FORMATION OF NEW TANK CORPS AND BANES; PRODUCTION OF NEW YUGOSLAV TANK

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004800060001-9
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• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
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SUBJECT Formation of New Tank Corps and Banes;
Production of New Yugoslav Tank
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1. The III Tank Corps, organized in 1949, has its headquarters in Novi Sad.
Because of the political situations the staff of the newly formed corps
was transferred to Skoplje, but again assumed headquarters in Novi Sad
when it was established that the Bulgarians had withdrawn the major part
of their units from the Macedonian border zone. The III Tank Corps is
the best corps in the Yugoslav Army as it is completely equipped with
new T-34 Soviet tanks received in 1947 from the Soviet Union.
2. In addition to the establishment of the III Corps, four tank bases have
been established for the recruitment of men for tank units. These bases
have schools for training reservists. They are called Tank Training
Schools of the Yugoslav Army (Trenazne tenkovske skole Jugoslovenske
Armije).
3. There is a lack of spare parts for Soviet tanks. The tank faCtory in
Mladenovac, where mass production of tanks has not yet been started,
produces spare parts previously imported from the Soviet Union. The first
Yugoslav tank, the prototype of which is being produced in this factory,
should be Completed by I May 1950. German and Yugoslav engineers are
working on the prototype, and the tank should be a modernized version of
the German Tiger tank, conditioned for use on heavy and moderately heavy
mountainous terrain.
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