MILITARY INFORMATION FROM SCHWERIN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011200050007-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 20, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Military Information from snhwnrin
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[--1 2. On 27 Decamber 1)51, a unit of about 2) soldiers wearing-red?bordered black
epaulets 7lith artillery insignia and equipped with 8 x 76.2?mm field rains, 12
trucks? , aid
1 field kitchen, was loaded at the chwerin froiL:ht yard. The unit came from the
25X1 Iiindez.bur2; Kasorne on juestrowerstrasse and, accordinc: to a raiIroadnan? went to
the schweinrich OJ 54/u 21) troop trainirr; crounds.
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Between 2 and 11 January 1952? the headquarters at the restricted L,chlossgarten
area, Schlerin (1 54/1. 46), moved to the Goerrics airfield. According to a
rumor all buildings in the chlossgarten area would be turned over to the
civilian population. Several private houses in the imnediate vicinity of aoerries
airfield -mere requisitioned acain.
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In the evening of 27 Decombcr one buildin: of the 7indenbur Kasorne was observed
to be uno:tcupied. From 450 to 500 :troops wore believed to be quartered in the othe
buildings of the installation. Twelve caterpillar tractors towing 100?mm AT guns.,
with eight soldier riding on each vehicle, left the installation on 28 Decen-Lor.
Intensive trainin, both individual and at the group level, with and without small
arms, was observed in the barracks yard between 27 December 1951 and 2 January
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On 4 January? the southern section of the Fritsch Kaserne on Johann, Stellingstrase was occupied by an 'artillery unit; the northern section was occupied by a
unit cf .s.Adiors who wore black?bordered black epaulets, sone with sinal insignia
lour 3.22?m:1 field howitzers and 203 to 250 drillinP soldiers nr,, ohFInrirpr7i 4-hc
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On 7 Januarys the Moltke Kaserne on Ludwigslusterstrase was occuDied by about
1,000 troops who wore rod?bordered black epaulets with artillery insirnia. l'our
122?rar: field howitzers and 10 armored half?track vehicles were observed in the
barracks :lard where about 60 soldier,- were -,nr,a,.n0 in (-1,yo?ordk...,,r drill, '
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on 7 january, the Krueger Kaserne on Ludwigslusterstras,e 7:as occupied by
about 1,2A troops. Lentrics wore red-bordered black epaulets. There was
much training activityp inc1.udin7 snall-arms drill at squad level. Six
1:734/85 tanks and 5 313-100 SP guns wore seen in the barracks yard. iron
UYI) to 700 trools received field traininc,' at the Gros,Jer Dresch drill fiold.
On 1) Januarys the Adolf Ilitler Kaserne on Ludwislnster L%haussee was
cccu3ied by 250-3 te 3303 troops. .eltries wore black-her'erad red
epaulets. Four armored scout cars towing 37-mm oins entered. the
installation coning from t direction of Ltern-:luchholzs, while 700 to 000
iwirnnr1 ,Irvoo (71-111in .itsrinnr lnvel in the barracks rarrio
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On 9 Januarys, the Fritsch Laserne on Johann btellinstrasso was occunied by
about 1,000 troops who wore red-bordered black coaulots includinz sone -with.
zrtillory or motor transport insinia and black-bordered black epaulets's,
including some with oir.:nal insignia. L,everal adjacent private hcrlscs on
Lischstrase, Johann L,tellingstrasse and ''ZLam !charrerstrase were requisition-
and added to the billeting area between 20 Decolbor and 9 January. 1=11
quarters wore fully lighted in the evenings, with the excention of the n rth-
ern wing of the northernmost barracks. This.barracks housed priniarily
recruits who wore rod-bordered black epaulotss, including some with artillery
or rotor transport insi7nia and black-bordered black onaulets, including
some with signal insignia ildjoining this building to the south there was an
officers, moss, and another building als,) occtroiod by recruits who yore black-
bordered black eoaulots and red-bordered black epaulets with notor transport
:Lnsignia0 crirce believed that a headvartors was located in the next four
hull dings farther to the south; ho saw many of:icers with black-brirdered red
epaulets, red-bordered black coaTiets and 'black-bordered black epauleto3
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9. al 7 January o the Ilindenburg Koserne on ',uestrowerstrase occmiecl by
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about 11003 troos host of t:to soldiers yore red-bordered black epariets)
:nostly with artillery insignia but a few had motor transport and sf..?Tnal
insignia while some soldiers wore black-bordered black coaulets. One
Ouildin in the southern section of the LIT:.tallation.contnined ordcrly
.roor; another building, adjoining,the above building to the north and
facni7,7 Guestroverstras:e? quartered primarily fully trained s-.)1diors who wore
:rod-bordered black epaulet Ilth artillery and signal insignia, ..cljoining
25X1 the buildin on -Liestroworstrasf3e to tho west the-i-e was a mess building 77ith.
Oil-Lets on its upoer floor.c-ljoining the building to the north thero worc
lontly occupied by recruits who wore red-bordered black eoaulets.
'Preens observed between 2 and 7 January received close-order drill at elet:)on
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10, On 9 January, the Ildelf Kaserne on Ludwigsluster 0aus-oe
was occupied by about 2,200 troops, most of whori yore black-
bordered rod epaulets and a few who wore red-bordered black
epaulets. -11 qunrtors were fully lighted at dusk, Hetweari28
jeoomber 1951 and 9. January 1952, intensive training, ectivity
was observed in the billeting area and on the adjoining drill
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ground. Clone-order drill with and without arms was noticed in
the bilIctinr area, while troops on the drill ground practiced
with 30-ma mortars g received field training at squad level,
and practiced with telephone, equipment. Ja four afternoons, ten
groups? each of about 40 Ilea weorin.r black-bordored rod epaulets
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and equipped with about 16 submachine c2ns? 10 double-bitted
pickaxes and spades, 4 range finders and 4 x 30-m-1 mortars, entered
the Adolf Hitler Kaserne. At least 50 x 80-mm mortars were
observed with the troops who wore training .1 1.,)aut 53 trucks
were seen in the ;.arages-.
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On 3 January, the 7:indonburg Kaserne on :,-uestrowerstray c was
occunied by about 1,800 troops, most of when yore red-,bordcred
black epaulets with artillery and rocket launcher'insignie, A
few wore black -bordered black eoaulets 7ith signal insirnia,
Uniformed Ibassian women with rod-bordered black epaulets wore
quartered in a building in the southern section !)J: the instal' tion0-
djoining this building to the north there was a buililng
containing orderly room and classrooms sndtseveral other.bullis*s
occupir,d by soldiers, most of whom wore re-bordered black epaulets
but some of whom wore black-bordered black epaulets. One of these
buildings almost exclusively quartered recruits who wore red-
bordered black epaulets with artillery and rocket launcher insignia
and black-bordered black epaulets. On 4 January, 25 soldiers wearing
red-bordered black epaulets with artillery insignia and carryinr:
lugrar;e went to th railroad station
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carrying 25 soldiers with red-bordered black epaulets,
cams from the direction of 0oerrios airfield. and drove into the .
barracks installation on 6 January also occupied
by. 25 soldiers with red-bordered black epaulets and coning from the 25X1
direction of doerries? entered the, billetirv: area on 8 january? On
10 January, 4 officers and 25 soldiers with red-bordered black
epaulets from tho Hindenburg Kaserne boarded the regular Berlin,-
bound train which they left in tittonberge ("A 53/Y 79) to board. -
another train going toward 7:ittstock (N 5)i/t 11). Iletween 1 and 8
january, training activities at the adjoining '::erderholz drill
ground included drill wit, and without rifles at squad level in the
barracks yard, entrenching practice range estimation by groups up
to 4J soldiers, practice with an 80-mm porter and. the strirjnr of
telephone lines by soldiers wearing black-bordered black epa.i1ets4
Soldiers werring rod-bordered black epaulets with rocket-lartncher
Insignia were soon with all groups. The ontire ii1iotjJ arca
brightly illuminated until taris
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n.2 and 9 January, th? DAF building at the intersection of Hagenover-
stzasse and Ludwigslusterstrasoc was vacated by the headquarters located
there up to that date. Billoting equipment was hauled on trucks
Ito the Hindonburo Kasorno on juestrowerstrasoor, 2rucs
hauled biretino. equipnent to Goerries airfiold.
The sionboards were removed, and the sentry was no loncer present. The
telopone cables runnino tooard Fauler Soo and to the Fritsch laserne
on Johann Litollinostrasso were removed0 truck with civilians was seen
in tho yard of the DAF buildino.
On january, the barracks at uoerrios airfield southwest of Jchwerin wnrc
ocoupfied to caoacity by at least 2,60D troops who yore rod-borC:ored blaeic
epaulets, includino- some with artillery and rockot-launchor insignia, and
black-bordered black coaulots? including some with eno,ineer insionia. All
wind= of the installation and of the three buildings on ')storf Lake were
brihtly illuminated at dusk. Two new, leo Wooden buildino:s were so.r?n at
the southeastern corner of the airfield and at its northern border near
Faoananhof respectively. Civilians wore seen clearing debris from the airfield
and a ruin at the southern perimeter of the field. Open wooden sheds,
apoarontly to serve as garages, wero constructed in the barracks yard.
Training activities observed between:3 and 0 January includod drill with and
wiohout ems in the billeting areas field training on the airriolds and
firiw. with live aqauaition at the rifle ranoes. Threo
towin 100-mmAT guns were seon durino the same period.'
14? On a January, it ?7;at; observed that t1.7o nulber of antenon masts belonging to
the rndio station at the sootheastorn corner of -Ioerries airfield, south of
the billeting ar:!a? had boon incronood to eioht. It was also noted that the
te7_ophone line from.600rrico airfield to Ludwioluster Chaussee with a branch
lino to th) 1:rueoer Kasernos as well as the telephone lines from the 1:ruegor
Kasorno, the ::;eltkc 1:aserne, c1 1f atlor Lesorneane_ Comp Zipoend,orf
converged at a five pole tel.-L.11ml distribution center located at Ludwigsluotor
?ChClITS5CC..
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On 3 January, the Loltke Kasorno on Ludviir.;slusterstras::,o was occupied by
troops wooring rod-bordered black epaulets with tank insignia and uniformd
Siviet women with the snme eonulets nod insionia. r'--324. talk eai seen
in the barracks yard. Another 25 tanks of an un13entified tra worn
nrou471 the aeon cnnrn nr vage"
16. In early December 1351, .'Tenoral Inapri (fnu)
world rove into the renovated residence of the former Gorman airfield
conoandant at ;cierrios airfield in early 1952. A Soviet employee told.
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source that T?ocket Launcher Unit with Lieutenant Colonel
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and occupied additional quarters which were vacated by -hoineor Unit Zimon
in tato 2Jovemi'er 1)51, The coa.tandinc officer and the deputy coi.L.:ianderri
Iwere to be billeted in a renovated house at 23 -:-Juestrewer- 25X1
strasso. iho other Soviet-Occupied houses on duestraworstrasso, Kaothe
Kollwitzstrast
' iiicarda Huchstrasso were returned to tho Gernan
autiori ties
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L.t o din-,; to other sources,
the lId IX .7.tz if 13 C-.1rps moved from
the restricted chlosegarten
area to loerries airfield in late
Uovember and early
Jecen.ix)r 1251.
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(2)The variety of weapons
observed. at the Ilindonbur: Kasorno still
hinders an attempt to establish the identity of most of the units
in this installation. 7)n1y the rocket launcher insinia indicate
that (31011:Lints of the 10th Gds hLRest ..)f the IX Mtz Rifle Corps
ace quartered in the li,..n.renburg Kaserne? This is to some degree
confirmed by the source of parayraph 16. It is unlikely that a'
unit llith 76.2?mm field guns should have come from the andenburg
Kaserno? because the only unit al: t:le Ath Gds Mtz Aifle Div with
this typeof 71..1nti is to 19rth Gds Gun ,rty Augt which is carried
in ':ismar. . Lieutenant Colonels Kirilov (fnu)
and Zimon (ran) are kn(xyn from previous ro-oorts.1
t3)Pararaph 3 indicates that the Ici 94th Gds Ltz ifle Div moved from
the DAP building to the Fritsch Kaserno0 ield howitzers of 122 nm
are observed in the .Pritsch Kaserne for the first title. The ton
armored half?track vehicles sen in the :bine Kaserne are vaguely
indicative of the unidentifiec . roconnaisaneo battalion of tlio')4t1i
0-.1s tz Aifle Div. '2ho number of mortars in the .olf hticr I.:acorao,
as specified, in parraph 10, an.pears greatly everectinatod? as the
motorized rifle re:;iment which is believed to be stationed there has
only about 27 mortar:70.1n other respects, the report centins no new
information on the ,,chtlerin nilitary post.
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)Thore have boon no in ications that :ajor loneril Incur! (fnu)s carried
as corrandin; :pneral of the 13th .:ocz Div should have been a-) iitod to
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