LECTURE BY SOVIET OFFICER AT THE ALBANIAN ARMORED SCHOOL

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 26, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY Albania
SUBJECT Lecture by Soviet Officer at the
Albanian Armored School
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3. Accordin" to Major Shtemenko, the tactical enployment, of tanks should be
as folio .Is
Asso ably of the tanks at the assembly area (60-70 kilometers
behind the front) ;
b. Grouping; of tanks in preparatory positions (20-30 kilometers
behind the front);
Assembly of tanks iiL combat positions (10 kilometers);
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O 4 ;u? "r 39x9 Soviet je;r Shteme o, Inspector of Training; of Armored
Troops of the Albanian General Staff, delivered a lecture at the
Albanian .armored. Troops School at Karunar on the subject "&iployment of
Armor."
2. Major Shteraonko declared that armor should be regarded as the chief
weapon. All other branches of the service, such as artillery and
aviation, should serve as protection to the armored troops. In corxbat,
tanks should be supported and camouflaged.
d. Concentration of tanl:s for attack, supported by reconnaissance
and fighter aircraft to protect the tanks from bombers.
4. The tanks should begin action at the crucial moment in the attack. They
should be sup::ortod by infantry and mortar fire designed to paralyze
the operation of the enemy anti-tank artillery.
5,. The infantry should follow the tanks as closely as possible, the tanks
protecting the infantry from energy fire. After the resistance of the
first line of the enemy is broken, the infantry should occupy that line,
while the tanks continue their advance, with effective support of assault
Guns at a distance of 200 netors,. Under such conditionsnPajor Shtemenko
declared,,.the success of the attack is apsured.
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0. Under no circumstances should the tanks halt to liquidate the resistrn co
of isolated groups of the enemy remaining behind the lines of attack.
This is the task of the motorized infantry, which should follow the armored
troops. The tanks should not stop except in case of lack of fuel.
7. In the event of defense against an enemy offensive? the first condition
for the utilization of tangs Is the organization of the zone of anti-
tank defense. This zone is 2 kilometers wide and l to 5 or 10 kiloaaot- ors
deep. This area is divided into three company coctors, which in turn
are divided into platoon sectors,.
G. The platoon is concerned with defense on all sides of a sector 200 to
250 meters wide and about 150 motors deep. The platoon is armed with
automatic and anti-tank. rifles. The heavy machine guns, mortars, and
anti-tank guns should be installed behind the defensive sectors. The
company commander takes up his position in the center of his car.paanyts
sector,
9,. Battalion redoubts that can be transformed into centers of anti-tank
defense should be organized in the center of the battalion, con and.
10. The centers of cmipany defense are more or less independent of one
another, and the companies ccer.,unicaate among themselves only indirectly,
through the battalion venter. 'Those company centers generally aro
4500 iaeters apart, and the intervals are occupiod by small positions
of men armed with auto aa-tic pistols and by nine fields.
1. The automatic rifles open. fire at a distance of 800 meters, the elite
skirmishers ("tirailleurs d'elite") at COO meters and the supor?elite
skirmishers ("tiraillours extra-elite") at 400 motors.
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