SOVIET MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP IN BERLIN-OBERSCHOENEWEIDE

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSI FI CATI OI~JCRT
CJUN V East Geraany REPORT
TOPIC Soviet Motor Vehicle Repair Shop in Berlin-Oberschoeneweide
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONT
DATE OBTAINE
REFERENCES _
PI ACE OBTAINED
DATE PREPARED 20 January 1955
PAGES 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKSI
The following information on repair work and production in December 1954 was
"
"
Progress
obtained from the ''oviet motor vehicle repair shop
in Berlin-Oberschoeneweide:
25X1
1. Repair work done included the complete overhauling of 400 engines, while 25X1
the following parts and accessories were produced:
Studebaker motor blocks with heads and elbow parts
5500
ZIS motor blocks with heads and elbow parts
diillys motor blocks with heads and elbow parts
50 10
Lathes
666 25
X1
Milling machines
10
Drilling machines
5
Grinding machines
200
'Mork benches
Pistonssfor Studebaker
1,000
0
Pistons for Willys
1,00
0
Drive shafts
2,00
0
Motor air pumps for ZIS
1,00
000
Floating axles for Studebaker
1,
0
ZIS cabs
5
00
Seats for Studebaker
5
Five buses were provided with superstructures, and 15 jeeps and 18 GAS were
converted into ambulances.
2. Engines which arrived from the motor vehicle repair shop in Zeesen for
complete overhauling included about 110 ZIS, 90 Studebaker, 80 Ford,
100 Willys, 30 Chevrolet and 20 GAS&
3. Overhauled engines which were returned to the motor vehicle repair shop in
Zeesen included about 110 ZIS, 90 Studebaker, 50 Ford, 100 Willys, 30 Chevrolet
and 20 GAS.
The following rail sh:iments were dispatched between 1 and 22 December:
Date in
December Shipment -Receiving Station
1 4 cars with
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Date in December
1 4 cars with 70 ZIS Ketschendorf
cabs
1 car with 100 ZIS
motor blocks and
50 ihillys motor
blocks;
1 car with seats for
ZIS and Studebaker;
1 car with spare parts
2 cars with ZIS motor Brest Litovsk - North
blocks;
1 car with Studebaker
motor blocks;
1 car with drive shafts
for Studebaker
2 cars with drive it
shafts for ?Studebaker
2 cars with Cardan Brest-Litovsk
shafts
1 car with motor blocks
for Studebaker;
2 cars with spare parts
5. On 27, 28 and 2' December, f.IV% is which were to be converted.
into ambulances arrived each W ft" IWe depot at Ketschendorf. A new
BMA sedan for Lieutenant Colonel Pavlov (fnu) also arrived from the
Ketschendorf depot.
Vehicles obs
Opel Admiral
which belonged to the commanding of
icer. Mercedes
Opel Kapitaenl and a sedan
trucks, tank trucks repair shop trucks and towing; cars of the inst:Lilation.
which belonged to the Zeesen repair shop. Other vehicles included ZIS
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
7. Diesel engines will also be repaired at the "Progress" motor vehicle
repair shop in near future.
Comment. The volume of outgoing and incoming traffic in December 1954
did not exceed that of the previous months.
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