ORDER OF BATTLE

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• Publication Date: December 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR
INFORMATION REPORT
FORM NO. 51.61
MAY 1949
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Order of Battle
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OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
military units together with miscellaneous observations on internal
conditions
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A) YUGOSLAV LAND FORCES
a) HEADQUARTERS
5th 2iIit47 Oblasta
Organized in February-March Tr40 and quattered in an unknown
part of Zagreb
identification
The true aistimgraishimg number i not made known even to the
officeits.
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the real number may be different.
Orgaization : 2 Armies:
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- the 4th (officers are told to call it the 10th in conversation with
foreigners) stationed at Ljubljana
- the 3d stationed. at Zagreb
Jurisdiction: Slovenia - Croatia - Dalmatia.
and 1i..0t5/
Its 1ocation4in Lalna,,la are not known.
Military Oblast ? ? . .
Neither its identification nu Jer nor location is known, ex-
cept that it is located in he],rade.
Orpinization : 2 ixmies -
- the 2d)and not the 3d, stationedat Novi Sad (Sr. Karlovci -
- the 1st stationed at Belgrade
JuEisdiction : Banat? and Serbia
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a ld Military Oblast with 2 subordinate
armies is stationed in Southern Yi oslavia
It has authotity over the rema ning
4th Army HQ .
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Yugoslav territory.
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Quartered in the Belgian. barracks Eelgiska Kaserna ) 6n.
Masarik Street.
Commander
Political commiss
Officers: about
- K.C.S. Section
officers;:
- Political Section - Officers
40 - 5n officers;
Occupies 2 ftoors,
General Pukovni.k,(full general)
ar, General Lajtpant,ajor general)
sections
500 among the various xHits (tdelenja):
- abort of U.D.3. for the armed services:
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in charge of political instruction:
-Organizational Section - Includs officers in the various organizationfti
services of the army--more than aro officers;
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Organization: 3 divisions, one stationed at Postumia--stations of the
others unknown.
The army also has ZEXICELtEXCUPLItill an Engineers 1-egiment directly subordinate
to it.
Army Depot
located about 70n m NE of the barracks, Consists of 18-20 former
German barracks AO. 2 3-story buildings. The enclosure is fenced with
barbed wire about 2 in high.
It is used fis a fobd and clothing depot.
Engineers Regiment lig .
Located in a barrack called the
Kasarna) in the SE outskirts of
formerly Domobranska.
A hiligk wall about 2.50 m high er
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Partisan Barracks (Ft
Partizanska
the cit 3n Partizanska Street,
closes the buildings on 3 sides
the N side is fenced with barbed wire about 1.5n m high.
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Dimensions of the buildings: one 3-story U-shaped building sides aoout
100 m; another 3-story rectae building, about 150 x 50 m, aad a
third 2-story buitding used is a depot and mess hall, about 6n 2n.
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Commander, Maj, Ivo Kokotovic
Political commissar, a captain
Off to rs: 7A - 30
Strength: about 900 men
Oranization - 2 battalions
- T. T. Battalion = Telepione - Telegraph
- S. T. tt = Permanent installations
Commander of each b a captain
Arms of the Regiment
- i'lauser rifles - issued to 2/3 of the regiment
- P.P.Sh. submachine :Tuns to the remainder.
Motor Vehicles:
- 4 G.M.G. machines with Au tad ttilio,dendik7,tilndEreceiving sets -
type unknown;
- 1 3.M.G. machine with a mountcd telephone set!: type unknewn;
- 15 Ford and G.M.G. trucks, at ut 0/ 3 tons, for transportation
of soldiers and food and for various otter regimental services.
Equipment:
- 30 English, S.Z.R.-type, sending and receiving sets
- 10 Morse instruments - Yugoslav type (built at Ktanj)
- 100 field telephones - various types - Russian - uerman - American
- 4,000-5 000 m of telephene cable, left by the Germans
b) TROOPS
T. T. i'3attilion
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Located in the same barracks as the Mngineers Regiment and
subordinate to it.
Commander, Capt Vilim Starcei,
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P-litical commissar, Capt Cveto - last name unknown
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2olitical off i cers, 3 - :inchr1rge of theffolitical assemblies
Bg the battalion.
2atta1ion strength, 14n - men
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Battalion organization 3 companies,
- 1st Compant - Telephone Cot pay
Commander, Djuro Cveticanin
Strength, 46 men
- 2d Company - Telephone Ct_mf,any
Commander, a lieutenant
Strength, about 45 men
- 3d Company - Telegraph ;oApanif
Commander, 2d Lt. Stojanavic
Strength, about 45 men
- 1 platoon - assigned to trth Dortation of storage batteries
CLmmander, a sergeant major
Str,n7th 12 men
Battalion exercises
and an attached platoon
Every ay the battalion was Lik4.n to a field about 1 km from the barracks
for practice in ;
- laying telephone lines;
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- improviscinv commuAcations by. telephone;
- practice in transmitting.
firing practice
The whole battalion took part in firing practice every 3-4
mon.CHs.
- training in firing a Mauser rifle against fixed targets at 100,
-2n0 and 250 m.
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T. 0 T Battalion
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TogAber with the T. T. 3n., J:orliis the Engineers Battalion,
and is quatered with the T. T. dia. in the "Partisan Barracks"
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Commander,qaptain
Political commissar, Capt Oio ,
political officers, 2 lieutelants
Strength, about 200 men
Employment of the Battalion :
Unlike the T. T. Bn. which works on installing tobile telephdtpecand
t4egraph sets and is therefore, given only bilitary training, the
S. T. 3n. is employed in building permanent telephone and tele
installations in a stationary plant.
Organization _1' the Battalion:
3 companies, commanded. by lieutenanteor 2d lisiutenant,
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Strength of each company, (f." men
about
ompany consists of 3 4atoons, of25 men each
A platoon consists of 3 scuads of 3-10 men each.
In addition, the S. T. fn incltded 2 extra-organizational comppnLes:
A Courier Company: Commander, a captain
Political co flissar, a lieutenant
Strolgth, 5n den
A Radio Company: Commandu, a lieutenant
Pol ticil commissar, a 2d lieutenant
Str-_ngth, 4o-45 men
companies
battalions.
c) SCHOOLS
Stations of the
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followed Jim all movements of Li e
Candidate 0Morst Schools of the different cies:
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Infantry School stationed at
Artillery School
Political School
2.1edical School
Engineers School
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It Comprises:2 .34,Atory bitildiN;s, about 50 x 20 5 and 14 3erman-type
wooden barracks.
Commander, Col Dane Raicevie
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Political commissar, /Lt. Colonel
Officers serving as teachers, about 200
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almost
all the officers had belonged to the disbanded Aoyal
Students at the school
- 000 officers promoted for HerLt as partisans, hut without su:rl_ciant
schooling for the rank conferred.
- 150 civilian students.
Duration of the course
- 2 years for former officers,
- 1 years for students at the end of which they were
officer candidates.
Requirements for civilian students:
- diploma from a lower seconjary school
Instruct Lon.
given the rank of
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For the first 12 motths forirc officers take their course separately
from the students; after 12 months they are combined.
1st year students
- saluting
- manual of the fifle
- classes in history, geography, mathematics, physics, electrieLl er-
gineering, Serbo-Croatiaa
2d year students
Continuation of the above inenrtion together with instruction ofl tae
telephonei; telegraph and electical engineering
1st year officers
- general education
- specialization in telephony and telegraphy
- battle tactics
- a 20 km march every 3-4 month3
2d year officers
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- battalion formation
- command training
- knowledge of weapons.
Miscellaneous
promotions for 5tVi4binst
- at the end of 6 ionths the meritorious students are proLoted to
corporal
- at the end of Exgh .donths,fs nior corporql; at the end of 12 months
sergeant;
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- at 18 monPls, sergeant major, this rank being permanent until the
A is promoted to
end of 3 years, when 16:e student, on leaving school, turgummsxan o2ficer
candidate.
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For officers attending the T.T. and Engineers Sch000l
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-,grery,ibuttone Octet with ligbt coffee-colored rhomboid
collar patch.
- light coffee-colored epaulets
or
- long ofHshort trousers with A IL 14 coffee-colored bands.
Cadet officers of the T.T. and. T. flginners:
-buttoned, blue jaci.Let wi.th a red cellar
- light coffee-colored epaulets
- red riding breeches
- leather boots, natur 1 color
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- cap with visor and red band.
Teod:
- forning: black coffee and faarfallie;
- linnhr: thi.k soup and neat eve:f day except Wednesday, when only
Soup is served;
- supper : like dinner: aaoat ,;() g of meat.
Liberty:
Twice a week the first 12 months:
-Saturday, fro 1000 to 2300;
- ")unday, " 1400 0 2110.
Daily schedule:
reveille, setti.1L-up exercises
theoretical stwly in class
- dinner and rest
and breakfast
- 15n0-21n0 - obligatory study pOltild (without teachers)
-2115 supper
-2200 taps
- 2 or 3 times a week theoretictl study is replaced by practice Ala
,14t4elt-4.-e, a special brancfc.
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- students are -2;iven 100
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- offlers continue to receive the pay corresponding to their rank
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