SOVIET AMMUNITION DEPOT AT ALTENGRABOW

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012900250004-2
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 25, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet Arr?riunition Depot at Altenrrahorr
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DATE OBTAIh!ED.,,?..
PAGES._.~. .._..ENCLOSURES (NO. & T'PE)1 - 1 sketch
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1G During the period from 19 April to 3 May 1.952, the
axnr7.uwLition depot at Al tengrabow was operated by about 200 Soviet soldiers,
The .nstalla.tion was guarded by am infantry company which was quarter
low temporary barracks buildings in the depot area,
2? h5-mm AT a iunition, Al, ammunition of
undetermined caliber and' 122-mm and l52-unm artillery ammunition eras stored
in armumiti on buildings? The ar unition arrived by raj~. in separate shipments
of ft zes or shellsa 25 boxcars arrived on
30 DEcerber, 10 boxcars on 2.5 January 2, and 1 train from Brest ::Litovsk
arrived an 3 April and 1 train on 4 April 1952, The two last shipments
consisted of 122--rpm artillery amr.Funition0
max=u Lrvrl inc cirect;xon 01- 1"ranikfurt/Odor, The train consisted of
20 cars with 76-mm. ammumition, 12 cars with 122 ,mnm amx:iunition and 1J cars
with 152- nm aroxnunitions The ar ,unition was ;w4 On the morning of
5 a sf pment of 35 boxcars with 120-rpm and 160--mm mortar ammunition
arrived,,
3. On tl'e morning of 27 April. t.hr5
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At about 12 p.m. on 19 t Aril, an arir:uni ti>ion train of 13 boxcars left the
installat.ion, with L. boxcars 'bound for Koenigsbrueck, h to Koethen L to
S l;enr};c.l, ,t to Jteterbog, and 2 to L airdel)ut^ 25X1
a shipment of 30 boxcars lef" , Alten orabot?.- for i res , Litovsk on 5 "Lay,
the main receiving, stations for
w7 . . ,s ram A_ engrabot^r were Stcndal, x erleberg;, Rathenow, L'ernburg; and
Pontoons were repaired and provided . with a new coat of paint in the filling
station of the ammunition depoto the
engineer troops who worked on the pop oons came ..roar Dessau-Rosslaus.* *
orx^.ent. The axzmunition shipments arriving at f.ltenr.rabm, were listed
in reports from the border-crossing point at Frankfurt/odor, floi-.cver, these
repor;~s deviate from the present information inasmuch as 156 cars, rather
than only 172 cars, have passed tie :border during the period fro: 1 January
to the beginning-; of 1.'ay 1952 The outdoing shipments were not contained in
reports on rail movements.
C;LASSIFICATIOW ShCRT.,T/C0? :,'I0L/U5 0FFICI_,L 41.1:L1
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L vcrinent Though reported for the firs IC ti.rme a the i nform at,ion is
conceilmb e? w Pox- sketch on the .n,ltenf_-rabovr a nunition depot, see ! imex
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I -to 24, Detached an nunitiorz 1 u 1 dirr~s, each li cling a Capacity of 15 tcris,
25 to !;.8G ftzt:;unition buiicti.n;_t-, protected by earth noun(.-;5, ' ith each building
having .a capacity of 30 tonj-
!;.9 to 54'. Ar'S1unition buildings protected by earth mounds, 1as.th ear ch bui.l.ding?
havin4 +-] capacity of ).I j tons o
to r~~.ry 3torag;< bai1din _s;,
1ior ei~2f~rs
75 to '(9.
G to i3 lmrunition bunkers, each with ) capacity of 2 tonsc.
u!j to 90,, A:f1:;aunit.ion barkers, each v,'ith a capacity of a tons,
Ia ,Am-xn- .on buildiri{_ r:7ith cr,.ert ency a!r, urnitiona
911) Building for heating' tax.
92, locomotive shed.,:.
tox-gely ousej, y , lp y(?~r. A d(,1.R.L'tis C:S a 0./T on l?7Yv6J..Lc,irtg 4":
96, orkcshor).,
97, LOW wooden 11.+.CJY1^,~
C am.t o
99: :.egss building,.
0O . 4Ci,. ne nt shed.:
101 Direction of t:1tcng raborr x atiroac", statiun,,
1.724 Direction of troop training trounds..
10, 10. Direction of f x.11 I nc station?
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Shel.:? (ash? Station.
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