SUPPLY IN THE 1787TH ARMY MOTOT TRANSPORT AND TRACTOR SUPPLY DEPOT

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• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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PLACE ACQUIRE
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT All' DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF -C0NTINT IS TENTATIVE.
(00R KIY: sit REVERSE)
]East Germany
6 PPl .tn the 1787th Army Motor ..
Transport and Tractor Supply Depot
Supplies on hand in the 1787th Dump wares
:* tines, :7Y x 20
Sedan tires' varying in size from
e~xl.6-to x18:
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 744, of the V.B. Code, as
amended. Its traasmla.Ion or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person I. prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form ls.prohibited.
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REFERENCES
]670 pieces complete,
*ith44>uSr y tubes
160 pieces ootltplete,
with inrii rr. tubes
1900 kge
150 kge
8000 kg o
1600 kge
800 k
28 tie
4* to
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12 cue me
4 41.
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8 t?
8 t?
Black and ehite paint
aoldering lead
Babbitt metal
Assorted nuts, bolts, pins,. screws, nails
-Use for cleaning
LuE er, boards
14 idr Rtitit` 9i
droohloric %aid (solenaya kislots)
Daki nitroptint
Acetone
Carbide
fetal, steel
Cottow; stuffing (for seats)
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.Automobile' Jacks
6'v. - 135 amp. batteries
Assorted files'
Assorted measuring instruments
Brushes for cleaning
Assorted-ball bearings
Electric,appliances for ZIS-5, Dodge, Studebaker
and Willys,,including starters, dynamos, electric
lights, bulbs, signal lights, distributors, wires,
oonduotor.s,and circuits
Assorted cutting, threading, boring tools
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.Amount
about 350 pieces
about 250 pieces
2500 pieces
about 350 pieces
300 pieces
4o,ooo
5 oar loads
(a 4vd? :;. load
was.about 12. tons)
about 12,000 tools
Raw rubber for patches
Rubber hoses
Spare parts for ZIS-5such as'; radiators,
assemblies, engines, blocks, rear and front axles,
truck cabs, gear shifts, steering equipment, oil pans
1+ t.
20,000 m.
18-19 loads
Spare parts f'o'r Studebaker trucks
(same as listed for Z'ZS-5)
'32
loads'
Spare parts for Dodge trucks
(same as fgr'ZIS-5)
8
loads
Spare parts for Willys
(same as for ZIS-5)
4 ,oar
loads
Spare parts for Mask trucker
((same as for ZIS-51
.oar
load
Unserviceable rubber scrap (old tires)
10
oar
loads
The 1787th had ;in stoo (not part of Its organic transportation):
l2,:new tr ake,:of QAZ b3 model; 4 Mercedes sedans; 1 BMW sedan;
5 unserviceable ,MS 8-ton Maoks; 3 unserviceable sedans, 1 BMW, :1
Mercedes, and, 1? Alfa Romeo.
The total sunnlies in the 1787th came to :80-82 loads .J
The 1 a
The 650?
items were in goody condi on, wr ppe n o e paper ver
necessary, displayed in clearly marked bins and ^ elves, and
assorted properly aodrorrding to make of vehicle. The, annual
turnover was about 30 of assorted items. The 1787th was
supposed to havi spare parts for tractors and had on its T/0,a
tractor ?officer, Actually; the 1787th had no spare parts for
tractors;, tractor spare parts were stored in QOVO depots.
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The Depot received new supplies from German factories,. Spare parts
for.US trucks were partly US stocks, packed in boxes with English
1 ttering, and artly manufactured in Koenigswuster $ausen
M-33UVT069 Each of the GOFG,Armies had such a*parts depot,
The 14th Gds ' .
spare parts aepot or tanks a-on the MW lin
a e. located near Finow /,See Enclosure A..
equ s ons
re submitted by the Chief o e u o eft of e, 4th Gds. Mecz.
Army and were carried out by German factories. Transportation
organic to the 1787th picked up the materials and items.
a. The 4th Ods. Mecz. Army had a food depot in Eberswalde
M-33U t1.l9557 which had,
15 day level of supplies.
b .."The 4th Ode. Mecz. Army had a,olothing depot in Finowfurt
Z'`TM-33UVUll59. This depot also contained welfare, cultural,
and ?01 tioal equipment (radios 1 , books, athletic equipment);
c. The 4th Ode. Meoz. Army had a POL de of ee Enc s re ?7 in the
woods near Biesenthal ,ATM-33UVU084 110 under-
ground gas tanks there and ac tank held about
20 t. of gasoline. The depot also had an undetermined number
of 200 litio ii-drums;-,of gasoline.
d GOFO and 4th Gds. Meoz Army each ammunition
depot in Finow. these two
e,
in the same town as a v e on a u r .
Peacetime ammunition units of fire known to me were:
a. TT Pistol
Carbine
0, SMO (PPSh)
16 rounds
14 rounds
144 rounds
ep s ei.
In wartime, offqnsive or dafansive,aotion no limit was laoed on use
Of ammunitibn,\
e DAKA plant in e
es for 0070,
there was an individual
iron ra on, and also iron rations oompany
size units. it
oontaineds bounwa , .. r e rea
augur
flour
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'$Alt, matches, ma horka-tabaooo, cigarette pape'e, and fate.
b. The iron rations, (Neprikoenovenny1ogapasy) were not issued
to.troops,'but were stored in GOFO or Army food depots.
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25X1 8.1 mileage on one fuel tank of gas for the following
vehicles .s: IS-5, 250 km.; GAZ 63 and Studebakers, 400 km.
9. The policy of.the Soviet Army was to utilize large amounts of
organic heavy bridging equipment and to use local materials only
in emergencies.
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c s, ana steel espec ally thin sheets).
Miscellaneous
12. Weapons, equipment and clothing of line units of the 4th Gds. Mecz.
Army, Finow were inspected daily by the unit first sergeant. The
co9pany CO'made inspections once a week. The food was checked
daily by medical officers.
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shortages went through the following
channels; from a unit supply officer to regimental headquarters,
to division headquarters, which then informed army headquarters of
the shortages. Army headquarters requested shortages from the
front supply officer. The junior supply officers of the front would
go to depots, which were 40-50 km. in the rear, draw the needed
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supplies and ship them by rail or truck (according to conditions)
direct to the divisions, bypassing army and corps. A regiment
picked up supplies from the division with vehicles organic to the
regiment and distributed the supplies to subunits. The supply
system functioned well during World War II.
In April 1953 all food, clothing, POL, signal, and engineering
equipment for GOFG was produced in the Soviet Zone of Germany and
was stored in GOPO and, army depots.
There were mobile repair units and supply points for wartime.
Fk"'F w the Soviet Zone of Germanyl
16. Vehicles of the 4th Oda. Meoz. Army not in daily use were stored
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on blooks in garages or on open parking areas. They were fully
serviced with gas and oil 'and in case of an emergency, only
water had to be addsAj tall vehicles could be mobile
in 9 or 10 minutes,
was one alert annua y or divisions an subunit s o the 4th
Ode. Me'cz. Army.
Enclosure As Pinpoint Location of Soviet Military Installations in
Finowfurt, Finow Z3205N-1344 and Eberewalde
B Pinpoint Location of a POL Depot near Biesenthal
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Enclosure A
Pinpoint Location of Soviet Military Installations in IPINOWF-M-M
FINOW and EH ALDE (525f)N-130E~
Hohenzollern
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Pint Location of Soviet Militarq Instati?ns
'P0,W$'URT, FINOw and ~i.DE (2N-1'1E)
482d Amy Automobile'-Repair Base and 1787 Army Motor '1`rax apfit?t c~And- ..
aoto1? ; Supply ''D pots
Area, about 400 x 400 1n, was''formerly a German' armunition fac
Cory... All badge were of 'dark gray atone.' Offices,, workshops and
depots were scattered in badge b,,;,o, e', f and g, and it was not
.possible to define between the area of 1787 Depot and the area of
.the 482d Base.
The 00 of 4824, Lt Col ' (fslu) 11PUB K4 `Q' , was 00 of the area.
'There were no gates nor fence' around the area.. During the day, two
sentries," and during the night six sentries, were detailed from 1787
Depot and 482d Base to, patrol the area.
.a.. Billets for DSc.' 2.atory L.shaped bldg, each wing about 100 x
20 me; ,About 120'ffiid of 482d Base were billetted there.
be 1787 Depots 1-story bldg, 200 z 100 m. Also contained offices
and some workshops of 482d.
G*. 482d Repair Shepst l story, about 150 x 75 m.
d.. Mess hall and billetat mess hall Wan2?story bldg, about 200 x
20 m. used by 27 officers 'end about 160 of 1747 and 482d.
1787 Depots 2-story, 100 x 20 me
t.: 482d Workshops' 2-story, 50 x 9.0 M.
to 1787 Office and Depo.t#$ 2-story, 5:0 x 20 m.
2. 468th Tank Repair Dose and Tank Spare Ports Depot
Details unk. (Listed as #4382 in 0aswrns List, Sot Zone of
10FUMs, issued 23 Dec 52 by YSAR!CR ID )
Artillery Depots for 0070 and the 4th Oda . Nees Army j
Details Wnk.
Artillery Repair Base
Details unk,
108 Sep Sig En and u/i Air Liaison D0
Details unk.
Air Clothing Depot
PM Air Field
Detail. unk,*
Officer' Billets
This 2-story gray stone house, about 100 x 20 m, was very
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luaalrio aly furnished. It .was not-bneed off, bat was guarled by
sent on . from 8
U/i &6*Pontcn Bn
Locate in former German barracks.
10*. Army Food and Rations Depot
Details unk.
l3 s Mx=udatvra and AQp of an u/i AAA. Div.
Igo A Hospital
Details unk.
of 4th Oda Msoa Arays 'and' Motor Poole u/i. Mkt, Launcher Begt and
t & ty/u/i Units of 4th .Ode Uses Ax r
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Enclosure B
Pinpoint Location of a PM Depot near BIESENTKOT. (52h6N-1'339&)
central ope, 111001000
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ON 1416 (ae 9641)
PAb far O five, 1944
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