SOVIET SPARE PARTS DEPOTS AND REPAIR SHOPS IN THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: September 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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l At the 'beg main of march 1951,, it was determined that a Soviet tank spare parts
depot was s tuatet9 near t
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the railroad line2 on either side of. tho road to Noul-oegow It consisted of four
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q x moer2 .or the storage of tank spare parts,
and too sherds for motor vehicles, The bunker-like store
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built af't r the k giruling of Januar i251
there w
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about 220 troops .in tie Soviot unit at t ..ape a ey were quartered in re.
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one day between the beginning of 14 ' arch and the beginning Of June, tank spare parts
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four railroad cars to trucks at the Luedersdorf railroad station and hauled to ho
installation, i'le spare parts included tank wheels of about 63 t.7 80 cm in diair tore
and tank trucks* 50 to' 60 cm wido, the
cars had come from Finzstorwaaaldo, (2 r
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seen on to
premises Of the Lamer Altlueder?sdorf 20states a bout 150 meters east of the r a~.x?oad
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line and 50 tern west
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said to be located there 4,
Altiuodorsdorf church, A tank spare warts depot was
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oc sou o tg7c road to 1aeu_l:aesgc,wo about 50 motors vest of taho railroad lineU dhe installation
was about 100 x 150 meter. s in size. F_]
P.1aterie1 DQzot. at F3erizna-Jo1rax .7istlza1.?
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5, on 9 'I .ay 195;12 it was learned that a hea l
situated in Berlin-Johanaisthal ry Y uarclad soviet materiel depot was
(N . 53/Z 94)9 a bout 1 km northwest of Berlin.
Adlershof (3) a he low vo->den storage buildings were consecutively numbered and
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bore the inscription IM Kt1RTI, written in w ti ter letters a Several motor voh c ; e 0X1-HUM
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were parked in the yard2 and truck was seen leaving the depot occupied
by German craftsmen. Soviet unit o 00 to 150 soldiers wearin red epaulets was
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?f C4C+ r R.rercd at the de p of 7
i?e?a~r Sho at l aeekn .t2U
.J-d Ayprs .,q a'c, was learned t'iat th- Soviet tank repair shop at ,ieeknitz
3>~2 11)g which had been a German tank ordnance depot until 191x ; ras moved to
. r?orrer irerx pan filling plant of ti Alte nrXabow atnaaanition depot,, Re air
v*r c or. tanks wcm1d allegedly be resumed there in the near future, 4io filling
plan "a is located about 1 lan, west of the ar :nnition dept,' (4)
?,'ol,or Vc ' is ,e tteep ].r Shop No 3.00 in Dresden.
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`4 lair shop No 100 in the fornxar Koenig Geor Kaserno in Dresden
On 2C "'~ _motor vehicles
, nea-41iixg repairs were
ja.'aa tiruc< ~ belon od to the repair shop' and sedan 50X1-HUM
driven by the con iartdant,, and sedan driven by - 't?`?o
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.Loan yror another unit,
Oc l one;1 per s1 ; ,i ley~eoy the do of oon ;andanta it arrt to the Lal n 50X1-HUM
adjutant; was L eutenant 1.1011In1. (hta1..
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:soldlty.C?$ as w a~
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branch plant Ivith the numerical designation 2 a 50X1 HUM
vas located in ipzigo (6)
t~.ltkaoata the bate c repair shop unit was never r observed engaged drill or
::?ai ninM with weapons
there were 3.5 to 20 li ht and heavy machine ins 200
car`b-~ nc.s. 100 sup->i ac`rt:ine guns wi 'l).. clip magazine and 1 "
00 pistols stored
t,he n rdcaance ram,, v
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' -esden.~, The nu ric1 do si: ? .nation by
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,0, A-vicar to .30 may., no changes were Observed in the soviet reps s^ shops on t Ye
sera se?a of the factor' Hesse Strasse
r u cks ARX T'iracaw. (IN 53/17 08.1.
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? Faro Parke( irk the yard of the rE~afr 81110v to
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.'+k and 'eaot.cr ~rehi c if aair :t ho at icirc u oesore
1l? l early Juno., it was learned that Lotor Vehicle .2enair Shop 0 50X1-HUM
had been transferred to Kirchrtoaser .from .=1-ton rabow as late
e be;;innin;; of April 1951, ?he unit was said to have arrived. 50X1-HUM
it-4 its cadre porsorriel at A1ton~abow from the U,S,S QRQ at the
"b3 in sing of 1949, ; ajor l' bze$ (fnu) was identzi'ieci as t he
,aliaical_ officer, (12)
F3?tor Ve Iiiele Maintenance Unit in I,c inzi
At the be inning of June. it was learned that Unit in 50X1-HUM
t irchmoeser (N 3/Z 12) was an array tank repair plant, which had
been allegedly transferred from Jueterbo to Kircle: er at the
b L,Innin: of June 19li8a Li ;utenant Colonel "Zenozov, (fnu) was
len tiff d as the political officer. (31)
In mid-May. it was Darned that a 5ovi ct motor vehicle it intonance
lit moved into buildings of the Koel lane Ltd I ac pine
':auto ~ on Tor~at.ser strasL.o, Leipzi , jut behind the Loipzig..iaucha
nii.l road ?i zne0 L he install ati.on was guarded by 3-er?.:Zn Vollcapolizei
,"dnan ifx Depot arid J7b'?air Vfit? at i1QEif yCr, in.
16 :.Tay fuel was pumped into barrels from three tank cars which stood
~;K. were soon leaving
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` rx^ plant ?c~;:ar=c7 thenown The fence s rrrotn din ; the plant had been 50X1-HUM
:rraxed4 (l~)
on ?~ the spur on the nrorxi ties of the ?lrado Plant in L ooge:iizx (11 -3/L 05)
which housed a 3o-ti t ordnance depot and repair shop, The barr=els were 50X1-HUM
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were di_sa se:nbied by Soviet mechanics and cleaned by Gerry n workers with
send blast anearatuses0 German women cleaned the disassor.hled h&-,d arms.
-::r sz^dd- r., the German work force of 70 nx)n was increased by 25 Geri an
x n who had been .. ? drafted together with German craftsmen
al-,o were to re,-air a damaged worlcshed, (]J~)
e Parts iieg of at Ihuel:l.r ose :..
.7 111 mid-.May., it was learned that, between 7 and 12 I.?,ay, spare parts from
the tank spare depot at I.:uellrosc (0 53/V 52) were also issued to the
t rrar o1lcapolizei.4 Three Vollcspolizei trucks were
satin being loaded
with tank spare parts under the sup:yrqisy on of ' oviot officers,, (15)
Gr. 28 LIay3'r an arnorcd track-l, yj :T vehicle mounting a crane and trucks
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"a C. repair .shop at blueiiro: o" (16)
O:' 6 a-,Iarch, it was determined iiau the branch plant in Jurzon (11 52,t 42)
of the railroad car factory in Uerdiru en -as converted into a Soviet
m to vehicle or tank repair shop In fed.`iti.oa to other i .achi.:tcrye the
Lint contained three test stands for heavy-duty gasoline on-ire:
'n:Iich have been in operation 21.E hours per day for several weo!~ksv he
noise of the engines can be heard for a dista ice of about 5 KEG he
workers' sett1, : rat adjoining the plant had to be coup etely vacated for
Soviet work force in January ?1951, (17)
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the depot received most of the shinment,~
'ark gave parts from the larg=e depot at Mue3l.lrose
r-~nxt _Ni inn
which are therefore believed to belong to the tarllc spare
of the forrn:~r i essir^-4hG Plant. on Ostendstrassev
unLLdentifted, instal-ation., rhich may b the 1.ar;;e motor vehicle spare parts
dei of oi' the 53d Central Rop