"CRVENA ZASTAVA" FACTORY AT KRAGUJEVAC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R003200120001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 5, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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Yugoslavia
"Crvena Zastava" Factory at
Kragujevac
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1. Products of?the "Crvena Zastava" armament factory at Kragujevac tod include,
in addition to small. arms and small arms ammunition, artillery ammunition
for 45 mm. anti-tank guns, 75 mm., 88 mm. guns and 105 mm. howitzers, as well.
as hand grenades, signal rockets, anti-personnel mines and other mines (for/7"
bridges, buildings, roads).
a. Belgian type 9 mm. pistols (so poor in quality that they are unserviceable
after firing 500 rounds)
b. Short type Mauser 7.9 mm. rifles (packed in cases of ten)
c. German type machine guns
d. Soviet type "Pikalash" (si'c') automatics.
The factory also produces necessary ammunition for all those weapons.
3. All "Crvena Zastava";,products bear the marking "CZK".
4. The buildings formerly housing the artillery repair shops (now transferred
to the Kasn-novici works near Trayni-k in 'Bosniq)F-
5. Work on these trucks at "Crvena Zastava" is confined to the production of
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Manpower
6. Between.18,000,and 20,000 persons (including the Ordnance) battalion are
now employed at "Crvena Zastava", where work is carried on in three 8-hour
shifts , a. day (including oc&f i Sundays).
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Access to the factory is strictly controlled, especially to certain sections
of the works such as the small arms manufacturing departments.
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5. 11 technical school.
6. Ordnance ("Pyrotechnical') battalion.
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