CSR QUARTERMASTER SCHOOL IN ZILINA

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• Publication Date: March 13, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT CSR Quartermaster School in Zilina
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1. The Quartermaster school at Zilina Lee Enclosure a consists
of the Quartermaster School (IVA - Intendancni Vojenska
Akademie) and the Workers' Quartermaster School (DIS - Delnicka
Intendancni Skola), as well as schools to teach quartermaster
personnel new phases of the profession or to improve their
existing level of knowledge. For example, during the
1950-51 school year, special short courses in cooking and
economics were given, each course covering a three-week
period. Study at the school is split into two parts, a first
year class and a second year class. During the academic year
of 1950-51, the first class contained 225 students and the second
contained 210 students; these students were taught by 90
officer-instructors. Graduation exercises for the second class
une held on 6 Aug 51, and all the graduates were commissioned
as lieutenants.
2. During the school'year for 1952-52, the first year class had
145 to 150 students. Most of these were graduates of SDD
(Skola Dusjtojnickeho Dorostu - Officer's School for Youth),
some were graduates of business schools which granted
diplomas equal to gymnasium level, and about 1% to 1 were
gymnasium graduates. The second year class contained all of
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..:00aittes eaOh Ukg the, aCa.40.1.40' 19:$0454 t4e,
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to 000040s? ot the : .:1etta1ion. 00*o/0*A: all ?
Onto ,ot 'the' tire* 7001 and the two 'cOrapanteS 'of
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the. )0000 in the School
f;,:rpknizati.on. were Ifrourpht about the. Soviet 'Ad.,10,Ser.;?,
zo itehed to pattern the eUrria. Ine to the. Soviet model..
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Inf Lt (tau) Tontruba Instrustor
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Lt LAglislay Jacek chief instractor
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rAf 4/Cot (fnu) 'Katmai:0kciiea& ?),
Mait (frau) Nor:It-goy ebief Instrue
'01...:S/Capt (fru) Papez *materiel avervisor and instructor
VI, Jr lit (fziu) Lazar as et materiel. supervlsbr '4134
131.struotor
4$. Lt Josef 1411):1* . mess $;ricrer
411, Lt (friu) .Starioik oonStrAsetiOn isor & instructor
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ar Lit (rya) Milvra Oita: instructor
Aif Sr Lt Josef 'Oaten assaiAttagt eider Instructor
401 (fruA) Antalek instructor
'AtiVritAMtion ptton.
Capt (fnu) Dobias ins etor
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r.nt Sr Lt Karel IlleOlce insteuotOr
401 Frantiselc Yore). instructor
?lust f'Mub tot? J.3! rMip, anti tbree sergeants -
a13, instructoro
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Ttte'course of instruction We effeot for the
first rait, class of the 'Zilina quartorstester School during
he 19 0,51 schogl yeart
,APP .1"rfarB HPAPs perE13?4.
.Xeral"end political education
litectical combat training
*rloginianship
Technology of construction
Xaterial0
Supply of ' Quartermaster items
Technology of foodstuffs
Economies
4'44er:tactcs
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.litary history
142.itan topography
Service ru:100 and regulations
'Signal training
Chemical warfare training
Engineering training
some economics and cooking
0a0.04 amdirlloyak languages 40
RuSelan language TO
rholo.:l culture ant training 50
'Yearly total 2 about 1766 hOurei
,rnAfter 'propaganda, was disseminated by e. Ministry of National
Pafense that UN forces in Korea were Using .ga0A added atten-
tiOn was given to chemical training throughout the Czech ASV
'and also at the Ziliria Quartermaster-School. Everywhere,,
from the staffs down to the smallest garrison .units, and at
eVery military school, there Was; indiildual training with
the gas laask,, Training consists of raMiliarilzation with
the *ask and, speed in dPIVI-1-40 tt-o, On the first occasion
the "ffias)c is *ern for 20 minutes, and 'during each succeeding
exercise the time is lengthened .10 minutes 'until 'a total of
three : hours 10 'attained, Airing the wearing or the 'pniekt
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130
120
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busirtese o Study is conducted .as t the quarterimaSter
training with-gas ".masks.-was -begun 'about- August 1951
sted-everylifonday, on the first ':ottasion'.from
30 to 0* and lo e" on leach,. succeetting-accasion
aS6erding-te-ordors .11m-Pm-maaksTuSWWere-Oermalw types
of 'thwAIrst?'..War ; After .,acvxtdring..the.,.'per-teehntque the
stsdentS-Were,able.--W-don- these -maks --Ixr 1,0.to 1 se:eons:1s
ACcordingvto-the-chemiciti'.wart4re thstractor-Et-the't,achoolA,
a new'Osocav isaaVvith.an. improved' filter is in production.
And'Itill ? be ''10.1vd-tovrard .the end- of. 19.$1 or early. 'in' 192
X firet.heard'.01=t-the.produttiort-of.this-new-maelc..in
Ouly"...191* The 'chemical ),arttgre instructorstated---that, the
.nermask'will' be .easy'-th- don"?and-Will recta/re only four or
five. BeConds- to put on. Training: at the 00601 waS conducted
with perit lewisite and tear -gagFalra rogaiar . 'part of
the,OUrrilealum. 'The...-chemical-wartare. instruotor,i"160 haol a
tenaency-.to beast .-about -anything-nevt in'his 'line of 'work,
never Mentioned any new types of .gases or ohgpmlogc.1 warfare
equipment 'besides the new gae-mask.1; The quartermaster School
d? not have...*. gas chamber "tor training purposes. NO defensive
training -against the ...atom 'bomb was cOnductedlat the-Quarter-
master School,? Awing 'March and sillay 195; there Were two
1.ecturee for both students and 'instructors 'concerning the
essential .materials and components or the bomb, At that
time simple defensive measures such as 'hiding in forests*
'dispersal* remaining in .valleys p etc,* were die'cussed. It
was also pointed out that in the case of the use of 'a
hydrogen bomb* some measure of 'relief WoUld be afforded by
remaining in a plowed field* with.' the face buried In the
earth to -.pin some oxygen from the-
The, schedule for the second year Class was almost the
.same as that of the first year class except that the time
spent on economies was increased' 60 hours to a yearly study
time. Of' 200 hou th
rs, and e course. on supply of materiel was
'Out by -60 'hours to .only TO 'hours,.
.Students are graded constantly"as they are called upon so
that the instruotor has 'a clear 'evaluation of each student,
Xn Oebruary the students are given short quizzes and are
given a grade for the first half of the school year during
the teacher's 'conference at that time?. Yunal examinations are
given during the last of ;312.1y and the first part or Augusts. '
first year students .spend 'eight days ,on the _final exams, and
second year students spend twelve days on the finals,
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instructional duties per Week were
approximately as follows
Battle training 3 'hours in the field,
ItarkamarishiP li-g hours* in the field
prin. . 2 hours$ gYmnasium an4 in the field
Physical training 2 hours in the field and
gymnasium
Slovak language 1 hour* in the classroom
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? ;n140#110Ini about-00' toure:?.prOPErtrrE-for 'the
100tUre54 '301re,a-1oure..at- oPrioers1 txmining (conferencescl
lectUres etc) anatrOrit 25 to 35 'hOl*S.supevvising
'4114* 'Otero:ay* reirellle, grog]) aOttyttiepri-etc.,.,--
104 r*tc410710,411 l';;A the TA?of the glina Quartarmastar Pahool-;
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I200 rifles W."1'1 german, Made. 90N4 7492mm4 in 'usable.
donation
260 Was Czech 1948 models 48. A..and:48. Bp made at
polirapwka -14u tri ca.
T2 0100 - Ozecb-NICTI 'model '264 742nu sp. usable cnndition.
24 IIMps Czeehla. XI 'model 371 7492mm.,,, usable conditionl
044P-at-rIn4z04-3*.gtriO4
45001-AT40410 goYiet NXII-models
2: 80..mm.mortars german-141(41'89mmil
12 flare. pistola - .old-germaw,modqlo -used- for training
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Ammunition
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ammunition storage were as follows
Rifle - 80400-100400 roundel
?- ?80,000.100,000 rounds
ymo 80000-1000000 rounds
. 80000-100,000 rounds
Pistol 10,000 rounds
'flare Pistol ammunition - 1500
Offensive grenades - 5000
80-mm N (german) mortar - 500 rounds
Additionally the school had 2000 Witi II type steel helmets
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0! Mazda passenger cars ?- 1946 or 1947 models
3.Praga RN 31 ton truck
2 horse-drawn wagons
8 horses
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110 training ? aids and
'equipment at the Zilina Quartermaster School? :
1 'engineers scale - used in military topography
1 semi-circular protractor used in military topography
1 Czech "Besart" surveying compass - used in military
topography
1 American Army compass - used in military topography
1 Czech-made map measurer . used in military topography
1 German-made flare pistol - used in military tactics
1 german model 98N, 7.92mm rifle used by 'weapons
instructor
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Czech models (SA and 24B-SM0s
instructor
1 Csesis model :16 LMG? 7.92mm -
1 CzeCh model 37 AG, 7S92mm
1 CZech air rifle, -about ' Smir s
training
1 .22 caliber rifle - for indocr-maikAmaZahlo trSiniA*
A-and-B type targets 's forsmarksmanahip training'
44erman-80smm mortars.- 'Weapona training
45spm AT gun - weapons training 4
DuMMy handgrenades - weapons training
Additionally various amounts 'and -types- of ammunition 'ow*
uSed.to -demonstrate the weapons ThesiOsool4A.id Sat hove
lantern slides, films or movies, or other audiosT181101
Co'f: ri?oe in the 1950-51 school year. .
9Mm - used -WeeVOral
ugmd leSF'StrarsSIO ?1.110trUctor
usPd by weapons instractor
for indoorlsarkOMMIShiP
12. Platoon B-2 rif the- ..2ss:essisertyss..
Zinnia fanaltenmo ter
3choo1 contained 35 students
Theoretical subjects were taughS'in ?01410s '
rooms, andspracticas subjects were taught in the' field,
Duping instruction of every type,the.period'Was 50 minutes
followed-by. a break ot 10 minutes, Tactical training.soma-
times required longer pertods, occasionally up to three
hours, but as the schedule shifted to defense 'the students
'were given breaks. Instructors in all departments 'ot the
school-were required to perform the "political' OdUSatIOIS* of
their students at all times. Thus the "enemy" was-wallah
represented by one of the Western Powers and an aggress**
was one of.the "eapttalistic" nations in order to provoke'
the required contempt and hatred amongst the student, The
chief 'goal of the Quartermaster School during, the rear '
1950-51 Was to teach supply, economy? and the utiliSatiOALOt
foodstuffs; thus military training Was subordinated tO the
chief effort of turning out efficient quartermaster orsomeli
During the school year 1951-520 according to the latest
information ithe effort has been redireotml**
the school is required to turn out adequate quartermaaw"
etsonnel who are simultaneously good soldiers,'
the normal student at the school can comman
with fair efficiency (Go to 70% of the desired goeWet'the
end, of his- first year; at the end of the secaml ar.4A can
command. a platoon well (about 80% of desired effie1000And
a company adequately (60% of desired efficiency).
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the following are the major
at the Quartermaster School:
Inadequate texts and amounts of textbooks'
Lack of training and laboratory equipment. -
Large classes - usually classes contained 35.5T
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would be 20 or less
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time was curtailed by many extraourioular duties, -s
aa checking the morale of the students, ste
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At the .end of September 1951) the Quartermaster School posted
'the, ProPosed-cIass'arganization plan for school
year-on-the-bulletin board; According to the
of -the two classes were to be divided-between-tWo
battalions, , each containing three companies, As an innovation,
.each letter.of -the' name 1Stalin" was'to'be used to designate
.one of the 'companies thus the organizational chart of the
school :appearea-as followe-g
1st. Bn
A
let Co -
- 2d Co -
? 3d Co -
iL - 4th Co -
3.1.4Ba 1 - 5th Co -
N - 6th Co?-
let year -
2d year .
2d year.
let year -
24. year -
2d year
100 students
125 students
125 students
100 students
125 students
125 students
According to the Czech .Any rules and regulations
at the Quartermaster School in
Zilina, each soldier must Wear an identification tag (Osobni
znamka ...personal identification). The students at the
Quartermaster School wore identification tags which were
issued to them in October 1950. Each tag Was made of black
sheet metal, ?,6mm thick, in the form of a circle about tawrxm
in diameter. Aside from a small hole for the carrying
string, each tag 'bore the school initials (IVA - Intendancni
VOjenska Akademie) and 'a number Which was assigned to each
student, Prior to graduation the students turned in their
identification tags and these were issued to the new class
of students, Instructors were not required to wear
identification tags,
164 Another phase of training .at the Zilina Quartermaster School
was that school knoWn as the MS (Delnicka Intendanoni Skola
Workers Quartermaster 'School) where students chosen by the
Czech Communist Party Were trained to enter the Quartermaster
as vfficers, Courses at the school were of gliX Months
duration: the course in 1951 was from 15 February until
15 August, During 1951 the PIS had a student body of 160.
The teaching staff of the school was the same officer-
instructor staff as that of the entire Zilina Quartermaster
School. Students of the school were chosen from civilian life
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the..144citt or the toIloWing-Valifications absolutP:
? ..POlitieal,reliability,t 25 to 40 years of age;' 'a ?mirrimoi of
'?eight4ears-of 'elerasntary? school., and if 'pOssihl?e some higher
' eliticatierry?-sonie-degree,-,or:?oxppzienre- in'-'hasines or economic
?The7-"oUrri &allot of was ---Verreimilar to that rest of
the .),quartermaster s?hool emphasis was ? put.- upon- econort4os?
supply,, and Milltary- training:. was ?atit #1,' minimum*
Were'-extreresly--husy--becatuie.--they'were.-"eXperte& to.
t? same -auhjeets and material in ..six?-monthos.,as the
ar I4arterniaater ltudents,- studied in theirfirst yea
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,ana_tot of the. second 'year. Graduates of DIA Wiere-Oonmiitteleate.4--
-aft lieUterianta?, ?senior lieutenants, captains, , and senior Captain's
"ItePording to thel?':poltOipal affiliations, -ability ant4 age*:
Ximie..diately.upon 'graduation-theee officers Were-assigned-to
military units of any branch, but the 'beat were assigned ' to
theif:Ministry of 'National Defense arid to District and Divittion4
Mili,tary Headquarters.
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the Lipnik Infanil raining school and the
Zilina quartermaster School, Ithe following textbooks
and reference? material for teaching:
'lel* manuals for Czech Army infantry training
? P-D-3/8esit 1 (Infantry 4-t/1anual 1) . squad training
" 2 (Manual 2) - platoon training
"?3 (Manual 3) - camPani training
In August 1951 Major Lipka, Chief of the Tactical Training
Section of the school, stated that these field manuals had
hoer' cancelled by the Ministry, of National Defense-, and that
noir manuals, already published, would be available for the
19552 pehool year so that training could be conducted
according to the Soviet pattern. They are as follows:
Manual for 'NCOs (Rukovet pro aspiranty)
% Manual of Marksmanship (P-v-3., Nauka o etrelbe)
Manual of the Machine Gun No 37 (Nauka '0 kulometu),
published by the Hranice Military 'School in 1946
Infantry Training of Small Units (squad 'and platoon)/
(V7c1rilc malych jednotek), published monthly by the
Czech army
Order of Interior Duty of the Czech Army (Rad vnitrni
sluay Czeskoslovenske branne moci) about 160 pages
concerns garrison duties of squad, platoon and company
leaders, billeting regulations, etc
Order of Garrison Duty of the
sluzby Cxeskosloveneke branne
concerns DD, and guard duties,
regUlatione
Czech Army (Rad posadkorp
mooi), about 130 pages
and fire and 'alert
Order 'of Rules and Regulations of the Czech Army (Kazonski
rad), about TO 'pages - concerns duties, obligations and
privileges of ZS, NCOs and officers and, the Punishment
and, reward regulations
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(The last three manuals listed abOve weri published by t??:?.,e
)iniStry of Xational Defense in outmer :950. Tr the
.prIrraDe p ' *deb igned? by rirS id.Ont 0 ttwald. and
'General is the statement that the contentg represent
a' new order for the Czech Army in accordance with the spirit and.
tratatiOn ct 'tile Soviet
Miscellaneous publications of the Czech Army and the
Ministry ,of National Defense
Translations of two Soviet Field'Manuals?
orginally published in the USSR in 1943, and
translated -and published by the Czech Ministry of
Ifia,tional Defense in 1946: Volume 1 'contains information
On all phases of 'combat of the squad, platoon and
'company; Volume 2 contains information 011 all stageS Of
combat of the battalion and regiment.
3.8* Infant training at the Quartermaster School. in Zilina
generally followed the same pattern as that described for
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ENCLOSURE (1) Quartermas er School in Zilina CSR
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1* School headquartors; two-Story red brtnko 25 x12 m
2. $1141U1 Military strict headquartpr two-story red brick, 18: x 18 a
3. Officos of tho Po1itiaIaatructorp compsay ; plassr and studeat
dormitorias; three-story rod br41to x 201
4*. '..Off$001.1 of the Political 4structor0 *a paay ? olassroome.and stUica9
dormitories; three-story re& brick, m 24 m
Officss of the teaching staff; two-story red brick, 28 x 18 a
Sc. 7, 80 and 9. ''Teafgaartars, classrooms and, tudent dormitoris of the
iorkors gnartemmaster IvO1; twio-stow Ted Imick buildings? each
1$z.i8T.
10. littiittiAgittflor 'aommtrolotione 4, M10 gio one-steu
11* Clothing.warahause; r d'bridko 30 x 10 mo ma-stop'
12*,"vlood storage warehouse; red trick, OD z 20 ph, one-story
106_16.sponsaTy; red brick, one-story? t 20 a
14, -Cinema and clubhouse; two-story brickv 20 10
114;'3arrask for auxiliary (guard and labor coupazies) NA mat ; two-tor
' 'Ted-bridk
146:. Storage building for horsekbpasu Tohiclpq; 5,[1,a& 1 -story.
1. Stab1eS0 Va m 10 m
104 Barrack for auxiliary unit; two-Ftor7 rad bria, ao x 10
12c. Sitehotes wi.0 apply rooms for eneasor evipment and sporting
Aient; one-story red bridk
40C Pig sty
XI* Mars for herse.drawn wagons
32, Aaaninition dump and 4 11Lek0 12 z 18 m
2.3. Aiteinietration btdlding and bladEamith stop, wAe-stmacT rod brick,
3Ox10m
*intJar7;? .ene-story red 'brick
Gasoline station
2$0, jakery .
27, 1141141 kitchens in a e-story barn
IS* Storage building for. structural wood; cm. emu, m 30 a
214 laipoge far sim mars
SO* Moishall for officers; shower rooms for students; tbree-stery0
44 X 20 m
81* Ordnance warehouse; ono-story red brick, 30 z 14 m
?..,224 Carpentry and vehicle repair workshops; em -story rod trick, 20 m 10 a
:7#34r Anditer1.itm0 tailor shops ad shoe roper shop; two-story red brick,
25 x 6 m
114* Alarms for sisoars
26* Mitchen and messhall for students; red. bricko 18 x 12 m
56*: guard hams*
17* ATM headquarters; three-story, 70 m 20 m
'30*.? Athletic fie1d4 170 m 70 a
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