AMMUNITION FACTORY NEAR FELNEMET (PLANNED AND ACTUAL PRODUCTION - MANPOWER)

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 18, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SUBJECT Ammunitio Factpry near elnemet DATE DISTR. .18 NOV 1
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1. An ammunition factory, which is known under the cover name of Fine
Equipment Factory (Finomszereivenygyar), is located about two
kilometers north of the Eger-Miskolc highway, atoat five kilometers
from Eger and one kilometer from Felnemet. The plant is located in
a valley surrounded by hills averaging 100 meters in height and has
its own private rcad.:
2. The width of the plant site,, which is two and one-half kilometers long varies.
the site is surrounded by a ba..rbed-wire fence one and ^)ne-half meters sigh.
34 The construction of the plant, undertaken in 1911.9, was completed in 1951.
There have been no major changes since that time, except for a partial
conversion to civilian production in mid.-1955, as well as certain
modifications following the rebellion of late 1956. The plant was
successively called the Beta investment Company (Beta Beruhazasi Vallalat),
the Office Machinery Factory (Irodagep$W)s Plant No. 7035, the Metal
jpliances Works (Femszerelvengyar), and it received its present designation
in 1952. The plant is subordinate to the Ministry of Foundries.
1+. The plant is guarded by 20 members of the Industrial Guard (Ipar8rseg).
5. The plant produced military items exclusively until 1951+, when civilian
production of bicycles and needles for syringes was introduced, causing
a reduction in military output. During the rebellion of late 1956 the
plant was closed, and after the revolt the production of ammunition ceased
and the plant was converted to the production of civilian goods, principally
bicycle parts. As of January 1957, limited civilian production had been
undertaken.
6. The plant produces and assembles the following shells, sheli.cases and fuzes.
a. Armor-piercing shells for 3T-mm-and 1+5-.mm. field guns.
b. High-explosive shells for 37-mm. and 1+5..mm. field guns.
c. 23-mm. antiaircraft shells, the production of which was undertaken only
a few months before the revolt The shell fuzes are produced by another
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plant and are installed by the Fin* Equipment Factory.
d. Aluminum cases for 18.5-mm. cartridges of 16 or 17 cm. length.
All of the other components of the cartridges are manufactured elsewhere.
e. Impact and time fuzes for the above-mentioned abells, exclusive of the
antiaircraft shells.
The plant assembles 82-mm. and 120-mm. mortar shells. The shell cases are
reportedly produced by the Tfzhelygyar (formerly the Hirsch factory) in
Salgotarjan, and the fuzes by the Aluminum Works (Mivek)1 in Budapest.
The ammunition is produced in series of 10,000 shells each.
9. From 1952 to 1953 the plant produced 170,000 37-mm. shells a month, though
planned production was only 70,000, and eighty thousand 1+5-mm. shells, with
a target of only 50,000. Just prior to the revolt the plant was producing
about 35,E 37-mm. shells and less than 20,000 45-mm. shells a month.
10. Thy plant`s labor force has fluctuated; from 19+9 to 1951 it had about 1,900
employees, while in 1953 and 195+ the total increased to 3,000. Just before
the revolt the plant had 1,800 workers, whereas in January 1957 this number
had decreased to 1,200.
11. Baranov (fnu), a Soviet engineer, served as adviser to the general manager
of the plant until fall 1954, when he returned to the USSR. He also supervised
the following plants: Danuvia Works, Budapest, the Sirok defense plant, the
Vadaszt8ltengyar for shotgun cartridges in Szekesfehervar, and the defense
plant near Gy8ngy8 s. Baranov was succeeded by two other advisers, who
disappeared at the outbreak of the rebellion.
12. The plant is composed of 37 buildings, all made of reinforced concrete,
and mostly one-story structures with flat roofs. Most of the buildings
are numbered, and those with even numbers are located on the right side
of the road crossing the plant, while those with odd numbers are to the
left of the road.
Comment: Possibly
concerning
the Aluminiumarugyar, Budapest XIV.
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r'aczory near Felnemet :
1. A sketch (one sheet) with an explanatory legend (three pages) showing the
layout of the factory and the relative locations of the various buildings.
2. A list of equipment at the factory and of important personalities at
the factory (four pages).
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1. Entrance to plant
2. GateQceeper's lodge, guard roan office and dormitories
(Building No. 1)
3. Unused building, foraerly gatekeeper's lodge (Building
No. 2)
4. Fire brigade post, restaurant and garage (Building No. 3)
5. Two story office building (Building No. 5)
6. Kitchen and dining hall for guards (Building No. 4)
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7. Gatekeeper's lodge at entrance to plant proper
8. Foundry for pecision casting of bicycle parts (Building
No. 7a). This structure was not used when the plant's
production was exclusively military.
9. Experimental plant (Building No. 7). Only a limited mu-
ber of persons may enter this building, and even permits
which authorize bearers to enter all other buildings are
not valid for the experimental plant.
10. Paint shop for shells and shell cases (Building No. 9)
11. Office and stores (Building No. il)
12. and 13. Shall assembly shops (Buildings Ncs 13 and 15)
14. Former assembly shop for fuzes, now used for bicycle
parts (Building No. 17)
15. Chemical, paint and explosives store (Building No. 19)
16, 17 and 19. Buildings where powder charges are pressed
into the shells (Buildings Nos 21, 23 and 27)
18. Chemical laboratory (Building No. 25)
20. Chemical laboratory for civilian products (Building No. 29)
21. Metal processing shop, electrical shop and store for
measuring instruments for lathes (Building No. 31)
22. Metal processing shop (Building No. 35)
23. Stables (horses are used for transport within the plant)
24. Barracks for military elements guarding the plant boundaries
25. Galvanization shop (Building No. 37)
26. Central stores (Building No. 6)
27, 28 and 29. Stores for finished ammunition products (Buildings
Nos. 8 and 10)
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30. Central store for metal raw materials (Building No. 12)
31. Wooden hut used as a store for boxes and plumbing ma-
terials (Building No. 16)
32. Boiler plant, which contains three boilers with 36^high
smokestacks. Because of the hills they extend only
three to four meters above the valley, and moreover,
trees were planted nearby to camouflage the visible
part, and a smoke eliminating device was installed
(Building No. 18).
33. Smokestack (sic) of the boiler plant
314. Laboratory for testing metal resistances, photographic
laboratory, machine and machine parts store and carpentry
shop (Building No. 20)
35. Tool making shop which also produces for other plants
(Building No. 245
36. Machine maintenance shop (Building No. 26)
37. Transformer station
38. Fenced-in fuel store
39. Gatekeeper's lodge at second entrance
140. Direction of Felsotarkany
41 through 143. Opening to comes in hill, which are being excavated.
The caves are interconnected and have been equipped with
a ventilation system, lighting and water installations.
It has been variously rumored that they are air raid
shelters, an emergency plant installation, or ammunition
stores.
Buildings Nos. 22,28,30, 32, 33 9W 36 do not exist,
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12. The plant has 55 lathes,of the following types:
a. 29, type ZD-100, of German make, measurements 160 x 500 mm.
b. 6, of an unidentified Hungarian type, measurements 200 x
1,500 mm.
co 4, Zbrojovka Czech lathes, measurements 250 x 2,000 ma.
d. 4, Czech T06 1t5, measurements 300 x 2,500 ma.
e. 1, Hungarian Lampart, measurements 350 x 2,500 mm.
f. 1, Hungarian EU-225, measurements 225 x 200 mm.
g. 3, Hungarian 1V-175, measurements 175 x 2,000 mm.
h. 7 automatic lathes for thread cutting.
13. The plant's 41 special-purpose machines include,:
a. 4, type U-23, of Czech make, bed dimensions 1100 x 1,500 mn.
b. 21, type unknown, bed dimensions 250 x 1,000 ms.
c. 3, Hauser automatic (2 Orson)
d. 11 thread cutting lathes of the Heller type, of German
make. These are semi-automatic machines, 150 mm. in
diameter.
e. 1 Monet Hengerl (thread-cutting ?) machine, maximum
diameter 25 mm.
f. 1 Uregelogep machine.
14. The plant has 15 grinding machines:
a. 2, type BK-3, of Czech make, measurements 225 x 1,250 ma.
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b. 2, type BK-5, of Czech make, measurements 250 x 1,500 mm.
co 2 of German make, measurements 200 x 1,000 mm.
d. 2 Soviet semi-automatic machines, measurements 200 x 250 min,
as 3, Sikkoszoru sheet polishing machines of the Zbrojovka
type, of Czech make, measurements 300 x 1,200 mm.
f. 1 Sikkorkoazoru machine, 600-mm. diameter
g. 2 centerless (sic) machines of 60-mm. diameter
h. 1 thread-polishing machine of Swiss make, maximal dia-
meter of 60 mm.
The plant bas four GyalugePlaning machines, made by a factory
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in Eszterg m.
16.'Arolloving is a breakdown of the plant's 92 automatic and turret
lathes:
as 19 Sztanko (6 Orson) of Soviet make
b. 1 U.S. Wickman
c. 20 Tarex of Swiss make
d. 13 Manurhin, maxim= diameter 32 mm.
e. 8 Sztanko (Orson 1) maximum diameter 25 mm.
f. 2 type 112, of Soviet make, for the manufacture of needles.,
,0A maximum diameter 6 mm.
g. 29 Skoda turret lathes, of 40, 50, and 60 mm. diameter.
it. Its presses include the following:
as Six 70-ton eccentric presses
b. 3 automatic presses with revolving tables (Forgo Asztalu),
50 tons
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c. 15 presses, between 10 and 20 tons, of various types
d. 4 presses for fastening rotating bands ( (rusa3tolo
pres)
e. 8 hydraulic presses, 300 tons
f. 2 hydraulic presses, 150 tons.
Personalities
18. The following personalities^are knaWnt4~
a. Bela Bodor,
b. Josef Denes,
c. In the absence of Denes, Lajos Dorbe
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d. Laszlo Ludanvi.
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