TANK REPAIR SHOP IN KIRCHMOESER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002200210014-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: July 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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.~~ Tank Repair Shop in Kirchmoeser
""VALUATION_
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED--
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:'AGES. 9 _,~.. ENCLOSURES (NO. & VPE)
REMARKS
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ATE PREPARED 30 July 1953
In early November 10'52, abut 600 Gerr?.an workers and employees were
discharged and 200 nearly Yired at the tank repair shop in KirchrWeser4
Only persons who had never worked before at the installation were .iii tad
he electro-technical. department of the installation was headed 'T,icir
~a.rantsev (fnu), the engineering depa_rtntnt by Senior Lieutenant f-olyg
(f nu)
in late November 1952, craftsmen and. technical personnel from the tar
repair sho-o in irchsnoeser arrived at the Wuensdorf tank repair sz-.op
for employirient there only Soviets would her vc fortl
;i rk at the Kirebri eser installation and that for. this reason, all Ge ~.
pernonnel had been discharged there,,,
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On 1.3 Y ay 1953 4 .13-HI and 4 T.-34/8; tanks besides ; f 1':__J-
'52 SP guns, and 2 S3' guns on S chassis in the yard of the tank rej.x~.ti
.shop., At least, 20 canvas-covered tanks were seen in the rear of t'=is 74",d;
The tanks which were not coveredwith canvas were newly painted, and titer;
turrets were not mai ked ty numbers ~ I a m-,
number of canvas-eoverec: tanks in addition to 8 SU-100 SP guns anc
or , S-II tanks, while 5 _6 tanks were being loaded on tha i pW:
track. The two novel SP guns observed on 13 I'ay were no longer sek?n-, Ota
S11-100 and I SU-1 2 S3' run besides I ..!S-I or S-II tank were seen re ~; .3 ,
from gun testing practices held north of the >.workshopo
On _i Y .y * an SU-1CC, SP gun being shipped by rail from,
0hrdruf to Yirchr, oeser o
a T-34/85 tank being ship oeq from, tho directR.cn o
dathenow to Kira chmoeser'.:.
On 20 May, I a train carrying 34 T-44 tanks and 6
SP Punr en route from ;~ ran:cf'urt Oder to Kirch!ceser a 25X1
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6.
through April 1953: B - Boxcar RRy -- heavy duty Car.
ce tic, a_W_. .'
Date Number of
Cars Load
November 1952
1 SS
1 SS
5 RRy
6 RRy
ISS
1 -- 25 21 B tank spare parts Muellrose
5 SS
2 SS
1 SS
the following rail shipments left - .he
tank repair shop at Kirchmoeser rom November 1952
18 1 SS
13
Aecemier 1952
1 to 31 31 B
tanks Burg
lank spare parts
1 B military goods
6 ss tacks
I v 2 RRy
21 1 B military goods
7 SS tanks
4 SS tanks
4 SS tanks
2 B military goods
23 5 SS tanks
2 B military goods
27 1 B military goods
5 SS tanks
Haldensleben
Halle
Greif swald
Dresden
Cottbus
Halle 4
Dresden
Sperenberg
Daligow
undetermined
Magdeburg
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Januarx 3..953
lto31 51B
I B
2 RRy
2 B
2 SS
1 B
2 RRy
? 1 B
I RRy
l B
I RRy
1 B
1 RRy
1 RRy
1 B
1 I?Ry
1B
3 SS
1 B
1 to 28 65 B
14
I B
I RRy
1 B
I SS
1 to 31 50 B
military goods
tank'spare parts
military goods
tanks
military goods
tanks
military goods
oa
tank
military goods
tanks
military goods
tank spare parts
military goods
tank
military goods
tank
military goods
Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Cottbus
Haldensleben
Satzkorn
Altenburg
Glauchau
Frankfurt/Oder
Halle 4
Jucterbog
Magdeburg
Oranienburg
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1 RRy
4B
2`'S
2 rRRy
military goods Altruppin
tank
undetermi
ned
4 cars
1 RRy
1 B
military goods
tank Magdeburg
military goods Greif swal
d }
4
Erfurt
}
l B
1 S,?
it
Dresden
tank
7.3
1 SS
tank undetermi
ned
1 B
military goods Altruppin
l SS
1 B
tank
Cottbus
I SS
1 B
military goods Satzkorn
3 RRy
2 F,
tanks
n Dresden
24
2 RRy
1 B
Cottbus
1 SS
2 B
Halle
4
26
5 SS
1 B
Cottbus
1 SS
1.3
undetermin
ed
3 SC
1. D
Dresden
3 SS
1 B
Frankfurt/
Oder
2 SS
1. B
3ueterbog
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1 to 30
3 SS
29 B
tank spare parts
8
3 B
military goods R.taffendorf
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16
1 B
military goods
Altengrabow
1.
16
2 SS
tankii
1 B
1 SS
Eberswalde
24
1 B
2 SS
Schwerin
4
3 B
1 SS
Magdeburg
1 B
2 SS
Fuerstenwralde
25
l B
2 SS
Cottbus
1 B
military goods
Frankfurt/Oder
3 ;S
t:nks
1B
2 SS
n
(antis
Bernau
1 B
1 SS
I B
4 SS
Cottbus
Dresden
2 B
3 SS
l B
I SS
Greifewald
Cottbus
4
2 B
Magdeburg
4Sw6
2 B
3 SS
Dresden
0
November 1952
_ to 30 21 cars military goods Muellrose
1.3 2 tanks, 80 tons Haldensleben
I tanks, 40 tons Neuruppin
5 tanks, 200 tons Burgnear Magdeburg
1 tank, 40 tons Halle
1_g l tank. 40 tons Neubrandenburg
I tank, 40 tons Dresden-Neustadt
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