TOEPCHIN AMMUNITION DEPOT

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 30, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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In early February 191s, the area of the Tosochin a;nTranitiOn
depot was subdivided into an adaini&zratile zone run by Unit :;arinlzev (one. 1) and
an operational zone run by Unit Shavalle (Zone 2). (1) The to 25,:mas ar0 sepamte,d
by 1-,110, fences. '4ono 1 is of limits to Goan civilian -,;707.*.ers. ;r?,ailrwA cars
dispatched to this zone are directed ';.t";ono, 2 and unloaded kr personnel
at the end of the spur track in the soathcaStern corner of ;L=one 2? The 17r3onded
ir racl-ors and trucks of Unit Larinkol
2_, It was ascertained that Unit Shava11c is a labor ,orapany
while Unit liarini,cov is a combat outff-6,-, f,c-5h an its hm 7 .S.E.T1 treopezZ.mtly of
- each other since 3.945,, Officers am:if:nod incluied 1:o j or
Tsakbashenko, (fnu),? al?..ered.?.y desigmited t.,o replace 15ajorShavallo; T...,a,!...:..r RAdr.,tsity,v.
(i'nu) head of the transporttion section; Captain liatins, (fnu)s, 7..'1.0.jor ',/intsin?
(fnu)s,, and senior Lieutenant Balasheks. (frol)s, all of thorn leader; of 12bor details;
Senior Lientemnt relnen, (fit-u.);, chi cZ of Vile 3..aboratory, Captati. ('Iolonahek.--,.., (fnu)
and senior Lieutenant Atordiri:9,?,, (froa).,-, were re-transferred to the U.(3J:.:, (3)
3, During the period from mid-February to raid-T.:arch 1951s, shells were cleanod and
.weased at the arrlanition de7lot. bpecial 1.clys for the rcnoval of fuze. .1-.7.;.,?ads. were
manufactured at the workshop of the install?..ation., Fu?,,e, head W.T. (3) 33.4..2.1.-;as
w:ed as a model for these kez:71,,
14.? During the period from mid-February to raid -Larch 1951.$ approkimatelz,r .360(.1 cardboard .
cylinders were removed from cartridge case 3 75; on long. 'Ihese cylinders, ,nnich had
an o-ater diameter of 75 ata ap.:1 were 350 MI long.,, contained a second cyljnder 25 MI
in. dirmeter? 5.'he space be-i7wecn the two c.t2,7.1nders was filled ,:sith 30a leA balls,
The lead balls were first stcred at t-'1,ct do2ot, and then turned over t.,o a :,.:Tt-.1rman
non-for :.-Tras mr0ta1s coil ectior pcirt 77,..r/ Lit
50 At noon on 12 liarch, a train with ani.:T,rti..ti:ya including 1?200 projectilos and. 520
boxes arrived at the installstion? l'ho projectiles, which -wein;hed 50 Ic4:,. and were
600 Erni long including the fuve hcads, were loacked in crAss 220 imr, wide and 800
rill. long,? and were stored in 1.11.nkc:,:r Ne ,3? T:A.e boxess, each of which centaj,ned five
50-a1 projectiles with brass cartridr_73s wf)re stored in underrn-oury3 Dunizer .No 32(4
The boxes were 60x80 cra in sizearx1 v&Virie''. '44 Icf,ro
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6. During four daL7s in mid-lay.ch 19:I? a total of 2160 x 152-mcl
projectiles and car',ridges wc-ce :efloved froia prider&roulc:I turia-2 Na 380
Subsequfmtly, the projectiaes we-e again sor,d in no Lunker while
the iron cartrldges? which 170)o '50 mm long, ore :packed in bates
25X1 4oX rio cm in size and load in-,o a freight car on 16 narcho On the
follcNing day, the railroad car 'eft the in,-tallntion for a/. rndeter-
mined destination during th) lo :ding uork,
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of cartridges andl-Itho (IIrtr_dgos hud.ithercfore.Ato bk se-Y_tnay
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7. In mid-Uareh, it was, observe.: thlt 1,260 boxes with mortr shells t;re
stored in seven livers of 12 z 1; boxes each in Punkor Ncs 26 ihe
120-nn shells were 603 nm 1ong, Ind the boxes had a wciffrt of 43 kg.
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9. On 28 February, four AA guns of about 50.4am were being emplaced about
200 meters northeast of the depot. This vas the first time this had
been observed since 1945
10, On 19 Larch, a guard detail of 120 ren was quartered in the afea of
Unit Darinkov, Previously guards on duty at the installation were
detached daily from a unit stationex3 in ;;uensdorf, Two rotor vehicles
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arrived from '411onsdorf0\
110 On 27 Larch., work as 1-,egun en c$ ring the woods in the depot areao
All the workers available at the installation were assigned to this
work. On 2 April, a Soviet construction unit of 50 to 60 men :..rom
Yiuenadorf arrived at the aml7uaition depot. lhe unit erected brbod-
wire fences about 1.5 votersi i round T3unkers 31 through 41.
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12. 22 "arch, a Soviet conmission ceasisting. of a major general and
five other officers aeconparod by the depot couLlandor thoroughly
inspected all the buildings and inotallations of the dopot0
13. Activities observed at the Toopchin am.unition depot during the
period from 12 February to 7 A2ri1 1951 included
a, 12 and 13 February Cleaning and packing of mortar shells,
Tho shells were loaded into a freight car the afternoon of 13 -
Feruary. Subsequently eight boxcars each containing 230 x 63 kg
=munition boxes wore unloaded. The boxes were hauled away by
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b. 13 am 14 .Fcbrunryl Fc bo: cars were each liadod with 200 to
250 x 63 kg boxes and 300 x 59 kg boxes. The boxes were filled
with four shells which had trey cartridges and five 3helle with
brass cartridges.
c. 15 February: Niue boxcars with 63 kg azxaunition boxes were unloaded.
A total of 260 boxes were elserved in one cz.:r, 178 in another one.
d. 16 Febrilarv Cleaning and ,,,roasing of shellso
e? 17 through 22 Fobruary: Loading of am,unition boxes as re y3orted for
13 and 14 Febrnery.
f, 26 February: Storage of ataition in bunkers;. In the afternoon
25 kg boxes with rifle ammunition were picked up by three trucks.
go 27 February through 10tk '! Storae of amr,unition in 'ckers
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11, 12 Larch: Loading o2 63 kg bexes into five 1oxcar:3c. The boxes er
'filled with .Cour projectilos,of.zbout 100-am: -with brass .:.:ortrti.f.F.ges.
13 Larch: Storage o2 .shells arid steel cartridgeS in a bunker,, 1\70
shells each of 150-rara to 170-ma were packed in one wooden box, lhe
cartridges which were also pacls75.1 in boxes were stored outsZ..e the
bunker and shipped out on 16 4garch0 :Ta the afterizoon? eight boxcars
were loaded with 200 x 63 kg bores each. Each of the boxes contained
four 100-ma shells with brass ca?rtridges,
Larch:. Six boxcars were loaded with boxer containing shells as
observed on 13 arch In the afterncon,? wocclen boxes lined with zinc
sheet wore filled with powdez bags 8x10x10 ern in size,. :Cach of the boxes -
was filled with 230 such ba.,;,s?-. 11.7,, content of the bags felt Like
The empty boxes -weighed about 30 g, the full ones 60 toSK) kg?
la 15 Larch: Greasing of cartridc;es of about 170-maL, The cartrid:,:;:L3 ,Tiara
filled with powder bags and closelby cardboard lids? To of c-dch
cartridges were put into one Tyrxi-,, he boxes were loaded into a boxcar
la. 16 March: Cleaning of shells of about 170-Taino The paraffin was remved
and the shells were then put into a lilac-colored liquid ca ls sallaca?
ShcU were then packed:: two o a box:, gross weight 75 3-.4-;?._ afternoon,
400 boxosi, each of them filled wih two cartridges of 15J--un to 170-mm
were loaded into two boxcars,?
n. 1.7 March: Cleaning of fuzes o 011-nra to 120-nra mortar shells ns reported
for 16 March., Subsequently t,7.1.1 al-ZO5 wore packed in boxes.
ea 19 Larch: cleaning of fuzes, '170/1Y311 cleaned a total of 2400 fuzes per
d.ay.
a 20 and 21 March: 'leaning and paecing of mortar shells which belonged to
the fuzes cleaned on 17 and 1) La:.e.eh.? A box filled with to sa,:.b. shells
weighed about /45 kg. ihe boxe ir;a:'e: shipped to an unk110T,711 des:;:ination?,
(I. 27 LLIrch through 7 April: Glonnin, and packint, of 100-rini to 12 0-3r1
Mortar SheliS r-L'he daily Dratncticm aget :or 10 women ws 200 shells.
The shells were taken from a bunker at which the figure 19146 ws seen, It
is believed that this refers 7,0 the :year in .nhich the a nadg5X1
Shells have recently been claimed with a simple device that cts down the
tire previously needed for thj..43 -A.ork toa'r,0131-, one? 1%4-.70'11
? (1) The report supplements previous irlorrati.:::n on the lari;:o. Soviet V,Y2:A:nition
depot in Teepchin. A sketch of ZoneI f the installation and a tIlicestat
of a c..13.,an. of the entire epot ar,-.a was tram,;?tzt.ttod
or detail sketch of ne 2? see Anno:.,:
(3.1 Except for 5h,va1lo and ;arenkov c:aot :Grin7m7)_ ncrier ntLsed are
reported for the first tine
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