ARMAMENT AND MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT OF THE RUMANIAN ARMED FORCES

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 31, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
ThisDocumentoontsins information affecting*. Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of 1111e 111, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised Person is Prohibited
97 law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
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COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Armament and Mechanized Equipment DATE
of the Rumanian Armed Forces
DISTR. 31 March 1953
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DATE OF INFO.
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Pistols
1. Rumanian Air Force officers were allowed to select their own side arms. The
most popular were the Beretta, FN Browning, Hauser Model 1910, and Walther PP
pistols in calibers 7.65 MUG or 9 mm. short. The 7.65 mm. was the caliber most
generally used and the Mauser 1910 and Walther PP were more popular than the
other two makes of pistols.
Submachine Guns
2. The most widely used submachine gun in Rumania was the Orita, a blowback
weapon adapted to the 9 mm. parabellum cartridge. It had been made at Resita,
Rumania, since about 1939, and was extensively employed by Rumanian troops
during World War II. Principal constructional details of this weapon included
a machined steel receiver, a 20-round box magazine and either a wooden or
folding metal stock. The wooden stock model was used by the Security Forces,
Militia and the Army infantry. The folding stock version had the same general
appearance as the German MP 38 and MP 40, and was used, by the Air Force Lee
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A"rather unusual Orita feature was a grip safety located at the rear
of grip. A change lever on the left aide of thetrigger
housing provided selective fire. The letter F next to thechange
lever denoted-semi-automatic fire, while S"metintfull-attotaatie. Tha
bolt handle was ion the left aide -of the receiver-.
the letters OR,
the year'of manufacture And-the caliber appeared on the top of the
tedeiVer. -Tte-Orita functioned reliably, and was well liked by
Personnel arthed with it
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The -Austrian Daimler-Puch was a submachine gun in
Rumanian Air Force units. It was adapted to the 9-mm. Pnrebellum .
cartridge,. fired full automatic only, and had a folding metal stock.
This weapon was not as well liked as the Orita. and relatively few
Were empleyed.
note:
From the features described above, it was probably a
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Soviet Model PPSh 1941 submachine guns in Rumanian Army
inlantry units. but only relatively few of them.
Rifles and Carbines
6. Since about 1938 or 1939, Rumania had been using the 7.92-mm
rifle made by the firm of ZB in Czechoslovakia
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Mauss!tr
Prior to 1939,
standard Rumanian military rifle was the 6.5-mm: Mannlicher.
Rumanian Army cavalry used a short-barrel carbine.
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Light Machine Guns
7. The standard Rumanian light machine gun was the 7.92-mm. ZB.
having a box magazine on top of the receiver.
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Aircraft Machine Guns
8. The 7.92-mm. Browning aircraft machine gun was used on RuManian 50X1-HUM
IAR-39 and IAR-80 single-engine training planes. The IAR-39 mounted
one of the guns, while the IAR-80 had four in the wings beyond the
radius of the propeller. Disintegrating metallic link belt a were
used in the Brownings, and the cyclic rate of fire was 1,500 rounds
per minute.
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Soviet YAK-11 training planes in use by the Rumanian Air Force had
two rifle-caliber machine guns mounted in the wings outside thc.
propeller radius, these were Soviet machine guns
10. The Rumanian Air Force employed large-caliber Soviet machine guns in
Soviet TU-2 liaht bomber. TU-6 reconnaissance and IL-2 assault air-
craft Both
the TU-2 and the TU-6 mounted two of the guns in the mid-section of
the fuselage, and the IL-2 had one at the rear of the navigator's 50X1-HUM
compartment.
11.
Messerschmitt M-109G fighter planes in use by Rumania mounted two
l.2-x. synchronized machine guns in the forward part of the fuselage.
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note: The gun
was most probably the German Rheinmefall, Model 1312
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Aircraft Automatic Guns
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12. The.20-Am. German Mauser attomatio gun Was Used by the'Rumaniait_
Air'Forde-ih-the IAR-80 training plane and"the"Messerichnitt
M=109G-fighter.' The IAR-80'had t*o of the guns in the Wing* beyoad
the propeller radius; the Messerschmitt M-109G had one mounted ir
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13. An alternate type of automatic gun used in the IAR-80 tralnar my
the-20-mm. Oerlikon.
The Rumanian Air Force considered the Oerlikon automatic
gun muon inferior to the Mauser.
14. Each Sdiviet TU-2, TU-6, and IL-2 aircraft employed by the
had two Soviet 20-mm. automatic guns mounted in the MlAgs.
no technical information on these weapons.
Antiaircraft Artillery
the propeller hub.
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15. Th pal AA gun in use by Rumania was the German 88-mm.
This gun was very well liked, and was preferred overoviet
Soviet AA guns employed by the Rumanians were similar to the
German 88-mm., but had a shorter tube.
16. Rumanian AA units had mm. an
flying aircraft.
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Trucks
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1.7. The Rumanian Army, Security Forces and Militia used Czech praga5XJM
4i-ton trucks. These had four wheels (duals in rear), and___
they had four-wheel drive. They were used as artillery'pr e movers
ad for transporting personnel. The Rumanian Army also had several
six-wheel Czech Skoda trucks which were used as artillery prime
movers. These had detachable caterpillar tracks which were used on
the rear wheels to increase trac ion. Also in use by the Rumanian
ArMy were six-wheel cargo trucks They looked very much like US-made 'pucks which the Soviets brought
with them into Rumania near the end of World War 11.
16. The' Rumanian Air Force had several German-made V-8 tracks which
are used for hauling cargo and transporting perm) el. These were,
obtained from the Germans during World War II.
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19. Two kinds of ambulances were used by the Rumanian Air Force. One
was the 1929 model Hotchkiss a vehisis with 2153o. for two litter
patients. I The other ambulance
Was a much newer1yoe and Gould aarry our litter patiNsts.
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Petssenser Vehicles
20 ' The .Rumanian Army employed Czech Skoda four-passenger personnel
carriers. These vehicles had a lightly-built metal body with four
doors and a canvas top. They had a four-cylinder engine in front
Which produced 25 to 30 horsepower.
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21. Czech Tatra sedanswere used by the 50X1-HUM
Rumanian Security Florins ana milivia. The Tatra had an air-ceoled
engine in the rear. The Security. Forces used OD-Gawked vahieloa,
while the Militia had vehicles of various colors. the
jeeps were brought into Rumania by the Soviets.__________ 50X1
station wagons, 1937 model, were used by the r force for
transporting officers.
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Motorcycles
22. The RuManiah Army and Air Force used Ge?rman BMW and Zuendapp motor-
cycles. They were given to the Rumanians by the Germans-in 1943-
or' 1944. When received by the -Rumanians they were yellOw, indicating
that they most probably had been used by the Afrika Korps. Both makes
had two-cylinder engines and sidecars. The BMW Was a 750-cc., while
the Zuendapp was an 1,100-cc.
Bombs
23. Bombs used by the Rumanian Air Force were of Soviet manufacture.
They included the following:
a. 12-kg. fragmentation
b. 25-kg. incendiary (impact fuse in nose)
C. 150-kg. demolition
d. 250-kg. demolition
e. 500-kg. demolition
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Vw_dernalitiim_lannibs had Pied-c-rxd-rmsts-in the side df the bomb
body. note: It is believed that the data given
above pemainea to German bombs rather than Soviet2
Enclosure A.
Sketch of Orita Submachine Gun
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