MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE WEISSWASSER TROOP TRAINING GROUNDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012800060001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Duri n` the period from 17 . to 27 ray 1952, the quarters of damp t oclhten.-
fo kberg at the .,oisswasser (0 52/x, 74) troop training grounds appeared to
be occupied to capacity. The artillernr bunkers on the south edge of the
AT artillery firi: ; range were also occupied.. All troops seen wore red-
bordered black epaulets, partly with t ank insignia c nd partly wit'. artillery
insignia and, a few .-fill signal insignia or motor transport 3nsig .iac ,ost
of the troops were recruits who had closely cropped hair. About 200 soldiers
practiced firing.. with heavy machine guns and. later en ;aged in close-combat
practices at the tank firing f. an.ge on 21 lVo T-31../85 tanks were a.n.'vo1'ed
in this activity. On 23 firing with live ammunition with light arms and
tanks including 2 T It/85 tanks and I JS- tanks was observed all day lore
On 26 :ay, L T-3h/85 tanks 3 JS-3 tanks an50X1-HUM
JSII_122 guns wore seen at the troop training grounds. Kwwrous personnel
received combat training which, on 27 'Lay, was continued.
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On 2l "wi, four new trucks, :al,ic't had been unloaded from a train which had 50X1-HUM
arrived at the . e- sswasser troop training grounds on 21 i 5 were soon in front
of the headetuarters of the Croon traini n- nrcnnds.,
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border ad black ep r irnimnin - Tcked up at the railroad
station by trucks- :1 eavy
boxcars with boxes which came from the
direction of Cottbus .521A _7 were unloaded at the ;Ieissvrasser railroad station.
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On 30 May,. between 70 and 80 old trucks, which had a new coat. of paint
were loaded on a train headed in the direction of
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Camp TMochten was expanded toward the
north0 ew low wooden barracks u.. ldinrm were seen In forest sections
85 and 37. About 70 tanks were parked in forest section 31. New tank
training areas were constructed in forest sections 96, 99, 100,, 11)4, and
1150 ** The infantry firing range was bounded by forest sections 90,
91 and 92. Firing with live ar,aunition was noticed.
On 27 L!my, truck
dep,),t 0 Motor vehac s
~Com aerat. the na,jority
of. the 9th n.lgcz Div was stationed at the ~araisswasser? tromp-training grounds
until late ,, r 1952? The AT guns which arrived on 29 and 30 ?"- 1952 also
belonged to the 9th 'oecz Div0 ':lth the exception of one vehicle of the
GOP- and one from the area of the Fourth Gds :.Tecz Arm, there were. no
es of other ranits0
c?or. ent,. Forest sections 85, 87, 8 through 100,, L1E and 12.5 ; .radi-
gate a new training area east of T:elkenburg which was reported for the
first time. It is doubted that this new area should be part of Camp
T-'ochtern which is located 3 km farther to tIne south.
;ome ent0 his infantry firing r?ange in the north section of the
training area is known from previous reports.
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Cottbus at the ;`,esiaswasser railroad station. *