MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE ALTENGRABOW TRAINING AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014100370007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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vrere seen in the wooded area near iosenkrug, about
1.5 k northeast oj' Doernitz in the Jiltengrabow (N 53/Z CO) tr.iining, area. The guns
were unlimbered and w^re dis'2ersed in the woods. The trucks were behind -.rotective
earth wails. The soldiers were quartered in tents and earth bunkers Three -arking
areas were seen in the vmarled aren near L'use I I lrug on 7 July. About 20 trucks
sand funs with an estimated caliber
o about l5.,-mom were in the first r rkirtr area, and there were about 16 trucks Q
and an undeter-inert number of heavy ~uns with
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cy!in ricd muzzle brakes in the second area,, About 15 cater.-illar tractors
:;ere the third Ahnllt r rucks
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u-inn .'-un wore seen on. .h,' Doernitzwiiosenkru;, road at 2 nor, on 22 July,
P.m. on 23 July, 17 trucks
each :ountint a 20-err AA run were seen roceedin toward the camp c rriinr 1rormi
Alte rrahow railroad station About trucks
towing guns were seen proceeding
owara : ose rug and comir_g from amp Altengrabow at about u p.m. on 2I July.
2. Prior to 2~ July, the uor.er section of the ?`3ordlager in ?-lten rahow was occu ied
by an artillery unit from i;athenow Frith was equi .ned with 122-m m field howitzers.
hutment as occupied by r.ff icers of the ordla ?er anti r i icers including air force
officers of the unit stationed in t!^e hutr.:ent. #he `lerf hotel quartered officers
of the unit from ".atizenow. *~4,- Traininn activities seen included:
17 Jul;. "rom :' parr. until midnight, firim_ of eirtft 31'r-= LA ;ups at a towed sleeve
Va`r, !`hree -earchli,-hts were earployed.
23 July. from La.ri. to 7 a .m ., firing of 37-mm 1'>A funs at towed sls.eve targets,.
~1~ya From. 5 a.m4 to 7 a. m.A combat exercise o a unit equi ,ped with four 160-run
r"or$ars etween tilter-i*ra ,mo r and Drewitz. Officers and "ersonnel wore gas masks
during the exercise..-ror:. !, p.rr. to 7 p.m., firing o" 3'7-=, AA runs at towed sleeve
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The lower section or the 17ordlap'er was also occupied by an artillery unit from
Iathenow with 122-rnr. field howitzers a nd by a rear detail of an artillery
The 7s'' hutment was occupied to capacity,
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port a ,ear to i,o occurTied a.a -revi_ously until late July.
25 Ju1y. :'ros; 10 1-~ until riclni; ht, a ni'tht Meld exercise of. an artillery unit
in she area between Cross. Luebsrs and Drewitz.
f;overal search li,-hts standing betty en
n runs 14. the terrain and the houses about 1 -.e':.er above the -Teund.
26 July, :-'rom ` am. to 1 or.., air.inr and loading practices of 10 mortars on the
A tf'TiEi,x 1t7L"i Doernitz rrac Two observation ball. ons vv ro over the trainin,,.. area ru`..'.rinr
the period , t7 a m. until 'noon . here was no ri.n" at that tLne The aircraft
to i sloevO ter-ets tool, off and landed at 'he t;rv, l,uebarv s
' ~. airfield.
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C i'ra!:ont a s o ? rco s .it' units t'. ie an-
' er' i "i-ec Ey er .z ery 1?r r.acde o the th 77oc ir,y ror. `r.-,,nden:burr; in he
area Ol' "oson cru on July. '2n one ."rotor v" 9-,iclo each of the 34th
Arty Div (I'S), the 199th ,'ds Cun Arty 'tn-t of t ho 9!ith Cos ? tz if1e iv and the
.'~,Cth ..'arty "IT ."rty rig of the Sirthth. "ds :irrry in the first area and ^'ctor v hti c1o$
of the artillery bri,..ado "r' the T XXL'~L' "tz i ifle Corps in the soc(Ynd. '.?,''-a column
Oise , vec on 22 July to lon n ' to e 2d ^ds AAA Div. she crlur n 1^a~~ in t1-"e r~ ilroac.
station on 23 July ^rOti:iut.-ly "iaa an _VLA cr"!unn of the 7thh ^ds Tank ''iv. the colkuna
on 21; July . n rroba'-ly an artillery unit of Cs' units or c. the C.cs Arr,y.
CoI"i."^ent. As co_"' tired' ;i?th o'.;,servotirns C~.u.riin^ the second
C tl~Tll1~ # ~ he perm._iriont ,iunii-tern in Alton-F-Mow r'o-n i nne in t.hp ri nt. rr~..
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