ALTENHAIN AMMUNITION DEPOT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800720008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 3, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELL? rICY REPORT
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altenhain (E-4l) i.rnunttior Depot is located some six kilometers south of .7th'Pen
sand directly ST of i'.rar)cai.s Li r: i+ l,do- The road leading to the rtlarn come frog
:+l. tenhain and 'Trebsc),.::.nd meet in a trianE42 about one end. a hail' kilometers east
of tL:it,?r).ihtain North of this triangle U9 the entrance to the dtlrnpr, vp-th the entrantm
to the d1r1m oro ner via the adrt`i.n stra'Lion compound; which consists of one admanw
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repairs equipments of all kindshut pr?artarily guns. The loading of a=_imuni-tiori
both outside and inside the dump.i s c?vac exclus'Lvely by sonic t army Troops, rho
wear black shoulder.-boards with red piping..
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THIS IS UNEVALUA'f ED INFORMATION FOR THE RESEARCH
Cora 60
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Contain anti-tank ..Ltk'1'l.i'ri.Qll' each T)r'oje'1.*18 having an Ci'flt.3';all WF"th W.
72 cra. and a caliber of approximately; 120 mrn?. The fuse igniter head is , lnct<
The fuse Lgniter itself is ser e1Ne(t on to the shell.
and projects 2 Lmm over the side of the shell. The shell-ease as three
C11asdurchtrit s18c2?ler Q Q3 escape apes tu e.) ,.
Contain heavy artillery ymmun Lion, each pra..'icctile having an overall length
of 63 cm, weighing 62 kos and being packed in KOrben G The caliber is Bout
1210 nit (This' description also covers arenunition in Bunkers 10- 33)U
Bunkers 60. 69
'x'Z1z1 COI S 233 10 .
Contain 160 mm mortar mnunition (see attachment I). The farce igniters are
bomb by a hayongt ,joint `
either ve1low or 'blue. in-color,
The tail., On component is flQed to the
Contain ar ti1ler jr ?t`he. Caine type as in Bunkers 1 .. C? y Pr7nkC re
102 119 are organited into `;:thee > groupw hunkers 102 IQ, Punkers 101 -
110, and Bunkers 17.7...? 119 'ri,il are three times as large as the other bunker o
and each has three WAYS.".
Panke;rs 102 ~11 r~.
Sheds I V
(all sheds measure 10 in IN g x 6 in wide x 3 in high),
Contain guns which can fire the. ai:raniini tiorn stored in hunkers 1 9 and 101 -
119. The equipments are puns with barrel 1enrth, of over 5 meters and hauitners,,
with barrel length of about 3.00 meters N
Sheds V1 X
Contain high explosives of the following types-,
a., Bi.l.ttchenspre`upstoffe (leaf explosive) with each side an long an
l.ookiztg like M. rhomboid. sl _.n:lc, t,l1tr.c i7.en is 2 mm thick,
Stan eusprengstoffe (stick explosive) one meter long and .t...,{ 'Jm
diar eter?.
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6. ` Ve'nty-f ive to tihirty railr'oad..ears c ry7ihg ail':'"lunitiort and explosives arrive in the
dump weekly. Every four week ;t"-if tesri to twenty trucks arrive with their (raver
from T?: ar for. transport duties .in the depot area, These troops wear black
epaulettes with crosser tizr r 14a
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7. The Bunker '?7ap (sittachrnent 3) shows the l6y?--cut of the depot0 In point of fact, the
bunkers are not quite as evenly spaced as tie sketch suggests . The question marks
are nelfwexplanatory0 Full details of the bunkers and storraae sheds are as follows
Contain artillery ammunition (P itroner rriinltinn), each pro:jec file weigh1..n#, 24
kt'?s dnd having v: overall length of 73 cis.. "there shells are solid shot with
no fuse i?-n.iter and are pled one on top of the other without any SchutZkorb,
Bunkers 10 w 3.3
Contain heavy artillery ar;rmrni.tion .(P tronenmunition)y, each pro:jc-cti"a..e rrei.r h-,
WE 62 kgs.
f3tzztkers a
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Contain anti-tank runs which can fire the 122 mm projectiles of Punkers 34 - 59.
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4 'reds XVIII
Contents unknown.
, 1.5 mn in iameteA
Contain Sian, 1ver in Stab2orm one meter ionr-
>heds XXIII .XIV
contain high explosive pawner .:h .c l Ls dark black and looks like salt grains.
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k for tar
Shell Bottom
.i?.e.,.t~. IJL',:I'IJS.tIj il~.~a.. 0.~FTCT.~Ls ONLY
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Highway
1Rranch 11 ne to Depot
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