SOVIET ARMY SUPPLY IN GERMANY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600010086-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2004
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: October 11, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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I CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
COUNTRY USSR/Germany(Soviet Zone)
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(a) Class I Rations - Food)
the 1018th AAA Regiment, obtained its Class I supplies
from the 1st Mechanized Army food depot in Dresden which was lo-
cated on Konigsbruck St opposite a former turbine factory complex.
These supplies were brought to us by truck each week. The depot
occupied an area about 900 x 300m and was enclosed on thre sides
by a 2.5m high fence topped with barbed wire. LSee Enclosure (A)
for a sketch of Army Food Depot and Vegetable Storehouses in
(b) Class II and IV (Clothing, Equipment and Ordnance, Engineer,
A Clas.. 11 and IV supply point is located in the eastern part of
Radebeul (Radebeul-ust), a suburb 15kn west of Dresden. I am not
familiar with the location of this clothing, equipment and ordnance
supply point.
(c) Class III (Gasoline, Oi1'or Grease)
A Class III (POL) supply dump of the lot Mechhnized Army is lo-
cated iii Radebeul-West.. It occupies an area aoout 700 x 450m
which is enclosed by a wooden fence 2.5m high topped by barbed
wire, and is about one kilometer from the Radebeual main rail-
road station and about eight kilometers from Coswic. About 20
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Soviet soldiers guard the dump; there are five 211-hour guard gosts
and two-man patrols guard the area at night. Five officers Lnames
unkno-;,1n7 are assign:;~d to the dump. These include the commanding
officer, a major; political officer, a captain; and three lieutenants
who serve as technical officers. The duxrrp contains four storage
tanks, each partly under and partly above ground. Each has a dia-
meter of six to eight meters, but I do not know their capacities.
'ee Enclosure (B) for a sketch of the POL Depot in Radebeul-West)
Class V (Am..cn:ition )
A Class V depot is located about 251:m north of Dresden; I do not
know the exact location.
3. I know of no plans concerning the movement of Soviet supply points toward the west in
the event of hostilities or prior to hostile action.
4. Line units have a 10-day supply of emergency field. rations .(Neprikosnovennye Zapasy -
emergency stocks) to be used. in the event of hostilities. In addition to these emer-
gency rations, each soldier has on allowance of twc days combat rations which are in
the custody of the unit first s(I-rgeant. In the event of an alert, the 10-day supply
of combat rations is loaded on trucks. for movement, and the two-clay supply of combat
rations is doled. out to individual soldiers. Unit first sergeants are also charged
with the ammunition supply for their units. This supply includes 120 rounds of carbine
ammunition for each soldier arniec.'t with a aar'bire and two 72-round drum magazine for
each soldier armed with an SMG. In addition 200 rounds for each SMG are kept in a
separate storage room. Each artillery piece has a, basic allotment of 600 rounds;
in addition, 200 rounds for each piece ar' held in reserve in the artillery supply
section of the unit.. The artillery supply section also has 12 thousand rounds of
machine gun ammunition as the reserve per unit machino gun. I do not know the amour:,
of machine gun ammunition kept in unit supply rooms. Each vehicle, in addition to
a full tank, has two 150-liter cans of' gasoline -which are kept in reserve in the unit.
Addi.tinnal,1y the automotive tna.i.nter,ar)ee nl.e.toon n reserve of 150 liters for
not include the reserve tans
Grain and flour are brought into the Soviet Zone of Germany from the USSR in fairly
large quantities; there are insufficient supplies of these commodities in East Germany
to meet the demands of the Soviet Army? All POL supplies are brought to the Soviet
Zone of Germany from the USSR. The octane rating of East German gasoline is too
low for the efficient operation of the US vehicles which constitute 80b of the Soviet
Army motorization. (Of the h8 in my unit, only three Caere of Soviet LZIs7make, and
the other 45 were of US manufacture.) All foodstuffs other than grain and flour are
procured in Germany. Uniforms for both officers and enlisted men are also procured
from German sources.
6. I cannot give percentages on the amounts of supplies comi~ig from specific areas.
7. I have never heard of any factories which make ammunition in the Soviet Zone of Germany.
regiment had gas masks (marked L-2), chemical first-aid k:+?'-.s, portable
flame throwers, and a portable decontamination device called RDP (Ruclulroi Degazl.tsionnyi
Pribor). This is all the information I have on chemical warfare equipment or supplies
in the Soviet Zone of Germany. The supplies I mentioned, except for the gas masks
kept y individuals, are kept in the regimental supply rooms. Beyond th:.s, I know
nothing about location of chemical warfare supplies and equipment.
ENCLOSURES (A) : A sketch of lot t.fecz Army Food Deiiot, and Land Saxony
vegetable Storehouse in Dresden
(B) : A sketch of lst Meez A:-my POL Depot in Radebeul. - West
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lst Mecz Army Food Depot, and. Lard Saxony Vegetable Storehouse in Dresden
Legend to KlotzscheA
1. Guard towers
2. Four food storage buildings - one-stoy stone,
mainly underground, about 25 x 6-l0in each o
3. Three food storage buildings - two :tort' stone, /Koenigcbr 3 ck
about 10 x 50m each
4. Food storage building - two-story stone,
10 x 30m
5. Food storage building - two-story L-shaped;
north wing about 10 x 20m; west wing about
10 x 50m
6. Headquarters (accounting, offices, etc)
one story stone, about 10 x 30m
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7. Tti?ro foorl storage building. - one-
ztory stone, about 10 x 20m
Nord- 8. Stone buildings - two-story, about
Platz 20 x 25m each
9. Former German turbine factory
complex. area
10. Food supply depot area of the
lot Mecz Army
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1st Mecz Army POL Depot in RADEBEUL-WEST
Legend
1. 24-hour guard posto.
2. Gas storage tanks.
3. One-story wooden buildings, each about 10 x 30m,
where oil in barrels is stored. Source can give
no further details.
4. Guardhouse for 20 guards - one-story, wooden, about
10 x 30m.
5. German homes
6. German noodle factory
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