SOVIET OB; RAISING OF 3RD ARMORED DIVISION TO THIRD MECHANIZED ARMY STATUS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700600004-6
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 28, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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HNIFORMATION REPORT
CL ASSIFICAN'ION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
COUNTRY Germs (Russian Zone)
CD NO.
DATE DISTR. 11 Icy 1949
SUB ECT Soviet OB; Raising of 3rd Armored Division HO. OF PAGES 2
t Third : chm i od Arny Status
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF I
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. Effective 1 May 1949, the 3rd Armored Division with headquarters in
Luckenwal.de (Z70) . is ordered to be raised to the status of a Third
:ocaanized Arrv.
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2. The following component unite of the 3rd Armored Division'Will be upgraded
to guards divisions, their battalions to regiY,onts, etc,:
1.d4th Guards Uochanized Regiment at Juetorbog (E69)
9th I:echanizod Regiment at Cottbus (A57)
6th Guards Ar rod Regiment at 11ittenborg (E37)
7th Guards Armored Regiment at Zahna (E48)
4.
All of these units are to retain their original numerical desi.ations3.
As of I. i-1ay 1949, the Third ;?,och:anized Army is to be in control of the
following units: Four divisions, Talus' the 199th Artillery 3rigade and
the 50th liotorcycie Btrtta1ion, both of which are sEationed at Luckenwalde,
a rocket launcher regiment at Trebbin (Z'11), and the 983rd Field Hospital.
In mid-I ovember 1946, the Third Mechanized Arir y and the Fourth Eoebani zed
Array c: re downgraded to divisions, their divisions to regi aento, etc. 9 and
all of then were designated t ndrovoi.n At that time they were stripped of
their effectives but inot of their equincent. For instance, the 14th Guards
I echanized Regiment Xadrrvoi, with a T/0 strength of 150 enlisted men and 192
officers (icc,uae left with 230 enlisted man and 92 officers. In the case
of the 3rd Armored Division I,adroroi, this process has now been reversed.
free February 1949, it is rapidly being brought up to T/0 strength, with
kw; rep].acenont depots at Luckenwalde and Ju;: terbog servicing the new Third
i= ?i sized A .,
The now 14th Guards Mechanized Division will be. composed of the foil
47th Guards .Mechanized Regiment
.lath Guards ieehanized. Regiment
49th Guards Iachani.zed Regiment
46M ilowitser Regiment
497th Mortar Regiment
iRocI et Launcher Battalion
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6. The incorporation of a Fl,-.k division within the Third lSechemI ed Ar-qy
is projected.
7., The following armies are stationed in Germany as of April 1949:
First Aeenized Arirly
Second Mechanized Arny
Third T?iecl,. nixed Army
Fourth ;?iechanized, Army
Third. Shock Ax
gh.tI~ 1 echanized Ar r
The 4th An ti--tank Artillery Brigade, stationed at the Neues La ;e 3s, and
an. Air Force fighter regiment, stationed at the Alter Lager`*, arc under
the direct control of the Group of Soviet A les of Occupation in CGer ;
4nc~se headquarters are at Neubabelsharg (Z63).
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9: oi gn Previous in" orrr a Lion carries this ?a s the Eighth
Guards Ar.
Comment: this is believed to be Juetcrbo JN3eues Lager and
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E;ueteeuog/Altos Lager.
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