MILITARY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT PODMOKLY (VTU): EXPERIMENTS WITH WEAPONS AND TURBINE MOTORS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R003100100007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 20, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Military Technical Institute at A=ocl&ok]y (VTU) s
Experiments with 'Jeapons and Turbine 11otors
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20 June 111A
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"EMkon_n lfearon y (P-1)
This is actually a small cannon without a recoil mechanism. It weighs 34 k.gv
..and its length is 1350-3400 ma. Li1m the bazooka, it has an electric fuss con
tiected to a normal battery- Some pc-Arts of this weapon trill have to be rer ade
because they were manufactured from unsuitable material. For ex%npic, when
the breech is locked, the inlay of the joint in the locking mechanism ca?a&cs,
being made of rertinax glued together. Great care must be taken to tur, out
the exhaust blocks correctly and rzi di the greatest possible precision, since
in case of faulty manufacture there is danger that the weapon will becorr a
rocket with tremendous backfiring power. Up to late March 1949 ten of these
weapons had been plat into production, and rroduction of another ton. was to be
started after the completion of the first series. Four had been completed by
the above date and had been distributed to ' rious military garrisons a It is
said that at a distance of 1,000 raters, the effect of this weapon equals that
of an 800-rn. raft. At a distance of 300 raters the Projective penetrate: thror g;'
a layer of 25 armor-plates set ono behind the other and joined with clay, so that
it actually pierces a hall of 3,0)0.3,500 mn. thickness sic).
2. T,urb Motors
There are five of these motors, of the type I?7.WT-003, in the VTU. They care
left behind by the Gornans in an ainost finished state and were later completed
and tested. About 12 tests were carried out, at which Ir_p. Novotny and Ing.
43enata, both of the aircraft plant at Jinonice, were present. During ore test
theytried to inject finely vaporized soap solution into the initial turbine
chamber. On the whole, the tests were unsuccessful. After assembly, two 'J
turbines, numbered B and C, were dispatched to Pra,uze-Sinonice, where they ites?
to be returned to have their carabasc,i.on chambers reset, since they had been
fixed at an excessive distance from each other with the result that the motors
were impairing the center of gravity of the "Drak" in which they had been In-
stalled. This modification =.nas to be completed by 5 April 1949, when the motox
were to be mounted in the airplane.
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