MOSCOW AUTO PLANT TO MAKE BICYCLES; PARTS SHORTAGE STALLS TRUCK REPAIRS; GIVES SPECIFICATIONS OF DT-54 TRACTOR

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April 3, 1951
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600380701-1 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR' INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO. COUNTRY USSR SUBJECT Economic - Automobile arms tr,i:ttr in@ et.ry HOW PUBLISHED Daily new2pape7:3; monthly p 3 WHERE PUBLISHED USSR DATE PUBLISHED Jan - 9 Feb 1.951 SECRET DATE OF INFORMATION 1951 DATE DIST. 3 Apr 1951 NO. OF PAGES 3 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INYORNATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OP THE UNITED STATER WITHIN THE MEANING 01 ESPIONAGE ACT SO U. / C.. SI AMC IE. AS ANENOED. ITS TRANS 15 SION OR THE REVELATION AMf TO AN NISI.TEDD NYTLAW. I NIPRODU TION OF THIS TORN III PROHIIIITED. IS 1R0? Newspapers and period cal ae _ dlcsted MOSCOW AUTO PLANT TO MANE BICYCLES; PARTS SHORTAGE STALLS' TRUCE REPAIRS; CSIVI:S SPE4?FICATIONS OR DT-5L TRAM 0R PREPARES TO PRODUCE BICYCLES -.- M:Isccw, Mcekov=kay_a Fxia.vda, 8 Feb 51 The Moscow Automobile Plant imeni Sta .IYt is mnlcf rug pN}partt ;n._r3 f:,r the production of bicycles. It start pr uZ:'-ng the pets the B-110 bicycle in February ani v .i1 bea_n t,3 ea.~emhle the b'.cyclee in March. TRACK OF PARTS HOLDS UP TRUCK KQITIFMENIT -- Mcsc.cv, I-~vestiy9', 9 Feb 51 ancaimtering The Kharkov 0snovyanskiy Br,.Ier an.. Weli'9.rg Fl-,nt is enormous difficulties in its ef'f'ort to fill .rdera frcm varicras parts of the USSR for the installation of fuel. tank,- in trucks which are being rigged for the sowing season. These tracks, upon lesuing KharT:kav, g3 to MTS in the Tadzhik, Uzbek, and EstcniarA SSR, Stavrcpa1T Kray, and Rostov and Stalin- grad oblasts. .-More than 2,000 such trucks are now craeiing the plantle premises, but it is impossible to begin work. on them.beceuse the Ministry of Agricultural Machine Building USSR has failed to deliver the necessary iron sheeting, pumps, and'valves. Although the ministry produces these parts in its own plants, it failed to.place an order. for them in due time. In this connection, the Ukravtogenvespriea Ukrainian Autogenous Welding Industry?] Trust is at fault. Its director, Predko, should have sought the assistance of local enterprises. At the initiative of the F1arVkov City Soviet, local industry has been helping all-Union enterprises and would have produced the valves and pumps for the Osnovyanekiy plant. When, at the end of January, the plant Gs management sent an urgent request to Predko for in- tervention, he offered no tangible assistance. Instead, he promised to send over his deputy, Patov, who would. try to help the plant meet its January norm. Ix CLASSIFICATION NSRB -0 FBI ~~~-"SET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600380701-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600380701-1 1 SECRET In the meantime, the management, dubious of results, asked help from the Lvov and Ternopol' plants of the Ministry of Agricultural Machine Build- ing USSR, which manufactures such valves and pumps. However, they did not even bother to reply to the letter. Following this, Director Rud' telegraphed, over the head of the trust, to the Ministry of Agricultural Machine Building USSR. He received the following reply from Bernartovich,d4pt1 Y chief of the Aft1mistration of Repair Enterprises; "Don't worry, funds have been allocated. Orders have been given; wait." What a strange case of indifference.' -- P. Annenkov, Pravda correspon- dent DESCRIBES DT-54 DIESEL TRACTOR -- Moscow, Vestnik Mashinoatroyeniya, No 1, Jan 51 The DT-54 diesel tractor produced by the Stalingrad and Khar'kev plants is much superior to the STZ-NATI and other types of tractors made in the USSR. The DT-54 tractor has a four-cycle, compressorless diesel engine, which can develop 54 horsepower at 1,300 revolutions per minute. Its fuel consump- tion is 220 grams per horsepower per hour, which is less than that of the STZ- NATI tractor. One DT-54 tractor alone saves about 10 tons of fuel yearly. The DT-54 tractor has a high degree of wear resistance in its principal parts. Its piston pins last twice as long as those of the STZ-NATI tractor, and its piston rings and cylinder sleeves last 500 hours longer. Its valves are ground six times less frequently than those of the STZ-NATI tractor. Many of its bushings are interchangeable, therefore, much of the handwork involved in repairs, which requires great skill, is eliminated. The perfection of the design is shown in such improvements as a carbon shaft with elastic joints, an oil filter with a double filter element, and an oil radiator. The tractor has a five-gear transmission, as follows: I II III IV V Reverse Speed (km/hr) 3.59 4.65 5.43 6.28 7.9 2.4 Traction power at hook (kg) 2,850 2,100 1,750 1,450 1,000 The DT-54 tractor is started by a one-cylinder, 10-horsepower gasoline motor. It has an enlarged fuel tank, which cuts the time lost in filling it. For the design of the DT-54 tractor, the Stalin Prize has been awarded to Chief Engineer V. A. Kargopolov and Chief Designer A. K. Platonov of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant and a number of workers of the Kharkov and Altay ,tractor plants. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600380701-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600380701-1 1950 INCREASE IN TRUCKS, TRACTORS, CARS -- Moscow, Trud, 28 Jan 51 According to the report published by the Statistical Administration of the Council of Ministers USSR concerning plan fulfillment in 1950, the folloring production increases over the 1949 totals occurred in that year: trucks, 30 percent; passenger cars, 41 percent; motorcycles, 34 percent; fork lifts, 82 percent; tractors, 23 percent. URAL PLANTS SEND TRUCKS, TRACTORS TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS -- Moscow, Pravda, 8 Feb 51 In January, the Ural Automobile Plant imeni Stalin (Chelyabinsk Oblast) dispatched a column of Ural-ZIS 3-ton trucks to the Volga-Don Canal construc- tion project. The Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant has sent 40 powerful caterpillar tractors to the Kuybyshev, Stalingrad, and Volga-Don Canal construction projects. Moscow, Moskovskaya Pravda, 9 Feb 51 A number of powerful dump trucks were recently dispatched to the Volga- Don construction project by the Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant. These trucks were produced 2 months ahead of time. MINSK PLANT SENDS DUMP TRUCKS TO KUYBYSHEV -- Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 7 Feb 51 The Minsk Automobile Plant today dispatched a large number of dump trucks to the Kuybyshev hydroelectric construction project. Currently, the plant is engaged in the production of a'large number of trucks for the Volga-Don Canal construction project. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600380701-1