MILITARY LOGISTICS (SOVIET STOCKPILES AND STORAGE)

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 307
• Publication Date: December 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR71
iN ORMATiON REPORT
USSR/G6=wan (Soviet Zone)
'Military Logistics (Soviet Stoccpile:
and Storage)
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I know no details about the system for industrial mop;'iaatioii, and the following
comments are merely assumptions. I believe that in bash area committee there is
a section which concerns itself with industry. I think that they would be the ones
who would be concerned with storage of industrial products.
There is no set number per milit-y district in the USSR. Naturally there are some
in all of thn m414+e.... a.?_+_~_i_ ti
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g spots is exercised by the -Ministry of war. I
believe that the stock comes straight from the factories where it is manufactured
to the warehn?e-- ,, 4-6- _ _
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strategic location of the area and ease of access to the material producing plants.
Control of the central stows
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field units. - "~` 1-e'1 ~1 1s uuen u_strioutea to the
which in tarn a: t i ,but m not sure, that, it is supplied directly to the lrzry
According to the regular norm, each soldier is supposed to have an
serve of three days'supplies of all types. h:ach regiment is suppu
a 10 day reserve; each division, approximately one month's supply
each army, approximately three months' reserve of all types of sup]
of some units which were overstocked and had more than the require(
supplies on hand. I believe that the Soviet Army has a minimum of
supplies, although it would probably take only one month to over-ri
with the exception of the Iberian Peninsula.
for newly cormis4ioned officers. I have heard rofca l~ $ sort of graduate school
cos altho+ Q:artermaater Aoade iu,~a,c-
rkh 3 have not ..,, 4+ ~? --i alY
lies. I knew
amount of
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ermanent -- ra-awLj a mountain unit. Also r"any
p quartermaster installations have a high percentage of horse drawn vehi-
clas. All these are in the USSR and I do not know of any units in Gen any relying
on horse drays transport as their basic meare of movement. Although cavalry out-
fits did not Justify taeze elves 'n World. War II horses used for trsnap`rt proved
to be very valuable especially in areas of rough terrain and poor roads.
In the Collective and state farms, about 10% of the horses and wagons are kept in
an 9rmy fund. They cannot be used in heavy work and must be kept in good oonditiv at all then'olleotive most stand the they expare ense of a mainttaning time in perfecte conditio fnfor'
the army at all times. Wagons are now built of a special design cc that ~2:ey can
be converted to military use imaediately.
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Iowa ldrestimatedthat all-in-all probably 10% or more of thee Soviet Any is still
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