V-2 EXPERIMENTS AT MOSCOW/KHIMKI, AND PLANTS NOS. 301 AND 456

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2013
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL REPORTREPORT
INFORMATION RE.POPT cD NO, 50X1
COUNTRY
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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V-2 ilxperimnts at Moscow/Khimki and P1ant5
Nos0 301 and 456
DATE DIM.
20 .7.1.3
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. hunt i.o. 301
a, Location: see nne:-..s. 1, skotci.,es .111-1d 2
b. - Y'reduction: ircrE.ft no aircraft ohcines., 1-robab1y!-aanufa.c-
turo -of T----7-?76.7-"Dtarts est:Illation of prod.ucti on unkno!.m.
2. -?:lant Lo. 4:56
ta -Location: see ..nnex 1,- sketches 1 and
?ork force: 1E:0 aenorted uer:Tan orv:ineers headed by a one-urne.d
chief enrineer. ...uriber of -oviots unkn
c. Productlo: : nnufacture of pronollifii units for 11-2.
?nnexod to ivies an experi7lentsi stntion 2 -here the propeliLlc
units were tested by 40 to 50 C,er-lan enrineers ar 0. to 40 ,)oviet
enc In? ars and v)orkr.en.
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sketciles 3 and 4 ,
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(b)or the mentioned experiments five tank trucks vdth a. tet31
o: 10,000 liters of fuel wont fro-A. the railroad stotion te
te exnerimental staticin on sat the fuel int.() the fuel-tank
bunker. The fuel mls -96 Percent alcohol.
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each experiont, 2,0C? liters of alcohol were reuired
day there also arrived tank trucks characterized by
ccmpact tnnk, oac containinc 1,000 liters. -_,:hey-J were
thpro 1^1,-. -ussian inscrition on the
viz: "Caution! Liquid W(yren!
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(b) 1:he tank truck showed a red flar. 'Ihey onptiod their
c;ont:mt into the tower.*The liquid oxycen arrived fro'l_i'lant
liuid oxygen is also needed for the nronellent
charves. Larce quantities of it were also carried fron :lant
4:56 to the railroad _station and put into tank calz, there.
'Illoso tank cars, two or three of the-ra 7Nere on the track at
any tic, were also painted Yhite, showed a red flu' an hid
the sale inscription as the tank true s. In sumler, ..!hen the
trucks or cars were exposed to the rays of the sun, they
wore sprinkled by ,ater hoses. 50X1-HUM
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(a) fillinr the/perinental P/ant
aLd settinr the instrwients was part of tile operation. _gtor,
the encineors withdrew to the safety l'unKer. The "charEe" waq
electrically iDited. One could then see a yellowish-rod
dartinrs flcAe, about ).0 rioters lonr, shootic outipf the
opening of tl,c 'es lest ceo.ves obliquely upward, but
soletines a .f.e horizontally and obliquely dc-vnward. -t this
eject oh, , loud holdnr. sound, lower pitched, but as loud
..ts an air-r-5,1 siren, was heard. -t nirt, the I were al-
Jays fakonod "oy that noise in their ot,'ap, 1, ka i'ro,1 the
Placa.
(b):he jet of fira lasted 11 to 20 ..iinutes with the oeie
intensity and 4,o did the low-pitched haolin- sound. ,,ftor
the disrAPnearance of th-=:. jet Of fire a black tail of vanour
me tiuseen.
(4):3 soon as one test hd been finished preparations for an-,
otner trial '::ere sarted.
(Jae?turf nnc the trees in a larce vicinity of the tower were
scorc'ned.
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the whale surroundins were .bri4,11tly illuninetod.
In the day-tie 'also the darting flare could be seen frar. a
rreat distnce,
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2heU,,erman chief enrineer v,2ijj fro-.1 tho 50X1-HUM
on s fer as e ai-:Lo -ea
he ,:!as in t- ! camp at that tile Lut did not
'co...tness the event). /-elr this, allerod17 .v.'3y accurate hot
the enA.noer as c-rf.Anted a rewarJ of .3,00G thl- fact
was known: to all the in.atc s of t..:.1e camp.
4. (;her observations:
In t'no .Jurrime.I: of 1940-
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25 kul north Of ..oscou on the ror.-_d
to Ilishkino-Yaroslavl) aboLt 20 north of Zoscovi and 8 ?kr' east .
of the road. the arri.a phene,aena as in hinki and
same howlillc sound. thpci-R
Is a sinilar exper,irriental plant. 50X1-HUM
bUA I -HUN!
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a, Plant 10Q 56
In this rlant the units for. V-2 a, e prepared fdr firing; .p:-,rt of.
them arrive from other rltces; 7.)art, of them are -lade- in the ,-lant
itself. It is runored that the fuel is also .lanufactured in the
b. .::;xper imenta.1?DtE.i.tion
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'iihree to five T.)ropellinp units i?-,er (.7:ay were, toted in the nlar,t
(7.-oricd Thnuarylletruary 1949.) t each trial a 1..ih1tish dartinr
flame several feet lona vith a lirAt var)eur left tIle tc-0,9er
Le fuel used as prop ilent is hydrogen.
c. The four plants arou:-.1 the airfield of Liiki are under the
command of a :.:oviet colonel of the -,c.)viet x 1,orce? vuard.
detail consisted of soldiers of the ;oviet ir i:bree
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d. The .total of (.-ernan engineers .,forkin!- in the plants was 100
to 150; six of thei held positions siiilar o that or .a contrel
envir-.4er in UerAan factories. '.ZheN.7 also avet instruction to. ,j ovie t
envineers ach of these ? siX(,:ihead
enFineers was alvays accompanied by an officer of the ,oviset Jr
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.1. The report confirms the manufnc,Aire (or partial lanufacture
and assenbly) of rocket roer units for larie rockets in -plant 45e.
This reper:t als.7) atatea that five tests wore made per day - day-
and ni7ht work c leans maximum Troductiort o a:out 100 to
150 nieces rer month after 1948
2. '111e use. of 9. percent alcohol oxyTen as fuel has
been mentioned in 7reVIOUS ra-,orts,
The production of 1I.2uid oxyr_Pen in .plant 4.5C- is mentioned for the
? first ti i atd. is only concluded f:17k5 the ,traffic of -tank trucks
beteen the plant an':