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• Content Type: REPORT

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COu `~ I RY._ Fast Oer sr~` ----REPORT
TOI~iC'.. Soviet Tank Repa it-3h^p at Wu-~nsdorf
EVALUATIONF
DATE OF CONY
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES a..
PAGES2ENCLOSURES
REMARKS
PUCE OBTAINED
DATE PREPARED 15 January 1953
1. The October 1952 quota of tanks to be yepai.red at the tank repair shop in
Wuensdorf was set at 19 T-34/85 tanks.
2. From 6 to 15 Noven-be'r,, 15 T.34j85 tanks arrived at the depot.)
II more tanks ma,;; have arrived during that period.
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3. As most of the repaired tanks are loaded onto trains at night the outgoing
shipments could not be observed. departu X1
25X1 of seven overhauled tanks during the night of over., er as seven an is were
inspected by a VP detail. on the evening of 13 November and were no longer on
25X1 the premises of the repair shop the following morning. The tanks were painted
dark green and had a roughened surface.2
4. On 17 October, the ninety-fifth tank was under. overhaul and, on 1.2 tlovenber,
25X1 the one-hundred-and-fifth tank.3
5. On 12 November, about 78 tanks and 10 motorcycles were counted in the repair
25X1 shop. Of the tanks, about 36 had been comp) cued, 20 were under repair, 22 were
still to bo repaired. Of the motorcycles, about 60 sidecar motorcycles were
25X1 completed, 18 under repair and 24 still to be repaired.
6. About 2 to 3 carloads with spare parts, new and overhauled tank engines, bogie
wheels, tracks and other spare parts, arrived at the depot daily. The new tank
en.ginrs ar - shipp'c from l :uellrose, with S to 12 engines in one boxcar.4
7. Security measures at the depot were intensified. Supervisors and for-men had
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to sign a document indicating thct all. information on wor' ing procedures, drawings
and other ' written naterial wos to be kept in saes and ,to be taken out and closed
up again p-.rsonal:3y.
From 1 to 26 Octobc- 1952, 17 T,-34/35 tanks arrived at the depot for . general
overhaul. Fifteen of these were completed until 25 October '952.
9. During the procedure, factory new or completely overhauled engines were
25X1 installed and factory-- ?ew tracks were fitted out. Bushings for the balancing
device were made of bronze. The spare: bushings whloh ware heini inrtuu1ed
were made of gray cast iron which easily breaks. T for
25X1 the bus'.oings would break under heavy, use.
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I a large percentage of the material
could not be used az it did not have a tensile strength of 50 kilograme:. The
25X1 brake bands which are to have a tensile strength of 75 to 85 kilogram are
40.-cm wide steel shuts, 2.5 mr. thick. The brake blocks are 12 mm thick,
130 mm long and /`0 cm wide and are fitted to the brake bands at 20 mm intervals.
1C, The heating installation in building No 52b has a maximum of 5 million thermal
units. As, however, 12 milli,-'n thermal units are required, it is planned to
25X1 construct a modern heating installation with two large high-pressure boilers
for a total of 1/+ mill ion thermal units,
The following shipments
B - boxcar
rere loaded at the Wurnsdorf railroad
SS - SS-type flatcar
hlg- rib A
ReCeiv Stmdt o
(?^i~a rr
1.2
2 SS
tan
ks
Haldensleban
14
1 SS
mil
itary goods
Frankfurt/Jder
1 B
18
1 5
1 x
50-ton tank
Rueckmars 7orf
19
213
mil
itary goods
Muelirose
20
1 S33
tan
k
tudwigslust
1 33
?f
Jueterbog
1 33
Dallgow
22
1 33
Meissen
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23
2 B
mil
itary gods
Muell rose
21+
2 33
tan
ks
Oranienburg
26
2 Sn>
a
Koenigsbrueck
29
1 s
Dresden--Klotzsche
1 S:,
Neustrelitz
31
2 SS
tan
ks
Altruppin
1. Gomlent The monthly output of this tank repair shop fluctuates between
15 to 20 tanks.
2. G. q The delivery to the VP of overhauled tanks from Soviet units
Cerm.nr is relieved possible.
Convent. Tan--- repair shopI tarted operating in Wuerjsdorf
xn --April. 1952. The average monthly output reportedly is 15 tanks
OGomm?n&,? Muellrose, south of Frankfurt/Oiler, is known as tank spare
marts depot..
Comment The number of tan's loaded during the period of obser v Rion
s corresponds to the monthhly capacity of the repair shop.
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