REPORTED PRODUCTION AT THE MOLOTOV ARTILLERY WORKS NO. 172

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500390002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

DEC 1981 ?~'?~ Approved For Release 2002/01/03 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000500390002-4
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
DEFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Reported ProducticiI at t`_e. Aiclotev
Artillery Works T_'Jo. 172
PLACE ACQUIRED - - -
(BY souRCE) 25X1A
DATE ACQUIRED
(BY SOURCE)
Of TEAL UNITE. STATES, WITHIN THE WEANING OF TITLE IA. SECTIONS T63
AND TSA. 3F THE U.S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION ON REVE-
LATION Of ITS COMTENTSI TO ON RECEIPT By AN UNAUTNONIAED PERSON 10
25X1X THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
"The t?1o' otov Artillery Works No. 172 (Artilleriiski Zavod No. 172 Imeni
in the town of Molotov is actually a combine of the following plants:
Works No. 172 -
a
,,an factory
If " 176 -
a
factory
for shell cases
179 -
a
factory
for artillery ammunition
-
a
factory
for,artillery apparatus
2.
"The head manager of the combine s an artillery engineer, Majcr-GenerR,Y Avram
Isaevich jykhovski. In 1953 the combine had roughly 11,000 workers, einpLoyees
and engineers.
3.
"The Molotov Artillery Works specialize in 'corps artillery'
leria), producing:
(korpusnaila
(a) Long-range guns
of
the following calibers
100-mm
of
the
1944 type
107-mm
of
the
1941 type
122-mm
of
the
1931??37 type
(b) Howitzers and hcwitzer-guns of the following; t 'es
152-mm howitzer of the 1943 type
152-mm howitzer-gun of the 1937 'carpe
4. "The ~c,,ai yearly c.tp-at of the above gi:.ns was 6000 in 1952. The potentJial
capacity of the Artillery Works No. 172 is such, however, that the yea ]. cut-
put of the above; Guns could, if required, be raised to 12,000.
5. "At present sate 537 50% of the shops of this works manufacture equipment for
the naphtha androal industry of the USSR."
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