IKARUS KAROSSZERIA ES JARMI GYAR: FINAL ASSEMBLY PLANT FOR MILITARY AND CIVILIAN VEHICLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01043R001100180003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 28, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR SPECIAL'CONTROLS, IF Air
INF'ORMA1~lON REPORT'
PREPARED AND DISSEMINATED BY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Ikarus Karossz~ria ~s J~rmti Gyart Final Assembly
Plant for Military and Civilian Vehicles
T'ni~ ma.erial contains information affecting the
National Defense of the IInited States within the
meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, II.S.C.
Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation
of which is any moaner io as ~..?.+~,.,~c-e,f per-
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son is prohibited by law.
DATE DISTRIBUTED
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T1cax?u; ~'~r~~ss~,eria ~s ~~x?md ~:..r
located in
the northeast section of the Gi.t,y cif Matya:~.al.d,
not certain, tihs. L the s~;reet adax?2s:~ of thj s
plant was l~.r~i ~ Uc.~cr~ ~11o Here bodies were made for ~:nd i'ana?.
asser>ibly wan c:~~~l~~l.e ~?ed an buses, truck. rn~i mi.l i Mary Gha.ss~..~ wr~'.ch
were driven i a from Cst:pel t.ia t,r~, 4. r7.r
2. Civic. z = ,1 r~raduc t,ion ;, i~ t ~P ;,~i_a n t.
4 Q
y ? " ~ ... n
rne'2'~rua 0~'0 ~ his Baas a ;0 pass~;ngcr buy which wus used
d4mest~ically but, al.sa P~iF~Orted t?~ Pc.lNnci9 Cni.na, R.utaHria
East Gorma.~Y,~~arul tQ a midd~.e~easc,ern aeser t coon try
1 he en~.i.ne i,are IIAtui ~ ?ed Cn t"? cr.as s i,s
y ~' Auto~var and e.elveren '.4~~~.~1Qnt w:~Are i ?~e ~
a ~ useoe._
was metalled and final. assembly w:. ~ uore oll tnE: ~ ~:~.a.c.~e o
~,C~" aas pe:;ered b~~ ~n e i ~n ~. cy..i_n:;er
the ~Ika: us
,
~
Diesel engine (although it ma,Y only Dave had six c3-]~i.r:~.:r~ ~
w::ic:a was produced Gt Csepel ~,u ~pf~ sr: Tiu'ee or :ou~^ vi 'r?i~~:.~~
fuses uEra ~;rc~dused daJ.x
were good for one 60 thousand ]cilc~sta~s of use i Thep had us t
b. The "Ikarus 60". This was a 6Q p~:sseriger bus ~,rilich was used
ao~aestical and also exp~ortad .o Pola.*~d, Chia Rur~~ ~ t;ast
Germany It was designed. fox' civilian u:~ep bv. ;
it uc~uld be possi a tc~ coD~l ert; it to m3litr~rry use as an
a~t~ulance or troop carrier Its Diesel engine wus mounted
at the front of the vehicle as Was the engine of the "Iksrus 30'.
T?ao to three were produced dailyo
c. The "I~Carus 55". This ~5 passenger bus vas poxered by- a Csepel
Autogyar eight cylislcter Diesel, but its engine Was mounted in
the reare This vehicle vas handsome and streamlined in appearance
but vas not Well made. In fact, the engines 8nd bodies on all
three model buses Were of poor qualm. the engines
~i-arted nredua.inF .,he ~I~55" fn 195~-
This model was `4o be available for
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occasionally an order would coarse down to have
d. ~L_.... ~,,,aoi Q ~a minted in khaki.
speei~iea n~toer~ ~l ~. ~..-__ --_ - services.
presumably these were destined for the military
ere also assembled at Ikarus KarossZeria ~s J
3. Military vehicles w
Gyas~. They includeds
e el 00. This was a three ton truck designed primer ~
a, The Cs p 3
it use, but which was also u~ti1112ed in some eivilwith
for mil ary were a ui ed
capacities. Those destined for the military ith Diesels. As
gasoline engines arse those for aivilc~ssis were driven in from
in the case of the buses, the truck cabs etc assembled. This
Csepel Autogyar to have the bodies ' both the gasoline
truck had four-wheel drive and at hi h RPM s.
and Diesel engines turned ova g
b. The "~: ,P ? ~ 350" ~ This was a 3-z ton truck with two rear
axles. Some of the "350's" were adapted for dump truck use
li~?
ambulances. Five to six ambulances were produced daily
c? six patients. These were being
each capable of carrY~ the Korean War.
sent to North Korea du.~ing
Radio Cars "Hirado Kocsi". no deta~?.s on
de ~
these vehicles.
e, Six to eight~nan personnel carriers "Raj Kocsi".
"medical eonsultan~~ trucks" and police cars
f, Gasoline trucks,
were also assembled u~,on special order.
~ -, darm~ Gyar ~ 195, there were
4. Ikarus Ka,rossz ria es working 50X1-HUM
es (300 of i;hem clerical)
l
oye
to Iwo thousana emp
shifts
approxin~ ly
three a i~>r hour daily shifts for five days a week. Only two
~ There wss no nebular production rate sett up
were worked on Saturc~Y. with
e milit trucks but four to five could be produced daily
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the facilities which existed in 1954.
5.
S e ~, R~c~-mlade ite;as flro~ other factories
e. Point ~5. torag
such as switches, headlights,eto,xere stored here.
specific poin~~s d building
ketch of Ikarus ga~ross era s Jarm~! Gyar
t 1. Main Gate. There were four or five plant guards
a. Poin #
on duty here. They checked passes when~the wow to ee u on
entered ann left the plant and "frisked each p Y P
uis departure to see that no'~hing has been stolen.
oint #2. Gas Station. This station eviotently had a etroerage
b. P
of considerable capacity since vehicles would ivs up
daily for hundreds of miles of experimental dr ~
? t . Main Office. All the administrative and plac~~8
c. Porn #3
offices Were located heree
int The Press Norkshbp. Staatp Presses With rubber
d? pQ #'~ S.ad ii xas here that the
beds mere located in 'this uor ~ of tb~e carped seotians
top sections of the radfa.tors m~
of the bus bock were made.
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fa Point fib. Assembly Shop. Buses were assembled here
g. Point #?o Tire Storage Areao
h. Point #go Military Vehicle Ass ho Experimentation as
well as assembly went on here they were building 50X1-HUM
an experimental 10-ton truck 1954?
i? Point ~9d Similar work was being done here as at point fig.
Point #10. This was acoal-fired heating plant and not an electric
power planto There was no auxiliary electric power plant located
at Ikarus K,arosszeria ~s Jarmd Gyar Our electric power probably
came from a plant in Budapest and no power failures of
any significance.
k, Poin~ #11. Carpenter Shop.
1. Point #12. Seat Manufacturing Shop,
m. Point #13. Discarded Parts Storage Area. Workers were rewarded
if they could find a part in this scrap pile which could be used on
another vehicle.
n. Point #14a Radiator Workshopo
o, Point #15. Sheet yletal Shop.
p. Point #16. Sports Grounds.
q, Point X17. Carpenter Shop.
r. Point #18, Locksmith Shop.
s. Point #19. Culture Hall
t. Pein~c #20. Cemetery
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