MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE ALTENGRABOW TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2003
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• Publication Date: November 25, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

TOPIC. M i l i t a r Informati=fin fi or! the lterlprabow Tx ooD Trainia Src: u.anid
EVALUATlON_ o... 25X1 J LACE OBTAINED-.w
DATE OF C014TENT -5 September to 30 October 1952
DATE OBTAINED .E PREPARED 25 i+Ic 4 ?e' E-_~ -95:' .
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1. On 70 October 14'52, only the North Camp of the A1ttnl, ?ahotr (11 53/2; On) troop,
training grounds was occupied by about 1,200 troop:; who wore red-bord:; red
black epaulets with artillery insignia:. T'cbout 2!t -uns, :inc'_udin l22-mn and. 1- ;~.-,Ti I
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were seen in the quartering area. .All. other hutrrlents and quarter: mg,
L dings were vacant,
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2, During the period from 15 to 22 October, the following .troop movement; were
observed in the area of 1;he a}lten ?rabow troop train-'M,- ;-round-.:
1 October; A column of. Ili trucks.
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Doernit?-Briesenthal road at 5 p.m,
and occuri air about 110 troops w-car%.r
redmborderr: d black ep aul ots; and field kitchen 3 as een on the
16 October,, A column of 18 T-311/85 tank ,
was scseen on the Doernitz 13riesrnthal road near J?oe ?nit % of 2 p.m>
At 9 pomp,, a troop train consisting of 2 hrxcars csrr.`ying t: oops and an rnciete rit:ineci
number of flatcars carry- ng 18 T-3L/85 tansrocsce.-ilnu in t rr direction
of lliederitz,
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At 6:115 parr a train ca:- 'yinr 18 T-3t: tanks and 5 bo-/cakrloads of perc:onne1
passed through doer kern. proceodinr, toward Bi; deritz,, At 8 ~,1,``, p~M~~ trucks.
and jeeps were ontrainec. at t',e :iltentrabow~ railroad ot.r t.io ,_ No' details on
.thin shipment are avail:i'ble because of the darkness,
On 22 October, about 2C hcav;a tanks were observad engaged to driving practice
at the Altenrrabow tra wing ;rounds about P,5 In east, cf Camp ' t engrabow 0
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25X1 1; n Gi A.. ,,hour h ze es ti.mat,ed strcn, th ;;on iclerably exceeds the
strenr-th of a re ra nests, the North Cario was probably occupied by a re, iment of
the th (?) A,: r ,r '.;y Er?.r. which is carried stationed there, 25X1
25X1' Pre?riou info,' t.3tion indicated that the' r;^gd.ment had 2L, x 152 art
howl t~ers;, Another ?ourc? :retorted that the rec'iMent, 1 had 12 x 152-mm~- ho-
wit ors and 12 Y~ :':i.eld runs and several b5-rva AT ;u.ns-, 25X1
25X1 he infcrtiiiLti,-n contained in the present :report vaguely confir}s;., t1~c sle
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t hall- the regimes may r equipred with. 12P-mm ho:i?.zer. s insteadd, of cannons,:
The evacuation the oi:her buil.din-.?s checks with ebservations made at
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which the troeI : stationed in i0..ten= rahow had rettzned until 20) October or
returned from a fall maneuve'rs of the - ighth Gds Arx:y at th~:4t; time.,
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Arms. During e period from 16 to ?l October., >urce saw 11 tra.inv ear? ;ri
units of the i i ;hth Gds sy and the I'1 Arty Co wh_ich after participating 25X1
in the manewr r.a moved to their posts and included the foil owl.nr. units:
At or. L7 October.,, A shipment of unit;; of the 1?4th Nv ilo .. ?t j Brig (U.S;)
whose detr~ ng in rra.ndenburr was reported on l October:,
G^t.cber, 11, shipment of units of the 3ljth Art=, Div ((US),
!~ 10^ amp n -0 October, Presumably a shipment; of units of :~r '. 31 th Arty `)i.v '(U`-)
whic'i,. ho* "nr, are believed to have, gone to Pc.tsdam., if the train was boas d for
T}.atlienow, may have carried unite of the 6th : rty Div with ;'2 =m n field
heai tz ors :
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~: shipment of s:,nit::, o{ the 311th Arty Li_v (US)
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'tir.er~ that t } -n~ cane commented upon to the effect that at 9 P,m, on 16 i)ctober,
7:15 p,m, 20 October, and 6,:15 P?an, on 2'? Ca:tober, units of the 20tA Gd::, ; : j
Div and, ;L 3:,10 p r ? on 17 October,, units of 'she 3? e~h Gds At-c. :;cif fi_e Div ww!rr ; ( n~
At, _L. n r. ).7 October,, A shipment of units of chi 39th Gds "'Itr Rifle iv.,
The first T :"11:3 o 2i c division had primma.r:? iy entrained in ~1 uen ''tab?4~ l:t.'~ ^ ;' a rd
Buchan w tle thy, last mentioned division entrained in Tabu, g.:
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VOSSID.Ly c . of the r-d rhth t 'r:, Army which war,, schedu.s_e~i t;, fr!_ .ow
the other , ii-ttz - eater.,
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