SOVIET AND EAST GERMAN ARMY INSTALLATIONS IN THE RERIK (PE 7198) AREA

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• Publication Date: October 3, 1960
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-C UNTRY East Germany
SUIJECT Soviet and East German Army DATE DISTR. 8 OCT1
Installations in the Rerik
(PE 7198) Area NO. PAGES 1
DATE OF
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report which gives information on the following
(1) A Soviet AA site on the Wustrow Peninsula, including personnel
strength, buildings, radar, exercises, and military weapons
and equipment;
(2) Unidentified East German Army sites at Map References PE
714994, PF 725006, PF 732017, ' 738024, PF 744016 and
PE 724993;
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EAST GERMANY/U.S.S.R
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G.S.F.G. and E.G.A. Activity in the RERIK Ares.
1. S;;viot A.A. -Situ on WUSTROW Poninsular (PE 6798)
(a) Topography TopographyandSecurity
A large Soviet AA Site is situated on the WUSTROW Peninsular.
The only entrance to this site is through a large gate at
about IM PE 705986. This gate is in the middle of a barbed-
wire fence which effectively prevents all access to the
peninsular. Between the gate was guarded 50X1-HUM
by Russian sentries, but there -ras also a .z rd-house nearby
which was manned by E.G.A. troops.
(b) Personnel
There were at least 1500 men on this site on. They 50X1-HUM
wore dark-red shoulder-boards with Artillery and Transport
insignia variously. The Garrison Corpmander/lives in RERIK,
Kastanienallee 3. His house has a notice outside it with
"M 102" on it, and "Soviet Forces$ Commandant" in Russian
and German.
(c) Installations-
About 15 one-storied stone buildings are at approx. MR PE
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of tents fairly near these buildings, in a wooded area.
At opprox. MR PE 692977 was a vehicle park which contained
about 250 trucks.
(d) in an area round approx. IVIR PE 689976 stood :+.t
least 60 AA guns in several rows :with their barrels pointing
at an angle of about 500
with the ground. These guns were
mostly iOO mm in calibre, but some :are possibly 57 mm.
In a wooded area P. little further west were more guns
(unspecified number) and heavy vehicles (possibly tracked)
with canopies.
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(e) Radar
at approx. IIIZ PE 684978, -rere the following 50X1-HUM
(i) About 15 metros above ground, including the height of
a small building on -.which it -pas mounted, 8 - 10
metres broad antenna and about 3 metros high. Concave.
Described as being like one of the arms of a TQI2?
only with more rounded ends. Revolving continuously.
(ii) About the s,--ma height from the grcund as (i), also
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a small building. Similar to (i) only smaller -
^bout 5 metros broad and 1.0 - 1.50 metros high.
Concave. Revolving occasionally.
(iii) Similar to (i) and (ii), also on a building. Probably
not conc-:w_:. 5 - 6 mitres broad, .bout 2 metros high.
(iv) Vehicle-mounted, tontativ:ly identified as C110SSPOf1K.
St?.nding near seine of the AA guns.
(f) Activity
(i) Reteoon 2000 and 2030 hours I I about 40 - 45 50X1-HUM
rrimo movers, tent-.tivoly identified as Yc. - 14/AT-L's,
left the site and wont in the direction of T\NEUBUI'_0W.
Each was towing a gun similar in appearance to a 100
mrn. AA gun, but covered with tarpaulin. Some of the
prime-movers gore r)artly loaded with green ammunition
cases, the size of which is not '-mo-.m. On t~.To or three
of the guns, a soldier was sitting str,,ppod on to the
seat and holding red and yellow.., signelling-fla.as. At
about 2100 hours, a column of trucks filled .pith
soldiers loft the site and drove in the same direction.
(ii) Iat 0850 hours, 15 x trucks and 2 x Signals
vehicles left the site and drove east:rards. Some 12 of
the trucks .aerie towing guns covered with tarpaulins,
and 2 wore towing field kitchens . Four or five of the
trucks had in them 15 - 20 soldiers e ch, others were
partly loaded with green ammunition cases.
At 144.5 hours, 7 x truc!r-s .pith 15 - 20
men in cat left the site and drovo oast.rards.
at 2300 hours, the sound of gunfire came
from the site. 12 - 15 detonations wore hoard following
quickly on one another, then there was a 5-minute pause.
The shooting continued in this pattern for about half
an hour.
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(iv) at 1020 hours, the sound of both heavy 50X1-HUM
and i.g gunfire came from the site. Firing was at
windstockings being to: red by two aircraft. The firing
lasted for about 5 minutes. During this time the heavy
gunfire camo in bursts of '_ - 1 second, while: lighter
automatic firing was almost continuous. Some of the
lighter firing was with tracer. Thu general
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1. (f) (iv) standard of marksmanship, jadgad by the position
of the bursts and the tracer, was good. At 1830
hours, the firing reeommenc,:d and continued in bursts
of about two minutes with pauses bet eon of anything
up to 45 minutes until 2315 hours.
EGA-Site-at MR PE 714994
At P;SIZ PE 714994 is a small, one-storied building with a w.aireleus
mast on top of it. The mast is about 6 metres high, and has a croca-
piece near the top of it. The site is not heavily gu;.:.rdod or fenced.
at least two E.G.A. soldiers -.ore on the site.
3. EGA Area at Iii PP 725006
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(a) on area round TM PP 725006 -ras being used by the
EGA. The area was enclosed only by a simple rope fence
and was a tented camp, the only permanent feature of ,which
was one one-storied building. No estimate of the number of
personnel in the area is possible, but 30 - 40 men wore
occupied cleaning vehicles and kicking a football around.
Otherwise there ,.?-:s no activity.
(b) 80 - 90 x trucks wore parked on a vohiclo parking area within
the site. 7 x AFVs were parked in the area. These AFVs had
4 x driving wheels and had twin guns of an unspeciflod, but
not very large calibre.
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4. EGA Area ;t-j-PF-732017
(a) + ^ Tn. m,_ an area round 11R PP 732017 was being used by
fence and was a tented camp without permanent features.
No estimate of the number of personnel in the area is
possible. There was no activity other than vehicle-
cleaning.
(b) 6 x AA guns in appearance like those in the Soviet site on
the WUSTROW peninsular (see pars 1(d)) were drawn up in
two rows facing the sea. The rows wore staggerod. On a
vehicle parking area wore 10 - 12 x Trucks, one tracked
prime-mover (type unspecified) and one signals vehicle with
a tentatively identified CROSSFORK on it.
5. EGA Area at MR PP 738024
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( L) an area round Ike? PP 738024 was being used by
the EGA. There was no fence round the area, but access ass
barred by wooden barriers on tracks. A tented camp, without
any permanent features was in the area.
(b) 2 x unidentified guns, completely covered with tarpaulins
stood in the area. 12 x Trucks were parked in the area.
1 x unidentified electronic apparatus on a trio-nxlod trailer
was also in the area (see description and sketch at p:ra 8).
6. EGA 1Z,_dnr-Siteat_ _' PP744016
Signals vehicles equipped with tentatively identified -CROSSFORKS,
covered with camouflage nets. Nearby there was one small personnel
tent and a small open bunker of unknown shape or purpose. Thor
wore a four EGA soldiers on -land, .but no particular activity
was taking place.
7. EGA Area_t Plat-PE-724993
(a)
west, and a short axis of about 250 - 300 metres running
approx. north-north-west/south-south-west. There was no
more than . rope fence round the area, but occasionally
round the boundary there were weapon-slits with barbed-wire
in front of them. Those slits were occasionally occupied
by sentries. Thero ere two entrances to the ,area, one from
the north and one from the At each entrenco is a
small guard-tent, with a sentry with a machine-gun (typo
unspecified). No estimate of the number of personnel in the
area is possible.
un er EGA occupation. The exact measurements And positions
of its boundaries are not '_;now:a, but it had a long axis of about
700 - 800 metres running approx. east-north-east west-south-
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The camp in the .area. ; as t.+n-,od, but it is not !:norm ?~,bother
or not there ?. ore .ny permanent buildings.
(b) 50 - 60 x Tracks ;rero parked in the reg., About 6 x Bo'.: stirs
and about 30 -- 40 x fuel driz^is (Bonzinf'?sser) of roughly
200 litres capacity ,:ere also in the area. There was ,lso
stack of r.mm nlition chests under tarpaulins, of unl_.io-.m
dimensions.
8. The Machine aLnd Tractor Station at RMIK
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In the it2..chino and Tractor station at MIX rer
two of the apparatus:.s mentioned above in Para 5(b). Some hind
of testing of these .pp:,.r.tuseo was going on, and they sore ,-.t ;ached
by .a cable to a form of small power plant. A very rough sketch is
as follcvvrs:
r,.b;ecr Like exae -piece
~+ais etc.
No dimensions .rc avail_ble. The trailer ?.i as tyro-...bed, and had
on retr.ct ;ble brace in th.; centre of each side. The --corking part
of the apparatus occupied almost thc ti;hole trLiler, and consisted of
a number of dials and ,la-ws which h,.^ .d instructions on them in Russian.
There ?.r s also round 'erindorr in Jhich, -'ehon the appar ?.tus turned
on, -. red zig-zag line began appearing. It is not cert .in ;rh:;ther
this line was appearing on paper or on some kind of electronic tube.
The T-structure on top had on it t,.ro objects similar to the eye--
pieces of a range-finder.
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