SOVIET TROOPS IN VIENNA X AND IN TRAISKIRCHEN

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

aOPIC a- Soviet Troops in Vienna X and in Tras..skirchen
DATE PREPARED 26 3Tarch 19532
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1. Officers and enlisted personnel seen leaving and entering the Trost Kasel _nfi in
Vienna X wore artillery, tank, signal and motor transport insignia on 7 Maa^h0
A group of 15 soldiers practiced displacing with 3 x 50-rte mortars under the
supervision of an officer at the training field of the Trost Kasc:rn.e, An
additional 30 men with 1 senior lieutenant were engaged in aimin . practice
with 122 mortars. About 20 men received instruction from an officer on
the 15-mm AT gun, *Ile a group of 36 men under the supervision of 2 captains 25X1
and 1 lieutenant practiced ?'t 6 x 76-mm AT guns. Trucks seen arkir in
front of the Trost Kaserne carried25X1
?.ersonnel wearin rod bordered black epaulets. truck 25X1
carryin-- troops with red bordered black epaulets were soen . Trucks
I both carrying; -_:ersonnol with red-bordered black
Prinillets. were e ,_.ar c in drivin? practice o Seven motor vehicles,
mountinf: a tuna smax
in th ~ garages of the tank dump of the Trost Kaserne, * No personnel or veh.i.
cul~r traffic was obs.^.rved during the Morning at a !house op osite of the Trost
Kas ~:rne a
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AF MA n ? nno
About 25 rotor ve~iicles wore in the garage on Alxin ,orstrasse, Sentries there
wore red-bordered black epaulets
c .~ ~?~ of Which 16 were counted and included trucks
I I were seen standing
in and in front of th;D garage on ?ornerstorferstrasse. Se,:tries there wore
red -bordered black epaulets.
Ambalance ands truck were seen parkin in 25X1
front of the hospital on Leibniz ;arse o The sentry wore red bordered black
epaulets.
5. On Ll ;"arch 19x2, seven field grade officers wearing, red--bord-red black epaulets
witartillery insignia were seen at the for::?er Bundeserziehunj sanstalt in 25X1
Traiakirchen 0 49t! 37). Your 4T zuris thout muzzle brakes and 52 trucks, 25X1
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wi' h red-.bordered black epaulets, were seen entering-: the i .stallationv
25X1 Trackl carp,; ink personnel with red-bordered black epaulets return-
ed frcr the direction of Bluanau (0 18/G 36) at noonu This truck carried 1
officer., about 20 men armed with riflesn Four Y2-iam mortars ere fitted to
the rear wall of' the cab. Reports were hoard in the mornin from the
di-ecti on of flumau. Armored recofr:aissance car entered the installa-
tion st the same tine.
Corrxsent, The information confirms that in early T,arch 1952 units of
e t c.s I,ecz Rent of the 13th Us T"ecz Div were still quartered in the
Trost Kaserno. The six 76rearun artillery pieces referred to as AT guns probably
were ?rti.llery pieces of the 1irht artillery battalion of the regiment.
`,Chose are 0~IS-3 type field. guns, they are the standard equipment of light
ar-,iil ery units and ray be used as AT runs. AT comparti es of the rifle.
ba ~tal ions of mechanized regiments are usually equipped with four 57-rnn AT
gu:as. The motor vehicles observed in front of the farage on Pernerstorfor-
t::?as.-e also belonged to the 44th Uds Fecz Rect.
Comment,, The motor vehicles observed in front of the hospital on
e nj rise "belong to the 106th ?.Iedical Bn of the 13th Gds IJecz Div.
E;a cles of this battalion were frcqurntly seen in ioedling.
Comment. The information from Traisici.rchen confirms the units of the
;, s ;,1eFz Fret of the 13th Gds T ecz Div to be stationed in that town.
A drill ground and firin :: ran -go near Bluniau is used by the 45th Gds T`ecz `tes t
for trainin?; purposes
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