SOVIET TROOP TRAINS
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Sequence Number:
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Publication Date:
May 13, 1952
Content Type:
REPORT
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EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
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REMARKS
0 1:ilitar y shipments from Brest Litovsk
included: 25 crates with aircraft carts to
Zer st on 22 April; 205 x 76,2-mm AT guns to Fuerstcn-
walde n 23 April; and 110 x 76.2-mn AT , uns to F!?,irsten-
walde n 2L April. (2)
On 7 .April, the availability of locomotives was tenporari ly difficult due
to num.erous special nissions, On 10 April, there rere sorie difficulties in
the availability of locor,otives because of heavy special traffic in the
direction of Dresden, On lL~ April., various railroad stations were jarmed
by erpty frei^ht car: assigned to the Soviets;, (3)
the foll0Winry "Ovi_et troop trains were handled within the Erfurt
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Date
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it from Jueterbor to ri*ittenberg on 25 April 11,2 (1)
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a troop triln ol' 15 boxcars and 31 flatcars
Composition of
'I cop mrains
6 April 23 cars with tanks
9 April 59 cars with troops
11 April 12 cars
23 cars
56 cars grith troops
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Gate: -I.I SEP 1978 _
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11 hpril 37 cars v;ith troops
cars witch troops
114 April 15 cars with troops
cars -.:i_ th troons
15 ..r.-ril 57 carp- .?ith troops
I.') care with troops
16 i prx.l 147 c-,rsa with troops
56 cars ':.,ith troops
60 cars with troops
60 cars with troops
58 cars with troops
33 cars with troops
cars with tranps
'45
50 cars with troops
35 f:nrc .~;ith troops
149 care with troops
17 J pri1 40 cars with troops
51 cars with troops
Si cars with troops
t;0 cars with troops
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17 April LSE cars ~ritr troops
56 cars with troops
50 cars with troops
50 cars with troor)s
5u cars -.,ith troops
50 c r rs with troops
cars r th troops
2" cars with troops
3t. cars with troops
r1l
5i~ cars with troops
1,1 cars with troops
59 cars ~?:ith troops
37 cars with troops
55 cars .,ith troops
cars with troops
54 cars with troops
6 cars with troops
13 cars is ith trorps
19 pri1 r2 cars with troops
59 cars with troops
53 cars with troops
Jena
Jena
Saalfeld
Jaall eld
Saalfeld
Zeitz
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Crawinkel
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19 52 cnrs v:i th troops
57 cars z :ith troops
51 cars rith troops
>2 cars with troops
59 oars r:i_th troops
52 cars .ith trop"s
56 cars with t roo`)s
51+ cars Frith troops
4" cars with troops
57 cars with troops
4, cars ,.ith troops
60 cars with troops
60 cars v,ith troops
61; cars v.i.th troops
20 A,.ril 59 cars r;i th troops
52 cars with troms
42 cars with troops
55 cars :?ri ih troops
(I cars with troops
rlr cars v:i Uh troops
c:rs with troops
irl; cars -.ith troops
Ilau rklurh iJisenach
:aur:bLtrn -ec'riterstaedt
?"erseburg echters'tacc t
ersehurg 'eclb.terstafLit
Jena Ohrdruf
Ze i i-,7. CC 'n i ni 1
'?ar'rranstaedt '."echterstaedt
!'nr'-hranstaEcit "echterstaedt
nrneburg ?"ecbtern;taedt
'."erseburg ?"ecilterstaec?t
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(1)
(2)
(3)
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20 April 57 cars --:?i Lo troops '"erswburg '?echters taedt
60 cars with troops 14err,
o)ur '.`echter'Staedt
45 cars vith troops '" seburg ? echterstcedt
21 April ;it cars ';ith troops "erseburg Nisenach
52 cars with troops Cera Ohrdruf
50 cars with troops Cora Ohrdruf
45 cars with troors Gera Chrdruf
59 cars with troops Sanlfeld Ohrdruf
l6 cars with troops .iena Crawinkel
56 cars with troops Jena Crawinkel
The. shipments listed above were loaded within the .srfurt railroad district,,
Troop trains which were leaded in other railroad diotri.cts and entered to
T'.rfurt railroad district were not covered. () )
[Comments,
al -Is e ievyc "that the troop train observed carried ele:;tints of the 107th .
En, r Dn of the lLth Olds `"ecz Div which roved to the area eash of +~iltpnhnrrr
for exercises
The aircraft crates were certainly crn.sirried to the fiChter division whose
headquarters is in Zerbrt, Tr o of the regi -"tints r:f the d ivi: ien are locate ,
in Zerbst, one rer'ineat in ;1r a ndenbur
m-FF
i?:e difficulties menti or~~'
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were caused b r the trairin
area
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s,
confirms and supplements
the transfer of units statinneci in i .uringia
to their respective training areas, Troop mr,ver"ents. to the Ohrdruf and
Kindel training areas began on 11 Aril 1952, Prior to 21 April
a total of 72 troop trains, F12 of which were ? sn ' r,
iru area and 30 to the Kindel area?
Vie following troop movements were carried out:
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shipments to Ohrdruf:
t 70-0070M , total of 2C troop trains were dispatched from Jena,.
Inc? ,.eimar to Ohrd.ruf, Crawinkel, Georgerrthal and Lrleben during /
the period from 11 through 21 April;, Units involved in there movements
included:
65th Gds 4'ecz x,'egt from '"eimar, 3 trains;
66th Gds I'ecz hegt from Jena, 2 trains;
67th Gds '.'ecz 'hegt from Zeitz, 1. trains;
ediuri Tank Rest from Zeitz, trains;
iieavp Tank SF hegt from Jena, 1 train;
`:ortar hest frrm oi.mar, 1 train;
172d Cdr :mr Ogt from Jena, 3 trains
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