MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION

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• Publication Date: December 8, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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SUBJECT Miscellaneous Military
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REPORT
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reports containing information on the following:
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three
Military units in Bacau, Lugoj and Targu-Jiu.
A short report giving the
of three military units.
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c. Mechanized Engineers' Battalion
mirpscu Division, Bucharest.
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: Rumania
: Military Units in Bacau, Lugoj and
Targu-Jiu
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1. An infantry regiment, commanded by Major Gheorghe Tutuica, was
stationed in the western suburbs of Bacau from mid-1961 until early
1963.
2. The 381st Signals Battalion
of the 40th Corps
1957.
3. Headquarters of an antiaircraft
of the 86th Infantry Division
was stationed at Lugoj from late 1955 through late
artillery division
with two of its artillery regimentsx and a services
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Puazo-4 fire control sets and one had 37 millimeter guns, while the
other had 57 millimeter guns. Each battery comprised four guns.
Lieutenant Colonel Florescu (fnu) was commanding officer of the
division and Lieutenant Colonel Mihaescu (fnu) was chief of staff.
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: Mechanized Engineers' Battalion of the Tudor
Vladimirescu Division
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1. In mid-1959, a nuMber of units of the Tudor Vladimirescu Division
were stationed at the barracks opposite the Ghencea cemetery in Bucharest,
Including an armored regiment, an artillery regiment, an infantry unit
and a mechanized engineers'
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battalion
2. The engineers' battalion comprised about 150 officers and men, who ware
armed only with semiautomatic SKR carbines. Each section of the First
and Second Companies was also equipped with a light machine-gun. The
battalion consisted of the following three companies:
a. The First Company, a sapper unit equipped with VIM-203 mine
detectors fitted with earphones. Members of the company often
trained for mine-laying and disposal.
b. The Second Company, a bridge unit, which was equipped with four
BAV amphibious vehicles, about 80 metal pontoons, wooden bridging
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structures, metal bridging structures, a number of rubber
dingies, a number of motor boats, and prefabricated wooden
structures for bridging frozen rivers.
c. The Third Company, a technical unit, which hdd about ten
Steagul Rosu trucks primarily for routine service functions,
Czepel gasoline engine vehicles fitted with spotlights and
mine-laying equipment, two deep plows, four Kirov tractors,
each fitted with a bulldozer and excavator, two motor
graders, a pile driver, and a number of electric saws. A
few dozen Zis and Zil four-by-six trucks were also kept in
separate Sheds for use in emergencies.
3. New recruits arrived at the battalion once a
year and underwent three
months of regular infantry training before undergoing specialized
training within the units to which they were posted. Once a year,
the Whole battalion would participate in field maneuvers, Which included
mine-laying and bridge-building exercises, with the division's other
near
units at the proving grounds/Draganesti on the River Olt. During the
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eight or nine months of the dry
were in the field, either training
equipment was often used for road
In mid-1957, the battalion participated
season, most of the battalion's units
or working; the battalion's heavy
-building and construction operations.
in joint Rumanian-Bulgarian
exercises for bridge-laying on the
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personalities in the battalion:
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a.
Major Gheorghe Artenescu, commanding
officer.
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Lieutenant Major Josif Catz, commanding officer of the Firtt
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c. Captain Aron Enciu, deputy commander of the battalion.
d. Lieutenant Major MUnteanu (Thu), commanding officer of
the Second Company.
e. Lieutenant Major Gheorghe Opiteanu, commanding officer
of the Third Company.
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: Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion
at Caracal
1. In 1960, an artillery reconnaissance battalion (batalionul cercetasi
observatori)
was stationed at a large barracks, which
was to the left of the Caracal (N )01-07, E 24-21) railroad station.
The battalion comprised four companies (detasament), each of which
was commanded by a senior lieutenant and was assigned one medical
orderly. Each company comprised four sections (grupa), each of
which was equipped with one gun and had seven men commanded by a
sergeant.
2. The battalion underwent the following training:
a. Regular infantry training and familiarization with the F.N. 7.62-
millimeter rifle. This training lasted one month and ended with
an exercise using live ammunition.
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b. Three months of gun drill, carried out in a field about 30
kilometers from the barracks. Equipped with a box of work
tools (cutia de unelte) containing pinchers, plyers, and small
picks, three scouts from each section preceded the unit and its
weapons, reconnoitered the area, and determined the most suitable
positions to deploy the guns. They then dug the gun positions
within a predetermined period of time, usually half an hour.
The guns were drawn by Molotov trucks, which parked a short
distance from the gun positions. The men then pulled the guns
into position, which consisted of a semicircle with about ten
meters between each position. Only the barrel of the gun pro-
truded from the position. The section commander received his
orders over the field telephone and then passed them on to his
men. After one year of training, the battalion was to have
carried out an exercise using live ammunition at Capul Midia
(N )4-21, E 28-41).
c. Chemical warfare (defense), in which the soldiers, wearing gas
masks, passed through a gas chamber.
d. Political indoctrination.
3. The battalion's barracks, which included about 50 buildings, was
also occupied by six other units, including a tank regiment and an
infantry regiment.
An Air Force unit was stationed about 14 kilo-
meters from the barracks on the north side of the highway leading
to Craiova (N )1-19, E 23-48). The barracks was surrounded by a
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barbed wire fence, and at one end of the area was a row of underground
armories, covered by a layer of earth and vegetation. The entrance
to each armory was closed by a circular metal cover, also covered with
earth and vegetation, which stood on a. wooden frame. Steps led down
about three meters into the armories, which were 40-50 meters long,
four or five meters wide, and made of reinforced concrete. Miscel-
laneous weapons
were kept in boxes of
various sizes arranged in rows in each armory.
4. The battalion did not have an armory, but received its weapons from
the central armory. It had the following five buildings at its
disposal:.
a. Headquarters building, which included the offices of the battalinnIs
commanding officer and about ten other officers
b. Billets. A small storage room for a number of F.N. 7.62-milli-
meter rifles was at the entrance to this building.
c. Cultural and recreation hall, where the soldiers were given
theoretical lessons. The hall was equipped with a television set.
d. A large storage room in which 70-80 guns of various types made in
the USSR were kept. The smallest gun had a caliber of 25 milli-
meters. About 200 Molotov trucks, made in the USSR and from
two-and-one-half to six tons, were kept here. The room also
housed a vehicle repair shop for making routine repairs.
e. A small workshop, equipped with regular mechanical equipment,
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which was a few meters away from the large storage room.
5. Discipline at the barracks was very strict, and the men were forbidden
to leave the station post. Any soldier roaming out of the permitted
area could be quickly identified by his uniform's insignia. The
shoulder board insignia of the battalion consisted of two cannons of
yellow metal, which formed a cross on a black background.
6. the following personnel in the battalion:
a. Major Janulescu (fnu), commanding officer of the battalion.
b. Lieutenant Major Neagu (mu), a company commander.
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