SOVIET ARMY INSTALLATIONS IN EAST GERMANY

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Attachment No. I (Annex A): 'TA) identical Ozalid sketches of the Panzer
Cos erne in Krampnitz.
Attachment No. 2 (Annex B): T,Jo identical Ozalid sketches of the Kriegschule
Caserne in Potsdam.
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SOVIET ARMY INSTALLATIONSL
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A. THE UNIDENTIFIED (PANZER) CASERNE IN KRAMPNITZ (See Annex A)
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Sketch of the Irmidentified (Panzeshaserne in
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1. Sports Hall, Library, Club: a 2story brick building. On the first
floor of the East-'West wing was the 41st Hv Tk-SP Regt Club, includ-
ing a hall of approximately 400-man capacity. On the second floor
was a library and the Marx-Lenin Reading Room. The north-south
wing contained the gymnasium.
2 and 3. Barrackss 2-story brick bldgs. These were barracks for sergeants
and EM of the 61st Tk Regt,
4. Barracks and Mess Halls a 2-story brick bldg. The east-west wing
served as barracks and headquarters for the Div Signal Bn. On the
first floor of the north-south wing was a mess hall for the Signal
Bn. On the second floor was a messhall for the Recon Bn. The attic
was used for storage space.
5. School, Barracks and Dispenparys a 2-story brick bldg. The first
floor contained the dispervry, headquarters and classrooms for the
Div Motor Transport School The second and third floors contained
barracks space.
6. Barracks: A 2-story brick bldg. This barracks was occupied by the
81st Hy Tk-SP Regt.
7. Dispensary and Barracks: a 2-story brick bldg. On the first floor
was a dispensary serving the 41st Hv Tk-SP Regt. The second floor
and the attic were barracks for therents personnel.
8. Officer's Mess and Div Hospitals a 2-story brick bldg. In section
A was the officers, mess serving the 8Ist Hv Tk_SP and the 61st Tk
Regt. On the first floor were the buffet and kitchen. On the second
floor was the dining room. The mess was run by personnel of the 81st
Hv Tk-SP Regt. In section B was the Division Hospital (capacity
unknown))including a dining room and kitchen.
9. Club and Mess Halls a 2-story brick bldg. The first floor was a mess
hall serving the 37th Tk Tng Bn. The second floor was a club,includ-
ing a. library and a Marx-Lenin Room3serving the 37th Tk Tng Bn,
10, Mass Halls a 2by'brick bldg which contained two mess halls,
one each per floor, and kitchen facilities. It serviced the 81st
Hv Tk-SP Regt's sergeants and EM.
11. Barracks: a 2-story brick bldg. It housed Sergeants and EM of the
Oivision reconnaissance battalion,
12. Barrackss a 2-story brick bldg. The first and second floors con-
sisted of barracks spOce fox.gersonnel of the 37th Tk Tng Bn plus
approximately 35 Ptitopnvefftha$RAMPNIT2 Komendatura unit.
13. Regimental Headquartefi Bldgs a 2-story bldg. It served as the
headquarters for the eist Gds Tk Regt and the division reconnaissance
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14. Regimental Headquarters Bldg: a 2-8tory brick bldg. It served as
headquarters for the 81st Hv Tk-SP Regt.
15. BOQs A 2-story brick bldg. It served as quarters for officers and
civilian employees and also as billets for 50 EW assigned to the 10th
Gds Tk
16. Division Headquarters: a:.2,-story brick bldg. Section a served as _
headquarters for the 10th Gds Tk Div. Section b was as follows. The
first floor served as headquarters of the 37tkTk Tng Bn._ The base-
ment was a warehouse for clothing and rations. The attic served as a
recreation area and contained a radio-phonograph set. The remainder
of section b served as a barracks for personnel ofthe,battalim
headquarters section.
17. Division 0fficer4s Clubs a 2-story brick bldg. The first floor con-
tained a hall for movies and lectures with a seating capacity of
approximately 600 people, a buffet, a Bttliard room with ping-pong
tables and a Lenin room. The patio area could be used as a dance
_platform. The second floortastained separate rooms for various
recreations. Both officers and reenlistees Could use the clUbrfacil-
ities9 which were run by an unidentified mi or of the 10th Gds Tk Div
utilizing Eli and German personnel.
18. KPP (control point) s a 1-story brick bldg. It served as a main con-
trol point and contained a guard house for officers, an, coo room and
a fire station. Guard house details rotated among all battalions of
the division. The fire station garaged one GAZ lt ton truck staffed
by 11 soldiers who rationed and lived with the division motor trans-
port company.
19 thru 23. School and Family Quarterss five 2-story brick bldgs surrounded
by a wooden fence two meters in height, Bldg # 20 served as a
dependent school (1st to 5th grade pupils) and was staffed by
officers' wives serving as teachers. The total number of students
was unknown to Source. Other building's in the area serve as family
quarters, chiefly for platoon leaders and company COs. The area
of bldgs 199 209 21 and 22 was formerly occupied by the 62d Tk
Regt until this regiment moved to POTSDAM in September or October
1953.
24. Headquartbrs and Utility Bldgs a 2-story brick bldg. It served the
Motor Transport School of the division and contained the headquarters
of the Motor Transport School, a supply room, classrooms, -enema and
weapons cleaning room and a storeroom for soiled, greasy clothing.
This bldg was formerly occupied by the unidentified howitzer regiment.
25. Mess Halls a 2-story brick bldg. It served as the mess for sergeants
and EM of the 61st Gds Tk Regt.
26, Mess Halls a 2-story brick bldg. It housed mess halls for the
Motor Transport School of the division. The first floor was the
EM mess hall. The secohd floor was the mess hall for officers of the
Motor Transport School Ahd the 37th Tk Tng Bn,
27. Barracks. a 2-story undbmaged brick bldg. It served as barracke for
the 29th Mtrzd Rifle Rest and was also occupied by the division,ohemi,.
cal defense company and bossible the division sapper battalion.
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_ 28. Repair Shops: a 1-story brick bldg. It housed BTRM (repair facili-
ties) for the division. Its shops included machine and welding
equipment, hoists and a battery recharging station.
29. 29th Mtrzd Rifle Regt Hq, Barracks, PX, Dispensary. and a School:
Section a of this bldg was a 2-story brick section serving as barr-
acks for the tank battalion of the 29th Mtrzd Rifle Regt. Section
bp.EL2-story brick section, was as follows, The first floor served
as a small PX or Store (Magazin) which was serviced by ufficers'
wives. The second floor served as a storeroom for the PX. Section
0, of 3 stories and of brickawas as follows. The first floor was
headquarters for the 29th Mtrzd Aifle Regt._ The,second_floor housed
the dispensary of the 29th Mtrzd Rifle Regt. Section d, of 2
stories, served as a school for the 29th Mtrzd Rifle Regt,
30. Divisional Guard House: a 1-story brick bldg containing 28 cells
and one guard room.
31. Stadium, This was surrounded by a wooden fence 1.20 m high. Gates
were located at the east and northeast sides. Permanent bleachers
completely surrounded the playing field, which also contained track
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32. Heating Plant: a 1-story red brick bldg staffed by 18 EM and one
sergeant from an unknown unit. The bldg contained space for billet-
ing the above personnel. The plant supplied heat for the entire
caserne.
2. Area "B"
1. ,44hicle and Veapons'Parks a 1-story brick bldg. This bldg contained
approximately 30 doors and served as a vehicle park for machines of
the Recon Co, AAA Btry, Transport Co, BTRM CO (Broniye Tankovaya
Remont naya Masterskaya Rota - Armor-Tank Repair Co.), and Housekeep-
ing Platoon of the 81st Hv Tkr,SP Regt.
50X1 4 mm and 85 mm AAA (814):weapenaparked (quantities unknown).
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Section a of this bldg was partially destroyed. To date no effort
has been made to repair this section.
2. Gasoline Pumps: a and b were gasoline, civilian type, stationery
pumps supplied by underground storage tanks of unknown capacity.
C was a wooden booth for the service man. D was a small wooden
shed for storage of lubricants. Refueling facilities supplied
vehicles of the units listed in #1 only.
3. KTP (Equipment Control Point): was a small wooden bldg serving as
the control point for vehicles entering the park area. It was staff-
ed by one officer in charge of the park area, one career NCO and
three conscript EM (relieving each other in shifts). Section b was
a guard booth staffed by one soldier armed with a SMG. (Items 2 and
3 were surrounded by a Zr-strand barbed wire fence two meters in
height;)
4. Vehicle and Weapons Parks a 1-story brick bldg. Approximately 30
doors provided separate garage facilities for an estimated 60 tanks.
This bldg was well guarded day and night. It was formerly used as a
horse stable0 It served the 81st Hy Tk-SP Regt.
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5. Park and Repair Shops s a 1-story brick bldg with a multi.-door front,
fbrmerly used as a horse stable. Section a housed the BTRM (repair)
company of the 81st By Tk-SP Regt. Repair facilities4ncluded a
machine shop and a battery charging station. Facilities included one
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stripped heavy tanks, two of which were basic prime-movers and one of
which' was equipped with hoisting gear for upe 14 salvage operations.
6. POL Area ,surrounded by a barbed wire, guarded fence. All structures in
the area were wooden. This was the POL area of the 81st By Tk-SP
Regt,
7, Gasoline Pumps, of conventional civiliam design. They were supplied
by underground tanks of unknown capacity,
8. POL Storage Points a small wooden shack used as a warehouse for
various lubricants, One EM handled their distribution.
9. Guard Booths a small wooden booth operated by one officer (OIC of
POL area) and three EM.
10. Guard Booths a small, one-man wooden booth.
a. KTP (equipment Control point) s a small wooden shack occupied by one
career NCO who supervised POL distribution and checked the condition
of vehicles.
11. Warehouse Shacks a small wooden structure used for storage of various
lubricants.
12. KTP (Divisional equipment control point) s a small wooden structure
staffed by one ?Meer and three conscript EM. The officer was a
specialist responsible for quickly cheekingall equipment as it left
the area. Normal rank -- 1st Lt (tankist).
13. Division Auto-Armor-Technical Equipient Supply Warehouse (ABTI)
(Auto-Brohyo-Tekhniokoyelmnshchestvo)s et,, 1-story brick bldg
which served as a storage place for parts to all ordnance equipment.
The warehouse was dWded into stalls according to unidentified
Vehicle and weapon port types. One career NCQ' and one EM handled
the latterus distribution.
14.
Chemical Warehouses a 1-story brick bldg. This held division stor-
age facilities for the following types of chemical equipments uniden-
tified protective clothing and unidentified gas masks.
15. Warehouses A 1-story brick bldg which housed division ( C & E )
storage facilities. NO further information.
16. Vehicle Parks an undamaged 1-story brick bldg. Section a
vehicle park for the division reconnaissance battalion.
50X1 an unknown quantity of unidentified motorcycles, armored cars and
30MIFI (amphibious tanks) parked here. Section b served as a park
for vehicles of the division signal battalion and also had a training
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battalion (Gvardeyskiy Minomyetniy Batalyon), unknown
quantity of what he estimated as 85 mm and 120 mm mortars parked here.
This section also included an artillery repair shop. 16d was a latrines
a temporary, movable, wooden structure set up for divisional use. It
serviced the stadium and had a capacity of 60bottbms at a time,
served
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17. Repair Shops a 1-story brick bldg which served as the central auto
repair shop for wheeled vehicles of the division. Facilities in-
clude overhead hoists, six grease pits capable of servicing 12
vehicles simultaneously9 a parts section, a battery charging station
and a machine shop. The officer in charge was normally a field grade
officer from an unidentified divisional unit. Personnel from the
motor transport company worked in this bldg.
18. An unknown 1-story brick bldg.
19. An unknown 1-story brick bldg.
20. Caserne Bath Houses a 1-story brick bldg. Its basement contained
facilities for the heating of water. The bath house had a capacity
of 80 men. Units utilized the bath house according to a schedule.
Normally 15 minutes were allowed per company.
2/. An unknown 1-story brick bldg.
22. An unknown 1-story brick bldg.
23. Motor Parks an undamaged 1-story brick bldg,which probably served
as a vehicle park for the division motor transport company.
24, Motor Parks a 1-story brick bldg. This was small and was used for
command vehicles. It contained one Pobeda. auto,and seven GAZ 692s.
Twoun?dentified busevof approximately 30 seat capacity. (used
by the division CO and the Political Officer) and one 7iadio dar,were
parked there and .ware used for special activities such as hauling
visiting teams.
25. Club, Sports Hall9 Mess and Parks a 1-story brick bldg. Section a
was the 29th Mtrzd Rifle Club, The Clubos hall had a seating capa-
city of 29000 and was used for movies9 lectures and concerts.
Section b housed a sports hall containing facilities formursuing
various sports. Section c was a mess hall of 19500 man capacity and
serving the 29th Mtrzd Rifle Regt. The career NCO mess was in a
separate room. Section d was the park of the AAA Battery9 29th Mtrzd
Rifle Regt.
26. Ammunition Storage Dugouts one of several dugouts in the area servic-
ing nine unidentified AA meapons in firing position nearby. Dugouts
and weapons' were surrounded by a wooden fence one meter high. The
guns belonged to the AAA Btry of the 29th Mtrzd Rifle Regt. The area
was closely guarded at night by three soldiers who were also respon-
sible for alerting gun crews during times of emergencies. 26a was a
swimming pool for caserne personnel. ,
27 thru 41s This was presumed to be the park area for the 29th
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division motor transport company. The buildings were each 1 story
high and had multi-door frontage suggesting garage facilities.
42. Headquarters and PXs a 2-tory brick bldg6 The first floor was a PX
serviced by 10 Germans supervised by onese0006ified divisional
offider. The second floor was the division BTRM (repair) headquar-
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? 14, Division Bakery: a 1-story brick bldg built in 1952. It was serviced
by 37 conscript EM of the unidentified housekeeping element of the
division. The EM were specially trained in baking. Baking facili-
ties were primitive, consisting of six large, coal fed ovens. The
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Mho area was frequently visited to obtain bread for
50X1 the 62d Tk Regt. An unidentified POTSDAM Komendatura drew
read from this bakery.
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2. Tank Training Sheds a 1-story wooden shed capable of holding three
tanks and one armored car for dry firing training. It contained
special platforms:for jockeying tanks and armored cars which were
simulating tank motion. It was under 24-hour guard. It served the
81st Hv Tk-SP Regt.
3. Training Sheds , a 1-story wooden shed used for training on the com-
ponent parts of tanks, such as the machine gun and sight. It served
the 61st Tk Regt.
4. Tank Training Sheds same as that described in #2. It served the
61st Tk Regt,
5. Tank Training Sheds same. as #2 above._ It served the 37th Tk Tng Bn.
6, Training Shed: same as #3 above. It served_the,81st Hv Tk-SP Regt.
7 thru 10. Small miniature ranges, used in connection with bldgs 2 through
5 for tank dry firing training.: It had pull-type targets.
5. Area E
This was the dependent housing area housing approximately lop_ families of
caserne unit officers of field-grade rank. Thip_areawas surrounded by a wooden
fence two meters in height topped by a 3-strand barbed wire barrier. The bldgs
were all of 2-story brick construction. This area also had VIP quarters (item 1)
housing the division CO, the division political officer and the division Chief
of Staff. This blinding was guarded from 2100 hours to 0600 hours.
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B. THE UNIDENTIFIED (KRIEGSCHULE) CASERNE IN POTSDAM
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this caserne was occupied by the following units:
62d Oda Tk Regt, an unidentified AAA regiment and an unidentified howitzer regi-
ment. ,The AAA regiment arrived coming
from an unknown location.TWhOwittortegiMent arr090 from
caserne in KRAMPNEZ.
The caserne was bound by a two-meter-high wrought-iron fence along the road
running northeast in the direction of KRAMPHTZ and, along the road running east
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two-meter-high wooden fence, the area between items 17 and
41 (approximately 100 m) was not fenced.
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1. -KPP -Kontroino-Propusknoy Punkt (entrance control point). This was a
1-story brick bldg. This control point was manned by members of the
62d Gds Tk Pegt who were on duty 24 hours a day. Details changed at
0800 dally,,and each individual was armed with an individual weapon..
50X1 previouslythis caserne was occupied by an
unidentif e cars iraining Scho61. No further information. The
following personnel were on duty at this KPP.
a. Duty officer
b. Assistant duty officer
c. Duty NCO
? 3 guarde(each was 2 hours on and four off)
e. 1 bugler
f. Charge of quarters-messenger.
la. lane-story brick bldg containing transformers for electric power consumed
in the caserne.
2. AAA Barrackss a 2-story brick bldg. The first floor was used as a
barracks and guard room for the AAA Regiment. The second floor housed
peraonnel of the AAA Regiment (total capacity unknown).
3. Howitzer Regiment Barraokes a 2-story brick bldg. The first floor con-
tained barracks space for the howitzer regiment personnel, a classroom
for an unidentified regimental school and a guard room for the howitzer
regiment. The second story contained barracks space for the howitzer ?
regiment personnel, axle unidentified AAA Regimental School classroomjend
50X1 supply rooms for equipment used in regimental schools.1?
some type of signal training was given in
50X1 the unidentified regimental schools. He was unable to give any indication
as to the type of equipment used in them.)
4. Sports Buildings a 2-story brick bldg containing a gymnasium, indoor
swimming pool and baths. This building was used by all personnel of the
canerne.
, Headquarters Buildings a 3-story brick building. The first floor housed
headquarters personnel of the unidentified howitzer regiment. The
second floor housed headquarters personnel of the 62d Gds Tk Regt. The
third floor housed .headquarters personnel of the unidentified AAA Regt.
The basement contained a PX staffed by two Soviet female civilian
employees, a military telephone exchange and an unidentified radio
receiver and transmitter serviced by signal personnelof the 62d Gds Tk
Regt. The roof of the bldg had a lookout booth containing a siren and
was manned by one EM 24 hourse.day. A bugle and an unidentified tele-
phone were also in the booth. This post was manned by personnel from an
unidentified unit of the 10th Gds Tk Div who were housed with the uniden-
tified AAA regiment.
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Mess Halls a 2-story brick bldg. The first floor contained a kitchen
and mess hall used byAhe unidentified AAA Regiment personnel, The
second floor contained a mess hall for the personnel of the 62d Gds Tk
Regt and a separate dining room for the career NCO% The combined capa-
city of the mess halls was about 19300.
& 8. The L-shaped portion of this bldg contained a dispensary staffed by
medical personnel of an unidentified AAA Regiment. This building also
contained a rations storerou* for the 62d Gds Tk Regt mess hall.
Dispensary of 62d Gds Tk Regt s a 2-story brick bldg serviced by the
regiments medical battalion0 this dispensary had approxi-
mately a 35-bed capacity.
Caserne Clubs a 3-story bldg housing an auditorium with an estimated
seating capacity of approximately 850 persons0 however,
all three regiments in the Caserne were assembled (standing up)
in this auditorium on several occasions. This building also contained
the Marx-Lenin Room, a game room, separate libraries for each regiment,
a radio center with a civilian radio and record playnand broadcasting
equipm nt for internal building loudspeakers only. The building also
contained classrooms. Movies were held twice weekly in this club, which
was open to all personnel of the Caserne.
Barracks s a 3-story brick bldg, total capacity unknown. The first floor
was occupied by unidentified howitzer regiment personnel. The other two
floors wer equipped with beds to accommodate unidentified visiting
athletes from units of the Seventh Army.
Barracks of 62d Gds Tk Regt s a 3-story brick bldg with a capacity of
approximately 400 spaces. In addition to barracks space for personnel
of the regiment the bldg contained the followings The first floor con
tamed the 1st Bn Hq and let and 2d Co Hq and supply rooms. The second
floor contained the 2d Bn Headquarters and 1st and 2d Co Hq and supply
rooms. The third floor contained thp 3d Bn Headquarters and 1st and 2d
qo flq and supply rooms. This floor elso contained company headquarters
for the regimental signal company and barracks space for the troop
complement. The basement of this bldg contained a chemical warehouse
for the 62d Gds Tk Regt, containing unidentified protective clothing,
gas masks and tankers uniformseue.
13. Mess Hal] t and Dispensary (unidentified Howitzer Regiment )s a 3-story
brick bldg. The first floor contained a consolidatedmess hall for the
howitzer regiment. The second floor contained a dispensary serviced by
the howitzer regiment medical personnel. The third floor was used asa
storeroom for kitchen supplies. The basement was utilized as a.ration,
storeroom.
14. Officers' Quarters (BO) s a 3-story bldg of unknown capacity housing
bachelor Oficers of all three reg nts (Tk, howitzer and AAA) as well
as unidentified civilian employees ahd three Dr.
a. KTP (Kontrolno-Tekhnicheskiy Punkt)s a dispatch shack for tanks and
vehicles of the 62d Gds Tk lee? It was serviced by personnel of
this regiOnt. The building was a wooden shack of unknown size and
capacity. '
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15. Barracks for Units of 62d Tk Regt s a 3-story brick bldg. The first
floor housed the AAA Btry9 the reconnaissance company and the Music
platoon. The first floor also had one room used by the regiment as a
guard room. The second floor housed the motorized rifle company and
the BERM companye The third floor housed the housekeeping platoon9 the
motor transport company and the sapper platoon. The basement of this
building contained the 62d Regiment guardhouse.
16. Vehicle Garages and Shop Area for AAA Regiments a 1-story brick bldg
containing the following facilities for the AAA regiments battery
charging station9 machine shop and water heating point. The open area
in front of 169 16a, and 16b was used as a training area for the AAA
Regiment. The area had cable strung upon which targets were moved for
dry firing of AAA weapons.
a. Gymnasiums a 2-story brick bldg containing a gymnasium and used
by all members of the Caserne.
b. Weapons and Vehicle Park of the AAA Regiments a 1-story brick bldg
containing unidentified AA and presumably AT weapons.
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both two-wheeled and four wheeled mounts. The bldg also contained
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foundations were layed upon which were to be constructed shede
similar to those described in 30 below.
do Pigsty s housed 26 pigs of the 62d Tk Regt.
17. & 17a. AAA Regt Training Area and Weapons Parks the entire area was
surrounded by a wooden fence approximately 2 meters higho A 1-story
building was constructed in the summer of 1955 and purportedly con-
tained an unknown number 4fe"radio-1ocatorslo An open area here
was used for unidentified AAA weapons and GAZ trucks.
b. JJP (Control Point for AAA Regiment Equipment)s a 1-room wooden
shack of unknown dimenoion..
18. Tank Parks a 1-story bldg with approximately 15 sets of doors. This
'-1.411:ilg was used to accommodate 28 tanks of the 2d Fin, 62d Gds Tk
Regt6
19. Repair Shops a 1-etory brink bldg used by the BTRM company CO of the
62d Gds Tk Regt. It contained a tank service section, battery charging
station, a machine and electrical shop and the artillery repair shop
for the 62d Gds Tk Regt.
20, Grease Pits a 1-story bldg containing an enclosed grease pit. This
builOing was used by the motor transport company of the 62d Gds Tk
Regt for servicing organic regimental vehicles.
21. Tank Parks a 1-story brick bldg with approximately 15 sets of doors.
This building was used to accommodate 30 tanks of the let Bn9 62d Gds
Tk Regt. Source stated that four amphibious tanks of the regiment were
temporarily stored here in the fall of 1954 for seven days. Then they
moved to an unidentified building in the items 30 to 40 series.
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a. POL Pumps s Here were underground storage tanks and two conventional
electrical gasoline dispensors of unidentified capacity.
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22. Outdoor basketball court.
23. Outdoor sports area.
24. Pistol Ranges an open range with four firing points. Targets were located
at 159 25 and 50 in ranges.
25. Outdoor sports and game area.
26. Vehicle and Artillery Repair Shops a 1-story brick bldg
regiment of the 10th Gds Tk Div. This building contained
a battery charging station and an artillery repair shop0
was used for storage of spare parts.,
serving the howitzer
a machine shop,
The basement
27. Service Buildings a 1-story wooden building used by personnel as a washroom
and smoking ar a.
28 & 29. Assembly Areas 4? open areas used by the let and 2d Bns, 62d Gds Tk
Regt for training and alerts.
30 thru 37. Vehicle Sheds. These seven sheds were identical 1-story buildings
with concrete floors, wooden sides and wood and tarpaper roofs. The buildings
had open ends. Sheds 30 and 31 contained unidentified GAZ and ZIS trucks of
the Motor Transport Co, 62d Gds Tk Regt, Sheds 32 and 33 contained three tank
recovery vehicles (stripped T/34 tanks), unidentified vehicles, five ZIS 150's,
one GAZ 63, one mobile kitchen trailer, a mobile repair shop on ZIS chassis and
all equipment organic to the BTRM of the 62d Gds Tk Regt., Shed 34 contained
two armored personnel carriers used by the let Bn Co and one used by the Regi-
mental Headquarters, four GAZ 63 trucks and one mobile kitchen trailer. All
vehicles were chauffeured by EM of the Housekeeping Platoon, 62d Gds Tk Regt.
Shed 35 contained three kitchen trailers, three GAZ 63 trucks, an unknown
number of armored personnel carriers and three mobile repair shops on ZIS
chassis. Sheds 36 and 37 contained a total of 27 tanks of the 3d Bn, 62d Gds
Tk Regt.,
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and were identical to 30636. ? These buildings contained an unknown number
of GAZ-63 trucks and of unidentified howitzers. These sheds were used by the
unidentified howitzer regiment, 10th Tk Div.,
40. KTP (Control Point) for howitzer regiment equipments a 1-room wooden shack
staffed by three EM of the howitzer regiment.
41. POL Dumps seven semi-underground storage units used by all caserne units.
Each was approximatelyeight meters long, three meters wide and two meters
deep and 1.2 in above ground level. The roofs were wooden and covered with
dirt. These units stored an unknown number of 200 1 barrels and 20 1 Jerry
cans with POL products. An unknown number of Studebaker POL trucks generally
parked in this area. In the area was a one-room shack in which worked one
EM from each of the three regiments occupying the caserne. This entire area
was encircled with a two-strand barbed wire concertina fence.
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,42. Tank Range Bldg accommoaating four T-54 tanks and having mechanical
platforms which aided in simulating tank movement. Dry firing was
practiced in this area. The building was made of wood with the front
end open.
a, b. Classrooms, used in conjunction with training in firing proce-
dures.
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built in the summer of 1955. They were sheds with open ends similar to
those shown as items 30 through 37. They containedsmall arms ammuni-
tion, signal flares, 100 mm ammunition and unidentified artillery ammun-
ition. The entire area was encircled by two-strand barbed wire -concer-
tina fence. Each shed was staffed 1:41- one.pareer NCO. The area served
all three regiments of the Caserne.
44a through 44d.
Dependent housing area This housed approximately 120 officers'
familiesApnd five career WOO 'a families. The officers and NOWA orked
in the ckserne. (They were 3-story buildings.).
45. Officers Mess: a two-story brick building. The main dining room and
the kitchen was on the firstlfloor. The VIP dining room and storage
rooms for kitchen supplies were on the second floor. The building was
serviced by civilian employees and EW.
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Comments
Comment s
the casernes carried in locally
available installations data as the kimatall
and Panzer casernes respectively0
two casernes on locally available maps
(1s259000 scale) of their areas9 howevell. and lo-
cally available data indicates them as the Panzer
and Kriegschule casernes. The latter titles are
therefore editorial additions.
Comments
no significant changes
in the caserne after the latter date other than the
moving of the 62d Gds Tk Regt and the unidentified
Howitzer Regt0
the unidentified AAA Regt had come
to the Kriegschule caserne from parts unknown in
East Germany
This kriegschule caserne was bounded on
all sides by a two-meter-high wooden fence with a
barbed wire top.
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