ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MISSILE RESEARCH AT PUTILOVO

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• Publication Date: January 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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The missile in question is the A4. About 20 of these wire
Made by me at PUtilovo. I did not assist at the firing of
these rockets
The target error WAS
greater, however, than I had predicted. I had hoped for the
shots to be contained inside a circle of 5 km, radius. I do
not knoW What the actual errors in range and azimuth amounted
to. I think that better target accuracy can be achieved only
.by accurate Control of turning time of the athodyd. For this
purpose tam aAa working on a simple form of accelerometer
which can be included in the fuel system and will out off the ,
fuel supply when a definite missile speed has been reached.
gitaile not yet availiblej
I think that normal (rifled) guns of suitable caliber will be
used. From conversation with villiting Soviet civilians (who
Were probably naval officers), I gathered that celibate, 38 cm,,
30.5 to 28 cm, were of interest. I myself fired over 200
.missiles of this type (but of smaller oaliber-15 cm:1 while in
the:USSR (so-called E series).
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A series of 20 larger missiles (28-cm.caliber) were made
______butt do not know what the Soviets did.with them;
tred'they were fired and that a range of over 300
km, was reached.
Durina he test of the so-called E series
j at least four conferences took place at Pitilovo.
All iile Soviet members of these conferences wore civilian
dress, but judging from their conversation and familiarity
with naval problems, I am of the opinion that several
members were naval officers.
I believe
athodyd
belief
that toward
house
the erection
tests,
was manned
building
gathered
SUDAKOV
Institute
do not
or any
that Putilovo was not the center of ballistic or
research in the USSR. One of the reasons for my
is the poorness and paucity of equipment. It is true
the end of my stay, a new building was.put up to
the supersonic windtunnel. Although I superintended '
of this tunnel and carried out.some preliminary
I subsequently had no aooess to this building which
entirely by Soviets. I do not think that this
was ever likely to become a research center, /
on the other hand from conversation with DAVICHER,
and.KRACHIN that there already existed a Central
of Munitions which dealt with such problems. I
know the location of this institute nor did this
other inetitute particinate
I attended a conference at the research institute
known
as ZIAM ifibjeot 735. X 11/2,2 German Military Plan
of Moscow, Special edition VI/4j/
Machine Gun Flak, 2, 3.75 and 6 cm. caliber. The
latter has very high Vo (1000 m/sec, estimated
from light trace). The 2 cm. gun is arranged in
arrays of four or six guns, while the larger '
caliber are of the twin type, with. rates of fire
of the order of 1210/miae I have seen and heard .
these guns in operation at Putilovo.
I am of the' opinion that the Soviets showed
interest in the rocket-assisted shells of 3.75s
6 and 8 cm, caliber developed by AULER5EG-14/70
These are fired from normal rifled guns and are
fitted with contact fuses. .
I believe that the Soviets will develop the
? athodyd shell as the best defense.
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