THE 27 REGIMENT OF THE FOURTH ARMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002200560005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 1, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

FORM NO.51-4A
SEPT.1945
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION. R ,,PORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT The 27 Regiment of the Fourth Army
PLACE
ACQUIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C., 81 AND S2, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS iN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 13 Jan 1949
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The 27 Artillery Regiment is directly subordinate to the Fourth Army and
maintains its headquarters in the Titova barracks at Celje where half the
regiment is stationed.
2. This half of the regiment is comprised of:
a. Three mountain batteries, each consisting of four 75 mm guns.
b. Two batteries of 105 mm howitzers
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d. One troop of anti-tank guns Class. C'.
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c. One "commander's" battery NO CHANGE iI, Cuss,
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(All the above guns are either captured German or Italian weapons.)
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f. One chemical defense company. Date: +p __
3. The remaining half of 27 Artillery Regiment is
stationed in the Maribor artillery barracks.
!~. These units recently returned from a four week
artillery range at Varazdinske Toplice.
unit.
of the same strength and is
period of training on the
The artillery barracks at Maribor also contain an artillery range finder
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