GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION 1. 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION 2. 26TH AND 25TH INFANTRY REGIMENTS 3. MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION

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• Publication Date: January 5, 1953
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,3eeond infan r_ Div ision in Susice.:.
Prior to 15 Nay 1952, the headquarters of the :'d Iraf Div was located in us latov.T at the
eastern perimeter of the tom This in,-tal .ation consisted of a.? out 15 brick
;building and two low wo-den buildin?-s. The lst. 13n of the regiment was
quartered in th Pod Ve?i Barracks on. Masaryk Sauarc; and the regimental band
was ouartered in the former Start,, soi:~d court buildin.-s on the !-ame sc1uarc:,
.11, Since the fall of 1i'5l, reg-irienta 1l ccmriandcr {.?88 Major Ve*_)_:oslav; Sisk U?,
whose predccesr or,, one Major :Jirek: (. nU')ewa c appointed chief of the di ctri.ct
komendatura (okresni vojenske veliter.stvi) (oN) in Klatov;?,, major Siska's
deputy was Captain Milos Brabenec; political officers :.err or Lieutenant Nemecek
(Cnu); veterinary officer, Captain Musty who was assisted by Captain Nadle
(f nu) a Medical officer was ` taff Captain (Med) Tucna (fnu) who, since the
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autumn of 195:?:, had replaced Lieutenant Colonel (11;bd) Holy (feu) ~ Commanding
officer of the 1st.Bn was Senior Lieutenant Babanek (fnu); commanding officer
of the ?d 13.9 : enicr Lieutenant Stefan Trerani; political officer of the 2d 13n,
Lieutenant Sejd, commanding officer of the 6th Inf Co-,,, Captain Rosti.slav Ko-pe=,-,
nee,, and comrmanding officer of the 3d .Bn war `enior Lieutenant Stefan Gramat~;-
12 In May 195P. about 70 percent of the recd ment, were Slovaks and about 30 percent
C echs., On 21 October 10 1, the memberc of the 1927 and 1928 elan: es were
discharged, On 1 `Iovember, about 1, 200 recruits of the lc??o and 1030 classes
arrived at the regiment,10
3. The regim -nt x?_ units included t'he re irme.ntal b ,-n(3 of about 35 pen, the head-,
quarters r1atoon of pout ?r men.,, the reconnaissance platoon of about 30 men?
the AA machine pun platoon of a;out PO men, an AT company, a mortar comp:mny
of about 50 men and an SP Fun compa.nyr of about 40 men,, which was attached to
the regiment in November 10111, -'arch of the three battalion. consisted of a
supe y platoon of 15 to 70 men, a si,'nal platoon of about 95 men, an armored -
irfa.ntry platoon of about 30 men, 3 rifle companies of about 60. men each
while their aizthori.7ed strength was 110 men, a heavy machine ,.?un company of
30 to ho m,;n4, a mortar company of about 40 men and an ^:T comparw of bout 40
men:., An NO school attended by about hOO men was also attached to the
regiment, 5
Lls , The AA machine gun platoon was erui.n,i~ed with 3 x 20-mrm A?A machine gun:. which
were mounted on carriages drawn by trucks? :Then emplaced they were. fitted on
tripod:, about 1.,5 meters Lach of the howitzer companies. was equipped
with 6 x 76,?_F nm guns, without rzz=?ale brake,.',, which were towed by bucks. The
mortar company of t the regiment had 6 x 170-mm mortars, that of the Batt--al i ono
6 x 87-mm mortars The SF gun, company was equipped with 6 Cermr:n SF gur : which
were also call-a,d nT guns, The runs had four bogie wheels besides 1 idler
wheel, This gun had a caliber of 70 to i00-rsrtn~, was mounted on the x -e.ht hard
side of the tank and had no mu e'l.e brake. I' rod antenna was fitted on the left
rear side of t;ze tank, The armored :i.ns:'antry unit was armed with 15 bazookas of
caliber of about 150 , and about 1,..5 meter: lone,, These ba7ookae, which had
a protective shield 'and weie hed. 1.1 k,-, were carried on the shoulderv.. The heavy'
machine gun corgwnr' ,r was equip'-~ed with nine slide' 37 hea,ry machine guns which
were mostly trscn -rorted on a horse-drawn carr_iarre,, The rifle companies were
armed, with model 96' N rifles., model ?5 submachine runs, 9 model 76 light machine
guns and 7 model 37 heavy machine runs., Each of the signal -latoons of the
battalions was eouip-ed with 16 to 20 German telephone sets and 2 radio c''etc
in wo"den cases:. These signal. platoon s were combined to one unit when exercises
were held? 'bout 500 model 98 N were seen in a build:;n?- of the install'aticn;,
I a.ch soldier of the regiment was oeui,ped with a German gas mask,, a gas protf-ctive
carer a shade, a rucksack and a s ;,eel helmot;,l.1
15., The r:.gIm~ nt w, -s eouip*,ed with an es-t3mated 9OC horse-q, most of them draft horses
and a number of factory new Czars, veh_i cle, ., i'totor vehicles available included
bout 120 truce:: ? 10 of which wer. of model : teyr, about 1x0 of model Lero 15G l
and the remainder of model Praga I'N, in addition to some seclanc, ,jeeps and about
30 motorcyyclcs, the latter assigned to the reconnaissance p .atoonn The number of
motor vehicles w:;s continuously i.rtc.re~ sed, but nevertheless the nu:'tber of horse-
drawn vehicles Ws not being:- redueed,7
16,, The training of the MOO candi(hte: was tasted in early December 1951 and was
scheduled to last until .'`enteriber 1952, The NCO school had a rifle, a heavy
machine gun, a :- ortar and a ho i-11- -,ei cr)mpa-ry which. had the same T/E of heeavy
weapons as the sorre. ponding companies of the regiment, Between the spring and
the -fall of 195-1, a training course for the handling of SF guns was given at
Turciansky Sv Martin (Q 50/e 69), Lz July and August 1951., the regiment was at
a training cairn at folitice (N ~, O 7f.+) ?. On lb May 1952, the entire regi anent moved
to a training cam- near Glaserwald. (Nd 50_/Q 17). .cork on the construction of this
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cams wav started on ?u April 1952 by setting tap wooden scaffolds for
tents9 preparing roads and cutting trees. According to rumor" this camp
was scheduled to house the entire ?d Inf Div. Durin;- 1953., about 50
reserve officers were activated and assigned to the regiment. The
training area of the regiment was northwest of the towns about 1,500
meters northwest of the railroad station.,
1 7,, The morale of the soldiers was rasher poor because ras, es were only
granted as a reward,, On Saturday and Sunday afternoons every soldier had
to participate in sports activities and thus, there was no,time left for
personal affairs.,
18, The 10th Mtz Arty Ref?t which was equipped with 105?,rim guns, was quartered
in the former Kavallerie Barracks located on the southwestern perimeter
of Kiatovy:, saw more than 10 guns tared by Ford trucks when
this unit lot its barracks installation.- The guns had dual wheels w th
solirj rubber tires and a barrel about ? meters long with a mu7.7le brake.,
In '- rch lobe, the soldiers i,,ere given crossed-barrel- insignia? The- un
crews of the infantry did not wear this insignia
19., In June 1951, the 23d inf.' Re .t was quartered in a cantonment in ?1,/rsko
( 50/U 99,) ~ PS members were also observed in the town
0. In May 105 , a motorised artillery unit was observed in F'rachatict o .'about
1? tun: of the same type a;.-, those observed in Klatovy were observed. at a.
parking lot :, 2
A signal unit assigned to the d Inf Div was located in Susice,
?2o The castle located on the western perimeter of Obytce quartered a tank
.unit equip-'ed with T-3I, tanks. The EM of this unit wore red bordered black
epaulets with a gold colored tank insignia, Several times, up to 25 tan!k-s
whose guns had long barrels were observed with this unit? A Captain Otahal
(gnu.) was assigned to this unitm3
23? Prior to November 1 '51, the district komendatura in Na.achod (0 5l/G 93)
was located on the main square of the town not far from the municipal
swimming pool,, The commanding officer 'of the office was one h 1a;jor
Tacheci (frfa) o Staff Captain r v:id (fnu) and Captain Protivinsky were also
assigned to this office., Prior to Movember l?51, military books for
delivery by mail to all re :ervists up to 52 years old were prepared in
this office,
ooconent,, The ')d Inf Div in Fusico with General. Kolavr?atnik as
CommentL, The or,-ani7ation of. the division
coi?resoonds to that of a soviet rnotoriryed rifle divirLon, The 10th
Arty Tie pt is c-nf irrned as being located in Klatovy., The artillery unit
reportedly .crated in Prachlatice may belong to this regiment, although
the nunibcr of artillery piece: observed at the two places would be too
high for the equipment of one regiment even if an allowance would be. made
for the fact that the guns of the ?60th AT Bn which is carried as being
stationed in Klatov;F,, may have been included in this number, As,
an artillery unit of the Pd Div was located
in Jiorazdovice, it appears more probable, that a second artillery regiment
was being activated by the diiri,.rion, The types of the guns mentioned could
not be identified?
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mbined tank and `_J' run unit does not corresl.?:nd
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to the Soview type tank and 8F units., It remains to be seen whether this
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type of unit will be enlarge(-".,.
Cor.,.mento The former glassworks quartcr~~r z motor transport unit of
the 2 I .v n December 1950,
Comment = These data confirm the ?3d Inf l,ef;t in llyrsko, the 25th
Ir4f I egt in IClatovaT and the 26th Inf I;egt in Vimperk with its 1st Dn in
haspersl~e Ilorya The or r ani7ation of those units as stated in t_ 1e present
report agree::- with that of a Soviet motorized rifle regirient, It is
believed that the reconnaissance,, t;ac defense and AA machine gun platoons
are assigned to one head quart. erss company,, it is believed that the AT
company of the regiment is not equipped with 1? but with sir gunso
ears that Lieutenant Colonel Oklestek (f nu) was
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released as commanding officer of the 76th Inf Fie?t as one ??1ajor Svelozov
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December 195k
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Chytill reportedly was coinr arzc.ing? officer of this un
Major Maly is confirmed as being the deputi commander of the 26th Inf Re
until e epteml. er l~'SI ^ lre aciy in.February 195].,
Major gimek was the command.n.r officer of the 25th :Inf Pert.. Captain
ntical with the senior lieutenant of the same
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Milos 3rabenek may
name, who, in September 1050, wa : asci ;ned as a political o'Ticer to the
r T outenant Labe nel- is confirmed as the
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commnandi ng officer of the 1st Dn of the 75th. Inf I e t until Flay 1 52,
Comment;: The infantry regiments have not yet been brought to `their
full personnel and motor vehicle strength.
9, L CoyRment,, In Ceptenbea. 1c 1-y the military acaderc;, was allegedly located
S ? ~. ' In November 1951 a motor transport
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battalion was said to have been (quartered in the Krska:V Barracks,, It is
possible t ;at driving school for officer candidates is being conducted by
this battalion:,
10~ Com~ent0 The bulk of the 1 9?.?i class was inducted in the fall of
f this class were discharged in the
1_ that, on? those menuers o
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fall of 1951 which had been inducted in the fall of 9~ I.n the fall of
19 13 only the rerainder of the 1.979 clan was inducted,, Members of this
class have been inducted since the fall of 1950,, lIoct of the recruits U ,e
believed to have belonged to the 1930 class
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Comment, Veer probably,, the --tatement that the
a ca .ibc. of i7nre than 5)0- -Ma Is %.-roneous..
machine -uns had
the model 37 heavy machino f7un av, be.i%., used as en
?c', machine ^?un., the guns with which the how .ter cojm)anies are
i7-q ipz ed,,
mwy be the "ovv1et model N 19h0 76-mm infantz.-y _:un., The guns reported
? sere probably German model 39' 75-- 'm` AT run:- on model . 8 (t)
c havsi;~,,
- to note that the units we- e E'iuipoed with German -as sucks
t is f rater. estixaZ-
? Com-ent-, It is believed that this training course was given by the
; 2d gun a Tank Re ~t in Turc . Sv,, Alartin,,
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