SOVIET TROOPS IN MAUER DEHLING AND ST POELTEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008300410005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 25, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Throe platoons of 1 lieutenant and 50 soldiers each., who wore black -bordered red
epauilats without branch-oi:.service iasi?pia, n .rched from the forr:cr insane asylum
s,n :;iriucr 3eh irag (t? 49/t- 26) to the drill field southeast of ti e instal .anon at
8 aorx? on 17 ay 1751.. Two of the blatoons were arse with subraachi:ue guns and the
third nith rifles mou-iting folded bayonetsfl `the )Iatoons subsequently practiced
a.ttackia, ., advancing toward a firs trench which was protected by mire entanglor.1entsa
The soldiers fired blank cartridges and threw practice rand rronad.es o After the
attack ,zracticc -.vas ovtr, the soldiers in prone position ferried a circle of abort
100 netars in diameter and watcl_ied a der onotrntion of the detonation of c 1e.ioli tion
c?xar{*es in the center of the circle They wore stool lie lr:o t sm '.t about, 9?30 a,
four r c :a?c platoons of about 50 s'oZaii crv cac a arrived from the inc~talla?t~iorr and
started practicing AT defense at c'as e ta-r4,e, or;anized in teals of five and using
fb, c tLa:: tank of clay and bricks as tar eto . ach five-uan tean co.rasisto( of 1 so?d.ier
with a fla::io thrower, 1 soldier carryin ; a sorb,:laehiae ,-mn aad praactice :canc. e;:xados,
and 3 solders car:'yinf; sub naohir e ,e211 a_1'. ro`1ish bot ac, 30 cm hi,;ho ;,ach tea,,-.1,9
startirn; about 100 uetors froa:r the duu:i r ta_- k, would crawl toward the target and,
about 15 raetcrs from the tar-et, would Vi row the bottles a ainst the eo.T Sr tart he ro-
uzpon a .:tense s coke was onerated ,?a'zictxs in caln vreather, lasted for at least five
ni.hiutesn Drrin. this p:ariod., the soldiers who carried the hand ^re tacieas threw about
1C) of t._iem against the dru.iy tank while the flame thrower operator rol.easod 3 to 10
.jots of liq-.u.r? lire, pr ueinp bil?hws of black snokeo The tears took turns, with
each ox-,-rcice lasting about 20 ,,ximiteso j? ho flame t rower operator car-led a container
about the size of a _ asoline can aiid toaproed by a small steel bottle with a valve
atrappe,t on his back, He held in his baud the release mechanism r,hich rn_so< bled a
>ubraachino rpm with butt and tri;,?-or and as con-iocted w,,nth the contai.:e. r by two fuel
pipes ether teams, of soldiers of the uanit, which totaled about F 0.) =e;.rpracticed the
der:oolition of wire entnng le=;aonts by using remote-control char: es? 'he v.-s`lciie;ra -were
obvious r ;zedo ;.tier din aer, tracks
each carryi..n-; 33 soldiers
r? 7 gula al-ton sag z move gore ? e bar,?acks instal ation to the
trailsi..o 7
gar. waa There, the troops jumped from the vehicles upon a Whistle si ;pal, ex-
.opt two men remaining with each AA machine =;un~am? took up defensive positions? The
elisrsountin ; was practiced at least 20 tips, Ten of the soli=.:'rs on each truck carried
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