PRODUCTION OF RUNWAY MATS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300350007-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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manufacture of these runway, mats have been c iiverad eocording to
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Vim; e" rods tinrc of runway mate at the IFA
p esehrrc~rfo_+ cgs es:~c Ue .pza:c' (sheet metal. shaping plant) was temporarily
interrupted because she form of the runway mats was to be modified
to Te Pt I ? s:?ae o' Tt c w raw i s ca
and ? tt ar ~rlY,~f'cn~..fihte ''GypQ. t' 4GS ; vAt jy- os npletedG -
2. In 1954, the IPA Blechverforiungsrk wily. be the only plant
same source,, that. the V12 Blechverformungswerk Leipzig was
scheduled to.orocess a total of 10.200 tons of thin sheets into
runway mats in 19545. F
ufactured runway mats for taxiways,.
le ~( en&o. It had been stated in are earlier report by-the
They arcs probably unsuited fox heavy aircraft
2. 0 ., It had been reported that the VEB motor plant in
Zwickau .discontinued the manufacture of runway mats in the third
qua.,, ter of 1953 r The V: EMW at Eisenach also discontinued the
manufacture of . runway mats in the same year. The quantity of
11,000 tans. of thin sheets echedYuled to. -be processed into runway
mats by the IFA 3lechverxo k t y corresponds
to this production target- f ee or the . Leipzi and Zl ickau plants
in.1953o The that runway mats are
now manufactured only in i Le apzig my be con., ted with the
modification in the shapp?*$ these mats., I probably more
economical to have onl, one sheet metal ahap3..: plant equipped with
the new tools for the production of modified runway mate, The
purpose of the ~way meats and the installation at which they are used
have not yet Marc d.eterm3 r r1? it .e believed that they are not
designed for the oonetructir:n of temporary runways but.for taxiwaye0
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in the same year. The quantity of
scheduled to be processed into runway
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erk io 1954 roughly corresponds
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an--earlier report by the
Leipzig and Zwickau plants
The fact that runway mats
e connected with the
mats. It is probably more
metal shaping plant equipped
of modified runway.mats. The
and the installation at which they
have not vet been determined. It
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Zwickau also manufactured runway mats for taxiways.
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East Germany
Production of Runway Mats
and gauges required for the new type mats was not yet completed.
In spite of this interruption, a total of 11,000 tons of sheet
metal is scheduled to be processed into runway mats in 1954 as
originally GALanned. Semi.;F'inished materials required for the
manufacture of these runway mats have been delivered according to
schedule by the rolling mills in Thale and Hettstedt. In June,
approximately 2,500 tons of sheet metal were available at the IFA
Blechverformungswerk for further processing.l
2. In 1954, the IFA Blechverformungswerk will be the only plant
manufacturing runway mats. In previous years, the V4B Audi in
to give them greater sTreng-un-#
ource, that
scheduled to proce
runway mats in 195
swerk Leipzig was
ns of thin sheets into
Comment. It h the VEB motor plant in
purpose of the runway mats
the new tools for th
of runway mats
of thin sheets
.economical to have
modif i
now
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mats
Zwickau discontinued the manufacture of runway mats in the third
quarter of 1953. The V EI{IW at Eisenach also discontinued the
DATE DISTR. 30 November 1954
manufacture
11,000 tons
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