VOLKSPOLIZEI DIENSTSTELLE IN GROSSENHAIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007600510009-7
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 15, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, Prior to 14 February 1951,, the VV unit in Gressenhain was eef erred to
as 9ereitscha t 211/1.5 an ;eneral correspondence and as VP Dienststolle
(VPD) 19/16 in police correspondence. The VPD was subordinate to the
IOTA in Berlin-Adlershof with which it was connected by police telephone.
All telephone calls were :.Ado under varying cover desi,,nations through
the VP Loitstelle (si,nal-communications center) in Grossenhaino
Upon completion of the training c ?cle on 15 December 1950, 80 percent
of the personnel of the former VP Dereitschaft in Grossenhain were re-
.assigned to nuraorous VPDs in the :Soviet Zone of Germ any until 25 December
1950 The few officers who remained with the unit in Grossenhain were VP
Kormiandeur `.. ellnor, (feu), PK officer; VP obcrkamraissar iyeu nn,, (fnu),,
FDJ secretary; and VP Oberkommissar Loos, (fnu), investigation officer.
On 27 Docaniber 1950, 200 VP recruits arrived at the unit and were Issued
uniforms. They carne from the former 2nd VP Dereitsehaft of Land 'i.",Qcklon.
burg in. Rostock, which was said to be they VP replacement unit for the VPD
in Gxossenhain4 Trained police from the VP Deereitschafton in Apold,,
Rostock an(... 3,eaawwo. also arrived in O7.ossenhaina
The V311D in Grossenhain numbered about 2,000 police, but had a T/0 strength
of 3.9200. It was or;anized into three infantry Komr a dos, one artillery KCom
rands, and seven Abtoilun en of different branches of service,
"each infantry Kor nando had the following components t
ap First Abtoi:lunz, an assault unit, with a . i/0 strength of G5 police;
equipped with models 3u, 40 and 44 subriachirr~ guns for enlisted per-
sonnel and uodel 08 pistols and 7065 mn P pistols for officers.
'Second and third Abtoilung, two rifle units, with a '.r/0 strcn^;th of
65 police each; equipped with carbines, model 43 assault rifles,
i:rodol 34 riachino ;,tuns both with and without carria;;osn Theoretical
instruction on Soviet model 3u rifles has boon given for sore tit:io n
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C. fourth Abteilung, a heavy machine gun unit; with a T/Q
strength of 65 police; equipped with models 03 and 31.
heavy machine guns, with machine gunners 1 and 2 being
armed with pistols and submachine guns respectively, and
machine gunner 3 and ammunition bearers with carbines.
Theoretical instructions on Soviet machine guns has been
given for some time.
d. Fifth Abteilung, a mortar unit, with a T/0 strength of 65
polka, who trained with German S0-a n mortars and received theore-
tical instruction on Soviet mortars.
e. A signal Zug, temporarily attached to the signal Abteilung for
training.
f. An engineer Zug, temporarily attached to the engineer Abteilung
for training.
The artillery Koru:iando had a T/O strength of 320 police,
6. The seven Abteilungen of different branches of service were the
folowing o
as Armored Abteilung with 100 police compared to a T/0 strength
of 120 police; equiplx d with 16 overhauled T-31L tanks and in-
cluding a motorcycle mossenger,
Armored reconnaissance Abteilung with 0 police compared to
a TIO strength of 65 police; equipped with 12 armored reconnais-
sance cars,
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Signal-communications Ahteilung with .50 police compared to a
T/0 strength of 65 police; equipped with a 10-extension switch-
board and an un
determined number of radio
sets.
d.
Engineer Abteil
65 police. The
fortifications
been issued eng
ung with 60 police compared
personnel practiced the co
in the Orossenhain training
ineer equipment.
to a T/0 strength of
nstruction of field
area, not yet having
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Reconnaissance
65 police. The
Abteilung with 40 police an
personnel were being train
d a T/O strength of
ed in patrol activity.
f.
AT artillery Ab
police; equipp
caliber
teilun , with 52 police and
ed wit!i one former Jernan A
a T/O strength of 65
T gun of undetermined
AAA Abteilung with 55 police and a T/0 strength of 65 police;
equipped .-ri th a former Gorman 120-rvn AA gun,
7. The organization of the VPD as specified above is in accor ?ante
examined. ring organized on this pattern, the new VPDs nearly
equal Soviot etylo regi: nts In the new VPDs, there will be about
five enlisted police to one officer, including adr inistrative
officers
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u i ux arized, the tqui,p,:,ez,t of the VPD in Aro.~seyrzhain included
16 ^-34 tar,,-o, 2 for er 150-rmi long-barreled artillery
picco:;, 1 for-,,..or xerr;an 120Erin it gun, I for ler :,c'r?^.ian AT gun,
60 model 34 light r,acha rzc runs, 25 :,yodels 06, 34, and L2 heavy
mach ie guns, 1 Soviet heavy machine gun, 1,200 models 33, )0
and )4)4 submachine guns, 1 soviet sul .achine gun with drums. r,aga-
zince,, 250 model 143 assault carbines, 6Th model 93-K carbines and
modal 93 rifles,, and 50O ,,idols 0'.alther and ~ :a xser 7.6S-
pi.stolso Soviet model 3'L: rifles .,ere: recently issued to the
VPi), with more Soviet weapons, such as AT runs and -r