ARMY COMBAT TRAINING

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CIA-RDP82-00457R012200280001-9
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2
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December 14, 2016
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June 28, 2002
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1
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Publication Date: 
May 28, 1952
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REPORT
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Approved For ReIe 2/( / - 6 --5P' W57R012200280001-9 CLASSIFICATION SEC :ET INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO. COUNTRY Czechoslovakia SUBJECT Army Combat Training DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED 25X1A 25X1A DATE DISTR. 28 May 1952 NO. OF PAGES 2 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) 25X1X SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 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. 25X1 25X1 STATE ii ARMY ~+',V' CLASSIFICATION SECRET 25X1 ADSO X STC FDP DISTRIBUTION DADSO STD FDR FOW COMMD STA 2: FDB FOS g F02 TRD STS FDM FDT TGS DAD f ': + ;'t' DlSSii A"i'Cr31V i Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO12200280001-9 Is -1, 1 Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO12200280001-9 25X1A 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 25X1 Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO12200280001-9