ARRIVAL OF NEW TANKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014500130001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 31, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL U.S. OFFIC~ALS,ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
CD NO.
25X1
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Arrival of New Tanks
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DATE DISTR. 31,0ctober 1952
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. Between the months of February and-May 1952, the Polish Armored Units' Center
in the zone between Warsaw and Deblin was supplied with -180 new :3oviet
tanks. Most of these tank,:, considered by'-the Russians as being of medium
tonnage, were: ' -34, with 76 mm. armor; T-44, with 86 mm.ar#nor; and T-54,
with 100 mm. armor.
The center hasalso been assigned some heavy JS-3 tanks with 122 mm. armor and
rapid traverse. This type has: not yet been observed at war games .or in
military mineuver. s .
3. At this same center, three types of foreign tanks, captured in North Korea,
have been studied and tested. Two are English, a Cromwell and a 50 ton
Centurion, and one is American, very similar to the Sherman.
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