ORDER OF BATTLE DEPLOYMENT AND COMPOSITION OF INFANTRY DIVISIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORM N0. 51?-4AA
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CENTRAL FNTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION
~~I~'O~~VIA~T~~IV ~E~'QRT? REPORT
CD N0.
C0UN1 R't?' A:~.b~ria.
SU B.J ECT' Order of Batt1P
Deployment and (composition of Infant~~?y Divisions
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DATE DISTR. 25 January 1953
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'.i pie ]_ 1nf'antry. Division :is stationed at Tirana. The division commander is
golonel Hito CAKO. The f oliowing units are attached to this divis~.one
a.. A ~?c;connaisaanc;e company a t,ee:hnical company, a guard company an anti-
t'~attk ba~F~ta1-ions, an s.ntia1.rcraf't battaZion9 a heavy mortax batta~.zona a
rn.ach~..nc ?un batta.~iorly a court+tunications company~A a transport section9 a
fl~ted.~.cal. oompany~ and a, division hospital., All of these units are sta~
I~ic7ned in or around Ti;~ana,
1:70 '~'h? :1 :Lxif'antry Reglmen?E, is stationed in Shkoders
~.:o. `i'he 13 1r~'ax~?.ry Regiment is statiioned in Kukes.
c~1.B `1.'he ~ Infantry Regiment is stationed in Tirana.
~_ .~..~~ unidentified artil l.ery reg~anent is stationed st Ltesh.
I'he 2 'Inf`antry Divis? o~, a.~ st~1f~,rane~at L1.basa~?, The divisional commander is
Colonel Petit DIJN~TE, ~'kae division con~~.sts of the following troopso
as .~ x?econnaissarlce battalion. stationed at Libra~hd~ a cavalry squadron
stationed at KorcF~ other divisional troops at 1JLbasane
b. `!'hQ G ~:r~antrjr Regiment stationed at Korce,
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c:o .Lhe 1~~ Ixxa.fantry Regiment stationed at Llbasan9 except for one battalion
at Librazhd,
ds The "~?6 Ia.ntry Regiment stationed at Pogradeca
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sS. An artillery :r~egimer~t~ with twc battalions at Elbasan9 and one at Force
The ~3 Infantry Divisions stationed a,t Vlone (formerly. a'1. ~Ginoka.ster}.~ The
cl.lvisic~nal . e;ommander is Colonel Vask:e GDINJE. The division consists afs
ao t~ machine gun battalion stationed at LeshA a mortar battalion stationed
at Lesk~~ an antitank battal~.on stationed at Lesh~ other divis~~.~~nal troops
at ~-one e
b. The 7 Infantry Re,gimenta probably stationed at Lech,
r.'', The l.~ In?~ant~r Regam~:nt stationed at Vlone.
c1., The 31 Infantry ~ega.znent stationed ~ at Gjinokaster.
O?tmhe.~? ?F.~han t>lie t~?oops of these four divisions there are Albanian units not
uxade~ ' di~s.sio,`~ corrr~nand. These are the followingo
ao A Cava; regiment stationed at Tirana,
bN A r~ommunirat~_ans regiment stationed at Tirana.- It is equipped with Italian
and German tel;ephon?a.c and radio apparatus. There are also some Russian 5 W',
~i0 ~` and 7~ ~i apparatus in unknown quantity?
c. A technical regiment st~.tioned at Berat9 acid consisting of a pontoon batta-
:~.~.c~arsy s?~ p~.aneer battalion and a special mz.ne battalion. Each battalion has
three companies. The pontoon battalion has o~.cl. P'Durago" egi~.pment and
material for a l(JO m bridges coming from the USER. {s:~c} .
ct.. A heavy motorized artillery x?egiment~ probably stationed at Tirana. The
~?egiment is eq~:pped with 122 mm howitzers and 127 mm guns, The prune
movez=s ar.?e r~~..o. American and new Russian machines.
fad `.fro antiai~??crai't regirrientsg stationed at Vlone and Tirana. both regiments
have old. Gex^man and Russian guns. Four antiaircraft battalions are equip-
ped with 37 mm and 1~0 mtn guns. Each battalion has an antiaircraft machine
g~zn eompa,nyA using German 20 nun guns for close~in defense, There are also
two batteries with 10~ rru~a moans.
f. An antitank regiments consisting of tha?ee battalions, one of which is equip-
ped w~.th Russian guns the other two with German 88 mrn guns. it should be
noted that aside from this regiment each Albanian division has its .own anti?
tank battalion. These divisional battalions have three batteries,. one of
which is equipped with ~.7 mm guns.
g. A motorised tr~isport regiment stationed at Drac. This unit has 2~.0 cars9
including Czech Skodas9 o1.d German ~Zercedes9 Italian Oms and Fiat trucks'
Russian his and Hungarian Csepel trucks. It is practically impossible to
cabtain spare parts for the Italian and German machines, and as a result
many of the autos are continually out of service. The regiment has a mob~.le
~aepai.~? unite It is reported that, s. new motorized transport section is be-
ing set up at KoxcP. 50X1-HUM
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1. Co~~ents ~ 3 Independent
sim ' enal~l3~?ig~.de is stationed in the Elbasan area with headquarte~?s
in the grillage of Mesatlika _ -- _ . ....- _
2. Commen_t,o Present listing does not include 3 Infantry Division
s a .one ~n Vlon~, Moreover, the 5 Infantry Division and not the 3rd
Infantry Division.aas re-~~orted above,~was stationed in Gjinokaster prior to
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