ARMY COMBAT TRAINING
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December 14, 2016
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June 28, 2002
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Publication Date:
May 28, 1952
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CLASSIFICATION SEC :ET
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Army Combat Training
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1. Supervision. In 1950 a Department for Combat Training was created in the
Ministry of National Defense (Ministerstvo narodni obrany M11O), and combat
training sections were created at military district and corps headquarters.
The task of the department and the sections is to direct the combat training
program,, whi cli_was formerly under the supervision of the operations sections
of the individual units. At divisional command level, training is still
the responsibility of the operations section.
The Combat Training Department of the NINO has issued a manual, called. Combat
Training Program!' (Program boJove pripravy) which divides the yearly infantry
training program into four' parts. The autumn period is devoted to the training
of individual enlisted men, the winter period to infantry squad team work
the spring to platoon-training, and the summer to the training of companies
and battalions. Every training task is described in detail, even to the
number of hours which should be devoted to it. The manual will apparently
serve a usefulpurpos in standardizing training throughout the Czechoslovak
Army.
The Combat Training Department also issues a periodical, called "Battle
Prepdredness" (Bova priprava), which contains translations from Soviet
military magazines.
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5. :Battle TE ~esz 71 sFts. _ the preparedness tests are given units annually
by t: i-ww c core aat }ra. _xc . r: Depari tent of the '1O upon the completion of the
annual L:rair:.l,ng program.: Special boards of field grade officers are appointed
to test each in-JA aria evaluate its performance. Units perform prescribed
maneuvers and e; erc'c.isres during which officers and enlisted men are asked
questions by the boards. Upon completion of the test, the results of the
exercises anal, the answers to the questions are summarized, evaluated and
scA mi?tted to -U e C or .tat Training 'Department. If the test results are poor,
the onman_rttng officer of the unit is relieved of conmand: and. assigned to
a less responsible position.
6. The performance of units during these tests in the fall of 1951 was extremely
pool-.. The majority of units were classified as unsatisfactory by the test
boards. One of the reasons for the poor showing appeared to stem from the
fact that incompetent officers t called to active service from the reserves
had been put into corr,ud positions for which they lacked ability and
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