TANK SHIPMENTS OBSERVED NEAR YAMENSHELINKA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005100020012-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: July 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Approved For Release 2006/03/17 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005100020012-4
SUBJECT Tank Shipments Observed near Yanenshelinka
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COUNTRY USSR (Chelyabinsk Oblast) r Lk N TIAL DATE DISTR. 27 July 1950
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION ''
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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1. a. U ;ually two freight trains daily rarely only one freight trin,
load ad with tanks came from Chelyabinsk and passed the brickyard"
during 1947. The trains had about 60 railrond cars. One tank waas
on each car.
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largest tank shipments on this roa ne a been in June 1946,
when between six and eight freight trains with tanks allegedly passed
the railroad line daily in the same direction.
c. From February to May 1943 only one freight train with tanks coming
froma Chelyabinsk passed this line daily. The shipments only rarely
increased to two freight trains daily.
2, There were three typos of tanks being shipped at the time of obser-
vation:
25X1 ae T 34 with the ch:iracterictic chassis,
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b. T 43 with the chassis of the T 34 and the
turret of the Ky-1 as well. as a 76.2-mm gun.
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c. Stalin tank Wraith six bogie wheels and three tuck-sur orttn rolls,
The? turret was armed with a 122-mm gun
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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