FIFTH INFANTRY DIVISION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009600440002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Fifth Infantry Division
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1. The headquarters of the 5th Infantry Division was moved from Poznan to Gorzow
Wielkopolski in 19491. For more than a year, a Soviet general commanded the
division. A politruk with the rank of lieutenant colonel was assigned to
the division in 1951, after completing a course at a higher political school
in the Soviet Union.
2. The following units belong to the 5th Infantry Division:
a. The 13th Infantry Regiment, field post number JW 2+62 which formerly
was baser at Po pan, is now at Miedzylesie (P 51/H 31). It is commmanded
Major Jozef Hubert, a Pole who came from the Soviet Union with the
Rerling army. He is assisted by a politruk, Major Arachimowicz, a
Polish Communist from the USSR.
The 15th Infantry regiment remains in Schwerin. It is commanded by
Colonel Dubin, a Soviet officer.
.platoon; one economic (sic, "gospodarczy") platoon.
The 10th Engineer Battalion is located at Gorzow Wielkopolski, under the
command of Major Edward Henzel# a young pre-war Polish officer.
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The 17th Infantry Regiment, originally based at Gniezno, is now at Sulechow.
It is commanded by Lt. Col. Michal Gorzutek.
d. The 22nd Field Artillery Regiment, formerly based at Miedzyrzecz and now
at'Sulechow, is commanded by Lt. Col. -Tan Kordas, a young prewar Palish.
officer.
f. The 7th Liaison Battalion is at Gorzow Wielkopolski.
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Each infantry regiment is composed of two "line" or "front" battalions; one
chool" bsttalion; one administration (kwatermistrzostwo) group; two
artillery batteries, one of which has four artillery guns and the other of
which has eight 120 mm mortars and eight 15 mm antitank guns; one liaison
platoon; one engineer platoon; one chemical warfare platoon; one r$connaisance
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4. Formerly, new recruits were assigned to the various battalions, and after
completion of basic training those with greater ability were selected, for
varying periods of specialized training. Now,, candidates are selected
from the ranks of untrained recruits for training courses conducted for
artillerymen, engineers, NCO's, liaison, etc. These trainees are assigned.
to: the third,, or school, battalion, where they pass the basic training
period; they then are given a special one-year course, after which they
assume duties as instructors. The selection of recruits for the specialized
training courses is made with the active help of the Communist Party and on
the basis of their service in the SP (Sluzba Polsce).
During their course of training in the school battalion, some soldiers are
disqualified- not for lack of ability, but for political reasons; they
are sent to other battalions to complete their military service as
ordinary soldiers. Selectees are seldom disqualified except for political
reasons,
6. The 5th Infantry Division is equipped exclusively with Soviet model arms
which are manufactured in the arms factories located at Radom and Warsaw,
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