CMZ MACHINE FACTORY AT CHELYABINSK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 27, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY -t`SSR(Chelyabinsk Oblast)
SUBJECT CMZZ machine Factory at Chel rabinsk
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I I Commnt. W'( is It'Y.eved o he an a7bbrtivia--bicrn of Chelyabinsk
ail ~.han? c:Iaeskl. Zaavod, meaning Chelyabinsk 1 chanical Plant0 For location
and layout sketches of this plan ~, see Annexes I aid. 2 The :eT met location
of this plant has not yet been definitely estgblished0 Previous i.n.formation
~ndioat l that V h3 '- nesmanrn tii e plant and the Large elect tic pee' plant
wore due north of Chelyabinsk and the Kirov Tractor Plant and t. ie Ordzhoniki-dz-
Plant No 78 were east of the town,, -whereas source stated that a?.1 these
installations vmre east of the tc tr n and that the C plant was ,outh of the
tube plant and. Vh a power plant,
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1, The C14Z 11:1achine Factor, is about 5JO rneters southeast of an eln;, t rio
power station on the ciastern ed;u of Chelyabinsk (55?10'/61025`E).
Chelyabinsk Oblast., ioviet foreman stated that the plant was e:'ected
about 20 years a 'o, 'o structurea changes or -pansion work were
observed for a new adndnistration building and a new foundry` zyr was
anything known about glans for further expansion. The plant arEaa was
about 800 x 300 metisr?, and. was surrounded by a fence, about 2 ~nE :ter
high, Power was supp:.ied by a large nearby pour plant. No inter-
ruptions in the power supply were observed, The plant had a spar tm4ack4
2, Until MMy 1949, the plant produced one 10-ton railroad crane pe: - oa th,
five 3-ton truck crar,aes per month, nd six dredges per year,, The plant
also produced an imlaio quan titt' of cogwheels for the Kirov T < ac 'acs: -
' lant, These wheels were 1200 min in diameter and 100 to 120 rran thick,
The new foundry was scheduled to be co.pleted in late 19119 and =?.t was
expected that production would then be increased..
Incoming raw muateri.gal.ss consisted of structural steel (Profileis,-:n-1) ' steel
.meets, raw iron, raw eiteal.. bal. bearings and lumber and were '.:3 nipped by
rai.o Finished prodv,.cts were al;o hipped by rail.,
The plant employed about 400 civU.ian workers, of when 30 pat.'cen`; wore women,
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1. Kirov Trsictor Plant.
2. ' lectric power plant with B smokostacks.
3. -OMZ Machine Factory.
4 Ordzhoni.ktdzc, Plant No 78.
5~ Pt Camp 7601.
Fa Iff(annesr,,iann-tube plant,
7a Rolling mill for automobile components..
8. PYu Camp 7606.
9. 4t:orkers' settlement.
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1. New machine shop, a stone bua..ldings 180x80. meters, quipped with metal-
working machines, including vertical turning and !.ring ni..ad1'..nes with a
diameter of 3.5 meters, built under license of the Niles fa .3; two
2.
compressors of Germa
a lifting power of 3
at full capacity.
Shop for assembly of
n origin,, and three cranes
, 10? and 20 tons. This se
railroad cranes, 50 x 40 m
of Americayl urigri
ction was no t ye t:,
eters, with sidings
n with
operating
where,
10-ton cranes were m
ounted on two and four axle
cars. Soma Ameri
can
cranes were used as models. Not more than one crane was uiiiir construct
Lion at a time,
3. Welding shop, 80 x 40 meters, equipped with electric weldlzappsr&tub
4. New administration building under construction, 20 x 10 meters? The
foundation wall had only been built to a height of 1 meter "rsr May 1949,
5. Old administration building, 50 x 8 meters, wooden hut,,
6. Old machine shop, 120 z 50 meters. Half of the - rmhiricry in this shop
was of German make and half of Soviet make. The gquipment included
several milling machines for cogwheels, 1 bevel milling machine (Kegel-
fraesmaschine) -made by the K1:in;elberg firm, 1 bevel wheel slotting
machine (Kegelradstossmaachine)-, 1 slotting machine for cog hheels,
4 turning and boring lathes, 20 standard lathes, 5 milling mach Ines,
1 large. planting bench and a number of boring machines. In addition to
components for cranes and dredges, this shop menufaetm-ed cccgwhcels for
the Kirov Tractor Plant,
7. Forge, 100 x 20 meters, equipped with 2 pneumatic hammers, 2 eccentric
presses, 4 iron saws and 1 shearing machine made by the Sonr;ta; gizmo
All the machinery was of German origin.
8.. Pattern-making shops 50 x 20 meters, where casting molds were innde.
This shop also made driver's cabs for the truck cranes.
9. Old foundry, 50 x 25 meters, with an obsolete Russian coking furnace.
Castings for dredges and cranes were made in this foundry.
10. New foundry, L0 x 30 meters, a raw brick building,, 10 meters high, with
large windows.
11. Store building, 100 x 10 meters, a wooden hut on concrete foundation,
12. Repair shop., a stone building, 80 x 30 maters with some metal wo sting
machines., 80 percent of which were of German origin, and 20 pere,3nt were
of Hungarian and :Soviet origin. On the second floor was a too! sects. on
equipped with German and Amerlcsn machinery used for making :recision
parts (Feinteile).
13. Kitchen, a wooden building, 50 x 8 meters.
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Wocden fence, 2 meters high.
Spur track "Leading to electric power station.
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A. railroad crane frith a liftinC capacity of 10 tons,
mounted on two and four-axa- a cars and po:7ered by a ;7iesel
err ;ire, which far short dirt rnces can be anatched over to
drive the car. This crane was said to be"a duplicate of
as us-t;;rpe.
1a Turnirg platform (L--nflranz) 1,2 meters in dial ter
2. Iron plate used as couriterweI.ght
B, h 3-ton truck crane riourited on a Z truck. ri,;nL supports
i ere lowered under the sv,teels vrhen the crane was in operation.
1. Traveling position of crane
2. .,orlc:n,; position of crane
3. E ;ine casing of crane, ho-sing a Diesel engine
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