NEW TANK IN PRODUCTION AT SKODA AND CESKOMORAVAKA KOLBEN-DANEK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R001200110016-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: October 22, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2003/10/08 : CIA-RDP83-00415RO0120011001
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
CLASSIFICAI tON 0 SClt_iT NOW
1 0y 25X1A
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
DATE DISTR. 22 Oc4 ber 1945
SUBJECT flew Tank in Production at Skod^ and Ceskonoravak NO. OF PAGES 2
Kolben Danek
PLACE
25X1A ACQUIRED
DATE rr J
NO. OF ENCLS. 42221
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
25X1X
Four tanks of a new type have been tested in a special testing field at i:ilovioe
and, after some modifications, have proved to be very effective. Production
of the tank (for which no special name is yet known) he., begun at the SIhod- :? orks
and the CKD (Cc kor.oravslca. Kolbon-Danok) . The 194 production prom calls
for 300 finks, to be delivered to the CCeohoslovak Ara
The following details h ve boon deter. -I.ned:
a. The tank is a combine tion of the Ru,arien T 34 and the Germ I'anzerynercr.
b, Weight: 30 tons; wwridth: 2.6 m; length: 5 m; heik;h 1.2
25X1A
c, Fuel: naphtha, consumed at 50-60 liters110 0 lari. Three 200-liter fuel tanks
pn?vide a range of 500-600 Icy. Co:n nt: Perhape two tray trs-.-'D
over this diat^nce is meant.)
d. Average speed: 50 Ices; r.tirnn speed.: 75 Ic per hour.
e, Er.-ine: single 12-cylinder aircraft typo, in rear, air cooled.
f. Transriission: fully atutorr?tic, Wilson gear b x type.
iw^.:..mum climb -;-rade: 5?_ .
1. Radio: tcw o -tray, unidentified type.
Crow: four men (co ;..candor, r dior mn, gunner, driver
It. Belt joint:: 400 r: , wide.
h. Ar?-.amont: one 7.5 cm antitank gun, *.rl.'.:h 160-2C0 round magazine, The ?Tn
is mounted on a. special round bed in the front plate, which is of special
steel 60 rT : thick. Other plates, are of rheot iron 20 irr thick. The front
plate -slope is about 45 do reps. I!tixi::mi n gun elevation is 60 degrees,
2. The new tank is cirli1a_r to the Panzer jeeI-er in its o eternal appearance. Before
it went into production, the CKD and the Skoda ;forks manufactured about 100
Pa nzerjae ors during 19146 and 1947. The Panzerja egors (gore