POLISH HEAVY ARTILLERY REGIMENT IN TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI
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CIA-RDP82-00457R005400640010-5
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RIPPUB
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C
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2
Document Creation Date:
December 14, 2016
Document Release Date:
April 25, 2003
Sequence Number:
10
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Publication Date:
June 26, 1950
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REPORT
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CLASSIRCATION
COUNTRY _?-.REPORT NO. L
TOPIC-, G~_1, sb Ne. y Irv R Q t in carr~aszcst T azotiaaiec~~i
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DATE OF COI'uTF.NT r r:i.0r to Iecebe? 1949__._..4.,_
DATE OBTA NED-_ 25X1 26 June 1` 50
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REFERENCES_
PAGES-.-,._,_2 .ENCLOSURES (NO. & r1PE)~
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1A Information on the heavy artillery regiment in
Tc naszcza 1 azovieeki (Q 52/111 31) up to 30 December
1949 was obtained,, The superior headquarters were
allegedly in Lodz (Q 52/U y3) , `~ he
unit v,: quartered in _ lae
barracks o: tne orm 12th Lancer Regt 2,
2. Lieutenant Colonel Luddai . Estkowski, said to have
been in the Soviet Union, was regimental commander.
Captain blimczak, tralriin , officer and
Senior Lieutenant Jurkiewicz was political
officers The medical officer was Captain Dr.
Szymezak -
3. a4 The regiment had a headquarters with head-
quarters battery, training battery (NCO can--
didate school) and supply battery.
b. There were two battalions of three batteries
each. A third battalion was to be activated
in March 1950.,
c. Major Antoni Zajaczkoviski, who formerly served
with the hosciuszko Division, was CO of the
training battery. The battery detail was con-
posed of two officers three NCOs and four
.gunners. The signal platoon had 1 officer,
1 NCO and 24 men. The two gun platoons each
-had 2 guns, 1 officers 1 NCO and 14 gunnners
dv Senior Lieutenant 1awecki was CO of
the lst Btry (replacement training battery).
The battery detail had 2 officers, 2 NCOs
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and 6 or 7 trained gunners. Lach of the four
gun platoons had 1 officer, 4 NCOs and 121
unners.
e. Senior Lieutenant Ignacy Zabada was CO of the
2d :LL,try. The battery hid a battery detail of
officers, 1 NCO and 2 gunners, a signal pla-
toon and two gun platoons. The battery numbered
5 off ii;ers, 10 to 12 IMs and about 4.5 guxiner s?
The regiment arena tent consisted of Soviet 152 -mm
guns and carbines, model 93 (used during basic
train in )
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7a The regiment was horse-drawn, with six to eight
horses per gun.
i$ .'nple stocks of ammunition were available. ?jour
amaition stora-;e shelters were In the barracks
.area. The regiment also furnished personnel
for a large ammunition de-not in i ogny (Q 52/P 23),,
It was said that a large ,a n)nition factory for
artillery shells an,1 aircraft bon bs was near
Niearindenv., (Q 52/P 22)
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