FALL EXERCISES OF THE REINFORCED IX MTZ RIFLE CORPS

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CLASSIFICATION M 2-REM
COUNTRY Fast Germany
'TOPIC
-_.REPORT
Fall &ereisos of the Reinforced U Fitz Rifle Corps.
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1? At 1700 on 24 September 1954 2 x 76U 2--mm AT guns,, 3 x 120--ma niorta~,.-s
and 10 trucks with 150 soldiers wearin black-bordered crimson
epaulets left the Adolf Hitler Kaserne it Schwerin and want
7 x 122- mm field howitzers and approximately 30 -trucks with
approximately 4.00 soldiers wearing red-bordered black e . aiiletsincluding
movers
some with artillery insignia left the Krueger Kaserne to Schwerin
for the freight station,
3. Soldiers and materiel from the Fliegerhorst Kaserne ~ in Hager-ow
entrained at the Hagenow--Land railroad station,, included-..4 x 57--mm
AT gtiins, 6 x 160-=inm mortars, 3 field kitchens and 50 trucks with
soldier;> wearing black-bordered crimson epaulets on 25 September;
and 9 x 85-mm AT guns, 3 field kitchens and 52 trucks with soldiers
wearing red-abordered black epaulets on. 26 September.
4. After 1700 on 25 September and after 1900 on 26 September, several
columns passed through Ferleberg. They came from the direction of
Ludi;ri.gslust, proceeded toward Pritzwalk and consisted of the
following vehicles and w eapons-. 71 x 37- mm AA guns, 35 x 85-mw-
AA guns, 40 x 57-min AT guns, 42 x 85-mr`n AT guns,, 26 field howitzers,
12 x 120-mm mortars, 12 searchlights, 17 tank trucks, radio trucks
and field kitchens and approximately 310 other trucks, most of
which w ere obeun ed b soldiers
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5. On 26 Ssp ,ambsre loadings began at the Wittstock railroad station.
All trainn seen went toward Pritzwalk0
6. In late ti 4 pte nbsr 9 the Ui ttetock training grounds had apparently
not yet bron completely vacated. Several loadings were observed
prior tc 27 Sep
7. At 1100 on 26 Septembbr, the following units from the Delius
Kaserrn?A22 ) in Potsdam were entrained:
U, ld r.a ;laeo .d station; 17 x 122-m field guns., 17 Z-65
prima movers, 1 YA-12 prime mover ; approximately 20 trucks
and 200 to 300 soldiers z:earis g red-bordered black opaulets.
Pot,Ldam cad station: 20 z 122-am field 22 Z-65
prime mover s, about 15 trucks gad
approximately 400 soldiers wearing reel-bordered black
epaulets. Loadings were completed at about 1.500.4
bo On 2 e ,epteaLi d , an increased number of traffic control posts and
signboards ;narking the, area as restricted were observed in the
*g -T'ang,oAauende training area, particularly west of the Elbe
River noax- Rogaetz, on the road to Mahlwinkel and the branch-off
to Anger n on the road to Br Test and east of the Elba Rivers at
the Fu " c rgoanstalt north. of Burg and on the g & agdeb,urg roads
at the brrnch-off to Detershagen and the autobahn entrance at
Schermen. Many motor vehicles were assembled in the wood patches south
of Mahltri el., west of the Elbe River, and south of the 1h1ebur'g--Parchau
road, east of the Elba .fiver. A command post was prseus .bl loca'sod
near Kohb 1,, 6 km southeast of Tangerhuette. Sedan was
seen nearby. The Weissevarthe Forest, northeast of Tangerhuette, was
not occupied by Soviet troops.
1. Co ient, Units of the 286th Ods #fttz Rifle Regt, the 283d Cde
if Jle Begt and the 132d Bow Arty Begs of the 94th Cde ttz Pi fle
Corps, and major elements, of the th Ode Arty Brig of the IX Satz
Rif'la Corps were entrainod. these
ship:.cynts went to the UiesenburggBelxiggBrueck, area. where the
reinforced corps assembled for fall exercises.
probably belonged to the I Mt z Ai 'le Corps and it is assumed that
Major units
of the corps had been observed in Magdeburg an route toward the
east betWen 1850 and midnight on 25 Septembers
The columns may have beam identical. For information on the assommV
area of these units, geq~~ o 1st 5.
3. Com - pt. According to other information,, major elements of the
18th Mecz Div transf rred
the senburg- g Brueck area on
25 and 26 Soptembesr, 0
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Coxuant. The units on the trains belonged to the 34th Arty
Div and moved from Potsdam,, to the
abovemmentionsd assembly area of the Ritz Rifle Corps in 4 shipments.
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The waits which were assembled in the Durg'Genthin
angor auet a area may have been elements of the Mts Rifle Corps
which ware to represent the enemy force in exerciseb of the
division and had probably moved there by road,, See Paragraph 4.
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E:c>:a>?~:aat@ Su sizing this and previous observations the
followi.,ig information is available on the exercises of the IX Mtz
Rifle Corps:
The bulk of the corps, reinforced by elements of the 34th Arty Div
from Potsdam assembled in the Wiesenburg.Belzi.g- aaek cream In
Connection with this movement, more than. 40 shipments uere observed
between 25 and 27 September, Elements of the 3d Gde AT Arty Brig,,
and probably elements of the 25th Glide RL Brig joined this group
which advanced by road. Shipments from Vinzelbsrg southwest of
Stendal tend to indicate that army units of the Third ' Shock Army
also participated. The preparation of a fuel supply base in
Stuelper Forst east of Jueter?bog between 12 and 22 September
furnishod the first indication of the possible direction of
attack. The observation of an enemy group in the Sting :enthinn
-Tangerhuatte area suggests that the exercise will develop in
a north o terly diroction. This assumption is supported by the
observation in ' the . Ferchla,nd-Guesen4erichow area of engineer
salts of the U/$ engr rest of the GSFG; the 88th Engr Regt (?)
of the Second Gds l4ecs Army, the U/i engr bn of the U Mtz Rifle
Corps a.s).d the Fourth Gds Mecz Army,, which have been assembled
there since mid-September',, The assembling of these engineer
units indicated that special stress will be laid on the crossing
of the Elbe river during the exercises.
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