SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004900350005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASS IFICATIO'M AV.^271
COUNTRY_ East Germany
Soviet Troop Train
EVALUATION.
DATE. OF CONTENT
.ATE OBTAINED-
REFERENCES
DATE PREPARED- 26 August I195L
PAGES ENCLOSURES No. & T(PE -
REMARKS _. .
This is UNEVALUATED Information-
CB - Converted Boxcari, B - BDxcar9 ? Flatcar;
RRI!M - Heavy-Duty Flatcar
From
Date
Composition of
'troop Trains
Tans
20 July
4 CB9 I B9 23 RRYM
950
10 CB9 2.B9 28 F-
728
6CB9 2B9 5R.RDI
311
21 July
3 CB9 I B9 16 F
397
3 CB9 1 B9 6 F
163
23 July
8 CB9 10 B9 28 F
694
8 CB9 11 Be, 1,1 F
912
26July
1CB93B
10 CB9 2 B9 42 F
19090
11 CB9 9 B9 26 F
4102
CB9 10 F910 RRY
1372
4 C39 13 SSY910 RRY 1,9247
10 CB9 8)3, 37 F 860
16CB9 1B9 22F 700
13 CB9 1 B9 36 F 19028
14 CB9 30 F 722
12 CB9 22 F9 12 SSY 816
lv 11he following ' .coop trains were listed in railroad records batwsen 20 July
and 1 August 1954
"LASSIF!C. iTI IO ? =4~r,T;T,:;~
Neuruppin
Neuruppin
Neubuckw
Neubuckow
Kroepelin
Aue
Frankfurt/
Oder
Neubuckow Sperenberg
Neubuokow Sperenberg
Stern/
Buchholz
Schwerin
Moegelin
SSY o Heavy-Diaty Flatcar-,
Magdeburg-
Brueckfeld
Schwerin Magdebur?g-
Brueckfeld
Schwerin Altengrabow
Schwerin Altengrabow
Hagenow? Magdeburg-
-Land cBrueckfeld
Wismar Altengrabow
Wismar Altengrabow
Wismar Altengrabow
Wismar Magdeburg
-
aBrue ckfe 1d
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Date
Composition. of
Troop Trains
26 July
10 CB9 2 B9 35 F
900
6 CB9 1 BD 18 F
362
27 July
13 CB9 1 B9 31 F
960
10 CB9 35 F
875
2 CBq 7 F
174
28 July
6 CB,, "1 B9 33 F.
926
29 July
2CBS0 13 F
30 July
ICB9 13 F
6 CB9 .1 B9 16 F
31 July
3 CBS, 1 B. 7 F
7 CB1 , 1B9 42 F
6CBy 3B938F
8 CB 9 I B9 28 F
1 August 7 CB9 2 B; 45 F
2. Troop trains
a train,
28 July-
Perlebarg
Hagenow-
-Land
Hagenow4
-Land
Schwerin
Binz
Hilierslebsn
Hillersleban
Dranse
I.agdeburg-
-Brueckfeld
Dranse
Nedlitz
Nedlitz
Altengrabow
Neubuckow
Neustrelitz
Templin
Perleberg
Kroepeiin Weimar
Neubuckow Binz
Ne:tibuckow Prora
Bad Doberan Binz
K.roepelin Prora
on 28 and 31 July incl?;ided
which went from Bing to NAnbl1& nu nn
on 31 July,
3, on 28 July,, a Soviet column including artillery pieces and trucks ~x4o,;Ted
road from Ruegen island toward Rostock,, 4
4. On 30 July,, a troop train of 16 boxcars and an undetermined number of flat-
cars with 6 armored personnel Carr ers9 about 40 sidecar motorcycles, and
1S truc?:ss passed through the Satzkorn railroad
station,, a ran came from .seen and probably went to Haldensleben,, 6
5. On 2 August, the following troop trains were loaded at the Satzkorn railroad
25X1
LJA I
25X1
25X1
stations- a tr
ain of an
of flatcars with
10 T-34 tank
25X1
trucks, 2 tank trucks,, 2 field kitchens
25X1
The 25X1
a s went to Haldensleben,, Another train 25X1
2 boxcars I
etermjned number of flatcars with 5 JS-1 ta
x
. :.
9
inks 3 JSU-122,SF
g-,w.s
2 repa shop trucks, 2 jeeps, 1 field kitchen, and
6 trucks
The train had 25X1
went to Hilleraleban. 25X1
1 Comment, The receiving stations indicate that contingents of the
following sits returned from `Wustrowa after termination of firing practice o
Of tthe 63d AAA Div. One main to Ebarewa E de on 20 July 1954
Of the 6th Gds AAA Div One train to Aue on 21 July 1954
M _the d AAA Div One train to Frankfurt/Oder on 21 July 19 54
Of the 2d Gd_S A.AA Div m Two trains to Sperenberg on 23 July 1954
Of the 13th AAA Dive One train to Weimar on 30 July 1954
2 Co , The troop trains carried *contiigents of the 94th Gds Pdtz
e Div and probably of the 4th Gds Arty Brig to the Tfiagdeburg area and
Altengrabow troop training rounds for field ereises and combat firing
practice. Some of these trains were observed at the Wittenberg railroad
station en route to the Magdeburg railroad district. Entraining of other
units was seen at the Wismar and Hagenow railroad stationso
anc three trains
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3. Co nt,, The troop trains carried units which rotated between home.
uw-A n and troop training grounds.
4, Com ntr The observations indicate that large contingents of the
Arty Brig of the IV Arty Corps from Prora conducted firing practice
in the Wustrow area.
5 Comment The troop trains carried tank firing details of the 9th Gds
v ck to Neustrelitz and firing details of the 25th Tank Div to Te:.nplin,
The details moved from Neustrelitz and Templin to .I~.ldensleben on 20 and
23 July 1954 respectively,,
6. F---LQommnt, The troop
train possibly carried armored personnel carriers s ecar? motorcycles
of a guard unit of the Hq GSFG to Letzling Heath for combat firing
practices. The troop trains on 2 August 1954 carried tank units which
probably belonged to the 63d Gds Tank Regt of the 10th Gds Tank Div.
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