SOVIET TROOPS AND DOCUMENTS WITTENBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005000030006-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. ' rh.e foilowin infor~ration was obtained in 7ittenbe.rg
N 2/i f on 6 and 7 L'ca,Jru.ary 1950
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-hha,ssezrger car t"' 4-40-09, 'Lank truck E,
following trucks ;"ere identified:
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41 - 70 (1)
Occupied by about 2,000 troops,
ixtean T3 tanks were being overhauled in front of the
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Occupied to capacity by ; 000 to 3?O00 troops, reportedly
belonging x:.cstly Lo tank units,
Tj_ree T34 tanks left the barracks for the training, field.
Trucks 0" 4-141--04, 4-41.45 and l" ~~ l 65 were identified E 2 )
2; The following inforrraation was obtained in '?`;ittenberg on 23 and.
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b, Flak Kaserne on Nordendstrasse
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officers had to show pisses to t e ,~cn
r'- Oflt7,ien Ka errle
Occupied by troops belonging to the following, units:
~- )sigh unit I. eadquc rters, allegedly a division eadcauarters,
staffed with about 300 officers ono. :~:. :Many officers ere
there The headquarters building was strictly guarded; even 4- v
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(2) . signal unit of about 1.00 troops:,
(3) PM enpineur unit of about 100 troops wearing
crossed-taxi: insignia,
(li.) A guards rif'Le unit of about 500 troops
Recruits were trained in the barracks yard with tyke
80- i mortars,
:.:otor? vehicles with numbers of the ?R 4-4O--xx an 7
[ L-41-xx series operated in the barracks area ~)
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Occupied to capacity by 3,000 to 3,500 troops, mostly
very yzoun, soldiers, of various branches of service,
The service colors observed are 1~J.sted according to their
f'recuency
lied-bordered black epaulets %,Ithout insignia-,
Red-bordered black epaulets .:wit., hank insignia ,
had.-bordered black epaulets v.ith artillery insignia.
Black epaulets iittl c rossed-Lunrner insignia
Black epaulets without ir1sirniao
r:ed-bordered black epaulets with riiotor transport insignia
black epaulets wi.t1: silver anchor insignia.
Black epaulets Y,,ith signal insignias
The following units .vere 911evedly* stationed in the
barracks:
(1) 'Frank units a?~ i tt t at out 1,,"'00 troops, equipped with
about seventy T34/43 tanks,
(2) GuK:rds rifle units of about 1,000 troops, equipped.
:pith :rotor vehicles Laving numbers of the r 4-40-xx
and r ,Gii.l~-xx series?
(3) Various artille:,ry units of about 600 troops,, some
~?:~ guns and 120-mm or tars were
m gunse :,~~76 Si observed,
(4) y'nr: Truer units tdth about 300 troops, equipped with
motor vei, isle s Lavine riumbsrs of the C t -80_xx, C 8-83'xx
and C 8_8., -x.x series,,
(~;) .rotor transport units totsling about 300 troops
(6) signal unit of about 100 troops,
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The following field , rsctices wwere observed,,
(1) An attack pv ctice involving about 400 inf'antryx!,en
and twenty-two T3 tanks in ttae area north of the
barracks on 11 February 1950. The tanks advanced in
to Naves at wide intervals. Fact. tank was follot-,ed
by 10 to 12 infantrymen, alx;;ost exclusively armed with
subma ch ine guns. (4)
(2) Seventeen T3J4 tanks, three Shchuka tanks and six
SU-76 S:r guns were seen in the area west of the Flak
Kaaserne on 2'3 February 1950 k)
c,, Beseler Kaasa me
Occupied to capacity by tank and artillery units
totaling at least 2,000 troops.
'wenty-four T34 tanks and eight Shchuke, tanks, each
occu,pi ed by three to five iaen, were observed speeding
from the area north of the barracks through the northern
barracks ga to , About 200 troops held basic drill in
the barracks yard
Two '-XT-2.q.9 SI guns, one SU-152 S.-i gun and five 76, 2-mrzm
AT guns ware seen in the barracks yard,
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A envelope bearing AFWS 45 337 and 52 808 was
found inkhe area north of the Beseler Kaserne4 (5)
According to observations over a prolonged period of
time, the Beseler Kaserne was occupied by the following
units
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(1) A medium tank regi::enta equipI:ed with T3I/43 tanks,,
(2) A heavy tank regiment.
(3) An SI artillery reeimento
(4) An AT artillery unit.
(5) = mortar unit:
The repeated observation of a military band indicated
fht.t a re4:irnental headquarters may be stationed there,, (1)
d, Residential quarter on Berliner Strasse
Occupied only by officers on 2L. February 1950. h COs who
had previously lived there moved to the barracks in late
January and early February 1950.
Tvu1uerous dependents from the residential quarter were
repatriated to the Soviet Union in .tlebruery 19950,;
e n County koza:aand a tur to n
A building on L auer'strassea corner of Juristens tr?asse,
.kreviously belonging to the kor?1:.andatur? ,, was released
to the German municipal administration In e8rly February
1950, The koinmandatura on Buergerrr isterstrasse was
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struction lumber and 27 boxcars Mt udin; 3 occupied
by troops,, left -.ittenberg heading east on 23 February 1950
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(1) From available information, the 51st Gds Tank Reg;:,-
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Madre) of the 6th Gds Tank Div (Cadre) is assumed
to be in the i`lonier Kaserne (Beseler Kaserne) on
Teuchlerweg,, The Seth Gds by
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(2) .according to available information,, tank, artillery
and other el3ttpione nt units of the 6th Gds Tank Div (Cadre),
probably including a medium tank regiment and an janCineer
battalion, are in the Flak Kaserne,
The engineer battalion has been believed to be the ? ho.
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assumed that the LIq 6th Gds Tank Div (Cadre) is in the
Tauentzien Kaserne , Signal and engineer units and ele W1
iaents (about one battalion) of the ? No. (22d Goos?) =tz
Rifle iteet (Cadre) of the division are probably also
stationed there
4) The reported field Practices in the environs of the
military oast were conducted follm.in; weapons and drill
practices,
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