ARMY SUPPLY IN GERMANY

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL, INTELLIGENCE AGENY REPORT 50X1
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COUNTRY USSR/Germany (Soviet zone)
tUBJECT Army Supply in Germany
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The sUpply depots (food rations, clothing and equipment, chemical and ammunition)
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of the 57th Gds Rifle Div were located in NauMburg LA sketch of the supply depots
is attached as Enclosure 031.17. The signal supply depot, hoWever, was located at
llota. Weapon and ammunition supplies or the local depots of the 57th Gds RifIoxi
Div were brought from the 8th G4 Army depot in Altenhain. . I do not know bow
Pfteri amMunition is brought from army to division, but I believe it is done whe]50X1
supplies run loft.
The allocations for a year's training was 20 thousand rounds of 50X1
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rifle-MG ammunition and 12 thousand rounds of pistol-SMG ammunition.
2. Tbe_artillery depot of the 8th Gds Army near Altenhain LE sketch of the area is
attached as Enclosure (B17, occupies a wooded area two or three kilometers by one
to two kilometers, approximately 11 kilometers from the town. I saw there about
70 underground bunkers Lfoints Do Enclosure (B17 where ammunition and 'weapons were
stored. The bunkers are made of stone and are covered with earth overgrown with
trees; I believe these bunkers are pre-World War II German installations. A
narrow-gauge railroad named "MotovOzn leads into the storage area which is enclosed
by a barbed wire fence two meters hig.t. A separately fenced area in the depot
contains a one-story stone building ipoint A, Enclosure (B)7 which serves as a
mess hall for the 200 German employees (mostly female) who work on assembly, dis-
assembly, cleaning and packing of weapons and ammunition. The German workers are
not allowed in the depot proper except when working. I believe the segregation
tbr security reasons and to prevent fraternization. Also contained in a special-
ly fenced area are 11 barracks ifoint B, Enclosure (1217 next to the mess hall area,
where an unknown number of QM and guards troops are stationed, r know nothing
more about these troops. The supply area is strictly guarded I saw searchlights
lighting the sky at night and I heard from troops stationed at the depot tlok-"Set
planes from an airbase 20km's away are used to guard the depot. I do not knaw
the name of the airbase.
3. I do not know whether the Soviet Army has a definite plan concerning the displace-
ment of supply dumps toward the West prior to any hostile action. Neither do I
know what stock must be on hand in sup*y installations before the Soviet Armed
Forces would be co itted to combat.
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A11 of the weapons, ammunition, tobacco and. radio receiver-transmitters I saw in our
supplies An Germany were Soviet-made; I assume, therefore, they are sent from the USSR.
Uniforms. food, gasoline and telephones, however, I believe are produced in the Soviet
Zone of 6ermany. I know of no plAnt in the Soviet Zone of Germany which manufactures
amtunition.
The only chemical warfare equipment about which I knaw anything includes gas masks and
such chemical defense equipment as protective tents, protective clothing and decontami-
nation equipment stored in the chemical storage :depot at NauMburg.
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ENCLOSURE (A): A sketch of the Headquarters and Supply Depots of the 57th
Gds Mine Div in NauMbtrg.
(B): A sketch of the 8th Gds Army Artillery Depot at Altenhain
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Headquarters and Supply Depots of the 57th Gds Rifle
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I. HQ building, 57th Gds Rifle Div: three-story stone, 40x 10 in
2. Drivers' school and billets: three-story stone, 40 x 10 in
3. Enlisted men's mess hall: three-story stone, 40 x 10 m
4. Garages and repair shops: stone buildings, one-story, 80 x 8 m each
5. Fenced off HQ area: 150 x 120 in; barbed mire fence two in high
6. Guard posts
7. Railroad
8. Road to WE1SSENFELS
9. 57th Gds Rifle Div food and clothing depots: two-story stone buildings, 50 x 10 in
each.
10. 57th Gds Rifle Div ammunition and weapons depots: two-story stone buildings,
50 x 10 in each
11. Guard tower
12. Destroyed buildings
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A. Mess for German employees
B. Barracks area for QM troops and guard
C. Depot area
D. Underground weapons and ammunition
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E. Entrance
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