ORDER OF BATTLE

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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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MAY 1949 51.61 OMR:- CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS 0
SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPO
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Yugoslavia
INFORMATION REPORT
Order of Battle
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DATE DISTR. 10 December 1952
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C.. 31 AND 32 AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
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HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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Yugoslav order of battle.
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Information on Yugoslavia.
Subject: Various Military Data
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ITIrd Military Region - Vojna oblast ( 115.2-)
The seat of the, COmmand of the IIIrd Military Region was transfered
from Skoplje to Nig, in September 1952. 111:
The following officers serve in the Command in question:
Lt. Colonel General Radovan Begov
VukanoviC;
Major General Dugan M. Vigujevic
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Major General Rade Perev
Other Commands Dislocated in Skoplje:
Command of the 42nd Air Force Division, and the
Command of the 48th Air Force Technical Division.
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Kosoric.
The Command of the 10th KNOJ Division is dislocated in Kh2X0ac.
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The 309th Independent Antiaircraft Regiment (309-ti Samostalni protiv-
Q 34.A.C.;?, 1 5 -2-) avionski puk)
This Regiment - which is about 1,300 men strong - is lodged in barracks
situated in the Ilidia zone, near Sarajevo.
The Commandant is Major DuliC, and the political commissar Major VranaC.
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The regiment consists of:
three groups, each group having three batteries,
one company of observers,
one liaison battalion,
one platoon for chemical defense (sic), and
the logistics command.
Armament :
1st Group - guns "FLAK" of 20 millimeters,
2nd Group - German guns of 80,8 millimeters, and
3rd Group - Soviet guns of 30,7 millimeters.
The telemeters and the altimeters are German and Soviet made.
The regiment is autonomous and depends directly from the VIIth Military
Region (VII-ma Vojna Oblast) of Sarajevo.
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The School Battalion for Drivers of Nis (D )152)
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This Battalion is lodged at the northern periphery (outskirts) of Nig
in three new barracks; the Battalion is about 550 men strong. The motorized
vehicles are sheltered in 12 considerably large garages.
The Battalion consists of : its Command, four companies, and the Services.
Thre drivers courses last 6 months. At the end of the courses, the
graduates are distributed through various units.
The Battalion is equipped with:
30 trucks Opel Blitz of 3 t
25 trucks C.M.C. of 3 tons,
2 Jeeps,
1 Opel - Kapitan car,
1 Mercedes Benz car,
6 heavy motorcycles B M W., and
2 motorcycles.
The Commandant of the Battalion is Captain Mladen KosoriC.
The political commissar is Captain Risti.
Commandants of companies are the Lieutenants : RageviC, and VojnoviCI
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The Battalion has a total of 15 officers, and depends from the Nig
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112th Artillery Regiment
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This Regiment is dislocated in Kosovska Mitrovica, and depends from
the IIIrd Military Region (Vojna Oblast) of Skoplje.
The Commandant of the Regiment is Lieutenant Colonel NikgiC.
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The Regiment consists of :
two battalions,
one company r.t. (sic),
one platoon of chemical defense,
one platoon of automobile transports, and
the logistic command (-which has 20 horses).
The first battalion serves as school for officers and noncommissioned
officers; it has three batteries; the first battery serves as school for 110
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officers, and the second and the third batteries serve as school for 200 non-
commissioned officers. The rt. (sic) company serves as special school
hat is Itr.t." school) for noncommissioned officers.
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The second group It seems that group or battalion are the same
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thing) has three batteries, and is equipped with 22 mortars of 120,2 mm. of
Russian type.
The Regiment has 680 men, plus 4 officers; the aspirants for noncom-
missioned officers excluded. The guns are motorized; the trucks are GMC type.
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The 6th Rifle Regiment
The seat of this Regiment is in Kumanovo,
Division of 6tip.
The Commandant of the Regiment is Major Branko Balaban.
The political commissar is Major Drago Kova&viC.
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and it depends from the 24th
The Regiment is composed as follows
three fifle battalions, each one having three companies,
one artillery group of two batteries (1st Group /sic/),
one company of machine guns (20 "Maxim" type gmettmEllnas),
one company of anti-tank rifles (sic),
one company mi.th automatic arms,
one company of mortars of 120 millimeters,
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one company of explorers or scouts,
one liaison company, and
the logistic command (50 horses, a truck, and 2 motorcycles).
Armament of the Batteries of the 1st Group :
1st Battery : 20 anti-tank guns of Russian type, caliber 40,5 millimeters;
2nd Battery : 28 guns of Russian type, caliber 7,62 millimeters.
Officers :
The commandant of the 1st Battalion is Captain Ljubo BogkoviC.
The Commandant of the 2nd Battalion is Oaptra,inlIaSn;RIAT,
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Transports of various arms and munitions are being sent for the past Loo
to years from Split tt) different Yugoslav islands, which are being fortified.
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The Underground Arms and Ammunitions Magazine of Biljanoyift
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An underground magazine of arms and ammunitions is situated in Bilja-
noyial at about 800 meters south of Kumanoyo.
The magazine consists of six underground halls dimensioned 50 X 15
meters, where guns, machine guns, and rifles as well as their munitions are
stored.
Some barracks are located on the ground, where soldiers of a company
of the 6th rifle regiment are lodged; the duty of those soldiers is to
watch the magazine.
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