MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION

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• Publication Date: December 4, 1964
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This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
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reports containing information on the following:
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a. r-ThPi 7 5 t h Artillery Brigade at Galati.
A 7-page report on the organization and equipment
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168th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment, Ploesti. A 7-page
report on organization and equipment.
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The 175th Artillery Brigade at Galati
1. In 1958, the headquarters of the 43rd Artillery Division (Divizia
43 Artilerie-Rupere) was stationed at Tecuci (N 45-52, E 27-25).
The division was directly subordinate to the General Staff and
comprised the following subunits:
a. An artillery regiment stationed at Birlad (N 46-14, E 27-40),
to which a divisional drivers' school was attached.
b. An artillery regiment stationed at divisional headquarters in
Tecuci.
c. The 175th artillery brigade stationed at Galati
(N 45-27, E 28-03).
2. The 175th brigade had almost 1000 officers and men and was organized
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as follows:
a. Brigade headquarters (bateria comanda), which consisted of a
commanding officer, a deputy commander (political), a chief
of staff, chief of the u09 branch, an administrative officer,
a. technical officer for military transport and armaments, a,
signals officer, a field security officer, and a chemical war-
fare officer.
b. An administrative battery (bateria spate) of about 40 men,
which included the deputy commanders for the headquarters'
staff officers, clerks, runners, drivers cooks, tailors,
cobblers, medical orderlies, mechanics, and quartermasters.
c. A training battery (bateria scoala), which had more men than
any battery in the brigade. It included a permanent training
school for sergeants and also served as a reception point for
new recruits during periods of conscription.
d. The first and second battalions (divizion), equipped with
120-millimeter mortars.
e. The third and fourth battalions, equipped with R-2 rocket
launchers.
3. The structure of the first and second battalions was similar, as
was that of the third and fourth battalions. Each battalion in-
cluded three firing batteries, numbered in sequence from one to 12.
Thus the number of the second firing battery of the fourth battalion
was 11.
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4. The third and fourth battalions consisted of the following:
a. A headquarters battery (bateria comanda), which included the
commanding officer of the battalion (usually a captain), the
chief of staff (usually a captain), a deputy commander (politi-
cal), a signals section with four telephone operators and four
telegraphists (commanded by a sergeant), and a reconnaissance
section (grupa de cercetasi), consisting of eight men and a
sergeant. Each component of this battery had a two-and-one-
half-ton truck (four by four) at its disposal.
b. Three firing batteries (undesignated), each of which had a
headquarters company and three companies of one rocket launcher
each. Each headquarters company consisted of the battery
commanding officer, a deputy commander (political), a commanding
officer of the headquarters company, which was a noncommissioned
officer (NCO) who served as aide to the battery commanding
officer, a sergeant in charge of all administrative matters in
the battery, a reconnaissance unit of three or four soldiers,
and a signals unit of four telephone operators. Each component
of the company headquarters had a two-and-one-half-ton truck
at its disposal.
5. The team of an R-2 rocket launcher consisted of a team commander,
who was a sergeant or corporal, a driver, and four men whose
functions included loading, aiming, and firing the launcher. Each
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team travelled in the vehicle used for transporting the launcher,
and each moving battery included four trucks.
6. The rocket launchers were of Czech manufacture and were mounted
on Soviet Zis-151 (six by six) trucks. Each launcher had thirty-
two 132-millimeter tubes, which had an effective range of 8,200
meters and a minimum range of about 500 meters. The angle of
traverse was about 240 degrees, thus protecting the truck's cabin
from the rockets' backflash. Each launcher carried 32 rockets in
its tubes as well as 64 additional tubes in boxes attached to the
sides of the truck. No ammunition was carried in the trucks proper.
7. Two types of rockets were used: HE and incendiary. Although
painted different colors, both were the same size and weighed about
24 kilograms. Each rocket was packed separately in a wooden box,
and the fuses and propellent charges were peeked in boxes of five.
8. Before firing, the rocket launcher battery spread out in a line
parallel to and about 5,000 to 6,000 meters behind the front line,
with each launcher about 50-100 meters apart, depending on the
terrain. The commanding officer of the battery then directed the
fire from a point where the target could be observed. A field
telephone connected the firing position (OP) with the command post.
Radios were also used, but this had to be done through the battalion
since the batteries had no radio transmitter equipment. The
commanding officer of the headquarters company remained at the com-
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the battalion command post by means of a second field telephone.
Before and during fire, the commanding officer of the battery
served as the forward observation officer and directed the
battery's fire.
9. If the battery were deployed in such a way that the commanding
officer of the headquarters was unable to direct the fire by
shouting commands or by giving visible signals, he directed the
fire to each rocket launcher by means of a field telephone. Thus
the commanding officer of the headquarters company had at his side
a small field telephone exchange connecting him with the forward
observation post, the various rocket launcher teams, and the
battalion headquarters. This exchange was operated by one or two
signallers, and the field telephones of each launching team were
used by the commanding officers of the teams.
10. The rocket launchers were fired from a. position about two meters
deep in the earth and tilted to one side. The trucks entered the
firing positions in forward gear so that the rockets could be fired
over the cab. The dimensions of the position were sufficient to
withstand the flash of the rockets. Members of the launcher teams
dug pits around the position, about five or six meters away. The
launcher was operated from a distance by pulling a wire.
11. Because the position of the launcher became known after the first
salvo had been fired, it had to be moved to a new position. Thus
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the commanding officer of the battery had to make sure the first
salvo effectively .destroyed the target. The area of dispersal
of the rockets fired by the launchers was usually fairly great,
so this was an effective means of harassing field targets and of
supplying overhead support fire.
12. The fastest rate of fire achieved with these rocket launchers was
32 rockets within 16 seconds. However, the normal rate of fire
achieved only half that speed. Only on very rare occasions were
all 32 rockets fired, and then not simultaneously.
13. An Instrument attached on the upper right side of the tubes made
it possible to fire only some of the rockets. However, it was
then necessary to reload some of the tubes, an operation requiring
great caution. In the event of a. launching failure, the electrical
connection to the tube was disconnected, the rocket removed, and
its propellent charge changed. The rocket was then used for the
following salvo.
14. The 120-millimeter mortar battalions were organized like the rocket
launcher battalions and were equal to them in number. However,
whereas the rocket launcher units had only one truck for each team,
each mortar battery in the battalion had an extra truck at its
disposal for transporting ammunition.
15. The brigade's ammunition dump was situated near Dealul Tiglineil
not far from Galati.
16. In January 1957 and November 1958, the brigade held maneuvers in
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the Galati area. The brigade's division headquarters also
participated in these maneuvers.
personalities:
a, Colonel Nicolae Codrea, deputy commander (political) of the
175th Artillery Brigade of the 43rd Artillery Division. He
had previously served in the Tudor Vladimirescu Division.
b. General Leftea. (fnu), commanding officer of the 43rd Artillery
Division.
co Colonel Nicolae Negulescu, commanding officer of the 175th
Artillery Brigade of the 43rd Division after 1958. He had
previously served in the Tudor Vladimirescu Division.
d. Captain Puia (fnu), chief military prosecutor for the Galati
district.
e. General Marcu Stan, commanding officer of the Second Military
District (Regiunea II Militara).
f. Colonel Joan Trofim, commanding officer of the 175th Artillery
Brigade of the 43rd Division until 1958. He was a graduate
of a Soviet military academy. His brother, Virgil, was First
Secretary of the Union of Working Youth (UTM).
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The 48th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, 50X1-HUM
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Regiment, in Ploesti
1. In 1959, the 48th Antiaircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion (divizionul
de artilerie antiaeriana)
was stationed in the Tarsori
quarter of Ploetti (N 44-57, E 26-01) near the railroad station where
the 32nd Calvary Regiment (mircea) had been previously stationed.
Before its reduction to 600 men in mid-1958, the 48th battalion had
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subordinate to the Ministry of the Armed Forces (MFA).1
2. The 168th AAA Regiment consisted of regimental headquarters (statul
major), two gun batteries (baterie de foc), a services battery (bateria
parc), five batteries stationed outside the barracks, a guard unit
(corpul de garde), and food, clothing, and equipment stores in the
barracks' yard. The regimental headquarters included the following:
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a major who was regimental commanding officer; a regimental
deputy comnander (loctiitor); a regimental deputy political commander
(loctiitor politi); a captain who was chief of staff (seta statului
major); a lieutenant who was commanding officer of a reconnaissance
unit (cercetasi); a lieutenant who was chemical warfare officer; a
lieutenant in charge of educational, cultural, and sports activities;
an administrative officer for recruitment and supplies, and a field
security officer (ofiter de contra informatie), who was subordinate to
the Ministry of the Interior (MAI) rather than the MFA.
3. Of the two gun batteries, one served as a training battery (baterie
scoala) for the regiment's training school for sergeants and the other
relieved the crews of the regiment's gun batteries outside the barracks
when the latter were off duty. The guns of both batteries were kept on
a square at the edge of the barracks and were covered with tarpatlins.
The crews slept in two halls. When the regiment was reduced to a
battalion, only one of these batteries remained.
4. The services battery consisted of a maintenance unit, a workshop, a
garage, an infirmary, a kitchen, and a mess hall. Its personnel included
drivers, mechanics and armorers.
5. The five batteries stationed outside the barracks were situated in the
following places: Campina (N 45-08, E 25-44); the No. 3 Refinery at
Teleajen (N 45-27, E 25-56); the Muntenia Refinery at the entrance to
Ploesti; and Ploesti. The latter was the command battery (bateria de
comanda), and no details were available as to the location of the fifth
battery. After the regiment's reduction, only the batteries at Campina
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and Teleajen remained. The personnel of each battery occupied a
row of cane huts. Their gun positions were 1.5 meters deep in the
earth and were uncovered, so that only the ends of the barrels
protruded. The guns, -which were drawn by ZIS-151 trucks, formed a
circle with a distance of about 20 meters between each position.
6. Each battery consisted of two gun platoons (pluton de foc), a
headquarters platoon (pluton de comanda), and a radar unit
(radiolocatie). Each headquarters platoon was composed of recon-
naissance personnel and signallers, such as radio-telephone opera-
tors, radio-telegraphists, telephone operators, and two or three
maintenance men. Each radar unit had a central station (statia
centrala) SOT, operated by a team of three, and a Puazo 6 predictor
(aparatul central). Each platoon was equipped with an A 7 B radio
set and other standard signals equipment, such as field telephones.
The guns used by the batteries were German niiheinmetallli 37-millimeter
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guns was highly sensitive. Each soldier in the units was armed with
a Mauser rifle, and each gun crew commander had a. P.P.Sh. submachine
gun.
7. The two gun platoons, which were commanded by a lieutenant or a
senior lieutenant, consisted of four sections (grupa), each of which
was equipped with one gun and was commanded by a sergeant or a
corporal. Although the number of men ranged from six to nine, each
section usually had the following seven men:
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a. One who adjusted the gun for height and fired the weapon
(servant ochitor inaltare).
b. A gun layer (servant ochitor directie).
C. A registrar of the rate of fire (inregistrator de viteza).
d. A registrar of the zone and angle of flight of the target air-
craft (inregistrator de distanta si unghiu de zbor).
e. A loader (incarcator).
f. Two assistant loaders.
8. There was no criterion for recruits for the AAA units, who were
accepted indiscriminately in order to achieve the predetermined
quota of new men. The only time attention was paid to their
personal qualifications was when the trainees had to be chosen for
various regimental schools. Soldiers in permanent territorial units
(antiaeriana teritoriala), the function of which was to protect a
certain city or area, served three years. However, soldiers in
operational units (antiaeriana operativa), which were attached to
various other units with the function of remaining with them in
time of war, served only two years. After 1959, members of all
the Armed Forces, except for the Navy and the Frontier Guards, were
required to serve only two years.
9. Service in the AAA units included the following stages:
a. Orientation, which new recruits underwent for two weeks. After
swearing to the required oath of allegiance, they were posted
to their respective batteries. Some of the men were chosen
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during the initial stages of recruitment for various regimental
schools, such as training schools for drivers, armorers?
medical orderlies, and noncommissioned officers (NCO).
b. Basic training, which lasted nine months, during which time and
after, the soldiers assisted the peasants part-time in agri-
cultural work. Basic training included physical training,
instruction on antiaircraft (AA) guns, and gun drill. After
this period, the men engaged only in routine activities of
barrackst life, such as physical training in the morning,
guard duties, training, and various odd jobs. Gun drills on
the AA pieces were held regularly, and members of the regiment
also participated in target practice, twice with regular
infantry rifles.
c. Each course held a firing practice for one month at the firing
range at Capnl Midia (N 44-21, E 28-41), 60 kilometers south
of Constanta (N 44-11, E 28-39). During this time, the soldiers
spent a considerable amount of time doing agricultural work, so
they were able to participate in firing exercises only a few
times. The batteries were deployed in a single line in front of
a row of cane huts. At night, the gunners were called out to
aim their guns at an approaching aircraft. After the section
leader received the relevant data on the target by telephone, he
passed it on to the gunners, who then fired their weapons. The
batteries also practiced shooting at a sleeve target towed by an
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aircraft. Although preparations were made for target practice
against tanks, no such practice was executed.
10. A training school for sergeants, which lasted about one year, was
included within the regiment. The morning schedule included the
following: individual training (instructia personala); field
exercises (instructia de front); gun and weapons drill; chemical
warfare defense, such as gas masks and entering a gas chamber;
political instruction for two hours three times a week; and sport
and physical training instruction. The afternoon schedule included:
handling and care of infantry weapons and of AAA, once a week;
homework, a, review of the morningis studies; cultural or sports
activities; free time; evening meal; and lights out. At the end
of the course, the trainees underwent graduation examinations.
Successful trainees received the rank of corporal and, after three
or four months of participation in firing exercises, they were
automatically promoted to the rank of sergeant.
U. The following three units shared the barracks of the 168th Regiment:
a signals battalion (batalion de transmisioni) the
212th AAA Regiment (regimentul de artilerie antiaeriana No. 212);
and a third AAA regiment.
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three units). All three units belonged to the 16th Armored Corps
in Ploesti (corpul 16 de Ploesti), which also included such other
units as the Strasnic (sic) AAA Regiment. In 1959, the latter was
the only unit of the 16th Armored Corps equipped with Soviet
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AAA Regiment:
a. Captain Chelaro (fnu), chief of staff of the regiment.
b. Major Emil Sirbu, commanding officer of the regiment.
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Battalion was completely disbanded around 1960. However,
there was no information on the subsequent use of its equip-
ment or gun emplacements.
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: The Academic Reserve of the Engineers Corps
1. From 1955-1958, students,at the Bucharest Politechnic Institute ful-
filled their compulsory military service in the Academic Reserve of
the Engineers Corps. (EC), devoting six hours, or one day, a week
to theoretical study. During the summers after the second and fourth
years at the institute, members of the Academic Reserve participated
in field training. They spent about 45 days each summer in field
training, first at the EC base at Alba Iulia (N 46-04, E 23-35) and
later at the EC base at Timnicu Vilcea (N 45-06, E 24-22). Upon
completion of their military training, members of the Academic
Reserve were slated for work as reserve officers in EC units attached
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to other branches of the Armed Forces.
2. The students' theoretical training had two stages: general military
subjects and subjects directly concerned with the EC. The general
military subjects included the following:
a. Study of military rules and regulations.
b. Military tactics and shooting.
c. Weapons (infantry only).
d. Chemical warfare (defense measures).
3. The subjects directly related to the EC included the following:
a. Levelling and bridging.
b. Special tactics for engineers troops.
c. Fortifications.
d. Obstacles.
e. Minelaying.
4. In addition to oral instruction, the trainees had at their disposal
a library containing publications on all aspects of-military engineer-
ing. The students were required on a number of occasions to do
various exercises, such as planning bridges. Minelaying and engineer-
ing operations were also demonstrated to them at various bridges near
Bucharest. However, the trainees did not show much interest in their
military training, despite the fact that the professional side of
this was of a high standard.
5. The students underwent their first stage of field training in barracks
at The Citadel (Cetatea), which was on a hill near Alba Iulia and was
the base for an EC unit and a. school for EC officers. The personnel
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of the unit and school were absent while the trainees were stationed
at the Citadel, and it was said that they were elsewhere assisting
the farmers. During this stage, the trainees underwent regular in-
fantry training within a platoon (pluton) framework.1
6. The second of the students' field training took place at barracks
in Rimnicu Vilcea, which also served as a base for an EC unit and
an EC training school for noncommissioned officers (NC0s).
7. In 1958, the Academic Reserve battalion consisted of 400 students,
some from the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute and others from the
Faculty of Engineering at Iasi University. They underwent training
in EC special tactics and engineering (
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8. The trainees were given the following explanation of the structure
of an EC regiment:
a. Regiment (regiment): three battalions (batalion).
b. Battalion: three companies (companie).
c. Company: 'three platoons (pluton).
d. Platoon: three sections (grupa), each with eight men.
e. Headquarters: the commanding officer and three officers (not
commanding officers of companies).
f. Section: the EC section was like its counterpart in the in-
fantry. The section leader was armed, with a Miorita automatic
rifle made in Rumania, and each section had one BZ submachine
gun. Each soldier was armed with a rifle, a bayonet, a gas mask
and an entrenching tool.
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graders; trenchers; KD and Kirovet tractors, made by the
Soviets; and prefabricated wooden bridges.
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troops (pontonieri) was stationed in some huts near Alba Iulia
on the banks of the Mures River, where it was engaged in
exercises for building bridges.
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