VEHICLE PRODUCTION FOR HVA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009000180006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL IN -LLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY Gernany (Riussian zone)
SUBJECT Vehicle Production for IIVA
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17 October 1951
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1, The Buro ff3r -.iirtcchaftfragen (Bf'.+) has recently received an allocation of
110 Ilorch trucks, I,ighteen of these trucks are to be allocated to the IIVA;
ten to be used as radio trucks and ei~;at to be used as potrer-trucks for the
IIVL, one remainder will be used as personnel and load carriers. It is not
clear tnccther the eight which have been assigned to the I1VL Mill be tank trucks
or tractors for tank trailers, but each is to be provided with a pot cr pump
capable of raising gasoline three to four mF:ters and two hand pumps.
2. The 'entralamt fEir Forschung and T'echnik has already received a grant of
DI' 900,,000 (:ast) to develop a t -free-a cle truck according to specifications
laid dot7n by the IWVA, 50X1-HUM
. The vehicle
is a cross bet.rcon the ZIS 151 and the three-axle rung ve, ' cl ch pas
used by the 77el-irmacht during the Second World :iar. It is sot:icrraat shorter
than the latter vehicle and has a better field of vision for the driver.
The prototype is to be finishcd by 21 December 1951. D, schler has liven
instruction for a contract to be let for the construction of a 1C0-200 hp
air-cooled he .vy Diesel engine for the nor track, 'until this onc.ne can be
su Dlied9 a Ilorch H6 ('rill be used,
3. On 2 July, a ::noting tras sc'hc- waled at the Ifa Jerk in 3ch8ncbcc1:/:,1be between
BfJ representatives, the plant brksleitcr, 2en: l e (fnu) . and his construction
chief, Schelenz (fnu). The meeting was called . to discuss specifications for
the IIVA half-track vehicle, The proposed vehicle is to be an eight-ton vehicle
rose; ibling the hr laclat's Henschel, he Ifa .ierk is producing a full-track
K track for the ibd ',rmy at t'io present tie.
l The Lorra plant in ":erdau is pie'uc _ng buses porr.rod rritli a riodcl of. the old
I ~zi:bach 250 hp engine, The Ifa ItarrDssorievierk in Halle is building buses
on the iiorch II313 chassis. The ,ICI is considering the pocaioi].S.ty that either
of these firns could produce a st-:.Tf bus for the IIVA.
STATE
ARMY
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GENT.I?AL IIMLLIGL ICE AGEIICr
5. Oberrat sonnet (fm) of Fachabteilung D of the INA has unwi1ling1 r consented
to the use of the ZIS 150 for the transport of HVA pontoons. The pontoons
measure 7 m. 10-20 cm. in length, He is said to have preferred cross-country
vehicles. SAG Bleichert in Leipzig is converting six ZIS 150s into mobile
cranes and these were to have been ready on 20 July 1951 when they were delivered
to the VPD at Kuckensee.
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