SOVIET ARMY 100 MM FIELD GUN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600020092-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 92
• Publication Date: April 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X1A
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY USSR/Germany (Soviet Zone)
SUBJECT Soviet Army 100 mm Field Gun
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I hat this was indeed an excellent gun and
"the pride of Soviet artillery".
3. I have heard that Genleit GAabin, well known for his previous
designs, had also designed this gun. There was a rumor that
hte gun had been completed in 1945 and testod in the war but
that mass production had started several years later. I have
no further information on this gun.
two kilometers and that its range is 22 km. Later I heard
At that time some artillery units of the 28th Rifle Corps were
stationed at 0hrdruf. Since divisional artillery does not include
100-mm field guns, I assumed that the guns I saw belonged to the
artillery brigade of the 28th Rifle Corps.
20 In-appearance the 100-mm gun is very similar to the 57-mm AT gun.
It has a very low silhouette and a barrel which is at least five
meters long and provided with a triple muzzle break. The gun
was mounted on a small, two-wheel carriage and had small
vehicle tractor as prime mover.
I learned that this piece is a dual-purpose (field
and with a high muzzle velocity; that the shell from
this gun can penetrate any known armor place from a distance of
in an artillery park at the Ohrdruf /50L9h-1O)4E/ firing range.
DATE DISTR./,b Apr 52
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1. saw about 20 new 10C-mm field artillery guns
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