MACHINE GUN PRODUCTION IN KAZAKHSTAN

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: July 19, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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'orring part of .3 vast industrial combine in northwestern Kazakhstan is the
factory area whivi lies in the angle between the river Tobol and its tribu-
tary the Uzh , whole area is constantly being developed. Steel plants
and foundries ar: being erected, and a whole network of narrow gauge railways
connects the v,,a :_ous parts,
2, The majority r f ordinary workers there are PWs, although all positions
ii volvirg;; res s nsibility are held by Soviets. Few women are employed,
V.'ork is in 12-:tour shifts which change at 8 a.m. and 8 p,m,
3. In September 1948, FA's began to be treated more as civilian workers and were
even given w:rrn civilian cloi, -eso In October-November 1948, workers were
given a good Irat meal four times a week? It became clear that by such
persuasive mr t,'3odsp which sl ;o Included propaganda ''or the USSR, the author-
ities were t , .ng to recruit Germans on a semipermanent basis, Returnii4g PVrs
learned that t :e^e recruiting aameth,ds were being employed in other districts
of the Sovif.... Rion at the same tialie,
4. Among other Lngs produced in the factory district between the Tobol and
the Uzh is tta machine gun L 46, 1ach works engaged in its production `turns
out from 10 o 15 machine guns per day, complete with jacket, belt, and
spare parts.
5. Externally ti L 46 appears similar to machine gun 43 used during the war,
but it has t 1: following ijm rovements ;
a. The acis 26arun. longer, making. it L8.6cm, The difference in length
is a rIt of the increased barrel length,
b,. The I ;a -_u} is 5mm0 larger in the new model and reduces the flash
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co The The barrel,, being increased in length by 26mm,.,has more rifling; the
distance between the rifling is less, Thus the rifling is longer
and narrower. This change has a favorable effect on the course of
the bullet and on target accuracy,
do The ga4 ne lever is 16,,4cm, long and thus 1.2crrm, shorter than in
the older models.. This has a beneficial effect on the continuity
of fire;
iron, 8 parts steel, 1.4 parts copper and lead, and 3 parts of unknown
striker is made of a new alloy consisting of 3 parts
metal o This new alloy gives greater elasticity and strength.,
g, The_belt r.~arts are longer and now hold 80 rounds,. The machine gun
magazines are thus also longer, take 5 belts, and hold 1;00 rounds
in all,
6.a Almost all kinds of light arms are made in these works, including an
automatic rifle known as 1 45,
The breech head (, chlosskopf)n The sliding; block on the shaft is more
solid in order to obviate its breaking when the bolt is closed sharply
in the case of rapid firing,
Comment: The alloy described in this paragraph sounds doubtful to us,-,50X1-HUM
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