SOVIET TANK REPAIR SHOP AT WUENSDORF

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 18, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet Tank Repair Shop at Wuensdorf
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I DATE PREPARED 18 November 1953
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1. From 10 September until 6 October 1953, 20 T-34 tanks arrived by rail
at the tank repair shop in Wuensdorf for complete overhaul. Fifteen
of the tanks were repaired between 2 and 24 September. Their departure
s made only at night. I
Bogie wheels and axles produced at the installation,in excess of the
requirement of the plant were delivered to the troops. At the beginning
of September, about 80 axles and 100 bogie wheels ready to be shipped
to the t rocps were noticed, 2
3. In mid-September 1953, the depot received 135 manometers from a Soviet
depot,
in Frankff'urt/Odor. . 3
an order of a unit in Wuensdorf for 10 electric kitchen
hearths and 150 electric bulbs to be delivered by the material dump of
the dept, 3
5. On 9 October, 3 boxcarloads of bogie wheels and tank axles were shipped
to Nuellrose o 4
6. Between 1 and 10 October, 21 tanks arrived at the Wuensdorf tank repair
shop for complete overhaul. Nineteen tanks left the assembly halls ready
to be picked up during the same period. 1
7. Large quantities of bogie wheels and angular axles for T-34 tanks to be
shipped to other workshops were piled up in.a fenced-in area between the 2
two shops of the tinsmith's and the warehouse in late September 1953.
8. On the morning of 14 September, about 1,200 troops wearing red-bordered
black epaulets with tank or rotor transport insignia fell in in front of
workshops of the tank repair shop. About 490 Germans were employed at the
plant on that day, '5
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9. The following Soviet officers were assigned to the plant in early August 1953; 25X1
Colonel Fhokhlov (fnu), repair shop corrn..andant
Lieutenant Colonel Vasiliev (Tech) (fnu), deputy commandant
Lieutenant Colonel Kamakhin (fnu), political officer
Captain Bagramov (fnu), political officer
Captain Varabiov (fnu), political officer
Major Iarin (fnu) , organization officer
Major Rezinkin (fnu), personnel officer
Lieutenant Colonel Tolstoroshov (fnu), physician
Lieutenant Colonel Zirtanov (fnu), chief of Section No 1, assembly and
disassembly
Captain Fratazov (fnu), chief of Sections No II and III, electric installations
Major Khluzov (fnu), Chief of Section No IV, spare part and tool pr uction
Major Voronin (fnu), chief of Section No V, locksrsitha s shop and plumber shop
Major Khluzov (fnu) r chief of Section No VI, galvanization
Major Makov (fnu), chief of Section VII, engine construction
Ma j or Shikhkin (fnu), chief of Section No VIII. 6
10, The September quota of 23 T-34 tanks was not fulfilled; 19 T-34s were
completed that month. The quota fixed for October was also 23 tanks. 1
11. On 5 October, 548 German workers were employed in the plant. There was
still a shortage of specialists, such as turners, welders and locksr.~-iths. 5
12. The following is a list of rail shipments dispatched by the Soviet tank
repair shops Q Wuensdorf, in August and September 1953:
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Date
Number of
5hi ent
PR Cars
T
o
August
l to 3:1
89
Tank spare parts
M
uelirose
1 and 24
2 IUty
tanks,
82 tons
H
aldensleben
3
1RRy
it
64 tons
J
ena
5 and 21
2 RRy
It
85 tons
O
hrdruf
14
i RRy
64 tons
H
alle
1RRy
it
64 tons
K
oenigsbru
15
1RRy
35
R
erlinchoeneweide
20
1 RRy
50 tons
R
oederau
21 and 31
I RRy
4 RRy
50 tons
210 tons
S
D
perenberg
ranse
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24
1 RRy
, PRY
1 J.J?,y
1 SSy
1 S FY
tanks, 32 tons. Fornau
Frankfurt/Oder
It 34 tone Wittenberg
Oschatz
J ueterbog
September
1 : SV
1 SSy
Peitz
Forst Zinna
1 to 31
6 B
tank spare parts Huellrose
18
28
2 B
2 F3
It It Ku: raersdorf
It It Drt~,sden-Neustadt
It II Finow
1
1 SSy
tanks, Ohrdruf
2
2 and 20
1 SSy
5 SSy
t 35 tons Altruppin
It 180 tons Daligow
7
1 PRy
30 tons K'?enigsbrueck
16
1S"y
1 SSy
32 tons Neuruppin
32 tons Haldensleben
16 and 20
2 RRy
105 tons Neustrelitz
16
3 FRy
1 SSy
2 PRy
175 tons Peitz
36 tons Wolmirstedt
140 tons Lassa
19
1 PRY
2 RRy
30 tons Roederau
95 tons Jueterbog
20
1 SSy
2 FRy
40 tons -Finsterwalde
70 tons Crawinkel
25
1 SSy
32 tons Halle
19
2 B
tank spare parts Altluedersdorf
14
13 B
military goods Frankfurt/Oder, border
B - Boxcar
FRy a- Heavy duty flatcar
SSy _, If II
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belongs to a depot for field kitchen equipment
and field bakeries in Frankfurt/Odor--Winterhafeno The manometers, which
Comment.
r-resuriably belonged to field baking ovens, were to be repaired in Wuensdorf.
GOFG. It may be seen all over the zone,
belongs to the Quartermaster and Supply Administration of the
The central tank spare part depot of the GOFG is located,
Cor nent.
in Muelirose.
Comment. The strength of Soviet personnel at the plant appears to
have been exaggerated, while the figure on the German personnel is given
credence
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