KRAGUJEVAC ARMAMENTS PLANT PRODUCTION
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP82-00457R016000020002-4
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RIPPUB
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S
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
August 22, 2012
Sequence Number:
2
Case Number:
Publication Date:
January 26, 1953
Content Type:
REPORT
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FEB 1952 ?ai sn~
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD N0.
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUI-RED
Kragujevae Armaments Plant Production
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 799
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REYE-
LATION Of ITS CONTENTS TO OR-RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSION IS
PROHIBiTEO 8Y LAW. THE REPRODUCTION Of THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 26 Janu>zry 1953
N0. OF PAGES 2
NO.OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELO1An
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1, The armaments plant at Kragta.jevac is producing a new type of rifle
which is a copy of tho Mauler 2.~, but has.a shorter barrel and weighs
lesw ,
The ,rifle is of 7,9tnm caliber; ..
b. The mouth of the rifle hs,s a gas .brake to lessen recoil Rnd to
increase firing precision; and ~'
e, The range~of the new rifle ie approximately 600 meters for effective
f3.x?ingg the same as the Hauser ?/~, .
2. In addition9 the factory is prod~ZCing the following arms:
a, Mortars of glmm and 122mtn;
b, American type bazookas;
c. Mortar ammunition;
d, Hand grenades;
e. Antitank mines;
-Anti personnel mimes;
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g. Russian typ? machine pistols; and
. Light machine guns of the German M 43 model
3. X11 pieces of equipment are stamped with the number 41i. and with
either Model 1950 or Model 1952.
~~; The factory .now employs 9,000 workers.
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