74TH INFANTRY REGIMENT IN KARLOVY VARY.

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 4, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1O C 7bth Infanta 'ne a.:^.ent in xa lo;rv Nara,.
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DATE OF CONTENT- prior to 17 July 3.951 __
\.DATE PREPARED.-. It Qcy Fobc 2C
1. Prior to 17 July 19551, t? .e 7hhth velocorkevst Inf i?egt
was located in K rlovy V&x r (1 r1/ : '?o) where it had boon traw..;ferrcd
from Lost (11 51/..' 13) bet'+oon Juno and Docei:ber 19j0c Its he^.d_.,uarters.
the reCinent units wad the 1st and 2c: rn;; T:,: re quartered in the Theory II
T3arracks, the 3d 13n in the Theory 17 arrachs., (,1)
20 The regiment rra subordinate to the l:;th 1nf Div in Karlovy Vary which
was cor sanded by Colonel Ryti r, (fnu) . Infantry units din Chub ('; 51/P 3';'.' ,
?..}.r. Lazne ("nrienba d) (N 5()/P 50') ?nd iasdno (S; 51/L ;9) nand cn artiJ.le
unit in Solcolov (Falhena.u) (N 51/i 53) were also subordinate: to this
s ion. (2)
3u Officers of the re ;i.ria&%. included Lieutenant Colonel. r h nor, (fnu ` , cor, --
rtandin,E officer, who succeeded Colonel'I1or.fsky, (fnu) the con:,ipndinzr''
officer in :"ost; Junior Lieutenant :?l:iznY cenko, (mu) .; pc i t.:ico i o :'f-stet ;
?,;ajor z;.nezu (fhu), chief of staff; L^ayor PDhor lek-, cc p ?:oxzci:irit cfNcer
1st Ian; Hai or Klicek, (_rnu), carnra~uid n?~ officer of 2d La; and. Sts.: ' Capp,
i:,w-rstok, (.fnu), cannanding officer of 3d P:'1.. (3)
and the ae
4, The regiment had three oarf;anic battalions ~ aic. rei.m.c.rai,C:l 1..11. ,v, ? 2?C_~_t C:..
in the head quarters conpany, the submachine gun company, the reconna...is-
carce company and the motor transport company, There 'ore. else an ".T ax?*.i1w.
ler,? unlit,, an artillery unit and a mortar unit. of undetei-Tiincd. suibc,rdine--
t;iano TIM lit 13x, od. f_:?.ni.ze:c. into the lsr, thrau~;li 3c; I?a. CoF>>, tr,e l0rt11i
ai..G Co and an sir?nei unit; the 2d. B n into the ,th throw ,:,"I 8th I ai` Cos, v t h
the 0th Co consistin:: of first-rate troops nc' called the Guar. ds Company,
the 9th 3.`G Co and 10th Co of an undotorm-.ned type; and the 3d pri int the
11th through 13th Int Co, yr th the 13th Co numbs: rill"' 36 tea 39 i;:en and co ---
sistin of 2 platoons of 3 squads each?, the 1L~th r ?r Co which usec' to bE
outside t _e post, and the ; CO school being the 1 5th Co. iEroii the Inti ss bL:t. e
tin the total strength of. the regiment ,,ras estimated at 1,200 to 1,500 troops
The strength fluctuated V with pcrsonnal being detached to labor tar; gadcs. (l_ }
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The nortar company was equipped with Soviet 120--mm mort In addition, there were about
30 x 1--ton Aero-150 trucks, about 12 old Steyr motor vehicles and 5 old
jeeps. After the arrival of the motorcycles, ?a bout 50 horses were still :i.z
the Dvory II Barracks. (6)
7, fetwocn 15 Juno and 15 July 1951, surimer maneuvers were hold in the
wdld, with units from. Karlow Var,, two infantry bat alions fro:; Podborun,r
(V 51/L 09), and units Prow. Chob, i.'ar. Lazne., Kladno and Sokolov parti.ci._.
prating;. firing practice Erg th li.,ht .r f antra - woapons was hold durirra the
first i eek arx? field exercises at ref.?ineratel. Revel dur:i rid'; i:? ~e second wee'..
The exercises also involved about 5 T-31; t.~. ks and e n 1 SP gun of about ! {1'''i'. #
from *, atec (I? 51/ l 10), two 105-4= batteries from Sokolov en s are fi rhte '.
planes The phases of the exercises ir#cl.udcd for eat 5xa to
ins, annih la-
tion of pockets of resi^ tat.ice, {etc.
3. In the summer of 1950? a. course of instruction in the use of cLcuuica1 war
fare agents (DCHL -- bojove chemiscke latky) was held on the drill ground
near PRimon (0 51/r 95)., It was attended by soldiera from 'ocborany, Lot
Karlovy Vary, Cheb, Litcaterice (i 51/F' 53) rind Velvety, about 5 iaa south...
east of Teplice Sanov (I1 rr'l/I'' 3h).= Gas detect on was `t ctiE?t :`nd the can-
centration of the agent identified by means of German .lass to ws, Docon --
tairInation was effected by employing chloride of l.ir.te.. The trs'.nees wore
light German and heater Czech gas protective clothing an(; old Gen an gas
masks with new filters,
9. Later on, practices were held with 0(:rma.n mode? y!1-N 11on tz rowers, whi
included a pressure c., l ndor and ont GC+aa'i,~iir ::x each summer and vrint(
fuel. Soldiers wore gas mask and asbestos clothes.
10. In addition, a nencit containing, a denoliticu char e a ghas :, cylinder
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taai in li i ''#.IP..I. _'OT' rat at-,a tanks az:c rhos
~? ~~ll t'' G~` fuel '1;t , ~ ??al(33;tif$
strips for setting fire on corn and houses w?:iru s ho r, tc the tr !'i Sees,.
Lectures were given on remote-controlled :. tetiona.rry t'
physical principles of the atomic bombs
11. In the sDrinZ of 1950, a Soviet general . nd other
ly inspected the Dvory II Barracks and the The o ,-.,.cer.
were billeted in the Imperial and Pu-op T otel;s, IIx ~r;.;a., ~ ovi i "d-
grade officers, including. cone ti i c~ he c? dFepeua ?ci bs with tlaer_, were seen in
th( streets of Karlovy Var:.-.
12? In addition to the 3d On, the Dvory I D,ay ra.c'c5 in i; rl ov' v ar;r c aaartered
unit of about 30 men with dot-s. ~~terizif of the unit-1,> :,uar tr:i's ?-rns s?,-,ra r,t.r
ly prohibited. (7)
13. Training ceiaps (rVT) were located in Lucenec (? lt9/D 01), O:riFriov Laz
C 72) a near P ydel:,4,istek (Q 50/0 67) and near V-1.1orlat (R 95), An
equivent depot was located in Litorerice and a rat.-ion c oeot in t'r:a
large wine vaults of this town. In 19149, a x:aGtori2eci a ~twller,, unit sits
76.2-girt and 57--rma guns was stationed in Kosice* (R !F9/ ; 34), Abo#i'; 10 T-3)
tanks were also seen there. (8) The J:Litar; - $ko1 _ moos, whet ye
the final examinations at hif.-h school level ;ould also be passer, was loc believes to corz3iEt of five
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The engineer company a nci the iii., sc.?1oi; . ar
believed to be directly assigned to the re0 i, c nt,,
(5) It has been repeatedly r eportec that the 1.&-n'a guns of the infantry rei 1-.-
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umber of motor vehicles indicates that the regi.-
nent is at least partially xotorized0 The co-.ponen.ts of time 13th In? Div
have been carried as horse--dratm units to data.,
(7) The unit probably belon.;s to the PS brigades czhich is carried in I?ar? o y
Vary.,
(8) "_'he 261st AT arty Fan is barric'-i in Kosice, ;