WILHELM PIECK IRON WORKS AT GYOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R006800580001-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 24, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
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Hungary
Wilhelm Pieck Iron Works at Gy-r
DATE DISTR. 24 October 1956
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report, with sketch, on the location,
is described as a purely military factory, producing antiaircraft gun carriages,
artillery ammunition and various-spare parts, and employing about 900 individuals.
According to the report, the factory is supervised by a Soviet citizen in civil-
ian clothes.
production, and working methods of the Wilhelm Pieck Iron Works in Gy8r. The plant
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WI_ PIECK Iron Works, GYOR ; 1956
1. This is a purely military factory producing A.A. 37 anu 85 mm four-
wheeled gun carriages and mountings (since November 1955), and 20.3 shell-
heads for heavy field artillery. The gun cai-riages with mountings are
accounted for and -ieclared as mowers, and shell-heads as pipes. The
factory Is situated approximately 2 km north-east of the outskirts of the
town. See sketch at Appendix "A".
2. Description of buildings: (See appendix "A")
i) Headquarters and offices, marked (a)
ii) Shell-knead works, marked (b)
iii) Gun carriage and mow3ting parts Department, marked (c)
iv) Assembly plant, marked (d)
v) Welding Department, marked (e)
vi) Spare parts and raw material, stores, marked (f)
3. Approximately 800 labourers 1.nd 100 technicians and employees worked
at the factory managed by Ede ORVATH, General Manager, approximately 35,
180 cm. dark, thin. A Russian in civilian clothes wa,s attached to the
office and supervised the factory. Instructions arrived at the works
written in Russian and were translated by an interpreter.
4. The monthly norm was fixed at:-
80 37 mm YVI gun carriages with mountings
40 85 mm AA gun carriages with mountings
which was always fulfilled. The only delay in fulfilment of the norm
was caused by the sh tags of raw materials delivered by the DIOSGYOR
Ammunition work but on receipt of the materials work was carried out at
unpaid overtime so that the norm was not affected,
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5. The maz,uafactured gun carriages and mountings were tested for
exactness of dimensions and approximately 8-10 per cent were sent back
as defective. The follow~zg defects were found:
Side supports of unequal length or badly welded
Defects and cracks of welded parts
Bearings broken
Wheel-springs broken
The rejection of defective carriages never affected the norm.
6. The manufactured gun carriages were delivered to DIOSGYOR works,
where barrels w id recoil-m.eshaniam were mounted, The guns were then shot
in, towed around for about 400 Ian and were returned to the GfdR -works to
be handed over to a I!ajgy from the Hungarian War Ministry.
30-40 workers
of the PIP K works were attached to the DIC3GYOR factory to learn further
procedure with the guns and occasicnal defects shown at further tests were
po3..nted out ' them.
7. Shell-,eada were mechanically out from iron tubes, pressed into
conical shape with two grooves for copper rings, and turned to the right
aalibwA4 The shell-.heads were then delivered to DIO;GYOR, where the
popper rings were mounted, The shell-heads were never returned to Gt5R.
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