WORK ON GUIDED MISSILES AT PODLIPKI AND OSTASHKOV

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY USSR (A+Ioseow, Kalinin Oblasts) REPORT
Work on Guided D1liissiles at
Podlipki and Ostashkov
DATE DISTR.
~+ September 1953
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REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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APl'EPtDICES
Appendix 'B'
Guided I~Iissiles
~endix 'C'
Electronics
..',ppendix ' G'
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- Refer 8ppendix 'B'.
b Persona ities - erman
c " -Russian
~r . ANNEXURF~S
Annexure '11' Figure 1 ^- Sketch of l~asserfall Missile.
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GUIDED MISSIZES
1. after the organization at PEENEt`;~IDE had-been dis-
rupted by bombings part of the production of the~Nasserfall missile was
"contracted-out" to various firms, including the f ollativing:-
(a) ZITTAUER BdaschimexfabYdk (Saxony) -centre section.
(b) Bertt'~ lwl~'LLER, 'T~IERDANAU -
(c) F'RUH4VALD and JAEGER, NUE7NBER1 -rear section:
(d) LIIdKE HOFFMANN, BRE3LAU -power plant.
(e) BENTZLER lalerke, BIELEF'ELD -front section.
abr ilc
specialized in the production of textile machinery was well able to change
over to this new work.
3. only the Centre Section -and the tanlcs were manu-
faaturea a ZITTAU, but that the other parts of the missile were delivered to
this firm and there the weapons, less the electrical equipment rues assembled.
the tyro tanks in the centre section of the missile (refer
figure 1 tivere so arranged that they shared in the slcin stressing.
4. approximately 30 complete (less electrical
equipment ?missiles could have been assembled, and bases this estimate on the
f ollovling: -
Approx. 15 oentre sections manufactured by ZITTAU.
at'PEEN N~UND .
" 15 " delivered from Bertram i~:i~1'LLER.
these missiles tivere assembled for firing trials
6. Diffioulties in Production.
"Great difficulties were experienced in welding the various parts of the
missile and progress. was extremely... slow. From time to time dssign changes wane
issued by PEENF.1rIUNIaE in order to, overoome. this welding difficulty. But only
a few missiles were ever assembled, and these mere -sent to PEENEPd~IVDE.
7. Towards .the end of the year, work on the l~dasserfall missile at ZITTAU
ceased, and the remaining :unassembled l~dasserfall equipment-sent to an unlsnorvn
destination by a man (name unknown) who' a~rne- from PEEP1Eliif{SNDE specially for
this. purpose.
8. Russian:0:ocuPation.
When the Russian ar-r~y entered ZITTAU in the beginning of Mqy 1945, the
Zittauer lviasahinenfatr~h.G., bias immediately occupied. The,worlcsr manager, and
B1,UTZEN, 'and later to a camp in ?n~IUHl~ERC.
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