LOCATIONS OF BULGARIAN ARMY UNITS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002300170014-7
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: February 18, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT IDcati ome of Bulgarian Army Units
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A partial list of the locations of Bulgarian Army units by cites
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1, I Army Staff
I Infantry Regiment
6 Infantry Regiment
One tank regiment
One artill ary rent
One railroad regiment
One labor regiment
One Supply regiment
One engineering regiment
One anti-aircraft regiment
One Stormovik (attack) regiment
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2 Labor Brigade
3 Infantry Regiment
2 Cavalry Regiment
36 Infantry Regiment
Pontoon regiment
Dobruja Regiment (Infantry)
3 Ar r Artillery Regiment
Telegraphist regiment
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lIi. Telephone Brigade
Trnovo Infantry Regiment
6 Artillery Relent
3? Infantry, Regiment
31E Infantry Regiment
3 Tank Regiment
2 Brigade of Anti Aircraft Regiment
6 Labor Brigade
5 Labor 3rigade
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3 Labor Brigade
25 Infantry Regiment
Infantry regiment
Artillery regiment
Artillery regiment,
39 "Salonika" Infantry Regiment
Tank regiment
Army prison (large)
Armor prison (largs)
Infantry regiment
Artillery regiment
6 Labor Regiment
]. Labor Brigade (6 Regiment)
(working on water power station)
2 Labor Brigade ( 6 Regiment)
(working an river regulation)
3 Labor Brigade (6 Regiment)
(working on higtnway )
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2. Source stated that the following arms are the most oomoson in the Bulgarian
Army:
a. Soviet long range guns equipped with optical sights. Their range is
2,000 meters and they take a five ballet clip.
b. Sa.jser (heavy machine gun) of Soviet melee, 9 ma. loading 72 bullets.
Heavy and awkward equipment.
c. Light machine gun (automatic) with ?2 bullets of 9 mm. caliber.
d. Staff jinac, very light machine gun, takes 74 bullets.
e. Zbrojovka of Ceech make, a small carbine which takes a five bullet clip
and has a range of 1,700 meters.
f. Svarslose, heavy machine gun of German make.
g. Makaim, heavy machine gun of Soviet males (German design).
h. M.G. Light machine gun of Germst=make, takes 50 bullets.
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