RUSSIAN ORDER OF BATTLE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2012
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: June 13, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION TOP SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICII
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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Russian Order of 1tt7.e
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DATE OF
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co-mzenced readying their vehicles, armor, and kitchens for field service-
Toward the end of ?March there was a sharp curtailment in field exercises by
the Soviet occupation troops stationed in their w .nter garrisons. Local
i neuvers and alert exercises were interrupted. Troop units received
special allotments of POL and munition from division supply troops . The
fact that the transfer of these supplies to consuming units was acconnlished
in Wo to five days in each instanis is decisive in judging the cozabat
readiness of Soviet occupation troops. Units in the various garrisons then
division corianders and h f-her of:-ioers 50X1 -HUM
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inspected the progress closely. Sinuitaneously the necessary roll inn stock,
especially flatcars, was placed at nearby sidings and ram, s. It was noted
that the nurab6r of flatcars provided tallied closely with the number
and location of armored vehicles After all the prepara-
tions the troops did not, however, move as suddenly and simultaneously ar50X1-HUM
last year.
Eighth (Guards) Arr55 t$leir ar*
The 21st (Guards) l.recz Div at Halle was alerted on the evening of 30 Larch
1951. 1lef ore daybreak all troops and tanks stationed in 'Halle moved out
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souf;Y=ard tcYarard i'erseburg. At that point the, turnod west. Schefstaedt
and Tielderung en were a sparentl:; the internedijate march obJedtives. On 2
April, i.n the vicinity of Kyffhaouser the coluris turned south-southwest
toward Gotha--'Eisenach. The (69thl ;'ecru Ret of the Div stationed at
Leipzig arrived by road in the vicinity of ',;oissenfol d on 2 April 19>l as
did part of the (20th Gds) Tk Rot nud the kec Dn of the 57th Gds Rifle
Div Froi : 2 to di April, cl+.:~?:in, the t :e the Div elan ;ed direction toward
the south, the IIq of the 21st i.Iecz Div and the (29th Gds "tz) ' ifle Corps nor-ally
[:arrisoned at T:aumb'urg were located in the woods east of Freyburr; about 15 kilo-
oters north northwest of ""aumburg. Besides Sic units thesp-,I were also
a(-, corr,anied by to planes, type PO. 2, used as liaison planoso A clover field
served as air base. The right wing of the 21st ecz Div moved on h April cut
of Iielderungen, the southern wing .9oved at the sar-a time via Bad 'Koesen and
+einar toward the northern Kindl. On 6 April part of the (29th) awrburg
Corps occupied the s?iiner trninin--? czrnp at Kindl.. Un to that tine no troo- ys
har? been l inved to their su 'rner trEt # pin; ? areas by rail.
3. The (2 th Gds "ItzRifle) Cores In 'era roved all its armored, Rec, AA, and
AT units between r and 13 April fro-- Saalfeld-Itudolstadt and Plau*n . rrla
rr, ilroacl to Ohrdruf. T i is - ,ove caused considerable co+ +?:,ent the
populace, -:.any of . horn re? orted that Soviet units fro-i Czechoslovakia had
-toyed '.nto the southern part of Soviet-occupied Gezi any..
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or my rail- cars were held in readiness for the .ove. only
nt~ no
Units of the Div had been on the road.' 50X1-HUM
The vi,; nificant feature of the ,-loves described a.)ove lies in the readiness
of the units to attack obJective
3 at a considerable distance from
the g?~rrrisons, the -^.ission assi ;ncd to the troops 50X1-HUM
:ra s solved in an excellent - v nner by the 21st (Ode) Div and parts of
the 57th Gds ~cifle Div.. The units have demonstrated that their trainiag
status warrants a classification of "very satisfactory". The rove ment of
cow;date units was achieved without notable delays. .ith adequate nre-xration
the troops are capable of reaching the line of denercation with all their
equi.'v+^ent in no .:ore than three caa:'n, carrying a seven-day suppl,.., of all
c^tr: `orie nt: "his capability ann.lies in general to all the Soviet troops
on occupation duty in Germany.
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Until 16 April the 207th Rifle Div (::tz) was still in winter garrison. The
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,th (Gds) Aiec:z Div stationed it vie ?`illersloben had some troops in the
ter training ca..-.,p at Letz,lin-;er Reidy for sortie tied There is an in-
creasing nw-b* r of renorts indicating the construction_ of a large encamp-
-innt north of Hillersleben,, west of the Elbe.. Field exercises in red mental
combat team strength are constantly In pro-re.". The Arr-iy; s (li4th '? )
!rt rBri.I; and the (3rd ?) Ariyflrig of the Stendal (79th) Corps have moved
to Altengrabaa. The following schodule Fro-- 2 to !,, 50X1-HUM
A:>ri?. the (With '') Ar. ,rDrig stationed in the AA Caserne 2ran.deabur/
Ravel; from. 10 to 11 April the Ord ?) Arty; ?ig of the (79th ""tz) Rifle
Corps stationed in Burg; on 3' A,-Nr 1l the units closed with all their e1ec r, s
h, the now area; the .Arty `ri,- stati. ned in the Y,reitscheid Caserne in
! gdebwarg r-ioved on i) and .16 A ril..
9th'tz rifle) Corns Schnerin..
6. Until 12 Anri?. there was no riovement of these xinits. Advanced details of
the 10th tecz Div in Perlebert; 'coved together with the (9th ?) IZec Bn fra-i
the sane town on 15 April to the sur ner training: area at Schwei.!zrjch,
east, of ';ittstock, the 18th ~ecz Div 50X1-HUM
will occupy its old area in Sc.w einricha The territory has already been
closed off .
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Ist rrds T..:. z,..' I'i Zgi~ Dresden.
ernntt trains for troop trP,ns))orts T
trrore in readiness at Hiesa, Osch tz, Gri.r la, ?3autze ,
and oenirsbrffck by 1 Aoril. The three 'Giv, of that Ar iy (8th Gds = lecz
Div, 9th Tk Div and 11th Gds Tk D v) co ;enced -cove, ents to Koen sbrU Ic
via road and railroad starting t A))ril 1951. By I,'.~ A)Oril 2/3 of the
troo;^s had arrivadat the training areas. This rove could be accomplished
without much difficulty because some of the :units ass 1;'ned to the 1st Am;
had been ricved to Noenigsbrtick ciu inf- the latter ;part of :winter and
others early in '.',,arch.
3rd Gds Locz fan' L,ucken aalde .
8. Dur7n:,: the night 2-3 April the 7lst Gds '?ocket muncher RC'`t t ss rried to
the 3rd Gds :.:ecz Ar,,iy _,oved fm n their ..r.; nter ouartor. s at Trebbiri to
JtPteebog and thence to the range at `arkendorf. Dy 20 April the 6th Gdz
Ts-. Div fro.' ittenber0 and the 7th Gds Tk Div fror'; Dessau-Rosslau had moved
all V? oir basic cor,r onents via road and rai. L-oa to arkendorf . On 21
Anri l the M7th) At.: ri . ent of the 7th Tic Div as observed e:1trr, :;acid nt
Juterbog an ro iihr- fry-! Dessau to _.arkendorrf . The 1L.t' i Gds :ecz 11 v has not
;ioved frnn the r-rinter quarters at .Jdterbo~ . This Div will ?iiost r i;;elty
rep,min in -arrison and only use adjacent;.aneuver areas for fie?.d exercises.
The training area at : arkendorf is fully utilized and occu d d the
22,0O' men of the other divisions. All components of the ; h "`ecz Div
Cottbus
incli,d _nZ- .those fron Luebberi and Saremberg, had wrr:i in the
training area at. r?Iochten-BoxberC, aria railroad? by 114 Aril.. Simultaneously
the durst ,s at the 'leis wasser railroad 1oo') were replenished.. On 17-14
^ri 1 about 70 railroad tank cars with gasoline ari i ved. This dtti) ,rill
not likely supply the 9th :.:'ecz Div during th' :sir e;r training period
lath Gds :.:ecz Arr,r Ebersvalde,
9. The divisio as of that. Axnry were stationed about the same as last year. The
6th Gds :Iecz Dior of L ernau and the 25th T Div Ora iienburg co-.-re
21cOd load-
ing on 13 A wii. he advanced details had previously left for the rang..
scrythv,es t of Term l= (Can oit:;rr ?) . On 1"-1:' A?'ril all trac':s of trio line
k.berswalde--freier aide and Te- r,Dlin ::ere reserved for exclusive use of
li tn.r.,~ bra L s to facilitate the r.;ove of those two divisions and arrr
r
units.. The 7th Oda "em Div sent their 3iec Bn and an advanced detail of
about i) v3n to L'Lc berose an Aril. D'; 20 April Lieberose was occuated
Ixr about 15:-K) n en i rithn:.i t heavy : ec J .1.`sC . The a al k of the Div a s still in
...inter :1uar`,crs in I'uerstermralcie ring Frai-krurt/Oder on 21 A`;r ?I. The
10th Gds ".`''c Div of Docb=itz has sc far made no :cove at z:i 1. Ord .' the
(63rd) Ode TI1 I is previously located at Neuendorf Airfield 'r^:~cle~' urr
Navel had novel to .+r.^'.'PDnit,2 at the end of ''arch. : cuem.'or,1 has since
been occuni.ed by air force units.
2nd tads 'eczArrqFuer tenb}er.
10. There have been no troop move'-!ents from this area..
(let ' ocz Div continued with field exercises.,
1.tth Arty Cis to .
11.. The f)th Art,,..r Div of :-?_thenc7 r with units in DrandenburF./JJavel roved to
A3.te)tgrabo:r as follows: 13-1.9 April_ the garrison of fathenv.r and parts
of Corps llq 1?' April_ the garrison at ar de nburg/Ravel. The 2nd AA Div
and the 34th Arty Div were still in ;:weir Potsdam garrison on 17 April.
The Gernan railroad directorate at Dresden reserved rolling- stock for
T0I' S.ECI ET co "2oL../:t LI .,S Cr':L.Y
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Zossen--uensdorf .
trrynsnortation of t}.e >t'i Gds AA Div as early as 13 :: ch.
the Corv.a~z:~d~rxf, Ge~raa? of tP~ `,->~r;.~t tr?~a