ARMS FACTORY OF THE VAH MACHINERY WORKS (POVAZSKE STROJARNE) IN NIZNA NAD ORAVOU

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2008
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• Publication Date: March 21, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Arms Factory of the Vah Machinery
Works (Povazske stro,arne) in
Nizna nad Oravou
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1. The machine shops (e.trojirny) at Nizna nad Oravoa, near Dolni Kubin
(N .9-12, E 19-18), were set up between 19.8 and 1952. The plant is
under the jurisdiction of the Vah Machinery Works (Povazske strojarne)
in Po ftszka Bystrica (N 19-07, E 18-27), and is one of the most important
armament factories in eastern Slovakia. The factory is located 300 or
400 meters east of the town of Niztna, approximately 800 meters south-
east of the Orava River. It can be reached by means of a road that
branches off the Nizna-Tvrdosin (N 4+9-20, E 19-34+) highway. The factory
installations cover an area of approximately 300 by 400 meters. The
area is surrounded by a metal net fence.
2. The machine tools employed at the factory are very modern and were supplied
by the V.I. Lenin (Skoda) Works in Pilsen. They include, among other tools,
40 or 50 large lathes, milling machines, drills, and grinding machines. In
Section III there are two new electric furnaces serviced by a transporter
crane. During the spring of 1954, theee automatic machines were installed
for the manufacture of small arms ammunition; they employ the belt system.
Electricity is supplied by-the factoryls own thermal power plant.
3. The labor force consists of about 3,000 makers and 250 white-collar employees.
There are two daily shifts. The manager is Brabuska, a Caw=ist. The
technical director is Eng. Stastny.
4. Monthly production amounts to about 500 tons of artillery shells of all
r.n calibers used by the Cz;choslovak armed forces; about 600 tons of small
arms ammunition for carbines,, automatic and repeating*riflea, pistols,
and machine guns up to a caliber of 20 millimeters; and about 10,000
mines of all types. Most of the production is turned over to the Czecho-
slovak armed farces, and deliveries are made about five or six times each
month for storage in Slovakia. The rest is shipped to the USSR and the
other Satellite states.
5. Raw materials are supplied as follows: steel, in ingots, from various
Slovak iron and steel mil]; copper pipes for the grenade bodies and brass
sheets for the caps from#a veral Moravian plants; and explosives for the
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detonator caps from,Dubnica nad Vahom (N 48-58, E 18-11) and Semtin
(N 50-05, E 15-44).
~Coi ent: The explosives factory in Semtin is presumably
the Syntlsia National Enterprise plant. One of the two Skoda factories
in Dubnica is believed to produce explosives.
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Location of Plant
Legend to Sketch:
1. Entrance.
2. Gate control post and guardhouse., two-story building.
3. Two-story building, 30 by 40 meters; main office.
4. Garage.
5. Engine room.
6. Smokestack.
7. Three production buildings,, each 20 by 80 meters,, with glass roofs.
8. Two warehouses for raw materials and finished products.
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