MILITARY PLANTS. MILITARY AIRFIELDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2012
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• Publication Date: August 31, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws,
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in Title
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law,
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
1? Military Plants
2. Military Airfields
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Transmitted herewith is a report giving brief information on aircraft
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1. The Utva works, which is located at Pancevo near Belgrade, was
a small glider factory prior to World War II. After thVr, war, the
works was extensively enlarged, and it resumed the manufacture of
gliders. A grass-surfaced airfield used for testing the Utva
aircraft was located between the factory and the railway line which
encircles Pancevo. In 191+8 the plant began production of a two-
seater piston-engined sports aircraft of the "Trojka" type, with a
wooden frame and a 65-HP Czech "Walter Mikron" engine, which was
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also used as a civil aviation trainer. In 1948 the works designed
a military two-seater trainer called the "212," and subsequently
produced an improved version, the "213," both of which had an
American "Ranger" type engine. Production of one of these aircraft
was started at the Utva plant in
1949, and production of the other was transferred to the Ikarus
aircraft factory at Ze}tmun. In 1957 the "213" military trainer
was still in use by the Yugoslav Army.
2. The Ikarus aircraft factory, which was established before World
War II, is located inthe industrial area of Zeman) about one kilometer
south of the railway station. The Ikarus plant manufactures either
the "212" or "213" military trainer; the "S-49," a fighter plane
which has a piston engine manufactured in Yugoslavia
and the "Aero-2," a two seater military trainer. The
factory manufactures bus bodies in addition to the military aircraft.
3. The Prva Petoletka Works, in Trstenik was built after World War II
and went into production in 1949. It is located on the left bank
of the Zapadna Morava River about 100 meters from the Trstenik
railway station, on the opposite side of the road. The plant
manufactures hydraulic devices for aircraft and for lifting mechanisms
of dump trucks. In 1953 the works was also manufacturing flame
throwers and possibly machine gun mounts.
4. The Teleoptik works, which was established prior.to World War II,
is located near a former cavalry officers school in Zemun, on the
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left-hand side of the highway leading to Novi Sad and Hungary. The
works employs about 500 workers and manufactures navigation instru-
ments and aircraft precision instruments.
5. The Rudi Cajavec factory, which was estab]Ished after World War II,
is located about five kilometers west of Banjaluka (northern Bosnia).
The factory manufactures electronic and other precision instruments
for the aviation industry, and radio transmitters and receivers
for aircraft and tanks. In 1960 it began to produce television
sets and car radios.
6. The Soko works at Mostar is the newest aircraft factory in Yugoslavia;
it started production in 1953. It was built reportedly to produce
jet aircraft a~a rate of 720 per year.
overhauls Yugoslav Air Force
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7. The 21 MAJ works, which is located at Rakovica near Belgrade,
manufactures engines for all types of aircraft produced in Yugoslavia.
8. The Franjo Kluz factory, which manufactures parachutes and flying
suits is located in Belgrade. The factory was transferred to Belgrade
from a village called Indija.
Tank Factories
9. The Petar Drapsin works in Mladenovac assembles tanks.
10. A factory which is located in the
village of Bregava west of Zagreb, assembles tanks.
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11. The Famos works, which is located in Krasnica village near Sarajevo,
manufactures tank and truck engines.
12. The former Edvard Kardelj factory in Karlovac manufactures undpecified
tank components.
Ordnance Factories
13. The Crvena Zastava works in Kragujevac, which is one of thq'oldest
and largest otdnance factories in Yugoslavia, manufactures all types
of small arms and employs about 10,000 workers.
14. The Bratstvo works in Novi Travnik manufactures artillery guns.
Military Chemical Plants.
15. The Prva Iskra plant, which is located at Baric in the vicinity of
Belgrade, was established after World War II and manufactures T.N.T.
16. The Slobodan Princip-Seljo plant, which is located in the town of
Vitez near Travnik, manufactures explosives.
17. The Kamnik works in Kranj (Slovenia) manufactures gunpowder.
18. The Pbbeda plant in Gorazde (eastern Bosnia) manufactures explosives.
Ammunition Factories
19. The Krusik factory in Valevo produces mine and artillery fuses and
certain unspecified civilian items. This f6mer privately-owned
factory was called the Vistad before World War II.
20. The Marko Oreskovic works in Licki Osik, near Ogulin, manufactu~.ps
artillery shells.
21. The Pretis works, which is located in Vogosca near Sarajevo, manu-
factures artillery shells and motorcycles.
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22. The Privy Partizan factory in Titovo Uzice manufactures small arms
ammunition.
23. The Sloboda factory in Cacak manufactures small arms ammunition.
24. The Igman works, which is located in Konic, is a new and highly-
mechanized small arms ammunition factory.
25. The Vlado Bagat factory at Zadar produces naval mines, navigation
instruments for warships, and plastic cases for anti-tank mines.
In 1960 the factory began to produce sewing machines
26. The Slavonski Partizan factory in Slavonski-Brod, which is located
next to the large Duro Dakovic locomotive and rolling stock works,
manufactures artillery shell cases; it had geviously produced aerial
bombs, In 1960 the factory began to produce sewing machines and
containers for acetylene and oxygen.
27. The Torpedo works, which is located at Rijeka port, produces
,torpedos, diesel motors for torpedo boats, and small compressors.
Military Clothing Factories
28. The Vojnodjevni Zavod factory is located in the vicinity of the
Belgrade zoo.
29. A military clothing factory is located
on Ilica Street in Zagreb.
30. The Kamensko factory is located in Travnik.
Military Airfields
31. A large, quite new military and civilian airfield is located near
Batajnica, about 16 kilometers west of Belgrade. The airfield, which
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has two or three rather long concrete-surfaced runways, is located
between the Budapest-Beograd highway and the Danube River.
32. A military and civilian airfield, which is located on the left bank
of Sava River in the vicinity of Bezanija, south o~ Zemun, has one
concrete-surfaced runway 1600 meters long.
33. A grass-surfaced military airfield is located in the vicinity of
Pancevo.
34. A military airfield with a single concrete-surfaced runway is located
in the vicinity of Kovin, near Belgrade.
35. A grass-surfaced military airfield, which is located four to five
kilometers northwest of Novi Sad, has a paratrooper school.
36. A grass-surfaced military airfield, which is located in the vicinity
of Sabac, has a paratrooper school.
37. A grass-surfaced military airfield is located between the village
of Velika Gorica and the Zagreb-Beograd railway line.
38. A grass-surfaced military and civilian airfield is located five
to six kilometers north of Zagreb, on the left bank of the Sava River.
The headquarters of the lst Yugoslav Air Force Corps is at this
airfield.
39. A small grass-surfaced military airfield is located at Borongaj on the
western outskirts of Zagreb.
4+0. A large military airfield, which is located in the vicinity of Brezige,
at the confluence of the Krka and Sava Rivers, has one concrete-
surfaced runway 2000 meters long.
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41. A small grass-surfaced military airfield is located on the eastern
outskirts of Ljubljana.
42. A military airfield is located in the vicinity of Pula on the Adriatic
coast (no details available).
43. A large military airfield, possibly for jet aircraft, is located
near Zadar on the Adriatic coast. It was constructed by the Italians
and expanded after World War II by the Yugoslavs, who allegedly
installed underground'fi 7 hangars.
44. A large military airfield is located in the vicinity of Titograd.
45. A military airfield in the vicinity of Mostar has an air force
officers school which was transferred from Pancevo in 1950.
46. A grass-surfaced military airfield is located on the northern
outskirts of Sarajevo, west of the Samac-Sarajevo railway line. The
airfield has a technical air force officers school and a large
aircraft repair shop.
47. A military airfield is located in the vicinity of Nis.
48. A military airfield is]acated in the vicinity of Skopje.
49. A new airfield is located 16 kilometers southwest of Pristina.
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50. Seaplane bases are located near Split and/the vicinity of Kotor.
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