
1st Squad. leader SMG
2d Squad leader SMG
3d Squad leader SMG
LM gunner
LM gunner
company clerk
LMG,
SMG
pistol
carbine
LMG, pistol,
carbine
company cook
driver of Willys
truck driver
2d Platoon leader
assistant 2d
platoon leader
lot Squad leader
assistant 1st
Squad.leader. and
company weapons
repairman (ruzh-
master)
1st Squad
1st Squad
1st Squad LM-
gunner
2d Squad leader
assistant 2d Squad
leader
unknown, 2d Squad
2d Squad
2d Squad
2d Squad
3d Squad leader
assistant 3d Squad
leader
Komsomol platoon
agitator, 3d plat-
toon squad LM
gunner
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carbine
LMG, pistol .'
SMG
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carbine
LMG, pistol
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Rank
Name
Mobiliza-
tion .Clash
Pvt
Shamarin
1934
Pvt
Pantileyev
1933
Pvt
Votev
1933
d.
3d, ],atoon
Lt '
rt
Zheman
Lppshn
1933
C
a a.yev
1933
JrCSgt
Srnirnov
1193
4
933
PPC
Siromakher
3
193
PTC
S1.soIin
1933
P Y0
Kvavsun, Alokst udr 1933
Pvt
Sharapov, Arkadiy 1933
Pvt
Yugov
1933
Pvt
Yudin
1933
Pvt
Zaytsev, Nikolay
1933
Pavlovioh **
Duty
Position Weapon
3d Squad carbine
3d Squad .,carbine
part time company ,carbine
medic and day room
attendant
platoon leader pistol
assistant 3d SMG
pl:t,bon ; l:edder
1st Squad leader
2d Squad leader
3d Squad leader
LM gunner
company secretary
of Komsomol
LM ;gunner
Cook until May
1954 then regular
duty
SMG
SMG
SMG
LMG, pistol
carbine
LMG, Pistol
SMG ,
carbine
SMG
carbine
Pvt
Zaitsev, Nikolay
Pavlovich ,*
1933 .
carbine
Pvt
Sharkov
1933
SMG
Pvt
Litvinenko
1933
SMG
Pvt
Shipunov
1933
SMG
Pvt
Zhitkikh
.193+
SMG
About 15 November 1954, these four,PFCs' were sent, to. .the NCO school
yin ? Meiningen to be trained :fov the position of ' equad le ider.
PFC Korovka formerly was a light machinegunner.
** Both these soldiers had identical names.
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Le en` to: oriza l Crlart : on Page._ 6
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1. not recall any Chief of Staff only the Assistant Chief
of Staff (zamestitel na,chalnika ehtaba)
2, This officer was known as thle. ' komardir.a betelona o
ti",
e~aan u es o s
officer and o. his s an cons s ed in supervising he training
of NCOs of the four companies of the 93d Sep Securitv An- is
training would take place in.the 2d Co area
also
not certain that this officer was the Personnel. Officer.
only knew that this officer handled the aper work connected
the demobilization of soldiers in company and
tried to recruit workers for Siberia and Kazakhstan.
4? 0ee referred to this officeras."osobist" meaning "epeoi l",.
p y derived from the term 11osobiy otdel' or special (CI)
section, He apparently was the Counter-intelligenoe officer for
the battalion,
thin transportation platoon was arge of the
y5a e Bn Motor Pool. chauffeurs
companies were reaily assigned to this transport-
ation platoon and detached t.o other subordinate units 6:V the Bn,
6. Called
only lst, 2d, 3d, and 4th companies.
was directly to g- h h Army,
battalion subordination
training company
platoon's wer
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e organized like
pLa ogns In the line companies..(see chart on page 8.)
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Or anizational and Command Structure
o he eD ecurity la---_~~'
3 Line or
BG Co Is (6
4th Reserve
and Training
Co (6
[1st Plat (8
2!J Fla t
3d Plat
Eighth
Amy
Hq 93d Sep Sec`_Bn 7
CO: 1 Capt.
Political
Officer:Lt
3 Platoon
leaders: Lt
1st Sgt.
Approxi
mately:
100 EM.
SMG
Platoon
CO: Sr Lt
3-4 NCO's
Approxi-
mately
25%Pvts.
CO: Lt Col.
Asst C o S: ltaj.(l
Officer for Line Matters: Maj. (2
Asst Officer for Line. Matters:. Sr Lt.
Political Officers: 1 Maj. i Capt.
Komsomol Organizer: Lt.
Personnel Officer: Sr Lt. (3
CI Officer: Lt (4
En First Sergeant.
ommunica
ions Pla
I
Service
Platoon
Dispeasar$
CO: Sr,Lt. 1 Major 1 Sr. Lt.
Gppr~~ proa.25 EM 1 Lt and 1 F4t*
30 EK. ansportatio Club &
1 Radio Truck Platoon (5, t Library
CO: 1 Sr. Lt.
&Wrox. 3 NCO's
25 Pvts.
1Lt.
1 Pvt.
Note: This chart does not preclude the existence of other
subordinate units and other command relationships within the
battalion.
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Le end to Organizational Chart on-page 8
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all three line companies were made up.of
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three identical platoons and that each platoon had. three identical
squads.
2.
The VNOS personnel were not subordinate to the 2d Co CO. They had, .
their own unit and unit, CO
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The 2d Company had three drivers, who also served on border duty,
and two cooks, who alternated each day. They would work one day
in the-company kitchen, sleep the following night and then par-
ticipate in four hours of border guarding duty or training.
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Motet This chart does not Ureclnr7a +~,ew: ~ruere of the 2d Co 93d Se Security Bn
bordi
"a a units and command
relati _
ps_Within the compan
u
n units where
theyar nnot listedrsonnel
e
CO:
Political Officer
First Sergeant
93d Sep
Security Bn
Squad leader-1 SmG
1 Asst Sq leader-1 cart
_~
ne
l Asst LN
Qs ~_ gunner-1 carbine or
own
carbin
e
1 Sly gunner-1 8MG
2-4 Soldiers with either SMGs
or carbines
13 NCO s, pproa: 0 G
s & Pvts; 5 Officers
Approx., 9
LMG, 40 SM, 30 carbines, 16 piss
to 18
Attached VNOS Personnel., 1
Sgt, 5
Pvta,
6 carbines
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