50TH INFANTRY BATTLALION IN MARIANAKE LAGNE AND UNIT(Sanitized) IN HRUSKOVE

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• Publication Date: August 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY,
CLASSIFICATION
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REPORT NO.
TOPIC... 50th Inf'antrv rattal?i.orr in 'arianskrw T,a7n, nnr7 TTn9+.I
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25X1 la in antry r,/nit was transferred to
25X1 :._arianske Lazne II 50/P 56) on 1 April 1250. It had been stationed,
25X1 in Lazne Kvnzvar?r (r cN /Ta '*e, 1 mv.,, -44.
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was equir,ed with German rifles, Czech submachine guns, 10 li
ght machine guns.,
8 trucks, 7 riding horses and 2 draft horses.A iifie company of about 180
men was armed with an equal number of rifles an i submachine guns. There
were also about 10 light machine guns. The technical company of about 100
men was composed of a telephone platoon, a radio platoon, an en ineer platoon
and a labor platoon. The heavy weapons company had a mortar platoon with
=?A a, nu belonged to the unit headquarters- Staff Captain
Itrizels, ('nu), was D0Z officer and Czptain Nlepereny, (fnu , political
officer. :ajor Dydzov, (fnu), was commanding officer of the replacement
company,. Another officer of the unit was .'ajor Toufan, (fnu). The
superior divisional commander was General Kostka, (fnu), and his deputy
was Colonel i ytir, (fnu). :?:a jor Iti=nlieka, (fnu) and the division surgeon,
Lieutenant Colonel Drasnar
.(fnu), belonged to the divisional headquarters, (3)
The strength of the unit as estimated at 60 to 70 officers 200 to 230 NCO..'.,
and 740 to COO men, (4)
The headquarters company of 112 men was or-Tani zed into four 1 t
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2. The unit had its headquarters company, rifle co :; any, techhnical com any,
heavy weapons company, ::aachine gun cc. any aril in.~a~ try gun cl
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barracks about i' Im southwest of I.:arianske Lazne. The mortar company was
in Prameny (N 51/P 57), the replacement company in Tepla (I. 50/t 66), the
submachine gnnn company in the SNB quarters in Dolni Zandov (E ,1/P 46).. the
guard detachment in 4amberk (P 51/li 20) and a platoon d tached to the IM
in Tri Sekery (N 50/P 56). (2)
3. Colonel Travnicl r, (fnu), was the commanding officer of the unit; Staff
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four mortars of about CO in caliber, and an AT platoon with four t ra:i
unso The machine gun corgi; any of about, ~ C men had seven sc;bads, e...ch
with a heavy r:iachine gun. The trfantryy g= company of about 120 men had
three 7 -rrr1 guns., 45 horses and some wagons. The strength of the replace-
gent cos?;oany ..,as estimated at 160 ;-en, equipped with ~C'0 rifles and CO sub-
machine guns. The submachine gun company in ''olni Zandov numbered 120
men and was equipped with Czech type ) submachine guns.
6. jintcr znaneuvcrs were held from late January until mid-February 1950.
The last large-scale maneuver on the divisional level was held from
i .:.ay to a June 1950 with ta; I,s, airplanes and units of other divisions
participating.
unit in ylrushova (N 51/P 5),
was cors,:;anded by Captain Polozinec, (fnu).
The compares of 170 men was organized into four platoons. The I, equipped
with machine guns and submachine guns, had been detached for training from
units in .Iarianske Lazne, ` heb (N ;l/f' 37), As (?' 51/0 1C) and Karlovy Vary.
Training; was conducted in he iCaiserwald and included firin with submachine
guns, scoutinf,, engineer service, handling of prisoners. radio service,
destruction of telephone .Lines, construction of observation pasts and
re_ioval of wire obstacles, a,~,or Iti:?licka, (fnu), of the divisional hood-
quarters in Karlovy Vary inspected the company three times a vreek.
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25X1 (1) T `,e unit is the 50thh Inf 13n the headquarters of which, hail rer, was located
25X1 in a .arianske Lazne in July 1219. E__ 1
25X1 T -ho location of a unit in Lazne Kynsvart
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25X1 (2) Thhc?, locations of the companies were reported. The rein-
25X1 (3) '-"he co.-.arding; officer and O"' officer have been known since July 19Li.9. E
25X1 General Xootka, (fnu), mentioned as division co.a ander,was
25X1 the CG of the 13th lnf F.ri. in Iiarlovyy vary to which the 50th inrt? L'n is
subordinate . According to another report Kostka was allegedly, replaced r
25X1 Colonel Sykora, (fnu). T;ils statement is now question-
ab? le in the light of the information in the present report.
(?:) The strength reported scorns rather high co: pared with in or....ation of July
25X1 1%9. At tat time large elements of the 'battalion
wore c.'ei;ached to la a fri..,ades or construction parties working in tl~ ,
border area. Should t:?.e oresont .fi.pares Uc: correct the battalion was
pr. obr.bl.;r brought to Lull strength.
(5) Tho unit in :iruskova, assigned to ire Kaisorwald troop training grounds,
was a tr ig rin; co..painy for reconnaissance and submachine ,;un companies.
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