MILITARY UNITS IN RUMANIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00247A000500550001-4
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 21, 2014
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 7, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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three
reports containing information on the following:
a. The 101st Radiotechnical Regiment and the 221st
Engineers Regiment.
b. Railroad Troops in the Cluj Area.
c. Regimental School for Tank and Self-propelled Gun
Crews, and the 237th Tank Regiment.
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Army: Retention
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The 1018t Radiotechnical Regiment (OILA)
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The 101st RadiotechnicaI Regiment (Regimentul Radiotehnic 101)
or the Regiment for Observation, Passing of Informa-
tion, and Aerial Communications (OILA), had headquarters about 20
meters from the entrance to the Otopeni military airfield near
Bucharest.1 The central station, which had the longest radar range
in Rumania, coordinated information on all aircraft over Rumania
from the six OILA stations situated in Iasi, Roman, Constants,
Timisoara, Craiova, and Brasov. This regiment was subordinate to
the Regional Air Command (Comandamentul Apararei Teritorului)
commanded by Major General Cutoiu (fnu), which was situated in a
large building east of the Bucharest-Ploesti highway about two
kilometers past the Baneasa airport. Opposite this building, a
turnoff from the main highway led to the school for Seeuritate
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officers (scoala HAI).
2. The uOperations Room of Bucharest", the central station, was a
large hall on the first floor of headquarters, which contained six
plotting tables, one for each radar station. Soldiers recorded the
telephone messages received from each radar station, in a numerical
code, which indicated aircraft movement in the area in the appropriate
square. An officer seated in the center of the room, passed the data
to the second floor, where senior officers from the air force and the
antiaircraft artillery maintained contact with the other members of
the Warsaw Pact forces. Each member country had two representatives
of its air force and antiaircraft artillery stationed at the
Operations Room. Headquarters for the Otopeni airfield, commanded
by Major General Sandru (fnu) and Major General Sendrea (frill), were
also situated on the second floor.
3. Each of the radar stations (posturi radiotehnici) was equipped with
two radar sets mounted on six vehicles (no details), one with a range
of 250 kilometers, and one with a range of more than 500 kilometers.
Each station also had radio transmitters and receivers (no details).
4. The 221st Engineers Regiment (Regiment Geniu)
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command of Major Vesile Girite? was stationed about 150 meters from
the Rimnieu.Viicea (N45-061 E 24.22) railroad station in barracks
built by the Germans during World War II. This regiment was composed
of about 1200 men, including 100 officers, and had the following
*components: a battalion composed of two companies of three platoons
for building bridges and roads; a battalion of only two companies
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for building roads; a technical battalion of two companies; a
reconnaissance platoon (pluton de cercetaj) equipped with mine
detectors; a chemical platoon of 30 men who instructed the entire
regiment in chemical warfare; and a transport company equipped with
four Praga trucks and ten horses and carts.
5. The technical battalion was in charge of the regiment's heavy
equipment, including five bulldozers, two amphibious trucks,
32 ZIS-1.51 trucks, and more than 100 pontoons.
6. The regiment had an underground storage for explosives in the banks
of the Olt River on the outskirts of Budesti.
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into a small wood where the airfield's radar station was
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Regimental School for Tank and
Self .propelled Gun Crews
and the 237th Tank Regiment
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1. Under the command of Lt. Camel Emil Bulais the regimental school for tank
and self-propelled gun crews (scoala regimentals echipe tancuri si
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railroad station in barracks, which had served as an officers' training
school before World War II. The schools which had been transferred from its
original site at Tirgoviste to Lugos in 1957, was relocated at Lipoves near
Arads in April or May 1958. The school's maneuver area was at Radna, about
20 kilometers from tipova.
2. The school, which was organized within an enlarged regiments had the follows
ing components: three battelions of tank drivers (mecanici.conductori);
one battalion of tank commanders (comandanti tancuri); one battalion of tank
gunners (ochitori tancuri); three battalions of self.propelled gun drivers;
one artillery battalion; one battalion of colt-propelled gun commanders; one
maintenance battalion for the regiment's tanks, self-propelled guns, and
other equipment; and one quartermaster company. Each battalion had three
companies (companie) composed of four platoons (plutoane), which had four
sections of 12 men each. When a similar regimental school at Oradea was
closed down in 1958s the number of platoons in each company and the number
of sections in each platoon at subject school was increased from four to
five.
3. The recruits at subject school had undergone previous technical training,
and most of them were graduates of technical secondary schools. After 11
months of training* the trainees were given theoretical and practical
examinations and then assigned to combat units, most of them without
promotion and some as lance corporals. The first three months of basic
training for tank personnel included parade drills* leatning military Tales
and regulations, use of the rifle and P.P.Sh. submachine guns and basic
familiarization of the T-34 tank. After the three months* genernT training,
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all tank personnel were trained for their specific assignments. For example*
tank drivers spent six hours a day, two days a meek, on theoretical study*
and four days per week doing three hours of theoretical study and three home
of practical training, including practice in a stationary tank. The daily
routine of all trainees also included one hour for cleaning weapons, one hour
of homework, and one hour of cultural activity. Only after five months"
training did the drivers begin driving practice, which was held three hours
each day for six months. Drivers also received the same general instructions
given to tank commanders and gunners.
4. The schoolls graduates were transferred to combat units and given a noncom-
missioned rank after one month. During the last three months of compulsory
military service, some of the noncommissioned officers took officers' training
courses in their respective assignments and were given the rank of second
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Comianddby Lt. Colonel Nicolae Serban, the 237th Tank Regiment (regim.
tancuri)consisted of only two battalions, 'which were actually
two tank companies, each of which had five T.34 training tanks. The regiment*
which was situated across the tracks from the Tirgu.Mures railroad station,
had about 40 or 50 soldiers and about twice that number of officers. The
regiment had 80 T-34 tanks in its four sheds.
6. The 237th Tank Regiment was subordinate to a divisional armored corps bead.
quartered at its barracks. In 1.959* General Orban (fnu), the commanding
officer of headquarters, was transferred to headquarters of the Cluj military
district. He was replaced by his chief of staff, a lieutenant-colonel, who
was promoted to colonel three months later.
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