MILITARY - MUNITIONS PRODUCTION, SOVIET-TYPE WEAPONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: October 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SEr' r,7?YY TROR*' TION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR
Hungary; USSR
t.12._t4ry - Munitions pr ducticcg
Soviet-,type weapons
DATE OF 15.
INFORMATION
DATE GIST. Al Oct 1952
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THIS IS UNEV1',LUATED INFORMATION
MUNITIONS PROD[7'diOP AND SGV~Ef,TYPE WEACONS USED IN HUNGARY
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rl" WAC'TU.'iE N~uW F MINE
Production of a new bj-ah??p,^we_ ccnta:t mine was recently started at the Ko-
banysi Femtccaegcikk Muvok (Kobanya Mass Products Works). The new mine is 19aaitt-
meters high and 28 centimeters in diameter +nd is made or prenoed metal. A lagr
-iumrer of underwYLter mince is being manufactured for the USSR. The plant is as-
sociated with the Nagyteteny war material factory.
WEAPCNc PAI}TS MANUFACTURED AT CSEPEL
Weapon parts are taing mau'a'_?a_tt*rd under other nPmes in tLe Mstyas Aakooi
Wcrks at Csepel. The workers .?cund out that "machine parts" a-ra actuwlly un
carriages, 'support parts" mean pridge syschanisas, and "lathe slide tracks" mean
gun recoil tracks. In the press shop 25O., and 450-kilogram bawba are being menu.
factured and are officially cai.ed gas containers.
SUNDA iQ PA' O:':? PRODUCE, RADAR SHOUTING SIGHTS
The Standard Electric Enterprise recently started producing radar outing 50X1-HUM
sight parts. It is reported that the new shooting eight is based on tb Lorenz
patent.
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Each pert is produced to +a different shop, and the shoot. eight is as-
semb1ee 12 a secret Out-of-town plant. Militesy circles are optimistic about
the new shooting eight, for which 96 percent hits are claimed. -
D$LIVRI 8 OF MUM= 1J JliiTIOi! FACTORY
'T Bad.atetenyi 7Ok2 Szae Loazergyar
44,000 Type 48 k contact ins
10, 000 Tri II 4-hg charge!
14,000 7.5-= error-piercing ak4lU _
6,000 8.5-e 9,000 10.5-col N n ro
10,000 4.5-s anti44,craft abells
6,0or 7.5-cm n n
9,500 8,5-cm
10,00010.5-c N n
Shipments =do to Ongarian barracks and a tunition dump
24,x00 Type 48 M band grenades ?o Szmleg
16,000 a N n n n Kalocea
14,000 n n n ?n n n Patka
10,000 n H e n n N 8zigetvar
25,000 1-kg contact nines to 8zietvar
14,600 5-kg n n n 8zak-8zend
5,000 2-kg n ro of 8zoreg
8,000 Tri II i-kg charges to 84getver
10,000 : M n n n ftlocaa
15,E n ? , u cpoL$CL tane6 to lali4. A&I
9,600 4.5-,-m armor-piercing d slla to Zalka kate barracbc, Budapest
15,000 7.5-cm r. n a n Pecs
8,000 8.5-cm armor-piarcirZ shells,to Xarcag
6.000 10.5-cm " n n Szeged - SRoreg
9,600 4.5 -m antlaircraft shells to Dosaa Gyorgy barracks, Budapest
1,000 7.5-Cat n n N Celldomolk
8,000 8.5-cm ro n Debrecen
7,000 10.5-ca n e N 117irogyba-m
According to apparently reliable infornatio'a a secret mar material factor
started operation recently :.n the Ableghegy Zrdo (between Badap sad 1oaaaberenl.
Haar 'releace iati. Building activities oat.atar'*t ).* yeaxe;a!So, am the entire
wooded arse was closed to tourists Amt aatffi.
Conitractice or a * .# -a la ued,meaa f fatten', Ms heat b.m *1 i the
Budacrs highway between Bedekmssi and Bndaars. Sono of the factory buildings
eztr_uJing over r, stretch of outs kilc^ater @a* built two stories deep unkergroaa6.
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A total of 650 political, prisoners lno 50hcivilian
dis?rictoas the are employed
rate factory."
project, which is known to the people
Parts of the buildings were completed in November 1951 and, cording to the
aver 1952,
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workers, the entire project should be finis
REPORTS m',L.OSION AT NAGY'" NT AM JNITIO?d FACTORY
a serious explosion occurred in the 1i/H shop of the Hagyteteny
Recently, , factory. This shop Vas engaged in the manuiacture of Tri-I1 explosive.
munitions
s as result of the investigation, Andort O'briaan, shop chief, was suspended and
Jozsef Domak and Sandor 11cszticiusz, members of the shop cc nittee, were arrested.
ED'T,OSION Al' RAGYTM T MUNITIONS FACTORY
A serious explosion occurred in munitions factory No 7,042 at Nagyteteny in
-- of the .,xplosiun, which resulted in
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Phe explosion is repor - -_- the part of the corkers refused
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p
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to resume operations, whereupon ~u g
called risk allowance (200 forints per month) and compelled the workers to go
bac'. to the factory.
Two trench mortar squads stationed in the Dozsa Gyorgy infantry barracks at mines f Magykamizge recently ;ae~d^ exercise~ Wine defective dan iled
to exp
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tbaat a large part of the trench mortar mines stored at the barracks have the
suss defect.
GIVES DETAILS ON 3JT;GA1:LTAN WEAPONS
According to a former wean master, the and disahdvau'*.ages of
the weapons used by the Hungar
7.62 millimeter type-148 Soviet r.-`le ?? Too+lo.:gandhandicaps the solldier
in jumping. Tts muzzle sig:,t is unstable. Due to poor
rusts easily.
7,62-millimeter automatic pistol -- The aim is relatively good, but the
yaaterial is carer saki the pinto: in disliked by the !soldier because of its
weight.
7.62-millimeter Soviet-type automatic pistol -?? The material is poor, but
the aim is goo, up to 100-120 aster!.
7.62-millimeter Soviet-type machine gun -- The material is extremely F-or.
The weapon bas good aim, tut is difficult to handle.:
7.62-millimeter Soviet-type automatic rifle -- This weapon is mad rode oofbeet~
mftaxinl. The standard cnasrge is yellow; the incendiary barge is
charge; green; and the antiarmor rhargeared-black. In antiaircraft operations
every fifth charge is standard, fo11-ywe3 by a signs) and an incendiary charge.
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62-millima~F r 6ov1et-type trench mortar -- The material is likewine poor,
bit the aim is relatively good.
120-millimeter Soviet-type msedium-bea`Y trench mortar -- Ras the ar#me ad-
The
vantage and dis3dvaata9+m as the 82-millimeter trench mcrortax. ha Tiest type
trench mortar, the ao-ca-lled KE,tyuaha," has not Yet been introduced into the
ngoriau armed forces.
76.6-millimeter semiautomatic Soviet-type antitank gun -- The barrel is
mach' of relatively goad material andm iu pierces isdaeas or Three hinds of T,44
gee
hich
are Used,: an arthor-giercitg charger warm of the t
tank from a distance of 500 metere anb develops excessive heat, forcing teTso
to leave the car, a second charge used against fortifications and a third used
against infantry.
76.5- ,llixetar field gun Practically the same as the antitank gun;
only the aim is diffCMUt.
4.5j-millimeter Soviet-type light armor-piercing gun -- This weapon is a
duplicate, ou a small scale, of the 76.6-millimeter heavy armor-piercing gun.
The Hungarian-made weapons of Soviet types are considerably bett%ir.
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