1. MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR INSTALLATIONS OF THE 1ST MD. 2. GENERAL MILITARY INFORMATION FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003200340008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003200340008-1
CLASSIFICATION _ECR' T, 25X1
a .n.NTRY
.+ke.hn~el^vs~kip pronp-rI
_a;
1. Motor Vehicle Fepaix Installations of the 1st MD .
2. General Militarsr Information fror.? Czechoslovakia
:.'ALUATION 25X1 , E OBTAINED-
.TE OF CONTEN 25X1
E OBTAINED 25X1
_.._
.
nATE PR
.
w__._._
EPARED
FERENCES
.CES 5 ENCLOSURES (NO. & 7YPE)
:MARKS- - -
25X1
0
25X1
1 o From 15 June 1951 to ::g August 1952, the m for vehicle repair shops of the
2d Div (2. divisn:t autodilny) were located on the western perimeter of
Rejstejn (N 50/Q 27), an the western bank of the Otava River. They covered
an area, about 800 meters square. The installations were subordinate to the
2d I x ' ce gN 2 S which hat' o other motor vehic le re >air
nthefelIo Lieutenant one ,
in charge,was superseded by Senior Lieutenant Josef Chaiypar, his former de-
puty. About 25 soldier mechanics, who came, from various units of the 2d Inf Div.,
Ytorked at the repair shops.
2. The repair shops tied to repair all motor vehicles of the 2d Inf Div -which could
not be repaired at organizational installations. Repair work on armared ? 'it-
hicles was done at the individual posts, however. The repair shops -sere well
equipped and incliified several single-story or two-story buildings and depots
which had in stock replacement parts for all models of automobiles and armored
vehicles and were constantly supplied from Kutne Hora (0'50/M 37) and Prelouc
(0 5l/M 58).1
3. The installation in Rejitejn, which housed the repair shops, also quartered the
2d Motor Transport Pn (. autoprapor) which numbered about 150 men and was
commanded by Lieutenant Hlaha (fnu),; - The enlis ted men were organized into one
company and were equipped partly with rifles and partly with submachine guns.
The unit had about 120 motor vehicles which included only four sedans. The
other motor vehicles were Praga RN and Praga RND trucks. The uric-c'; had its own
motor vehicle repair shop, which was independent of the motor vehicle repair
shops of the 2d Div. From 20 to 30 motor v icles of the unit daily were on
drives in the billeting area of the 2d Div.
4. The 1st Motor 'Jehicle fork (1. eutopmrk), which was in Kutna Hora from 12 Au-,
gust 1952 to 7 February 1953, was subordinate directly to the lot MD in Prague.
This was known to all enlisted men of the installation. The park included
five depots, one for tires, one for motor vehicle components, one for motor
vehicle equipment, one fo;? fuel., and one that housed the building adnluyistration.
C4 ASSIFICA'TION SECRET
1 December 19533
Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003200340008-1
 Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003200340008-1
S1 CRE I
25X1
25X1
8.
25X1
25X1
25X1
9.
i
of those in Kutne Hora, Another gars a contained about IOU factory new
trucks of various foreign models= the 1st Motor
Vehicle Arsenal was subordinate directly to the s' r3j.
25X1
SECRET1
Officers assigned to the installation included Wjor 1?acha, (fnu), coz nn
der; Staff Captain Jan Cefourek, deputy commander; Staff Captain
Libsansky (i.Tnu), director of the depots; and Senior Lieutenant Sobotka
(fnu), supply officer.
60 Manpower was provided by a transport company of about 80 men, which
was commanded by Jeroslav Hruska, whose rank was unknown. The .company
also furnished the guards for the depots and trucked materials to and
from the installations.
7n All depots and billets were in the :forimer St.Bartara ?s convent c nd some
other buildings on the eastern perimeter of Kutna Kona and covered an aree
about 500 x 800 meters. Most of the about 23 buildings were single-storied.
Only the main building was three-storied. labile motor vehicle repair
=
in
-
The
y
ng.
ildi
u
b
ses were stored in one
2
5X1
for mobilization purpo
shops
eluded 50 Tatra 128 trucks with 5C trailers.
one complete mobile repair shop included five trucks, four
unit end
er
d one trails r w:: a pay
il
ers an
repair sop ra
10 complete motor vehicle repair shops were stored in the building
Fuel was stored in three underground tanks. One had r. carat: city of
40?000 liters and the other two had a + city of 80,000 liters each. They
were Filled to it ? at all tires.
the cars came from
the novy zavod plant in Laluzi near Nast (N 51fF 13) and
e the
fuel
" Benz ina" plant in Roudnice (N 51/F 62).
in stock also seri-ed mobilization purposes.
the equipment supply depot served to store shoes and
clothing as mobilization supplies=,
10. The depots in Kutna Hora were supplied directly from the factories. Only
in exceptional cases were spare parts picked up at the let Motor Vehicle
Arsenal in Prelouc.
11, Installations subordinate to the 1st. Motor Vehicle Park also included the
1st Motor 'Vehicle District Repair : :rop directly west of the railroad
station of Kutna Hera - Mesto, eorui n fled by Captain Yondre jc (fnu). This
repair shop included seven brick buildings and employed only about 0 or
civilian workers, Five soldiers who worked there were ro gnou t4
discharged from, the ax-,ned forces prior to February. About 3.2 motor ve-
hicles were overhauled monthly at this installation.
12 a In January 1953, the depots of the Is t Motor Vehicle Arsenal (1 automo.
Yilova zbrojnice) were located in a triangular area near the railroad
station of Prelouc south of t17 railroad line. This are ' urrrounded by
a concrete wall, and consisted ,of seven or eight single-story brick
buildings About 60 civilian do rkers did compulsory work there on orders
of the military administration. Well equipped machine shops for motor
vehicles and tanks were beside the depots. One building stored spare
parts needed for current repair work, while other buildings of the depot
stored factory-new vehicles for mobilization requirements. One garage
ned an estimled 50 complete mobile repair shops of the composition
conta
Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003200340008-1
 Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003200340008-1
SECRET
25X1 13.
25X1
0
14.
In January 1953, the barracks installation of the 21st Mecz Regt (21.
mechanisovany pluk) in Caslav (0 50/M 47) was about 200 meters s,,uth of
the railroad station of Caslav and on the east side of a street which
joined the road to Golcuv-Jenikov (0 501 56). The barracks instella?-
tion Included three large three-story buildings end about 35 single-story
buildings. Units quartered in the installation included the 21st fecz
Regt, cormranded by Major Vetvicka, (fnu), whose enlisted men wore black
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
about 130 German mde armored half-track vehicles of a large and snail
model. The unit also had 100 trucks including stout 20 Tatra 1.1.1 trucks,
and red epaulets, and one PT? unit,
about 20 Tatra 128 trucks and about 60 Praga4RN and RND trucks,
also 20 small canvas--covered guns.1
15. Another barracks installation in Ca slay located on the perimeter of the
city west of the road to Golcuv--Jenikou and about 350 meters south of the
other installation included about five single-story buildings and quartered
elements of 21st Mecz Pegt. tanks and SP guns at th s in-
stallation which quartered less troops than the other barracks.
the number of the tanks,, which were mainly Cromwell tanks and
included some Stalinec 3 tanks, exceeded 50 units. 25X1
about 12 SP guns sera v e
pa de 9 and may have been modal guns t,4
16. the head-
quarters of the 8th Niece Div 8.mechanisovana divise) in lin ;0 51/P, 38)
was in a three-story building on the north side of the road to Cesky Bred.
A clothing depot subordinate to this headquarters was in a barracks in-
stal2Ation near the railroad station of Kolin, south of the railroad line
to Prague, and extended as far as the western edge of the railroad station
is barracks installation was occupied by an in-
fantry unit*
170 in March 1952,
he Zizkov Kaserne in Pisek (N 50/Q 9) quartered an AAA
in the vicinity of a railroad stop. Members of the unit
belonged to an AAA regiment (pluk protiletadloveho delva). Twenty AA guns
of about 105--mm were in the barracks yard. Soldiers of the unit said that
the guns were the best AA gun model in the Czechoslovakian Army and were.
Czechoslovakian-made. Four radar sets, mounted on four-wheeled chassis,
were at the guns. The funnels were about 3 meters in diameter and had a
maximum depth of about 1.7 meters. A metal rod projected from the center
about 440 centimeters beyond the perimeter of the funnel.., thus raising its
overall length to about 2L meters. The funnel was made of sheet metal,
rather than woven wire,
guns and radar se s
a major number belonged to the unit,
18. Another barracks installation, which was occupied by an
infantry unit, was directly north of, and across from the barracks in.
atallation of the AAA unit.
19.
railroad station of Horazdovicen-Nesto, and included four tki e:, s1:a r a bui1.
dings and 20 single-story brick structures. It quartered an AA?t unit
approxiimatel3r in the center of the town, about 200 meters north of the
barracks installation in Horazdovice (N 50/Q 39). This installation was
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003200340008-1
 Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003200340008-1
whose members wore red-bordered black epaulets with AAA insignia. Some
soldiers wearing blue-Wrdered a e.tlets with signal insignia were
also quartered there. 25X1
about 15 guns of the mel observed in Vise k. 'o or ves
hicles at the installation totalled about 80 trucks, mainly Tatra 128
trucks .About 30 rocket launchers were
mounted on WS-made trucks and cons s of two layers of parallel rails:
similar to .nod el ) 8.
2d Tank Div Benska 1tiavnica 9 "C 53)1
22u the
barracks installation in Ctyri Dvory quartered one an ry 5; one
engineer unit, whose officers included Lieutenant Joseph Plesel; one
1.::inor guns towed by
25X1
25X1
25X1
Steyer trucks also left the barracks ins ono
23. The barracks installation at the intersection of Nerudova ul and ul.
Dr. E Benese? now presumably Prazska, included a northern and a southern
section. A heavy artillery unit was quartered in the northern sectiono
with a barrel 4 or 5,meters long,a.icb was towed by a Ilanomag tractor
A signal unit and a parachute unit wearing red berets were quartered in
the southern section. I parachutists in the spring of 195209
24. The barracks installation at the intersection of ul. Dr. E. Beneee and
Pekarenska ul. consisted of one building with a courtyard. The unit
quartered in this installation had horse-drawn vehicles The enlisted
men of the unit wore brown epaulets.
the epaulets of the men in the barracks installation
at the intersection of ul. Dr. E. Benose and Husova that infantrymen were
quartered there In the spring of 1952 larue number
of 120-mn mortars towed by trucks were with this u t.
26, The barracks installation on Jirsikovoo nameati quartered a PS unit.
27. In the spring of 1952, the barracks installation at the intersection of
Jeronymova and mars. Malinovskeho we a occupied by an engineer unit whose
soldiers wore black epaulets with engineer insignia?
25X1
280 20 guns towed by Tatra trucks were in a
barracks installation opposite the tsngineer Barracks
the guns were of about 70 mm;, The barrels hod muzzle brakes.lv_
1,~ C,o n.t~ The division repair shops and the motor transport battalion
o ie: 2d Inf Div are confirmed in Rejstein. 25X1
2,I Comment, Previous reports confirmed the 1st Motor Vehicle ?ark
under Major Macha (fnu), in Kutna Hora prior to March 1953.
SECRET
Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003200340008-1
 Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003200340008-1
$1Cf1T,
C mment3, Other information confirmed them vehicle arsenal
in Prelouc prior to May 1953,, A previous report
mentioned the activation or repa r
equipped with Tatra 128 trucks.
,(,,, Cment The two barracks instal-la tions on Trida Havlicka
Borovskeho were occupied by a mechanized unit for years. The re ent
25X1
in Caslav belongs to the 8th Mae% Div, A report 25X1
indicated, however, that the 21st Mecz a was s one
enesov0 It is believed that the reported number of 50 tanks and 12
SP guns is too high for the tank battalion of this regiment. The Croce-
well tanks possibly are in excess of T,/EO
E::: C le $ Previous reports indicated that a motorized
5.
rt,_~
is uartered in this barracks installs tion. E- -J
This regiment :possibly Is subordinate rec.
to the army corps eadquarters carried in Pisek? It appears improbable
105-mm guns., Although previous reports
C &8 Gna nt n - g-mere of an AA gun of this size, possibly
o y
25X1
25X1
the German model-38 ;. 1 AA gun, the standard a endant
AAA units is the former German Air Force 88--mm AA guns
The radar set possiblybra former German Air Force Wuerzburg-D balls c
director or the Soviet/i4-i SOR-584 set which is known from : :st Germany6
6. I bomment The AAA battalion of the 2d Inf Div is carried in Horasdo-
vice. It is believed that this battalion has no heavy guns, but mainly
37-mm guns and a limited number of 88-mm guns The rocket launcher unit
is reported for the first time and prssv:nbly is no unit of the 2d Inf Div,
Q eni`:~ The correctness of this statement is doubted. No 2d Tank
Div was previously reported. Also, division numbers are not used twice
in the Czechoslovakian Army.
ommen The army corps headquarters in Prague presumably is the
s or headquarters of the 5th Mecz Div and the 11th and 12th Inf Diva.
901 (Comment Oprotably=either the Soviet model M-1931 2Q3-i 25X1
howitzer or the Soviet model M-1939 '2-80-mm howitzer. However, neither
of the guns was hitherto observed in Czechoslovakia.
10, [:; mment. The statements on the occupation of the installations in
e .vice, whose locations are largely correct, are doubted
carried in Budejovice include the headquarters of the 1st Inf Div with
the 1st Sign En, the 1st AT Hn:, the 1st Engr Bn, the lst AAA Bri, the tank 25X1
SP gun regim.ant, the 1st Inf Eegt, and the 5th Arty Regt. The heavy
artillery battalion, the ind andimt mortar unit and the parachutists are
reported for the first tine.
SECR' IT,
Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003200340008-1