MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE ALTENGRABOW TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Ili., it ary _on I the Alt ongrabow roo1_, .31111.1,T,rund
EVALUATION...o below
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__PLACE_ OBTAINED_I
2 IIav to 12 June, 1952_
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REFERENCES.
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Tho following military 'shipments were observed _departing from the
.latengrabot (I: 53/7, 00) railroad station durin. the perio,q from ?
24 liay to 12 June 1952g
Forty-three flatcars with siCiaracif,:8 carrying
on truck each, and bound for .rest Litovsk.,
J.T.a,y,. A train of 15 boxcars and. 25 flatcars with sideracks,
carrying 12 ?x 76-on AA g.uns.
22..x.y.. A trI,Iin of -15 'boLears and 30 flatcars with sideracks, -
carrying 12 x 76-ma AA -;',:tans and numerous trty:1-?-,s.lnrtl
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4118m27Mav? ? train of. 15? boxcars and 25 25X1 flatcars
sideracks, carrying 12 Y.i22.min artill erY rieces vith 7.)ovoir.A;
and trucks
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At 1.0 p, 111.,_011. 27 ?.17,4 A train carrying 12 x 76-mm /1A mons nnA
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AL;...Au Ilay.? A train carrying 12 x
an undeternined -number of trucJ_:.s. including
76-min A.A guns and
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At ,2?,,,I4c. og 2 _Eg.m,
undetermined number
A ? train carrying 12 x 76-mm AA F,:uns and an
of trucks
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carrying 14 x _76-mm AA guns and, an undeterylinod
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30 "Tay, A train
number of trucT:s,
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A train carrying
12.X 76-m
guns and an undetermined number of
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trucks
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A train carrying
trucks, including
l9 c70-mm
guns and an undeterrinea nuber of
A tra. carrvinr?
? x 76-11
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trucks 1
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2 Zung, h train carrying 2 reel:et launchers,
1(1...Toile, P. train carryim! 6 rocket launchers, which had a rived
from Glaurthau (E 51/'.11. 35) on 7 June. *
2. The following military shi-ments 'here observed arriving at the
Altengrabow railroad station during the period from 5 to 12 Jure:
147.unp. h train of 23 flatc.rs with sideracl.s and 25 boxcars,
carry...my 20 x 76-nm Ah guns and an undeerminE4 nombcr of trucTh,
and
A trai
trucks
A train
. . trucks
carrying .12 x
t. guns
and
an
ed number of
unetermired number
6 Jlagt, A train carrying 16
number of trucks. incl din
'Cr
6-mm
and an undetermined
A train carrying 12 x guns and an undetermined number of
trucks
2 ei train carrying 6 rocket launchers) coming iron Glauchau.
A train carrying 43 now tracks.
z.stut, A train of 3 boxcars and 25 flatcrs with sideracs,
'carrying 10 heavy machine unt construction material and tracks
lo,June.?ft train of 3,boxcars, and 6 flatcars with sideracks,?each
carrying a caterpillar tractor.
(--2 June. 6 train. includinr-z 1 boxcar. and iarrying 2 SP gins, trucks
A train carrying 12 x AA,guns and an undetermined number of
trucks'
On 17,0une,_an artillery unit wItn 4 guns ?an(1 caGernL1/ar tr,,..cters
'arrived at the troop training
grounds by road on 12 June.
3. At about 'i:10 a.m. on 21 1.1aV a cojtuMn of trucks
A 1 each ca?rying lj soldiers
. wearing red-bordered black epaulets armed v!ith hand 7r(ls-arrived
in Orossluebars, coming from the direction of: Altengrabow and
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proceeding tcroafd Hohenlobbese. Another_colunn o2 fn a trocko,
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. ..ea.r; .Ln L sol.oer arlag re( orocrou plac*.ernmets amed
. oith small arns) md each tcmin7 a 122-mm field owitzer fololood
a short ti::e later.?
4, On 23 ray, between 50 and 60.trucT7s-parl!zed in the open in the
eastern section of the filling station -of the amoUnition depot.
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On 23 .1'ay, aout 100 soldiers were seen engal'ed in rj_eop drill
on 12 x 100-mn NT guns. About 100 moo() men stood in a semicircle
and observed..
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1030 a.m. on 23 Fay, eight coterpillar tractors,
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each towing a 122-mm field howitzer left gun paring area and
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wont. toward Doernitz. 14 more guns in op:o
About 100 trucks, arranged in several rows, were seen in the south-
west section of the.prking place.
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Sentries wearinT red-borf:lered. black epaulets -71.th ortillery insi7nia
were seen at the Nordiagep on 23 Flay. Resients stated that the
ouarters were occupied to capacity. Truck.sI I
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stood at the entrance of the NOrdlager, At about
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noon, eight trucks, inCluCingI Icane
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from the direction of Grossluebars to the Norlager. Each one was
occupied by lgetoldiers wearing red-bordered black epaulets and each
towed .a 35-mm AT gun.. Additional motor vehicle' 'driving-
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to, and from, the quarters in the northwest section ofthe Altengrabow
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troop training grounds
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Units which left Altergr7!bow during the period'Jr.om
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27 Nay to 10 'June included:
On_22,1lay, Presumably
Tank J1v, probably of
shipment of 122-mm A&
fact that
two-shirments of tho AAA :nits of the 9th CP..s
the 121st CO AAA hegt to Neustrolitz, The
guns cannot be acc-untod- for in srite of the
()an uay, Components of the 31st A&A. Div, probably to Doetzou-'
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011_1(ay. AAA units of the 19th Gds Fecz lv, probably of the
2503d Gds AAA Regt (US).
On_31 Iao: AAA units of the 57-t; G-s itz ;line 1.Jv, -'1-obi-11,1y of
the 932e1 ANA 1ln (US), rreumal,ly to iindel,
Tha departure in four shipments of the last mention e,' unit including
a total of 55 ea. guns is inprobable, especially as ooly one
shipment of this unit was detrained in Alten robow in late April
LP L 1(z.41/ 6 1' aoslerrod to Altearrr'bov during the -erica
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from 5 to 12 June included:
On_ljune. Components of the 13th AAA Div and AAA unots of the
7t4 GIs Tank Div, probably of the 237th Gds AlA liegt
0/1_6 Ipre AAA units of the 2504th Gds AAA Regt (US) of the 20th
Gr41roz Div_
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12 c",;Agg, Two SF zuns of the -')Ist G s. L'oc Div and an U..iL unit
of the 19th Gds Ilecz Div, . .
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repefted previously, Two sh4ments rocket launchers, on: from
and ono to Glauchau conflict pith previous informaien on Glauchau,
as enly .the 220th av Ta .:.et; of the 1,17hth is carrqe'.
there. It is lelieveci. th.t alhoup:h details
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In :iltenlbow o y incleed: comreT.ents.of the
6th ixty iiv, including, iycoordin tp arms obse--'ved,)-components.
no 13th atm :aity Brig (11:,); the yth.:irty Div (US) t ic 22(1 Gr1(,-
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?Irmy :LT .eirty 1,371.77 Of the Third Shoc ,,]1?!Tv from Branjen-
burg; the 44th (?) Arm:: Arty 13ri7,; 1.1d .the 121st .(?) iJ.1,10,T.t of the.
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belong to the 6th a.t7;! iY v the i'Irry C:17 :,rty Brig of t;le Th: d pock
Army- arA the corps arillery- brigade of the 1,,= ;:tz 1.ifio Cerps..
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