ARMAMENT COMBINE NO. 172 IN MOLOTOV

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• Publication Date: June 29, 1949
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SUBJECT Arc cent Combine Ma 172 in 12olotesv
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UM1TEdO llii LAW. MaCIDUCT'IOM OF Y*u"ts Maw 43 PROFll04TCI.
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,, Lcoation armament Combine Ilo o 172 is situated on the outskirts of the
d ` .Isalsatr~v'a formerly Form,, in the locality of L otovi.licha T%is
tc n has formed a protected area ssinoe new. armament work were establish-
ed here in 194Oe
Then factory area of Conbino I7a,.172 3 s situated on the left bs of the
Kara River at the estuary of the tributary Igoshlkeha (sits)? It coves an
area 12 I= long and lay Ia wide along the Kama Rivero On the opposite
side the boundary is formed by the f a, ?I-ory railway connecting the Uolot z,
I13 I '. Ta ,ilg and Sverdlovsk Combinoa,0
6. Construction of factory buildings along the longitudina axis of this area
wa.t; bogg.an in 1944, The area is subdivided into throe sectors: the lowerg
the centerr, and the upper sector.,
a. The lower sector extends one 1= from the I ;ashilccha upstream and
nerves as a test firing ranged All parts produced lay the combine
undergo tests hereo The targets are on the right bank of the
Kama in a wooded area 42 x 12 e
b. The center sector is separated from the lower one by a strip of
land 300 ra wide, which serves as an entrance road for the perso 1.
phis sector extends a Ica upstream from this strip and contains nearly
all. workshops and administration buildings
c,, The upper sector is divided from the cantor sector by a similar
strip serving as a road to the wor loon's spa ttlemont ^ g s ituaated on
e ri,a.t bank of the rivers Transport across the river is carried
out by motor boatso The upper sector is four Icz long; and oontain&
the depots for material and spare parts,, as well as loading facile
itien on the river ban1c. In tho area contiguous to the upper
sector there is a a mill , and beyond that the now factory area
on which construction of now workshops was begun in 1944*
of gun; within the Soviet Uniono
Production. Arent Combine No. 172 is popularly Zcnovn as "Father of
- :T s a.a a Artillea because it is the largest center fer the manufacture
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This combine is 90 per cent self-contained in that it processes all r,-.,Ti
;.:,r~.rlczls required for Its outputs
Gras upod here are taken from the Kuznets and Liagnitoc orek Combines.
Coil is received from Kuubas and Ki.zbas. There are no special lines of
oora ieation from these areas to Combine No. 172.
non-ferrous metals such as coppor?, sine and t?:in, come from the Krasnouralsk
;ombine4
There are three electric smelting furnz.coz for the production of special
steal suoh.as high-speed steel.
;Ti:r h.exseed steel is composed as follows:
0.C - 0.75 carbon
18.0 - 20?0 wolfram
4.0 - 6.0 chrome
0.1 -- 0e2 vanadium
0.2 a 0.3 manganese
it has a hardness of 1300 (Brinell).
10, The following types of steels were,producod:
Chrome - nickel steel
Chrome - molybdenum steel
Stainless steel
"TJglirodistaja"
H~L-b speed tool steel
''Sietooz o-niepronica jo ja/siatkowo-Rnie
przepuszezajaca (reticulated, israpermeable;sio)
1L. In the Noy Prokat y wore, seven rolling mills, type Demag. All wore
working. Vhx.Lrima breadth of plates Is three motors each.
12d The armor plates used in tank manufacture, the 24 mm plates of "sietocsno
ni,epronieaj?rrra ja" steel,, are able to withstand 20 r mm s hells at 800 meters.
1.3a Research of a secret nature surrounded the production of "sietoozno_
ni.eproni ca joraa ja" a Further research was carried out with a 1,5 rnm steel
or stool helmets. .This steel resisted 7.5 ram bullets at a distance of
100 metor^s o'
. ollr rs r
14. Production up to the end of 1944 was an
a< Long range field gonat ti -- 19 aml Ti ? 20, both 152. mm with recoil.
?i tau,ecy'~ cases from discharge. Irperts consider that
those types proved partlcular?1y satisfactory during the war. The
gun carriage, a special pattern owned by the factoryg is equipped with
taro Can compressors which make a vertical, range of 80 possible so
that the Leans can be used as anti-aircraft weapons] In order to
reduce weight whom travelling over bad ground, the barrel could be
dismounted in a forward direction by a simple device and carried on
a special four-wheel vehicle (prismatic contrivance). Those was
bore first put Into production in 1936. By 1944 28170 had been
produced. The production plan for 1944 provided for 475. The guts
is mounted on solid rubber dout,le wheelse
b. Howitzer "6" (field hovrltser,~ 150 ma) t This is the old type 6-inch
to YTS1 r,met ?3r7 ze . -`I e -hundr?ed of these were produced
in 1944.
c,> Field 8 110 *s An entirely new weapon intended for artillery
brigades incorporated with Infantry divisions.. Considered by experts to
be a first class weapon with a range up to 28 km. Serial production
was begun. in 1940 e
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do Spare parts for the following:
Field gtms,, 76 m
tfountain guns" 76 mm
IYI ?antry mortars,, 100
Shells 152.0 150, and 11.0 mm
Component parts for 75 mm and 88 mm AA guns (about
40-50 sets per mouth)
These semi-finished components-were delivered to
Armament Factory Noo 8 i/n Kalinin in Pdosooww
Armor plate for armored cars,, 25-60 mm. This was
delivered to Voroshilov armament works in Leningrad
and to the armament combine in Chelyabinsk,,
Steel (cSzybokGmaca"')
Various other orders for heavy armaments industries.
15. The production of sholle of all calibers amounted to approximately 18-20,9000
monthly. Shells were assembled iri some works kn n as Kus9va, 150 km east
of fiolotov in the Uralse ` -
Organization of Production
Inning
Fireproof bricks
Chainott a
Gas for Uartin furnaces
New Uartin works
old I Tartin works
Steel profiles
;on ferrous metals
gelding shop
Welding shop for lane pieces
Prose and forging shop
Stamping mill
Shoot iron rolling, mill
Tiiolding shop
Two supplementary workshops
ta.lltimrgical section
12 the new TUrtin works were ten furnaces; constructed in 1932.34, each
p: oducing 50?-60 tons per furnace daily. The old Martin works had eigit
$ amacies a
Shop No. 1 w. Initial processing
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4 Shells
5 Technical tests
6 Gun carriages
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7 Compressors
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8 Gun barrels
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1%.- Gun sights
10/It - Testing and fitting of optical gun sights
received from OGPU factory in Leningrad
n,- New constructions
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12 p Not identified
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13 - Assembling of gums
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14 - welding shop for guns
15 - Instruments
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18 a 'Auxiliary sections
car Section of the Chief Iechanic. responsible for maintenance of all.
e-na QgWL oii 7r oF-installing new equipment@
KB (inventory)
P FIR (planning and refitting)
Mechanical refitting shop
1=?achcal fitting shop
Shop for motor cranes
Shop for electric inntaliations
Boiler shop
Repair shop for manometers
bo Section of Chief Engineer for Power S'sppl. , responsible for electriasiL
p r? `` oa a :: `gia'od'uc~on - 'i. z u a~i of current. Sixty per cent
of power was supplied from the hydroelectric station at Khubaoha (sic)4
Boiler works Uoe,, It 2, 3
Bloctrio??technical assembling shop
Water supply and sewage
Ca Transport aeo"tion
Uotor ? ?ansport depot:: 200 truck, CO motor cars, 10 tractors,
20 artillery tractors
.River transport: 3 tugs 20 motor boats
Railway transports 12 locomotives be1onginu to the combine,
500 t'x?ue33
Air transport.- 3 transport aircraft
engineer Viaax l rD
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',read offices Director-General
1e{; Assistant and Technical Director
Assistant and Chief Engineer for Metallurgy
ea and rr Mechanical En ineer
and Commercial Director
and Chief Architoct (new buildings)
and Chief of Personnel and Administrator
(member of LINO)
for housing, education, and propaganda
Teclu:ai.cal Administration: Chief of testing section for materials
cc3n 4-WA, cto2r %
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a'4atistioian of production
of production planning
economic planning
t9 financial section
material section
special sootion (M D)
" mobilizing section
" dispatch section
Commander of 1;IVD security troops (2
17 m fire brigade (3 sections)*
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In December 1944, the combine employed about 800 engineers, about 2$000
: 'orern ,, and over 40,000 wort hen in the main works o The total nttber
o played was about 60,0O0 (si.o) a The taal zax tbor of occupants of two
sottl onta,, including factory person el,was 150,000. npl.oyees and
zaorlamon are not allowed to live o,?tside the factory settlements.
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