RUMANIAN 'TUDOR VLADIMIRESCU' TANK CORPS

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• Publication Date: August 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Rumanian "Tudor Vladimirescu" Tank Corns
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1. The Rumanian "Tudor Vladimirescu" Tank Corps was the unit considered: most
reliable by the Rumanian regime. (1) The CO MAS V.ajor General Eireea
Haupt, a career officer, who was a trusted member of the Communist Party,
and was formerly a P'.7 of the U.S.S.R. (2) The political CO was Lieute-
nant Colonel Edge Gata who was not a regular officer but was a trusted
member of the Communist Party. The chief of staff was Colonel Constantin
Neiculescu (possibly incorrectly spelled, who was not a party member but
was regular officer without general staff training. The chief of 3rd sec-
tion (Operations Section) was Lieutenant Colonel Gh. Popescu? an infantry
officer who was not a part; nedbar.
OrganizatiosLand_kramst
2. The following units belonged to the "Tudor Vladimiroscu" Tank Corps. Each
tank brigade consisted of three tank battalions.
a. 2nd Tank Brig. The Co was Colonel Oh. Mane% an infantry officer,
who was not faithful to the regime. Captain Gh. Staicu, a convinced
Communist, vas the political officer.
b. 9th Tank Brig in Bucharest, commanded by Colonel Louis Toescua The
political CO was Captain Eiluzescu (possibly Eilusescu, (fau). Lieute-
nant Colonel Zanescu, (fna), VW the Chief of Staff.
CQ llth Tank Brig in Pitesti. (3)
da 4th Etz la Brig in Bucharest, commanded biColone7 Vicolau, (eau). The
brigade consisted of an unidentified number of motorized infantry- bat-
talions numbering 500 to 600 men each.
e. 1st Utz Arty Regt in Bucharest
f. 10th SP Arty Regt (Rumanisas Regiment 10 Auto-tunuri) in Pitesti.
Ihe regiment was equipped with 76.24mm guns. (4)
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g. 8th ',tort Bn in Bucharest, equipped uith 24 Soviet 120-4= mortars.
Ii. 40th Tank Dn. in Tareoviste (5).
i. 41st Tank Bn in TarguMures (R 36/R 60) (6)
j. 42d Tank Bn in Tulcea (R 53/Z 82)
k. Sig 13n in Bucharest
1. Ron Dn. (Rumaliam Batl. de cercetare) in Bucharest
in Etre]. Bn in Bucharest
ne AT Arty Bn at an unspecified post; it is equipped with eighteen.
75-mm AT guns
0. Ener Bn in Bucharest
The eit provided for 100 tanks for each tank brigade. In early June 1950,
haWever, the Rurrianian Army had only 80 Soviet T3b/85 teaks and 60 Soviet
76.2.mm guns, all of which had been delivered in December 1949, (7)
4. The standard of training for the regular officers was adequate, but
there was a shortage of tank and artillery officers. The 1948-1950
officer candidates were from the morkine'class and had only elemerkary
school education,- Meet of the young officers were Communist Party
mebbers. Two hundred young officers of the corps had been selected
for advanced tratnlng in the U.S.S.R. About 25 percent of the older
officers were loyal to the regime. Tho DU lacked training and disci.
pline. About 25 te 30 percent of the BM in active service were loyal
to the regime.
5. The training program of the tank corps provided for a 2emanth summer
exercise in the BreseveFaearaaeSibu area. Soviet military advisers were
supervising the traininc. Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Salkovikove (fnu),
was responsible for the training of the tank corps.
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Comments.
(1) ;es o s information on the tank corps is considered correct, al-
though SOUTCO has not yet been tested. The designation "tank corps" 25X1A
appeared for the first time in August 1949 (see (Ma) . It NW
said that the corps Was stationed in the Bucharest.Pitesti- Ploesti area,
Rumanian newspapers eimultaneously mentioned the "Tudor f :Ai a sou"
Tank Corps. It was assumed therefore, that what was previously identi- 25X1A
fled, as the 1st "Tudor Vladimieescul Tank Div had been reorganized into
a tank corps, This assumptionetes confirmed to some extent by
It seem possible that also the 2d "Herta Cloaca at Orison" Utz Inf Div may
have been absorbed into the tank corps. This assumptioe is based on the
leek of any ;credible reports on this division since the Summer of 1949.
(2) Haupt was already identified a commanding general of the Tank Corps in -a
previous report. See (Mil) 25X1A
(3) Because of mistakes in transmission and the illegibility of the report
received the figures are not reliable. It is,however, that the 13t, 2nd
and 3rd Tenk'Brigade belong to the Taak Corps. The 9th Tank Brig reported
here is poseibly the 3rd Tank.,Dria, and the llth Tank Brig is possibly the
let Tank Brig.
(4) Prdbably of Soviet type 313-76.
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One report mentioned the 3rd Tank Rect, in Targoviste in 1949, and another
renort mentioned the 1st Tank Regt in Tarceviste ininw 1950, See(Vil)
The tro reports are still doubted.' It has not yet been cstab
ished vhether the tank battalions are independent headquarters units of
the tank corps or Components of the tank brigades mentioned.
Tank units of the "Tudor Vladinirescu" Tank Div were observed in Tartu
awes in JUly and August 19149. See (111.1. These units 25X1A
have possibly formed the List Tank Dn.
The information is believed correct. In comparison vith other satellite
countries, Rumania has received only limited quantities of Soviet
material.
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