(Sanitized)NATIONALIZED CONCERNS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ROAD AND RAIL VEHICLES

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• Publication Date: March 7, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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. ationali.zed Concerns ?:ngage in the Manufacture
of Road and Rail Vehicles
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as In accordance with government orders, had delivered to its
customers by 17 "epternber the 'following:
40 of `T`ype 690 -- Order 29/52--K
y of Type 660 - Order 70/36-K
70 of Type 710 -- Order 107/26-K
1.0 of Type 666 -- Order 115/26-K
The production. of Type 060 had stopped completely because of a lack
of extra gears (Zusatzgetriebe), and because of unrepaired motors.
b. IFA K>arosseriewerk Radeberg had received instructions from the firm,
Buessing, Leipzig, to deliver two new model drivers ? cabs, because the
sample provided for the VVB was not of the correct size. It had also
been discovered that the position of the steering column varied on the
individual chassis. Major Brakin(l) had visited Radetterg.,
2. IPA Kraftfahrze k DKW; VEB(2), Zschopu
The 1952 plan foresees the production of 800 motors of Type EL 308. Experience
proved the present model to be unsatisfactory because it was
short-lived; therefore, improvements would be necessary.
3. IFA Kr^aftfahrzeu-erk_Audi VEB
The .iaotory would have to manufacture daily 17 cars. of Type F.8. and l4
cars of Type F09. if it was to attain its production target for the year.
IPA. Kraftfahrzeu , rk Fra o_VEB
Production had reached the following stage on 3 October:
T Actual
,3/h ton trucks
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7`3 611 from the production belt
1x81 ready for sale
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IFA Sohle?aEer~rerk Nordhausen VEB
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ao The following productioa plan had been made for the ~t0 hp tractor
{24 Sewember): vehicle serial No,? 2250 by 30 September 1957.
3140 by 31 Uctober 1951
3600 by 30 November 1951
1000 by 31 December 1951
ba The factory had been allocated a monthly target of makirl~ available
10 workers rho must at all costs be released for service in basic
industry {iaesy uraniwa mirtirtg with Wismut Asa. ).
6a IFA Schle~pere+erk Brandenbur~,VEB
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an The ~.nistry of Machine Construction had dsaided that only ~~00 Activist
tractors should be made in 1952, ae well as the previously decided
number of RS 30 a
70
ba The factory management considered the proposal of the Ministry that
the.fectory should 'build only (sic) RaS, 30 tractors unacceptableQ
The tractors had not been tested sufficient~r and it was probable that
there would be delays and difficulties which would. mean that the factory
,could not possib~r pay its wayo. The factary proposed on 1 October to
the Ministry that .it'~ make l~30 Activist tractors. and
1570 Rosa 30 tractors.r.in 1952e
ca The plan for -the month of September had been 110 fu].filled9 the plan for
the y~uarter9 Y1347~a The VEB plan had. been 1QOo2~ fulfilled on 30 September,
IFA Karosseriewerk Halle VEB'
as The wheelwright shop {Stellrn~cherei) would have to start on the two prototype
trucks and-the nine Ha3oAa trucks for the Buera fuer kYirtschaftsfraRen9
Berl.in9 as-soon as the delivery vans had been complctedo
The customer insisted on delivery of the B11[W ambulances up to serial
number ten by 30 Septembers This would require ?working two shiftso
The first tAro trucks would be ready for shipment on 28 Septembers
cs . The following prodwction ~f8te planned for the month of October:
25 delivery vans (backlog from September)
6 LDKW Phaenomen for the Post Office
. 2 delivery vans Phaenomen for. the Pgst Office ,
5 BMW ambulancee~ .
11 Ha3vAa delivery van9
20 bodies an SIS 150 cYaassie
GO Horch tractor cabiru~
59509 seats .
130 ambulances from Diemttz factot?y
ds The IFA Kraftfahrzeugorerk Phaenomen VEB was to supply 150 chassis for
* ambulances in Octobers
8p IP~Sch'.Lepperwerk Schoenep
The necessity for testing in good time. the"Maulm~rf and"Spinney
in agr3.culture meant that 5 experimental machines.ROUld have to be
supplied bg the end of February 1952 at the latesta Ors;"Maulwnrf"
was to be displayed at the Spring Fair in Leipxig~
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Production had reached the following point on 30 September
Art_m___,icl,~e Target for Actual far Total Target FZ
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Units
Tractor spare
Month. Month
100
55l~ 1~,l~oa
2,850
parts
172,!100 T.B~
2088798 DM 2,Ob7,328 DP! 1,506,1,37
Prams Bdo50
1,304
7.,960 118700 108760
Sports cars xa50o
Tw3.n prams MDSoa
1,200,
1,11 886 0
89591
Standard prams
6,500 6ffi~13
Sports cars,
standard
2,300 2,304
Components for
prams (I~4i)
11,2193 3a,776
Contract work (DM)
128000
1x836 91,000 2008366
Jigs and tools
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88000
l,oo0 90,000 53,000
cd The Ronneburg(I~actory required 2118600 Did fox the lroduction of rims for
the front and rear wheels of the "~ l~aulwurf" and ~Spinne~b
9o IFA Getriebewerk Liebertwolkwitz VEB
a'o. The seo6rid plan had been sent to the Ministry on 20 September Thia
allowed for the manufacture of 2,000- Hobo gear bases in -195~g .but no
Phaonomen gear boxese which would in the future be made by the IFA
Getriebewerk, G~.auchaue
bo The fo7.7.owing production was foreseen for the factory in the provisional
plan Noa 3 for 1952 rich xas discussed at a conference called by tha
Ministry in Cheffinitz on 28 September;
2;000 Hobo year boxes
.830 GoSb gear boxes consisting of 830 H,.6b and 830 ZoGm
508000 Pioneer ~~ractor dear boxes
].,000 gear boxes for 3/!1 ton trucks
1.25 omnibus gear boxer
2,815,00 DI[ spare parts for tractors
50000 DM spare parts for motor vehicles
l0a IFA ~dotorenwerk Chemnitz VEB
Gcvernment order 59/36-K for !100 switch rings (Schaltringe), 38 samples
have been made from the material, C (Oo10), Sio (0,16)8 ~tno (On1~7.)a P (0?025)y
S (0009}g Cr (1a~.5}, ldT (?) (308l1Q) The high chromium content meant that
heat treatment would be necessary for a hardness of 110 kgo to be reacheda
The second order for an additional !!00 articles could not be carried out
before -19529 and therefore an order for only 1;00 would be placed with
~axh~tte Unterwellenborn VEBv
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an Lowa Nat~gonbau Gotha
1) The production target for the first and second quarters of 1957r
was 103 fulfilledo
The covered frei~it trucks target for the first and second quarters
was 2009.. but production of 300 was later authorized and 100 fulfilled,
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The situation on 15 September was as follows:
Covered freight cars ~.50~ of target for year
Self-unloading and tipping trucks 9~
Other special freight cars 37~
Passenger coaches (~,
Heavy (road) freight trucks 13~
Railway. truck repairs - 51~$
Road vehicle repairs bI~
.Contract work 61g
b? I.ow~ Blechverformungswerk Loeasnits~
1) The over-4a11 production plan to 15 September eras 1316 fulfilledo
2) Nara ow gauge trucks: the production plan to 3~ Septemb+er waa
3~269o Actual production amounted to 3,760 which resulted in 115
fulfillments
3) Complete units and pressed components: the production target was
77~ fulfilledo
I~) Large sheet components: the target for 15 September was 3638000 loo
Actual production value was 27~t8000 DM,
co Lowa I'ahrzeud Ger~t~bau Vetschau
Production planned for the fourth quarter included:
18850 mine trams Oaf]./600 ) Tf the manufacture of an
g55 dump cars ~i~uldenkipper) 3/~t ch~a,,) additional. 1x500 narrow
far Polarut ) gauge trucks is authorizeda
1 DSo120 prototype .
3 AS,120 for the GDo Reichsbahn
5 DSo120 for Poland (probably not before the first quarter of 1~2)
120 Post office cars
108000 DM school furniture
do Lowa Federnwerk Zittau
Plan Actual
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1 January .: 31 August 1951 ' 3,1318000 DM 28$268000 L~
or l~9850 tons 1tp097 tons
eo %.owa Ydaggonreparatur Berlin-Joahnnisthal
The production plan had been 103 fulfilled on 31 Augusts
f, Lowa Berlin Lokomotiv~ and Kesselbau
The target for the year had been only 57.E fulfilled,
go Lowa_Mechanische dYer3tst~tten Freital
The plan had been 105 fulfilleda ioe~ 6I~ of the target for the year
had been attainedp ,
hQ Loxa Lokreparatur Muehlhausen
The target had been 77~ fulfilled,
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is Lowa ~Yaggonreparatur 2oerbig
The p~.an had been 133;6 fulfilled on 15 Septembers
~o Lava Wa~gonreparatur Altenburg
Actual production in 1950 700,000 Dad
Planned production for 1951 was original]~y 1,900,000 D~VI
Actual production by 30 June was on7..y 30~ of the target far the yearn
The situation improved in July and August,.and as the target figure
------~ had also been lowered, it would probably be fulfilled $.0 106.
12o Lowa Lokomotivbau Karl b[arx Babelsberg VEB
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ao The September program could not be fulfilledo Only one steam locomo~
tive would be completed instead of the planned eight, because only one
boiler would be availableo Extra contract work could be taken on, but.
there would still be 100 men without works It was thought best not
to discharge them, because the addi$ional plan for the fourth quarter
(1~0 steam locomotives, 9 fireless (feuerlose ) locomotives anti 87 diesel
locomotives) would mean a tremendous increase in works
ba~ b0 hop, narrow gauge locomotives: the drawings were still lackix~
ova 2 Octobers
using components f-rom the b0 h.pa construction locomotiveso
As for the production situation in the fourth quarter of 19519 most
emphasis would again be .aid on the production of these]. locomotives
and the fulfilment of contract works The backlog (5 of 150 hops - 2 of
200 hope - 7 of 30 h.p. normal gauge and 3 of 30 hope normal gauge)
would be brou~t forward from Septembers
d, Reichsbahn locomotives: the most .important drawings for the normal
gauge locomotives must be ready by 15 October and the remaining drawings
and tubing plans by 15 Novembers All drawings for the 760 mm ~au~e loco-
motives must be ready by 31 October.
'~Feuerlose" locomotives: the drawings for the molds must be ready by
5 Uctober4
eo b0 h,po normal gauge: On 2 September it was estimated that the target
date of 31 October could be met,
fn b0 hope mine locomotives: it was hoped that work cou9.d be saved by
ho The delay in the supply of motors from Schoenebeck meant that the order
for the mine locomotives placed by Rumania had been delayedQ (~ October)
13e Lowa wag~onbau Goerlitz VEB.
as Bitumen freight cars had been delivered up to Non 204a Restaurant cars
had been shipped up to Noa 35o Noo !~8 had been tested on 23 Septembe~?
but no further shipments were possible because of the lack of wheel
set5o
b, An inquiry was expected from the Egyptian State Railroad about 130
passenger coaches9 1150 freight cars and 1~0 locomotives,
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other work because of stoppages in the production of passenger and
frei~t coaches e
'7'he ~0 restaurant cars had been completed according to plan but only
~.?.~. had been shipped because of a leak of wheel setsQ .239 bitumen freight
co ICummer(1,) of tx-e GDR Berlin told the factory that the letter. received
by them should be regarded as 3n official order for the 30o s3.x~axle
' flatcar Stith sine .racks (Rungermagen)o
do It was necessary to transfer about 19000 employees of the factory to
cars had been completed and 22? shipped by 8 Octobero
11i,, Iowa Wa~ganbau Werdau VEB (2~ September)
a~ The Reichsbahn Direktion informed the factory tl?~at they ~rere forced
to reduce the order for refrigerator cars from 200 to 176 because of
a shortage of furxiso
The government order for radio aerial trucks was finally .transferred
to Werdauo Four more trucks still stood in the factory without aerials
and axles, Gear boxes and cables must also be obtained for these. as
quickly as possible
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Probably IFA Motoradwerk DKW VF~B9 Zschopaus as no Ifs ?~raf'tfahrzsu~rk is
listed in availa'~1o reference r.,aterial,a9 being located at Zschopaus
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