UNITED STEEL WORKS, GUSTAV KLIMONT PLANT IN CHOMUTOV

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008900360005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 11, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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la -- The Gustav Iclixyent facto -.,r of the Unt.od Stecl Works., National Corporation,
in Chomutov (NNS1/202) eunloys a total of about 6,500 worlhcrs, of whoin about
50 arc clerks and 700 to 000 are riorxen, The postwar production of the factory
may be rlonorall.y divided into two period 39,;.6-1.90/Lo ). The steel is lazcrcrn as
10 - aend.a 1/A, 2a/26. Four gun barrels could be manufactured from
one ingot,
b. Anti-tan?: and anti-aircraft gun 'arrels have been manufactured since
19140. The barrels are f'?i n:Lshed ti tth the dace .7tion of r? f ing and final
gr"? nding, both of i h i ch arc clone in another factor; -.--" The s a:-.io type
of steel, irxro us as dcscribcd above are used for these barrels. Only
on barrel can be made frog one ini ot. About 700 AT and AA barrels
are turned out d ai_ly,
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C. In February 1951 a new, large-scale production of pressure tanks for
submarines was begun. The first official order from the USSR called
for a large number of these tanks. The May output was 120-130 tanks
per two-shift day. The tanks are made according to Soviet specifica-
tions and under Soviet supervision. The material used is heated to a
temperature of 1,300-.19100 degrees centigrade, The finished tanks are
tested to withstand 650 atmospheres pressure.
d. Large tubes, resembling cannon barrels? were reportedly seen on the
production line. The tubes were manufactured in two types, one with
an inside diameter of about 180 mm, and one with an inside diameter of
280, mm, The tubes are conical in shape and about.6 m long. The thickness
of the wall is about 100 mm, The barrels were rifled with three grooves
about la, x 3,5 mm. Although the production and the destination of these
pieces were supposedly secret, it was rumored that they were delivered
to the USSR. It was also rumored that 10 barrels of both t pes were
manufactured in one shift per day.,
e, The production of peacetime articles was restricted to the manufacture.
of oil pipe, -which was delivered to Bratislava, and tubing,
The factory is supplied with stool by the Skoda ?.orka;, Pilsen, The Zizka
mine located near the factory supplies coal. However,, even though working
at the rate of 120 per cent of the pl=ed digging capacity, the mine is
not able to meet the requirements of the factory. The deficit is made up
by coal from the Vaclav mine,
The plant Five Year Plan was fulfilled at the rate of 3.10->11.5. per cent during
the year 1950. The daily capacity of processed material came to 120-122
tons of raw material for the first day shift. Waste material was estimated
to be about five per cent. The gross weight of by-products was about 110-
11.5 tons for the first day shift, The capacity of the afternoon shift was
80-90 tons of processed raw steel, while for the night shift it was 60-70
tons, The night shift production is lower because employees of the night
shift are also responsible for repair and maintenance of the machinery;
The total daily capacity of processed steel was roughly 260-280 tons and
about 215 tons of by-products,
An underground air raid shelter, which was built during 19l2-19I Is now
being reinforced and enlarged. The shelter, which is 25 m below the surface,
was flooded and required repeated efforts to pump the water out, Two new
entrances to the shelter have been built,
The workers' base pay is 10-12 Kos. per hour. Including bonuses for fulfilling
or surpassing individual plans and premiums for fulfillment of department
plans, the total hourly pay averages about 25 Kos. The first Stachanovdtes
in the factory enjoyed many privileges., but their number increased to such
an extent that now the advantages are almost non-existent. About 17 per
cent of the factory employees are German specialists, There are also workers
from Rumania, Hungary, Greece and Italy. Ipadinz factory
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7 The factory militia consists of about 100 men organized into three platoons.
Each platoon has one light machine gun at its disposal. Commanders are
d with pistols and the rest of the militia with military rifles, type
98N, Military training and rifle practice take place twice a week. The
factory security guard consists of 60 men for the three shifts. In the day
time' guards are armed with 7.65 mum,, pistols and at night with 98N rifles n
Each shift has three Alsatian wolfhounds.
25X1 * Comments This is the first indication of the production of gun barrels,
25X1 Comments It is believed that this is done in a plant of Ceskoslovenska
Zbrojovka.
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