AT ARTILLERY BATTALION(Sanitized) IN DVORY I

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006900160003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION.
UOuNTRy_ . Czechoslovakia
TOPIC ;T Artillory -"attalio
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DATE OF CONTENT rior to 16 Loverlber 1950
DATE PREPARED 12 Jcanuar 1 1
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Ne' Change In Class. E1
Declassified
Class. Charged To: TS S
th.: PH 70-2
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1. Prior to 16 November 1950, AT Arty Bn was located in Dvory I 25X1
near Karlovy Vary (N 51/i' 69). It was subordinate to a division headquarters
con:.anded.by General It,yTtir, (fnu)., Mich was located in Karlovy Vary. The
battalion was commanded by Major Skarda, (fnu).
2. The AT artillery battalion vas organized into a headquarters and four AT
companies, designated I3-1 through l-1. Company 13-1 was commanded by Lieutenant
Kral, (fnu), and consisted of 1 officer, 5 N Cos and 45 L2'. The entire bat -
talion was estimated at not less than 300 men.
3. Company Fi-1, like all other companies, was oquippod with four German 75--rm
AT guns., each towed by a Studebaker truck. The company also had ti~-,o snaller
ammunition carriers. The personnel were armed with submachine guns and
pistols.
!t. From 2 T.-Tay to 21 June 1950, the battalion held AT firing, practice at the vil-
lage of Lobzy (N 51/P 53) in the Kaisers ald. During the first phase of the train-
in#;9 an AT gun was emplaced 500 meters from a du=tm tank, on top of which was
an explosive Charge that could be detonated from a distance by a man in a
foxhole. In line with the tank dummy and the AT ~,.un, a distance of about 80
meters from the AT gun, was a rod which was about 120 cm high and with a car-
bide lamp mounted on it. At first the gunner adjusted the gun approximately
at the tank du, y, with the help of the carbide lamp. Ile corrected the adjust-
ment as soon as the explosive charge on top of the tank dummy was set off.
Thereafter., the gunner fired at the tank dummy five tines, the score then
being determined. During the second phase of the training., the. gunner adjusted
the gun without the help of a carbide lamp. He was told only the approximate
direction of the tan's durur~y and had to lay the gun upon detonation of the
explosive charge on top of the target. During the third phase, the gunner
did the.entire adjustment of the gun upon seeing the explosive charge on the
target going off.
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25X1 5.1 Arty Unit Was located in Camp Dvory II.
25X1 e unit eras a so subordinate to the division headquarters in Karlovy Vary.
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25X1 Corr:,ent. The battalion ckn be definitely identified as the 264th AT
Arty Pin vihic has been knorm in\Dvorv I since 19h8
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