SURVEY OF SOVIET TROOPS IN THE REHAGEN-KUMMERSDORF AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100470010-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 26, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1.11 April and Lay 1951s the Eisenbaim Pionier Y;laserne in aeliagni was occupied by an
AT :arid:Darr units probably of the 192th. Light Arty T3rig of the Third (1.1-sLte
Arrays wh'..ch had 500 to 6,-',M0 mon who wore red-bordered blank opvulets with artillery
iinitihe unit Ins commanded by .a colonel whose sedan ..was numbered C
Six majors and other officers were observed with the unit. Weapons included
6 x 76,2-ran AT 3an.s. 3 x 120-am gauss 2 armored half-treck vehicless mid 60 to 70
motor vehicles including 501ne with millibars of series of the: Third Gds ;lees Array,
20 _The barracks installation on Schumke Lakes northwest of Sperenberg.quartered an -
engineer unit:, probably of the Third Ws Llecz'Arnys which bad 600 nen lrho wore
bliv:k-bordered black epaulets. The .unit was said to be cam:landed by Najor Money
(fnu)'. Its equipment included -six motorboats and an unknown minter of pontoons. -The
wet allegedly moved to Wittenberg on the Elbe River in early April 1951s leaving
belaind a rear detail .of 40, nen. The instalLation. possibly also quartered a training.
uvit of about 20j mono
3? 1.!.he Ppmer Kaserne at the Klurmsdorf artillery range wan occupied. by an unidentified
tank unit and a tank repair shop. Two hundred men Wearing red-bordered black epaulets
trith' tank Insignia were observed there in late May 1951.:41terial observed at the.
installation .included 5 J5-3 tanks:: 2 T-34 tankes 9 Si? gun:3x 1 truck with a number
of the Third. Gds ;:lecz Arimr., and 12 trucks with numbers of the 14th Gds rem Div.
The Artillerie 4sdrne at the Kummersdorf artillery range quartered an artillery
unite probably of the 199th Light Arty Brig of the Third Gds Uesz Amyl, which had
shout 800 men who wore red-bordered black epaulets. One Zileriko (fnu) was supply
officer of the unit. An unidentified nuMber of 76.2-111m ,';um were seen, It vas said
that wet of the troops left for firing practice in mid-April and would. Aot return.
before the end of June.
The former officer& mess at tho Kummersdorf artillerz; range toe occupied by an AA&
unit which probab),y belonged to the unidentified AAA clivision of the Third Gds Ltecz
Army.. One Sebastianov (fnu) was sr.pply officer of the unAd. Four 75-,.mm &A guns
and 5 trucks with numbers of the unidentified AAA division were seen,
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