TURBOJET AND TURBOPROP ENGINE DEVELOPMENT AT ZAVOD (Sanitized)IN UPRAVLENCHESKIY NEAR KUYBYSHEV

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• Publication Date: September 5, 1952
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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION ION REPORT REPORT NO.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
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COUNTRY USSR (Kuybyshev Oblast
SUBJECT Turbojet and l'ur{boprop Engine development at
25X1 Zavodin Upravlencheskiy Near Kuybyshev
DATE OF
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PLACE
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE,-U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED, ITS 1AARSMISS ION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
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DATE DISTR. 5 Sept. 1952
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1. Opytnyy Za. o in Upravlencheskiy Gorodok
(53-32N, 50-09E) was ect y assigned to the Ministry for Aviatiori
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ustr * in oscowo The abbreviation of the plant designation is
Zavod as composed of four O. s (Cpyttnoye Konstruktsionnoye yuro
Fxcperimental resign Bureau. ) and the production department.
2. Until 1. July 1949, ;'oolonel Oiek novich `fnu) was Soviet plant manager.,
and. only Germans were inchar?ge of the developing activities? On
1 July 1949 Colonel. Kuznetsov fnu), who with seen assistants had t
from the Ufa/ChernikotrT . k54-45N,. 56.-OOE) aircraft engine plant, too,e
over the plant management and also became technical director of the plant.
3 After the war, the Soviets requested the Stassfurth M Plant to immpr?ove
the BMW-003 C engine.from 900 to 1,250 Tag/p. This project was completed
by. late 1946. A second ceder given in March 191-6 .for _- th de t ,pp ent
of the BMW-018 was not carried out, as 7257 BMW employees, about :12 percent
.of-, the total work force,,, we:r?e deported to Upravlenehesk Ly on 22 October 1946.
Together with 375 Junkers. experts and with the help .of about 2, 500 Soviet
convicts, the BMW experts 1install ld dismantled German machinery 25X1
Development activities were started. on 15 November 1946 and were in,
sw.ng by May 1947 he production department started operation in
May 19474 Up .to the summer of 1948 the four ind.ividual-.Ofds worked
separately. The tuns were from the BMW, yumos and As1ania, plants, and
the group. of Engineer Alfred, Mueller, who, with about ht experts
constructed oscillographa. Coming from Moscow/Tusb.ino;where they. ha.d
worked _on. ,the development of Diesel. engines, Graduate Engineer
Manf'r?ed Gerlach and 48 -experts arrived at Upravlenehi> skiy : at a . later
-date. Dr.: Manfred Christian-and seven German experts were the last group
to arrive at ZavodO They came from. an aircraaft engine plant in
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23.. 1 he construction project of a -large .reservoir reaching from Iras ..
Glinka to Kazan was cancelled in,orderr to prevent floods. in ..the Stavropol
(53-27I, 49-24E) oil fields. along the 'Volga valley. Tn a new project,
water -was to be dammed up,.probably in six individual -stages, with the
first stage being .located near Stavropol.. Compared i-.th the ' first pro jectp
.with :an .,output of two million k vs,, not more than ..one million kwa .would
.be produced by the s.ix-,stage power plant. Construction..was . to start in
the spring -of 1951,4 Aircraft plants in :Kuybyshev were the
only factories excluded from the draft of personne .,or' s projecct.
L,Co ents %
The Kirov regional .sub-headquarters, department for aircraft engine con-
struction, is reported for the first time, The information indicates
a break-down into region l..sub headquarters.which.are fn.charge of the
fulfillment of the.district armament program. The Kirov subhead quarters.
are assumed to be located in an aircraft accessory plant at -the southern
border,of the Kirov airfields
In 1945 the BMW-003.engine was developed with a.tbrust of 800 kg and..installed.
.in type 162 aircraft, the so-called VblksJaeger. During the first flights.
the speed.of this fighter proved to be inadequate. MW subsequently; de-
signed an improved. ,version .with .900 kg thrustwhich, was not mass produced.
These facts explain-900 kg thrust as being basic for 3 then developments
of this engine in the USSR, An increase to 1)250 kg.atatic thrust., to be
achieved by, means of the reported improvements, is believed possible.
Dr, Christian who .with his small, expert team had. worked-1n Aircraft
Engine Plant n Xazan, stated that.the BMW-033 (sic) as being produced
.there.
According .to a Previous report, the .improved -version of the `Jumo-004.,with
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a
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The Jumo-012 passed the State test by fall of Tc t.R
Having a must o 2, 500 k~g, the Jumo-012 belongs to the
same group of aircraft engines. as the . Nene which by that time was. being
,Manufactured in quantity at Plants n Moscow. The Red
October Plant in Leningrad was allegedly also converted to the
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of Nene engines,
Developments, of the _BMW-o18 started .during the tzar. The engine .was
designed with a 12-stage. axial, compressor, a, three-stge turbine. and
for ,an ;output of 3,500 .kg.. A slightly altered version.developed.in the
USSR could actually be utilized as a preliminary experimental.model for
-turboprop.
6,, Seelfor a report on research. on the turboprop,-022 and the
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plantslIn Moscow/Tushino anti orated .in an eastern section
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1. Asphalt. road.
2. Entrance for trucks
3. Entrance for trucks.
A. Entrance for laborers.
5. Gatekee,per's.house.
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Workshop .17: Material research institute.with a.chemical.laboratory,,
a physical-laboratory, and.a testing , room. for tensile strength. of
.materials. The section :also included .an electric measuring, depart
went, book printing khop, and a photographic laboratory. The.-institute
ltprpe with i !3 Thos mom the BMW and Junkers Plants.
Detainment barracks.. for'German.specialists.
. .Aerodynamic test-stands: Brick building with a. flat. roof covered with
15. Iarge building- Brick structure with an arched steel-structure roof
14. First aid.station.
.13, Pressing plant for steel shavings.
roofing ,paper; two wind.tunnelswith measuring, channel and generators,
.for aerodynamic blade profile tests.
Gas plant: Flat brick building covered with roofing papery produces
gas, for autogenous . welding.
12. Material stores.
with sky. lights, . covered with roofing, paper. The building housed the
following:
.a. Workshop 1 a, production of blades.
.b. -Workshop l b,.mechanical_manufacturing,shop.
c. Workshop 2,mechanical manufacturing; shop..
d. Workshop Ii., construction of jigs. and fixtures. The workshops were
equipped with about.400 metal processing,machines; semi-finished
products were supplied.from the stores, and processed parts.were
returned.. there.
16. Assembly teat stam.ds.
17. Workshop housing the.surface treatment section, carpenter shop, and
pattern making carpenter shop. The workshop was equipped with. lathes.
Cyanide of potassium was.not available, as it had. to be delivered to
.Eeaymyanke.. -
Preliminary,assembly shop, construction section" and storage for
electric parts. The two-story building was.coveredwith roofing paper.
The basement,-hou;sedstored electrical parts, and.the ground.floor
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Y9. -Workshop.housing,the hardening shop, which was.equipped with electric
furnaces on.the ground floor and the plant managementon.the second.
floor.
20. .Brick building,, with. a. forge equipped with two, or three electric, annealing
furnaces .and.steam.hammers,. two. of which were large. The second..floor
housed-:offices and a . switchboard. from the Junkers.Plant.
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housed the assembly. shop,.which..wap#.equipped:. 'with . auxiliary, machines
processing , single parts. -The second floor housed the construction
.section, technological-section
and offices.
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21. the Aska.niaGroup: T-shaped,two-story brick building housi
, mechanical.worksho s and assembly shops. F_ I 25X1
believed that starter units were'bei
produced here and probably also in the ARM.Plant. 25X1
the Askania Group was transferred to Moscow
11950, taking all machinery along with.them. The building
Vas.- presumably to be used for the installation of additional assembly
test stands or as.a construction shop for control devices.
22. Apprentices school and small store with electric engines.
23. Fire station, was being torn down.
24. Workshop 5: Sheet metal processing shop, old building, about -15.x 80 m,
constructed of bricks, wood, and clay. The workshop was equipped with
gas and electric welding apparatus and presses;. the sheets were hand
.formed.
25. Air mixing chamber for compressed air equipment: One-small chamber
was constructed-in 1947.and a large chamber was constructed,:in.1949.
0utd x*,-installation.. erected on foundations.
26. Compressor shop: The steam-powered compressor installation.was dis-
mantled and compressor engines driven by, electric engines were in-
stalled. Opirational pressure was 4.5 atmospheres.
27. Store with construction materials, dismantled.
28. Boiler house: Old brick building, 8 x 15 in, with sheet.metal.smoke-
stack,.equipped with coal fueled steam bo lers for heating.
29. -Coal.dump.# The crane with trolleys connecting'ithe.coal dump to.Krasnaya
Glinka_was dismantled in 1948.
.30. Fitting shop working for plant requirements, i.e., parts for laying of
pipes.
31. Blasting installation: Flat brick building, 6.x 10 in, covered with
roofing paper. The shop was equipped with one multiple blasting
,matMne and one sand-blasting machine.
33? II Theoretical development of turboprop. engines, three-story-
roc building, the roof covered with roofing paper, housing designing
offices, blueprint section, and secret archives. Previously25X1
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34. Fuel station; Constructed in.1947; equipped with filler necks, and
-measuring instruments for the fuel supplied-to the station.
35. .Fuel and lubrication dump. Constructed.in 1947. The lubrication dump
was.anabove-ground installation-and fenced.in,.while the fuel tanks
were underground. one tank with ' a , capacity of 50, 000'\
liters and another tank with a capacity of 80,000 liters. It is possible
that.there were more tanks Fuel was shipped to
the dump by means of tank trucks. There was an.underground fuel line
to-the test stands. (See item 37 on attached sketch.)
.34. Workshop-14: Small fitting shop for the test stands.
.37. Worksshop 14: Test stands constructed ,n.1946 and 1947, 8 x 12_x 13 m
wooden structure building with slake fillings. There were four test
stands for completed engines. They were assembled from parts of his
mantled Junkers and BMW test stands. Three were remodeled for the
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testing of turboprop engines from 1948 to 1950; and-one GT.2.test
stand was used.for measuring . individual. compressor stages.
38. Store with construction tools.
39? Electric workshop of workshop 14: Adjusted.the test stands for high
and low voltage current. In 1950 this section was transferred to
No. 44 on attached sketch.
40. Large trans',ormmr station, completed in 1950.
41. Switching area: Surrounded by awire fence, belongs . to.No..40 on
attached sketch. Mast area.for outdoor power lines. The.main
.feeder line.on-wooden masts had a.tension.of 15,000 volts.and.was
laid in.1949 and 1950. Power was suppliedby,the Kuybyshev power
plant on the eastern bank.of the Volga River, north of the junction
of Samara River. The branch-off point of the line was.not known.
42. Half-finished foundation for a high altitude test stand. Construction
...was started in 1947 and discontinued in the.fall of 1948. The high
alti#ude testing. equipment came from. Junkers; parts,of it.were shipped
to Moscow.:Lri.the fall. of 1950.
.43. Large f t.4'dump; Under construction since.the spring of 1950 to.be
completed by the summer of 1951. The size of the installation had not
been detelxpnined.
44. Testing grounds of workshop 14: Construction was started in the
fall of 1947 and.the bare structures.of the stone buildings were
completed by August 1950. The whole project was,to be completed by
1-.January 1951, a target date which, could not` _ 25X1
be met. The northern front wing house- one;.high hall with four test
stands, while the side wings had. one ground floor and a second.floor.
The four test stands'were designed for large engines and had exhaust
channels with across section 8 x 8,meters. There were high separating
walls lined wltth sound absorber plates. The section was provided-with
its own reassembly shop and allWorkshops.requiredfor the testing.,
One test stand was put into operation on 15 August 1950.
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