1. PS BATTALION IN ROZVADOV 2. INFANTRY UNITS IN BRECLAV AND TABOR

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• Publication Date: February 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Fs Battalion in Rozvadov
2, Infantry Units in Breclav and Tabor.
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PS Battalion in hozvadov.
1. Prior to 6 Fe:Irua-:, 1951, the PS battalion in Rozvadov (hosshaupt, U 50/
P 43) was subordinate to the PS brigade headquarters rh*ch was located
in the castle at the western perinete.. of Plana (I; 50/P 55) and onmarded
by an MEI captain. *
21 The battalion in Rozvadov rns commanded by MID Lieutenant royka, (fnu),
whose deputy was SUB Lieutenant Havel, (fnu). It was organized into
five corranies -,hich were-.:tai,ioned in Diana (1! 50/P 52), U Diana, al-,out
3 km vest of Dianaberg; Steole, about 6 km west-northwest of Dianaberg;
Rozvadov; and Nove Domky (Veuhaeusl, N 50/P 43).
3. The PS corrany in U Diana numbered 45 soldiers, including 15 SNB veterans.
About half of the soldiers were Czechs. The company had submachine guns
models 48-A and 4C-B and six light machine guns, model 26. It was assigned
a border sector about 3 kr wide, which vas controlled by two or three
patrols who occasionally had trrined dogs -.ith them. Several patrols or
two soldiers each were also assigned to guard duty in the rear of the
border zone. The company was connected with the battalion headquarters
by field telephone. In case of alarm, the company was to occupy the border
at prepared positions with light machine guns; only a mall guard detail
would rerain at quarters.
4. Because morale was very low, duty was performed perfunctorily. Even
veteran SUB personnel of the coLpany stated that they would prefer a
return to civilian life rather than border guard service.
Infantry Regiment in Breclav.
Sc Prior to 30 Serterber 1950, Inf ReEt also called the Ko- 50X1-HUM
zinuv Regiment, was stationed with its regimental headquarters units and
one battalion in barr-cks nor-1x ef Breclav (P 49/S 75), 'Ath other
elements in Yikulov (P 49/S 5) and, probably, also in Hodonin (P 49/S
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6, Officers of the regiment included Lieutenant Colonel Josef Mota10 command-
ing officer; Staff Captain Balcarik, (frill), deputy commander; Staff
Captain Novak, (I'm), political officer; Captain Lukasek? (fnu)0 hold-
ing an undetermined position on the regimental staff; and Captain Gustav
Elsner, commanding officer of an infantry company.
7e The regimental headquarters units consisted of a headquarters company,
a reconnaissance compapy? a technical company and an artillery company.
Only one infantry company and the heavy machine gun company of the
battalion in Breclav were known. A, submachine gun company, a heavy madaine
gun company, a heavy weapons company and an NCO school were observed in
Mikulov. Soldiers in Vikulov said that anbther battalion of their regiment
was located in Hodonin. Numeroua supply runs between Breclav and
Hodonin also indicated that troops of the regiment were stationed in
Uodonin. The companies numbered from 30 to 50 soldiers, as many soldiers
had been detached for work with coal mining and forest brigades. There
were numerous EM who had previously aerved with the German Arred Forces.
So The equipment of the regiment included German riflessmodel 98-NICzech
submachine gunslmodels 48-A and 48-B, light machine guns, model 26,
heavy machine guns, model 37, 45-mm guns, 82-mm mortars, bazookas and
incendiary bottles. About 30 German field telephones and some radio sets
were available,. The regiment was furnished with 25 new horse-drawn
vehicles in August 1950. Three trucks and three passenger car a belonged
to the regiment.
9. In January 1950, the regimental troops practiced at battalion level at
the Yesto Libava (P 50/0 07) troop training grounds. A two.eweek AT
defense course was held in Mikulov in March 19500 the training courses
taught the use of bazookas, incendiary bottles and mines. Mines were
laid in a chessboard pattern, 3 or 4 meters apart. In May 1950, the regiment
was reinforced by about ?,000 reservists and together with a unit from
Brno it started regimental field trait-Ong at the Mesto Libava troop
training grounds. The first phase of that training was firing practice
with live ammunition.
Infantry Unit in Tabor
10. Prior to October 1950, Inf Unit commanded by a colonels
was located in a barracks installation of 3 three-story buildings north-
west of Tabor (0 50/M 01)o Only the U and B companies numbering about
40 soldiers who were armed with German rifles model 98-N and Czech sub-
machine models 48-A and 48-B. On 1 October 1950, the unit received
about 1,500 recruits, who were allegedly organized into about 10 recruit
companies. An artillery unit was also stationed in Tabor, **
Comment.
Besides the battalion in Rozvadov, battalions
in Dolni Zandov? Chodova Plana and Marianske Lazne are subordinate to
b igade.
Comment. The name indicates the 10th Inf Regt; its complete name
is Jams . a eho Koziny. Czechoslovakian newspapers of 1949 mentioned
that the regiment was stationed in Brno. However, it is believed that
its headquarters moved to Breclav either in late 1949 or at the beginning
of 1950, as components of the regiment and Colonel Motel, (fan), the
commanding officer, were from Breclav
However, it is doubted that a battalion of the
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reiment would be stationed in Hodonins since tht) post belongs to the
billeting area of the 3d Me. Inf Div.
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the .8th Inf-nect in Benosov. The I Bn of this re3iment has been
located Ln the barracks installation
on the highway to Prague0 The 1,500 recruits are 3elieved to have 50X1-HUM
constituted the contingent for the entire regiment rather than for one
battalion. The artillery unit in Tabor is believod.to have been the
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