AIRCRAFT CATAPULT EQUIPMENT PLANT AT NOGAISK, ZAPOROZHE OBLAST

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003200650007-5
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 15, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR (Ukraine)
DATE DISTR. 15 September
SUBJECT Aircraft Catapult Equipment Plant at Nogaisk, NO. OF PAGES 2
Zaporozhe Oblast
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF INI
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
Aircraft Catapult Equipment Plant
at Nogaisk
la Location: About two miles east of Hogaisk (46?44'N, 36?22'E)* and west
of~penko, 330 feet south of the Melitopol-Nogaisk 2liariupol road; about
40 miles west of Lariupol. At the point where a road to the plant branches
off from the highway, two signs with the inscriptions "To Nogaisk 2 miles"
(to the west) and "To Eariupol 40 miles" (to the east) were seen.
2. Plant installations: See Annex 1 and legend.
3.
History: The plant was formerly a shipyard where fishing smacks. and other
small craft had been built up to 1942. The shipyard was destroyed during
the war and had been rebuilt-by P!'rs as a catapult equipment plant since
1945.
4. Mana'ement and work force: It was known only that a Soviet engineer was the
plant manager. SIX-Ey
r,s and 400 Soviets worked in each of the two shifts.
5. Production: Catapulting apparatus (for details, see Annexes 2 and'3). The
ca apu is were assembled in the assembly hall shown as item C on Annex 1. The
catapults consisted of various profiles and had-a weight of 350 kg. There
was a test and control station, where the compressed air cylinders were mounted
and put under pressure, in the northern section of the assembly hall. A
cylinder gauge indicated 120 atmospheres. The finished cylinder carriages
and catapults were taken to the shipping point. Two or three trucks arrived
every week to pick up the finished catapults.
6. Power suppler: From a power house outside the plant; the boiler generators
o the house were utilized only in emergency cases.
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7e Security measures: Eight armed guards were on duty in each of two
s s.
omment: This is the first information on the reconstruction
e ormer shipyard and the manufacture of catapulting devices for
aircraft. From the description of the catapulting devices and the
launching site (see Annex 1) it is inferred that apparatus manufac-
tured is for the launchin of small aircraft or remote-controlled
missiles .(perhaps the V-1)-
Comment: On some maps the tote shox+n at this location is
called ogis
Annexes:
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Catapult Equipment Plant near Nogaisk
2.
Catapult Device Manufactured at Nogaisk
3.
Compressed Air Cylinder as Used for the Catapult Device
Manufactured at Nogaisk
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CATAPULT E UIP '/T PLANT NEAR NOGAIS~Y ZAPOROZFIE 0BLAST, UFRAINIA j SSR
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. lithe department, about 500 x 100 x 20 ft
B ?- Locksmiths shop, about 270 x 65 x 20 ft
C - Assembly hall, steel ske2s ton structure, about 1?000 x 65 x 26 ft
D - Launching site, about 65 x 65 ft
Boilerhouse, about 35 x 35 x 20 ft
F - Magazine, about 165 x 33 x 13 ft
G - Administration building, about 165 x 33 x 20 ft
H - Shipping point, about 165 x 33 x 20 ft
J - Shed, about 165 x 33 x 20 ft
C 9 PW camp (120 Pffs)
L - Slip, not in operation
DETAILS :
A a Lathe department: Manufacture and machining of -wheels and wheel accessories
for the catapult devices. Equipment: About 150 lathes, milling-machines,
turret lathes, slotting and boring machines.
B - Locksmiths shop: Manufacture of individual profiles and pipes and of individual
parts from the compressed air cylinders; steel castings with walls 30umi thick,
LCOOmm in diameter, 2.5m long. The piston rod had a diameter of 100nata and a
length of 3 m. Equipment: t* lathes; one electrically operated saw; three
milling machines; one small boring machine; two large boring machines; three
carts with two bottles. each for autoganous welding.
D - Launching site: A concrete apron about 6.6 ft above sea level. It was sti11
but was scheduled to be put into operation
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the apron. A center rail served as guide rai], for the corresponding rail of
the catapult device. At the end of the rails there was a bum post.
the two buffers the. installed
n w`pit, 13.5 x 3 ft, with two installed
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compressed air cylinders and a small compressed air plant (see Annex 1
-' Boi]:erhouae The generators set up here were e
emergency. Also two compressors into operation in case of
F - ]~agatiine for the s torm~ssars were Available.
g parts used for the assembly of the catapulting
devisee; also a tool room was available.
H -- Shipping point: The finished catapults and compressed air cylinders were
stored here prior to shipping.
L ?- Slip With eight pairs of rails, not in operation.
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CATAPULT DEVICE L:APIUFACTURED AT NOCAISK 7AP0J 326E 0`11AST tJKHAINIAN SSR
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1 - Main prop
2 - Prop
3 - Base frame
4. - Guide rail
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Ifer post
2 - Rope pulley
3 _ gaffers
4 - Compressed air
cylinder
5 Catapult device
6Guide rail
7 m Rails
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