ORDER OF BATTLE: 1. SOUTARI BRIGADE 2. BARRACKS AND WAREHOUSES IN KOLSH

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY Albania Q~y~~~ ~? DATE DISTR. 19 November 19:2
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1. The Scutari Brigade has the following units
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(1) Commanding Officer-Colonel Skender Malina.
(2) Chief of Staff-Captain Class A Dilaver Laci
(3) Political Commissar--Captain Class A Petro Zisi
(14) Cryptographic and Communications Officer-a first lieutenant
(,) Quartermaster Officer--a captain class "B"
(6) Party Enlightenment Officer--First Lieutenant Andrea Kokoci
(7) Artillery Officer-a captain class "A"
(8) ?Medical Doctor-
(9) Veterinarian
(10) Operations Officer-
b, Three infantry battalions: I Batt lion, 2 Battalion, and 3 Battalion
c; Artillery battalion.
d. Heavy mortar battery
e. Automatic weapons company
f. Engineer company
g, Quartermaster ' company
h. Comnuni.cations company
i. Candidate officer company
1J,;o Reconnaissance platoon
k, Security platoon
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the Brigade did not have an antitank platoon. The
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6. The Brigade had the following means of transportation: 101 trucks, 1 Soviet
;Jeep forte commanding officer, 2= motorcycles, and 7 mules and horses.
During movements of tie Brigade about 20 mules are given to each of the battalions,
The arti;.iery battalion and the mortar unit have vehicles similar to
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total strength of the Brigade was 895 men.
Most of the Scutari Brigade was quartered in barracks located about 100 meters
north of Scutari opposite the civilian hospital on the western side of Zalkirit
Street. The barracks consisted of six buildings, five of which were constructed
by Zog's regime, The barracks were lighted with 50X1-HUM
electricity brought from the powerplant in Scutari. About 200 meters northwest
of these barracks there was a building which housed the artillery unit, the
automatic weapons company, the engineer company, the communications company,
and the reconnaissance platoon. About 10 meters east of the building there is
a building which houses the kitchen. These two buildings make up the Skender
Bea Barracks.
the followin concerning the armament of the Brigade:
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Artillery Battalion, di.d not know the number of guns it had, but
saw 1 covered guns near the Skender Bej
Barracks where the Battalion was quartered,
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Mortar Unit, saw several of
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them being loaded on mules when the Brigade went from Scutari to Koplik,
Automatic Weapons Company, It was equipped with six Soviet 7.62 moms sub-
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machine guns, PPSH 1911.
Engineer Company. Each member of the company was armed with a Soviet
M 1891/30?7.62 m.m. rifle.
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The Communications Company, the Quartermaster Company and the Candidate
Officer Company were arced the same as the Engineer Company.
About 300 meters south of Viroit Spring and 600 meters west of the road connecting
Gjinokaster with Tepelene there was a large single story building which was used
as the ammunition duap of the Scutari Brigade. The building was surrounded by
barbed wire and was guarded,
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7. The 2 Infantry Battalion of the Scutari Brigade had the following units
a. Staff
TIT-Commanding Officer-First Lieutenant (sic) Vet Alia
(2) Political Commissar-First Lieutenant Menelao Limosi
(3) Adjutant-First Lieutenant Tefik Ruci
Two infantry companies. Captain Class "B1 Bekir Isa was the Cc-mnanding
Officer of the 1 Infantry Company, and:Seeond Lieutenant Selman (lnu) was
the Commanding Officer of the 2 Infantry Company.
c. Mortar Company. Commanded by a first lieutenant. There are two platoon
leaders who are warrant officers.
d. Machine Gun Company. Commanded by a first lieutenant. There are two
platoon leaders who are warrant officers.
a. Anti-tank squad, which consists of seven soldiers lead by a warrant officer
and a sergeant.
Anti-aircraft machine run squad, which consists of nine soldiers commanded
by a master sergeant.
g, Engineer squad, which consists of six soldiers commanded by a warrant
officer.
h. Squad of telephone operators, which consists .of three soldiers, a sergeant
and a master sergeant.
8. The two rifle companies, the engineer squad, and the squad of telephone operators
were equipped with Soviet M1891 0 7.62 m.m0 rifles. Each rifle Company also
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squad was equipped w!th four Maxim 7.62m.m,`11910 machine guns. The mortar
company had four Soviet mortars two of which were drawn on carriages.
the mortars used by the mortar companyvare smaller than, those used 50X1-HUM
by the. mortar unit of the Brigade. The anti-tai k squad had two Soviet PTRS 3.941
14,5'm.m, gunsb
The squad of telephone operators of the 2 Infant Battalion had three Soviet
TI.IR telephones and 19200 meters of wire. The telephones of this 50X1-HUM
squad were used only during maneuvers to provide communications between the
battalion commander and the company commanders, Telephones for communication
between the brigade commander and the battalion commander were provided by the
communications company of the Brigade.
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the Scutari Brigade conducted defense maneuvers in the 50X1 HUM
observed the maneuvers*
Skender )alini, and the Soviet colonel permanently attached to the Brigade
hills north of the bridge at location (Q.B. 3815). To carry out the maneuver
the Brigade went on foot from Koplik, whereat was stationed for the summer, to
the maneuver area. The trip lasted about 13 hours. The maneuvers, including
the time required for the march to and from the maneuvers area, lasted five
days. All of the Brigade,. except for abouta company which was left to guard
the summer camp, took part in the maneuvers. The Brigade Commanding Officer,
11. In the above maneuvers the squad of telephone operators
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in the same area with the same number of troops. The engineer company and the
1 Company of the 2 Battalion manned the "enemy" positions. The maneuver was
lead by the Brigade Commanding Officer and was again observed by the Soviet
Solonel. The maneuver was not completed, but was stopped on the second day
because there were four casualties among the soldiers of the engineer company.
a sergeant from Vlons in the I Company, with other 50X1-HUM
Brigade with the battalion commanders, and the commander of the communications
company and the transportation section.
nationalists in his group, found an opportunity during the maneuvers to bayonet
four Communists in the engineer company.
B.. Barracks and Warehouses Near Kolsh
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300 meters south of Kolsh on the road connecting Koish with Kukes. The barracks
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consist of five single-story buildings which were constructed.in 1950. The bar-
racks are lighted with kerosene` lamps.
lit, Two hundred meters south of Kolsh on the road connecting with Kukes there are
three single-story buildings, each 20 by 10 meters, which were constructed by
Regiment and one was used to house a Border ward unit. There was barbed wive
on the southern side of the buildings only., The two food warehouses were
guarded by art infantry platoon.
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