GARRISON AT KOLOBRZEG

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Publication Date: October 15, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Poland
CENTRAL ILLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Ca-risoa at Kolobrzcg
REPORT NO.
CD NO.
DATE DISTR. -
15 October 1951
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1, The garrison at Kolobrzog is comprised of the follordnc: Units., the first three
of iihich belong; to the Drezdeaslca "fotorized Division.
a s f'PuXk artylcrii 1cklcie j "(liiht artillerry regiment),
quartered in the barrac'cs on ulica Koszalinska;
b ttPa 'k mozdzierzy"(mortar arytillory regietent),
qua.. tercd near ulica Sze^eci?iska, in a suburb of Icolobrzeg, on the road
to lotorro;
c. UPuZk art.- lcrU przociw pazcerne~ "(antitank zll.ez4- regiment), quartered
in tl~o barracl:s on calico. '^nczecinsika;
d.. L iaiCon. platoon, gaart -rcc' on ultra Grochcrrs':a;
o a The Straznic: JOP IIeac quartcrs, tti:lc z is part of the '.I)P 13r' gade located
in I`oc:,alina This J CT unit has e?~-rn, and is cruippod i'rit.Ii a motor-
boat 743 meters in length end ar.?ied. frith a machine tun on 4 ,,hr, fo_edweck.
It exercises control east of Jolobrzeg in the area up to, but c_:clusive
of, the Soviet airfield at -',odci tai cn (:)a; lcz ), and m'st of I1.olobr zeg
to the ax a of, an including;, tho to 'n of 7og,cr7o, 1C kilometers ;;pct
of Kolobrzoe ;
f. t. naval co:.ipsx -, coupr isin g about 100 sailors e The function of this
unit is to oiiscr re the harbor and to maintain liaison Ziith other harbors;
it is equipped trit% a small motorboat, similar to a -1j.,;. Navy landir
craft, more is a starid11-ig instruction to the effect that an. officer
must be on board '' tine the :aotorboat loaves the harbor; the purpose
of this rcg-a1at on is to prevent sailors fro.i e cca 'ing;
A labor co:=zpany, quartered in the s &m barrac_ e as the unit mei.tioned
in cub paraf;ra th C. above ,
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2, The Drezdenslca ttotorized Division also. includes the foil o%li ng units :
a. A heavy machine gun r: giment, located at ltogowo;
b. A regiment, biTic unnt'ti,'ra, located at Treptow an der .,t',oga (Trzebiatow);
Do A tank regiment, location unknown,
The Kolobrzeg units of the ?7rezdenska Division have on several occasions been
inspected by a Soviet general wearing a Polish uniform. The headquarters of
the division are probably located at the large camp situated at Treptow an
der Rega.
3. The training camp of the Trrezdenska Motorized Division has recently been
established in an area south of Kolobrzeg; it is located near the village of
Klein Spiegel (PozrzadXo)., in an area bo coded by Dramburg (Drawsko) to the
north, Kallies (Kalisz Ponorskl) to the south, Stargard to the lest, and
Neustettin (Szczecinek) t& the east. The civilian population of six villages.
located within this area has been entirely evacuated; the houses and barns
thus vacated are being uti.l.ized as barracks, garages, and warehouses for a
part of the division, wb: a wooden barracks have been erected to serve as
lodgings and garages for the remainder of the division. The construction of
the divisional training camp has not been cormleted, and troops on duty there
are being employed to complete the irk. The light artillery regiment at
Kolobrzeg left for the divisional training area on 3 May 1951, and remained
there until at bast 16 ;'t r, during which time the entire division was to be
gathered at the training area, In addition to the light artillery regiment,
the following units were observed at the training camp from 3 to 1C May 1951:
a, I.Iortar artillery regiment from Kolobrzag, together with about 30 large-
ca:liT.er mortars, between Co and 100 M.
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b, A tank regiment with about forty tames. The tanks were of tmro types,,
Vie larger of which were armed with a cannon? and the smaller tanks with
a small cannon and two heavy machine guns,
T.o anti-tank artillery regiment from Kolobrzeg and other divisional units,
along with the heavy machine gun regiment from Rogowo,, were expected to be
moved to the training area of the Drezdenska Motorized Division; infoxmaxrr
observed at the training area a number of ZIS-150, James, and Studebaker
trucks of the Rogowo heavy machine gun relent,
The light artillery regiment has had the following officers:
a, Major Kobylowicz, 33 years old, a Pole who9 until the fall of 1950, was
the regimental commanding officer; he was succeeded by a major,, also
33 years old;
b, Captain Debski, first assistant regimental commanding officer and regi-
mental politruk;
c. Captain Szczepansici, second assistant regimental commanding officer and
regimental training officer,
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The regiment has a strength of about 900-950 in; in the spring of 1%1a
about 700 recruits, born in 1930 and 1931,mre added to the regiment*.
The regiment has fourr'c rwizjony''(battalions),, three of Stich are equipped with
guns, and a fourth, "dy rri.z jon sanochodarqn, equipped with vehicles, The
.regiment's armament consists of about 60 pieces, i+hich includes small caliber
guns, as well as the following:
a. Four howitzers, caliber greater than 100 mm;
b. Approximately 15 field artillery pieces, with a caliber of approximately
72 mm,. and a barrel moasuring about three meters in length;
c, Eight antitank guns, caliber unknown;
d. Two Katyushas.
All of the above pieces are self-propelled. In addition, the' regiment has
the following vehicles:
a. Seventy Soviet trucks, models ZIS 31, which the regiment received in
the spring of 19;1 as replacements for the trucks? mostly U,S.-grade
Studebakers, which the rggi.T ent had formerly had;
~. Two Soviet-made 1"1iilaysn vehicles;
co Five large tractors;
d. A large number of motorcycles.
6. In the spring of 1950, the green uniforms formerly worn' by the troops of
this regiment were replaced by steel-gray uniforms. The upper edge of the
soldiers' caps is piped with black; there are no insignia or other distinguishing
features on the soldiers I uniforms. The regimental ttmobll4 * stocks contain
special clothing, including shoes, for protection against gas,
The enlisted men of the regiment receive the following monthly pay:
ao Private: 6 zloty
.b. Lance corporal: 9 zloty
C. Corporal: 12 zloty
d. Sergeant: 15 zloty
8. Classes in political education for enlisted men are held every day at various
times for different Soups. Every Friday, there is one political education
session for the entire regiment, including both officers and men. Every
17odnresday anti-gas training exercises are held; each battery is alerted
separately, and all officers. and men are required to wear gas-masks during
the entire day.
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# -Comment: It is not clear Viet-her these recruits are in addition to
the regular regimental complement, or wahother they are included in the figure
of 900-950 men.
~Ccrrment: Stocks for use in wartime.
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