5. When can the field units be equipped with 15 cm. mortars? Mobilization of the infantry guns (= 15 cm. mortars) planned only for the fall, as ammunition for them will only then be available. For training purposes nearly all corps except the 3 corps have the heavy infantry guns at the moment without live ammunition, however.
6. What calibres and how large a number of artillery pieces are available for combatting fortifications such as fortresses? Only 21 cm. howitzers. Altogether 23 (of which 8 are in East Prussia) with 16,000 rounds (of which 4,000 in East Prussia).
[In Schmundt writing]: In general, single experimental artillery piece (guns).
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[On next page the questions are put again, plus the following additional questions:]
7. What do the individual types of Czechoslovakian permanent frontier fortifications look like? Profile?
8. Is cooperation between infantry and bombers assured for attacks against enemy strong points etc.?
9. Can the construction of fortifications in the West, in the form of MG strong points and road blocks, be hastened by the employment of work columns of the Inspector of Road Construction?
10. What progress has been made in the howitzer (Moerser) programme? What progress has been made in the conversion of heavy naval guns?