JOSEPH STALIN RIFLE BARREL FACTORY IN PERVOURALSK

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008500440002-1
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 7, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT I N FORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the-Espionage la" itle
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Sverdlovsk
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
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Joseph Stalin Rifle Barrel
Factory in Pervouralsk
DATE DISTR. ' 177 December 31955
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1. The city of Pervouralsk was divided into ten to 12 districts., some of which
were separated by as much as two kilometers from the others. The Joseph
Stalin Rifle Barrel Factory was located in the central district.l The plait
area., which formed an imperfect quadrangle measuring about 1,000 m x 2,500 a,
was surrounded by a brick and cement wall approximately 2.5 m high painted
dark gray.
2. The numerous one- and two-story buildings placed irregularly in. the plant
area were of reinforced concrete. The majority of the buildings were one-
story structures about 20 meters high roofed with concrete over a metal
framework (sic) with a layer of asphalt joined to a special waterproof
composition laid over the concrete.2 Most of the higher bui.ld~ngs had,
uralite roofs. All the roofs were painted dark gray, The walls were ditty
gray painted with black and white areas, excepting the facades of the build-
ings along the western edge of the property., which were painted green. There
were 37 chimneys painted with gray and black areas on a red background, Six
of the chimneys were about 60 meters tall.
3, Electric power was supplied by a nearby power plant.3 The factory had its
own central heating plant.
A railroad spur with branches to various buildings'ran down the long axis
of the plant. Steel bars of varying dimensions weredeliverefl daily by
trains from Chelyabinsk (N 55-10, E 61-24), Magnitogorsk (N 53.27,: E 59-014
and^Uralsk (N 51-14+, E 51-22). Coal, peat, and heavy oil., a coal by-
product used as fuel, were also brought by rail to the plant. The coal
and peat were unloaded automatically onto a moving platform which lifted.
the reel about 12 meters' dumping it onto a ramp leading to the storage bins.
The-fuel oil was delivered in tank cars to the southwestern-area of the
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plant, where it was discharged into 16 zinc tanks,about four meters in diameter
and six meters high,which stood in two parallel rows in a 30 m x 60 m building.
From these tanks, the fuel flowed into four large underground tanks of rein-
forced concrete from which it was pumped throughout the plant as needed. The
underground tanks were situated in a row about 170 meters south of the factory
wall (sic).'4 They were cylindrical, 22 meters in diameter and five meters
high. The walls were 40 centimeters thick, And the tops, which extended
approximately one meter above the ground, were 25 centimeters thick. Each
tank rested on 16 reinforced concrete piers.
5. The plant manufactured grooved bore rifles of various calibers, mainly 105 mm
and 155 mm. Two hundred and ten millimeter rifles were also produced. About
3,000 workers were employed in three shifts. The factory was being enlarged
in 1953.
1. This probably refers to the Noviy Trubniy Zavod imeni Staling (New Stalin
Pipe Factory), which reportedly produced various kinds of metal tubing,
including steel pipes for the petroleum industry. During World War II,
gun barrels.and mortar tubes were also produced. There was a rumor in PW
camps in the area in 1953 that gun barrels were still in production at
the plant.
2. The roofs were possibly composed of precast concrete blocks over a metal
framework. The asphalt layer referred to,may have been a species of tar
paper.
3. A transformer station tied in with the Urals network is situated just
south of the Stalin Pipe Factory.
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