SOVIET ARMY OB

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• Publication Date: January 29, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR/Germany (Soviet Zone)
SUBJECT Soviet Army OB
DATE OF INFORMATION
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InPORT
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DATE DISTR. 29 Jan 511.
NO. OF PAGES 14
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A. ORDER OP BATTIB
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BORTH Ode
Zoos Army
6th Ode
Naos Div
16th Oda
Zoos Regt
17th Ode
Zoos Regt
35th Ode
Naos Regt
82d Gds-
HV Tk Regt
19th Ode -
Motoroyole
and Ream
BA
33d Ode
Sig (Radio)
Big _
34th Odom
Sem TkTng
En,
Oda RI
Mug Ea ?
Wi Ode
Ned En
VA Ode
Driver' e
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following Soviet unite as of Dec 53s
Subordination Location
EPSIRSSALDI
(5250N-13503
POURTH Ode gm= in*
zees Army (5240N-13354
6th Ode
Moos Div
6th Ode
Ideas Div
6th Ode
Iteoz Div
6th Ode
ie013 Div
6th Ode
lleoz Div
6th Gds
Zoos Div
6th Ode
Zoos Div
6th Ode
ideas Div
6th Ode
Moos Div
6th Ode
Zees Div
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Lt Col
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Unit
Gds
Haw Regt
Trii Field
2k Repair
Base
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Subordination Location
6th Gds EWAN
gees Div
6th Gds
Nees Div
68th Gdslied 6th Gds
Tic Regt* Neoz Div
let Gds Ned
2k Bn
2d Gds Med
Tk Bn
Gds SP-Bn
(Had no
number)
Gds 5MGBn
(gad no
ntilber)
Gds MUMS
Co (Had no
number)
aai Ego co
(gad no
number)
Gds He
SUpply Plat
(Had no
number)
Ode 2k Tech
Supply Co
(Had no
number)
048 NUaioal
.? at (Had
no number)
68th Gds Med
Tic Regt
68th Gds Ned
Tic Regt
68th Gds Med
2k Regt
BERM
BIN
BERLIN
BERLIN
HUM
68th Gas Ned BERLIN
Tic Regt
68th Gds Ned IERLIN
Tic Regt
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Lt -Col
Unk
68th Ode Med =LW Unk
Regt
68th Ode Zed BINILIE Unk
Tk Regt
68th Gas Ned BERM
TI Regt
68th Gds Ned =MTh
2k Roe
Unk
Unk
Unk
'The official title for this unit was the 68th Ode IHITON1R,
=RIM, deo rated with the ordtrs of ONTOROT, MUM,
Bogdan TSUI, Alandr NEVONITi Ned 2k Regt.
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a. The-following units were subordinate -to 1st
Gds Ned Tk Bn, 68th Gds Ned TkRegt, and were located with
it in BERM:
1Rait
ist rk Co
24 Tk Co*
1st Tk Plat
24 Tk Plat
34 Tk Plat
Bye Plat
CO
Unk
Capt (inn) KIM=
Sr Lt'(fnu) SUSBNOT
Lt (fka) LiPAKUi
Lt tftz6 SITAIEV
it' (fnuj RAWL
All units of the 6th Ode News Div took &r
training in the-TZNPLIN (53071-1330E) area. On the night
of 17-18 Jun 53,.the_68th Gde Med fk_Regt and other un..
identified unite of the 6th Ode Ieoz Div rerecalled
from TENPL11. The 68th Ode Ned TkRegt wat to BAD 'REIM-
WAIDE.and_stayed there for about.a month before being
stationed in tents near BERLIN'slublgartezi Park (see Bncl 0)
for another month. It was then billeted in a former German _
hospital and school near STALIN Allee in the Soviet Sector
of BERLIN (see End l C). -
the 68th was selected as the
bat regiment in the FOURTH Gds Kees Army and that it would
remain indefinitely in BERLIN as a wahow regiment' to brotect
the German Democratic Republic.
no return to its former station in BAD FREIENWAIDE
was contemplated.
b. =given differed from OB on band in
the following respects: Previous OB infermation-listed Col
II/CHALOV as CO, 6th Gds Nees Div.
Obl'UDOICHENRO was CO of the division up to Nov-Dec 53 and
that Col KEMAL OT was divisional deputy for technical matters.
OB on hand carried a 334 Gd. Sig Bn in NAU.
there was a radio training school
was the 33d
in BERNAU, which
Gds Sig Tug Bn.
The U/i RI Tug Bn in BERKAU was carried in OB
on band as 524 Gds Rkt Ba.
* This company's headquarters had a tank for the use of its
CO.
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Unit Location
158th Rifle Regt VENTSPILS (5724N-2132E). Also called
VIEDATL-or.WINDAU in Latvian 80R.
UNIT LOCATIONS
See Enolo A, B, and 0 for location of Sovitt-oompounde
near BAD IREIENRALDE aad BEREAU and that of the -68th Gde Med
50X1. 2k Regt in BRUIN.
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Soviet Compound in BAD PREIENWALDE (524611-1403E)
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Enclosure A
Soviet Compound in BAD PREIENWAIDE (52461-1403E)
This installation is listed in *installations List,
Soviet Zone Germany,* published...29 Jul 53 by G-2,
=AMR, as 914001, former German Panzer Kaserns.
all buildings, unless otated. other-
wiser 3-story brick barracks, about 50 x 20 m.
About half a kilometer from the installation was the
68th Gds Med Tk Regt ammo depot.
it was 150 X 100 meters
in size, fenced in by a barbed-wire fence 23 motors
high, and contained an unknown number of wooden ammo
buildings, size and contents of Which were unknown.
IMO
1. EM billets: occupied up to 15 Jul 53 by 68th Gds Mad
Tk:Regt as follows: Basement - clothing supply;
let floor - QM platoon, Band, medical detachment, dim,
pensary, capacity about 50 EN; 2d floor - Gds SKG Ba,
about 200 EN, 3d floor lot Tk Ba, about 100 EK.
Estimated actual total occupancy, 350 M. Each floor
had about 18 rooms, some for NO0o, two to three in a
room, some as storage for weapons, rucksack*, and some
for U. About 16 EN were in a room, 6 x 6 m, in double
decker wooden bunks. There was a 150-em aiele in the
center, -and about 50 to 60 cm between bunko.
2. EN billets: occupied up to 15 Jul 53 by the regiment
as follows: lot floor - regimental headquarters and
Gat SP En, about 100 EN; 2d floor officers' billets,
capacity unknown! 3d floor - 2d Tk Ba and Ode ALL MG
Co, about 150 EK.
3. Messhall for 68th Gdo Ned Tk Regt up to 15 Jul 53. A
2-story building, it had a capacity of 800-1000 men.
lot floor - officer and EN meoshalls, PI; 2d floor -
club, library, switchboard; Basement - food and fodder
storage.
4. 2K-billets: occupied by 19th Gdo Motorcycle and Becton
Ba, capacity unknown*
5. EN billets: occupied by 16th Ode lees Regt.
6. EM billets: occupied by 16th Gds Nees Regt.
7. EN billets: occupied by 16th Ode Mecz Regt.
8. Stadium.
9. POL storage: two 1-story bldgo, each 10 x 10 a. Had
unknown number of iron barrels, capacity about 150
liters. These contained Diesel oil, gas, and oil. No
further details known to source.
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10. Nesshall for 19th Gds Motorcycle and Bacon Ba and 16th
Gds Necz Regt: 2-story bldg, capacity 800-1000 men.
11. Obstacle course and outdoor gymnasium.
12. Reviewing stand, exorcise area, parade grounds.
13. Tank repair shop: 1-story bldg, about 80 x 20 a, con-
taining various lathes, vises, and machinery.
14. Tank garage: 1-story bldg, about 80 x 20 a4 22 T-34/85
tanks parked inside.
15. 8P garage: 1-story bldg, about 80 x 20 a, contained
about 20 to 22 OP guns.
16. Tank garage: 1-story bldg, about 80 x 20 a, contained'
22 2-34/85 tanks.
17. Garage: 1-story, about 80 x 20 my contained unknown
number of trucks.
18. Garages for vehicles of 19th Motorcycle and Recon Ba -
and 16th Gds Mecz Regt: five bldgs, 1-story, 80 x 20 a4
contents unknown.
19. Control points: manned 24 hours by one sentry.
20. Barbed wire fence, about 2i-meters high.
21. Patrolled areas, guaioded 24-hours daily.
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Soviet Compound Near MEAN (5246N-1335B)
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H1ckNLUIBEI BERLIN,
Germany, Sheet 3347
ANS N841'(G8G34414)
1:25,000, 1952
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Soviet Compound =Nth' (52401-1335fl
this- compound
was about one square Kilometer in size and. was fenced off
Ii a 2i.meter wooden fence.
their ocenpaney--The compound-Was a former erman caserne:
It is carried in *Installations List, "Soviet Zone, Germany,*
published 29 Jul 53 by 0-2, USAREUR, as #4241, the former .
Panzer Naoserne. All units in this compound were subordinate
to the 6th Gds Mecz Div.
LEGEND
1. Garages: two long bldgs, contained unknown number of
JS and 1-34/85 tanks and 152-um SP guns.
20 Tank repair babe: known as P113 (believedto stand
for Polevaya Tankcrraya Remontnaya Base), it had various
unidentified machinery.
U/i Driver's School: building consisted of school rooms
and student billets.
4. His, 34th Gds Sep Tk Tug Ba.
5. EX billets: about 300 MI of 34th Gds Sep Tk Tng Ba were
billeted there.
6. School building for 34th Gds Sep Tk Tug
7. Two buildings occupied by the U/i RL Tug Ma and U/i
How Regt.
8. Officer billets: exact number of houses were unknown
9. Officer's club.
=mem:hall: 1-story bldg, capacity of 1500 at one
sitting.
?30.
12. BE billets:
was billeted there.
12. Eqpt 35th Gde Neon Regt.
Oa ado Sig (Radio) Tug Pa
13. Hqs and school for 33d Gde Sig (Radio) Tag lin.
14. live NM billets for 35th Gde Secs Regt.
15. Wooden fence, 21-meters high.
16. Control point. Guard hut for one sentry.
17. Posts manned by 24.-hour sentries.
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Nap Ref:
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BERLIN, Germany
Sheet 4 (8.E.)
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Pub War Office
1944, 3d Ed 1949
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Location of 68th Gds Ned Tk Regt in BERLIN
The buildings of this caserne were converted in Jul-lug
I 53 from hospital and school structures to Soviet Amy bar-
racks. They were made of brick.
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1* Officer billets: 2-stedy bldg %in which about 15 officers
lived, one to three in a room. EM b2. arracks: barracks: 2-story bldg that housed about 250 men on
each floor. Billeted there were the let and 2d Pk Bus,
Ods8MG Bft, and Gds SP Bn. IL company of about 50 Elf
occupied a room, 10 x 6 m and slept in double-decker
beds. Interval between bunks was about 60 to 80 ea,
with an aisle about two-meters wide running in the
center. Barracks windows were barred. the guardhouse
and stockade were in the basement of this building.
3. Control point, manned by a sentry for 24 hours.
4. PI and food storage: 1-story bldg, guarded at night by
a sentry.
5. Railroad spur ending at compound.
6. Outdoor gymnasium (horses, rings, bars, obstacle course).
7. Football stadium.
8. Wooden fence, zabout Zi-meters high.
9. Barbed wire fence, about a-meters high.
10# Drivers School, garages, and ordnance: 1-story bldg
containing classrooms with mockups for instruction on
brakes, fuel system, engine and gears. Garage bad one
EL-64 armored scout car and two armored 6 x 6 personnel
carriers. Ordnance contained lathes and vises for small
arms maintenance and repair.
11* EN Club: 1-story bldg, contained dayroom and movie.
Construction was still going on to enlarge the club at
time of sourcele defection.
12. Orchard, fenced off by barbed wire fence.
13* Garages: eight 1-story bldgs. Garages only had a paved
floor and side walls; they were open from the front and
had a roof of canvas. The buildings contained an um-
known number of unidentified trucks, IA. MOB, about 20 tO
22 SP guns, and about 44 2-3015 tanks. The area was
guarded continually by two walking sentries and one
sentry in a 15-meter high tower (#14).
14# Wooden tower: 15-meter high, manned 24 hours daily by
a sentry.
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15* Ammunition storage: earth bunker or several, earth
bunkers containing small arms and artillery ammunition*
Area was closed off by a barbed wire fence and guarded,
continuously by a sentry.
16. POL storage: outdoor area having a paved floor and
? containing an unknown number of iron barrels of approx
150-liter capacity, filled with gas and or Diesel oil.
Area was always guarded by a sentry.
17. Officer billets: 2-story bldg, capacity unknown.
18. Vehicle and tank repair shop: 1-story bldg, contained
lathes, screw cutting machinery and various repair
machinery.
19. Repair shop: 1-story _bldg, contained a battery charger
and various repair machinery.
20. Garage: had a canvas roof, brick walls and paved floor*
It contained two T-34/85 tanks, used for training pur-
poses.
21. Clothing supply: 1-story bldg, guarded continuously by
a sentry.
22. Stage for shows. Wooden platform about 50 x 30 n4
23. EN billets, 2-story bldg - downstairs were one German
barber, several Soviet tailors and Soviet shoemakers;
upstairs, billets for QM platoon.
24. Officer's club: 2-story bldg? housed the library and
had assembly rooms. Switchboard was on the first floor*
, 25. Dispensary: 2-story bldg, had unknawn number of beds.
Source knew no further details.
26. EK billets: 2-story bldg, capacity unknown. It housed
men of the regimental band and of the Gds ALL KO Co.
27. EN billets: 2-story bldg, capacity unknown. It housed
men of the Tk Tech Supply Co and Gds Hqs Co*
28* FIK bathhouse: 1-story bldg, about 15 x 15 m held about
50 men.
29. Messhall: 2-story bldg. First floor for EN, capacity
350. Regiment of about 700 ate in two sittings. Second
floor for officers*
Furnace room for central heating of compound. It had
a brick chimney about 60-meters high and was right at
the edge outside of the compound. German firemen ser-
viced the furnace.
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