AAA PRACTICE IN MALACKY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004300130012-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: February 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION! 07-?UINTROL - U oS 0 OFFICIALS ONLY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT AAA Practice in Lialacly
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1. f ntiaircraft firing practice was observed Irt the
(P 49/i 82) ortillcry range from June to August 1049.
.. lceve tergets, about 7 feet lonL? consisting; of linen-covered
light mete l. fraLucs t? nd towed by .iiebol s ircrr'f t A * were fired
at by 37 and 68-rnY. C~uns and by ? ranchine guns of heavy ca-
liber. The trrg,et-towing planes flew as low as 150 to 30G feet
and as high as 6,560 feet. The score was considered satisfoc-
tory4 The target was missed only about ten times out of 15U op-
proaches. Tow.-,rd the end of the firing, practice, riflemen pr ac-
ticed firin at towed sleeve tar ets. This score was also satis-
factory.
3. German 200--cm searchlights, powered by k enera.tors, were used at
right 4 even searchlights with three gener"tors were observed
vith c=a.e searchlight b .ttory. This b-,ttery I'pnssed on" the ta.rget-
tot,rin,g: tie-111 nircraft to other batteries during, the prcticesa
The planes flew at altitudes of 1,60E ~-.nd 6,500 feet, Suring
more than a. hundred observed approaches the aircraft did not es-
cape the searchlight beams.
4. i-bout ten days prior to the close of the firip exercises two
special devices which Spotted a ircreft Withor tt makin?; them
visible, were employed during, night
f lying pra.etices ateted that Czech i lea troc%rps
sore to be equipped with those improvised devices of German
origin.**
Conuaent
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'iebel aircraft and some captured Geri wn lie-ill aircraft are
being used by the Czechoslovakian rrayd forces.
The description of the functioning, of range finders does not
ifidicn.tc Whether infra-red devices or German '.,n radar sets were
used. mince German firuas ra .nufecturing such devices were located
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