COURSE FOR SNIPERS OF THE 11TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN HRUSKOVA.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800660012-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: February 16, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Approved FQ / CIA- DP82-00457R0ar 8U0 00
~.. I ' A . s ~i?!1Y AG NCI` REPORT NO.
' i . REPORT ,D NO,
COUNTIZf Czechoslovakia CONFIDENTIAL DATE DISTR. 1C 7-.2 51
SUBJECT Course for Snipers of the 11th Infantry NO. OF PAGES 1
Division in Hruskova.
PLACE
ACQUIR
DATE OF
INFO.
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NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
a course for snipers of the 11th Infantry Division
was giv^ In uscova near Sol;olov (1151/P58). !Ibout 160 of the best shots of
the divis'on were sent to Hruskova to take the course, which was designed to train
snipers to pick off enerj troops in leading positions. During the course a special
Gerr=?~n a.utor-itic rifle, model 43N, was used with German or 3'eopta model 48 tele-
scopes. Tra.inng was given in firing at fixed and moving targets at distances
of frog 200 to 60f' meters.
2. The officer in charge of the snipers course was Staff Captain Ceech, CO of an
inf.n:-ry battalion,, unit no. 1102, in Bar (050/M31) near Tabor.* Cech had repre-
sented Czechoslovakia in the O1yr.~pic gn.rnes in London. His deputy was Lt. Podlejeuk,
a Ukra.ini an who had been a snirer in the Red Array during World War II.
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Corment: Staff Car' ain Cech is com ending officer of the 3r:1 Battalions,
or,, of the 18th Infantry >iog:ai ant, 25X1 C
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
CONFIDENTIAL
Approved For Release 2001/12/12 : CIA-RDP82-00457R006800660012-9