SOVIET ARMY TRAINING DATA

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CIA-RDP82-00047R000100300002-4
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RIPPUB
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S
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4
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December 23, 2016
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April 12, 2013
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2
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Publication Date: 
March 19, 1952
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REPORT
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a ?a.~?.3 ... Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr2013/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-000478000100300002-4 _, CLASSIFICATION SECRET ECURITY ~tvr~Utuv ? CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY UuSR/Germany (Bova..?t done) SUBJECT Soviet Army Training Data. SECRET DATE DISTR. /9 Mar ~~ 50X1 PLACE ACQUIRED DATE ACQUIRED N0. OF PAGES 4 N0. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT N0. TN19 DOCUMENT CON TAINB INFOBYATION AFiECTIXO TXE NATIOXAL DEfEXlE OF TXE UNITED 9TATE9. WITHIN TXf YEANIXO OF TI TLE 19. 9ECTIDN! 793 ANO 7941 OP TNF U.l. CDDEI A! AMEN OIiD. IT! TBANBMI!lION 011 P L ATION Oi IT9 DDNTENT! TO ON BE CE IPT BY AX UNAUTNO0.12ED PEB9ON E9 PBONIBI TEO BY LAY. TNF NEPBOOUCTIOH CF THIS FOBY IB PROHIBITED! THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 50X1 Preinduction training is giveno Every year a training cycle of 110 hours of training is offered to those youths who will be inducted into the Saviet Army within tkie newt yearD At the age of 16 yearag every youth has to register with. his local draft board (Voyenkomat~o Actua7.ly~ at birth everyone is registered in the local passport aeration of the police (militia) and that information is auppli~d tc tYie local draft boardD Upon moving somewhere elsea the first step is to r?agiater at tho new police headquarters It has a section (?$milittary table?0j wh:Lch 'then proceeds to oontact tha old draft board and to get the full papers on the youth which it then hands over to the new loo al draft board, A letter is sent to the youth after his 16th birthday telling him to report for a preinductiorx physical examinations If the medical examination is successfully paaaed9 the prea.nductee must undergo preinduction military training prior to his oallupo The time for such training is left up to the local .draft boardD depending largely upon when it will have the facilitiea9 instruetoraA etcg availablea At any events it will be given yearly and usually at a time when the people are least-occupied with field work or the harvest. Preinduetion training is esompoaed of 100 hours of military training and ?0 hours of political indo?trinationo Each rayan will establish tv~D to four preinductee training pointaa d epsnding upon its size and populationo Uauallyg they will be established in soma puba.i? building (club or achool~o Once a year there wild be an assembly or camp of the preinducteea at each center~D The training period will last 1~ to 14 dayao During this time9 the preinductess live in barracks and follow a schedule similar to that in regular az?my units The training is conducted by one junior officer .called up Blom the local reserve contingent and several noneommisaioned officers also called ug for the name purpaseo Thia organisation is true of each training site El SEGRET. CLASSIFICATION SECRET/SECURITY INFOk~MATI(1N Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr2013/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-000478000100300002-4 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr2013/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-000478000100300002-4 SECR.ET/?$ECURI TY INFORMAT IQN Q ~"~' Q =,4m V ~V11'~~ Tha training program to be giy?n at all of the training points in the rayon 3a the responsibility of the officer commanding the local draft board whop however, may deaigna.te one of the permanent duty effioers in the local board as hie deputye Formerlya thin training was the responsibility of the Voyenkomat officer heading the-4th Section. The 4th Section of the Vayenkomat has been abolished howevars .and training is now the direct responsibility of the officer in charge of the local baardo Preinduotion training includes: physical education (usually in the morning) military courtesy, weapons assembly., markamanahipfl tactics? etoo Training aide will include one rifle or automatic pistol for each, lb to 20 students; one practice grenade; models of light and heavy machine guns; and posters showing other types of equipmento Preinduoteea wear civilian clothing during the entire period of training? They also must provide their own food for the entire period as well as their tran~- portation to and from the training paint. Moreover9 they are not paid for theta two weeks of trainingo ~'ven the reserve instructors wear civilian clothing and must furnish their own food and transportation,, howevera any of the instructors or preinduoteea who happen to be working at thv time they are called for the training continue to receive their salary from their place of employment and their jobs must be leapt open for themo Ckn oosnpleticn of trainingo a suitable remark is made in each youth?a "Booklet of the Freinduotea18 to indicate the completion of training. The preinduotee receives no more training prior to hie Dell up to active duty If he ,joins or belongs to a DOS organization, he will of course receive further military training; howeverA this is considered as voluntary on youth?s part even though in moat cases compulsory participation is the rules 50X1 Tha local rayon draft board calls u its p quota of people on th? basis of. requisitions received from the (}ffice of Qrganization and Mobilization at Ad'ilitary T7iatrict Headquarterso It sends them to the oblast draft board on a, specified days The.. oblast board in 'turn sends the drafteos to exiatiss,g unite within the military districts accompanied by an officero On arrival in a unit, the recruits undergo a period of t'quarantine'A lasting two months This is the eloseat equivalent to ?tha Bmerican_ooncapt a.f_baaio trainingo Recruits receive physical examinations9 ?lothing~ and additional basic military training. Their special abilf.ties are studied as a basis for future aaaignmento At the end of the gtaarantins period9 when the recruits know the fundamentals of military life including how to fire a riflev they era assigned to a regular outfit an the basis of quotas from headquartera~ They take their oath of allegiance which marks the and of quarantined Thereupon they become full fledged soldiers and start on the training cycle phased. Isaaida a military unitD there is a year?s training program, At the close of the summer training period, the forces return to winter quartersm demobilization takes placav and new recruits are .received following their quarantine periodo The screw training cycle then begins at the class of the year or in Januarys The first stage consia?ts of individual training and dayelopment of one?a specialty (truck$ radie9 weapons etco~o The second stage is comprised of amall_unit e-ssambly and tactcso The third stage and on takes up company through division maneuvers Surr?mer training is devoted to training larger units and how to live in the fieldo +~ayfl June9 July9 and August are the months of the aurmn,er training periodo It is the time when individual training is completedp sa the troops ax^e ready to ~a into -htar*+; ~u.1 a--A., ~,,,_ SECRET. SECRET/`SECURITY INFaRMATTQN Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr2013/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-000478000100300002-4 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr2013/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-000478000100300002-4 S~;CRLT~SECURITY I~TF'ORA4ATIOPd There is no special program far night traininga Soldiers sleep during the day and turn the nlnok around so that they train at nights Privates serve three years in the Soviet ~-rmy; noncommissioned officersa four; officer s indefi.nitelyu ~'rivates are put through one eyole9 requiring one year; and thou select ones are sent to a regimental training school far noncommissioned offioeraa The enures lasts six months to a yearn Upon completion of it9 they return to their original unit as sergeants and help train the privates for their final two yearn of serviced These are just two aategories of enlisted mans privates and sergeantso A ssorporal (Eufrater} is mer.?ely a soldier promoted bemuse of a good record in his second or third year He receives no more money for Chia promotion since he is theoretically still filling the role of a riflemana There are three grades of sergeants Junior9 SeniorF and Topo Squad leaders receive a pay of 150 rubles per month regardless of rank although it :is usually held by a sergeanto Top (1st} sergeants get 300 rubles a months The company clerk gets only 30 rubles per monthq since he is still considered filling a private?s role, The clerk in section headquartera9 with the job title of "clerk -~ 1st sergeant" gate 300 rubles per month because of hi.s positiono Thum enlisted pay is according to position held? and not grade or rankm 50X1 soldier has on him It is his authori.~ati.on far a free railroad ticket to his destination iodinated on the dertificateE Usually the discharges returns 'to iia.a premaervine home sines it is easier for him to-get a job thereo His travel certificate also iodinates the period of time?uvhich the individual has to report as well as auth.oriz,ing rations for this same tirneo The unit also notifies the local draft beard of the soldier?s returns Ur~.ited States ,Armyo Tt shows vrhat personal identification documents each Upon dian;~~ar e9 the soldiers are issued a certificate for travel (1?'rokhadnoye Svidetelstvo~ by their unito This is the equivalent of a travel order in the Can arriving at his travel certificate deatinatian9 the disohar~gee must first register w~.th th.e local polies and then with the local military board whieh puts him on their roles as a demobi.li~ed veteran in reserve En.liatod reserves are kept on the rolls according to VtTS (occupation s~enialty}, Enlisted reser?~es receive no reserve training no pay9 no promotions Reserve service has no advantages, only disadvantagesoB9 The veteran must remain a part of it until he is 55 years old unless his health fails him in the meantimeo Thero is no ch~.nee f'or a youth to join the reserves and avoid inductions Officers in the reserve corps have a slightly different program from aboveo Each has a personal fi.ls whieh is kept vrith his unit while in the USSR or is main? twined in the section on persannel of the Armed Forces in Mosnow when his unit is ser?~r.ing outside the Soviet Union Upon disch.arge9 this file is sent to the of.finer?s local board The fa_lefl or at least extrants from its are kept in the military distrint headquarters and at ~asnow in the headquarters for the .6rrn.ed Forceso There are two ways of becoming a reserve o:fficer~? :host common, is by discharge from a,ntive duty as an officer; and secondf, graduation from a college RQTC unite By regulations reserve officsea?s s.re to be called up for three months of extended active duty every three years? They receive no pay fm~om the 1~rmy but oantinue to receive pay from the%r place of erriplc~,ymente They do re:~eive food and trans? portation oosts~ hawever9 and wear unifcrms~, Reserve training is rondunted by the apps?opriate a.rm or service in schools or camps activated far this purpose Training sites are generally nearby so that no long di:stana~e tz?avel is in~;olved~ Purpose of training is to provide refresher training and to tsanh. new procedtnrss. R.eservs officers are not eligible for promotions lTo pay is recsiva~. for bein~ i,n the reserves as it is considered a SS CR~I SECRET ~~ECRET~SECURITY~ INFOTION Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr2013/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-000478000100300002-4 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr2013/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-000478000100300002-4 SECRET~SECURITY INF~RD!IATION -4~ SECRET dutye ~ff:icers9 taoD must remain in the reserve corps until the age cf 55 unless 50X1 released for physical reasonso Each branch of the Army has its awn officer training schools and higher acsademies for advanced training in that particular arm or serviced officer candidates attend a three year courses and graduate as junior lieutenants or lioutenantso Following thisA the officers are assigned to tactical units where they serve as platoon and company commanders in the field (occasionally even as battalion commanders) befo~^e being returned to a Branch academy for higher training. Requirements for .advanced schooling ar? at least two years as comrnandi.ng officer of a company age limit of 33 years9 and a good recordo Attending ranks are usually captain9 and occasionally ma~oro Four years training is given at the branch aeadernyp upon completion of which graduates are sent to command units according to tYi.eir rank9 and brancho The Frunze Academy is an infantry branch academy. ~r"~aduates of infantry branch academies van be assigned as commanding officers of other branches since, as genere~l troap commandersfl they would have a working knowledge of the other branches, s?cREr SECRET~SECURITY INFt~I~TJ1ATIt~N Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr2013/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-000478000100300002-4