SOVIET MILITARY RAIL MOVEMENTS ON THE FRANKFURT/ODER-BREST-LITOVSK LINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900350006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 8, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1o The trains operating '-.etti'reen r'rankfurt/C er and '?rest Litovsk bet:iccn
1 anal 10 August 1950 had the usual a ,cort personnel, They were :guarded
by two 20e.; :i light Ui. guns am' Lour heavy machine guns covered with can-
vas and mounted on special railroad cars.
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The west-bound troop train in Konin (P 53/0 16) on 3 ')-ugUst 1950 carried
troops in 10 bo..cars., 6 artillery tractors and eight guns of about 150 zmn
caliber. The guns had split-trail carriages with square trails and rela-
tively high twnluxtls with single pneur atic tares. Their barrels were about
2 meters long and had no muzzle brakes. The square gun shields had a
swept back upper section that did not give protection beyond the wheels.
The li ht AT runs on the ,rest-bound freight train in insk Mazo -lecki
(R 53/L 38) on It. August 1950 had split-trail gun carriages with round
trails and disk wheels with single pneumatic tires. Their barrels were
about 3 meters long and did not have muzzle brakes. The gun shields wore
square with a straight top edge and extended beyond the Wheels.
Uo. ~,zento Probably 122-mm howitzers and 57 mm AT guns.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
. ,: h vist of the United States.
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