HUNGARIAN SMALL ARMS PRODUCTION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2011
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• Publication Date: June 14, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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I N FORMATION REPORT I N FORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Nsplonage Laws, Title
18, U.S.O. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person 1s prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Hungary
Hungarian Small Arms Production
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plants are administratively under Section Ib of the Hungarian stry for 50X1 -HUM
Metallurgy and Machine Industries. This section supervises all of the fac-
tories and shops engaged actively in the production of small arms and all
plants which can be rapidly converted to this type of production.
1. Nehezszerazam Ge:yar Diosev&r - Diosgy8r Heavy Machine Tool Plaat:
The principal production at this plant is large caliber gun barrel,"A.
a diameter between 70 moan and 150 mm and with lengths of four to ten
meters. In addition stationary 100 horsepower diesel engines and air
compressors are produced. The following items of machinery are installed
in the plant:
30 Skoda ten meter-long lathes, modern type
/+ W)U (East German) special boring machines, ten meters high, for
boring gun barrels
20 "Schleifer" and M1 horizontal milling machines, newest type
20 Csepel and WW vertical milling machines, modern type
5 special gear wheel cutters - Pfauter type
4 WMW gear tooth planning machines - newest type
2 Skoda stroke grinders
20 WMW and ED-47 (Hungarian) revolving lathes
5 WKii special boring machines for diameters up to 60 mm.
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2. GynnQy si Szerazam Get var - Gygngygs Machine Tool Plant.
This plant was built during the years 1952 - 1954; it was initially in-
tended that it should be built into the nearby hill but this proved to be
too difficult because of the rock foundation. It is now housed in a flat
concrete building about 150 m x 150 m. The plant was originally built
for armaments production, but in early 1961 only tractors and harvester
threshers were produced. Within 24 hours the plant could be converted to
the production of small caliber fire arms. There are about 150 machines
installed in the shop, including the following items:
lathes with the height of the centers between 125 and 300 mm
Revolving lathes with spindle borers between 25 and 90 in
Killing machines between 5 and 10 horsepower
Various types of grinding machines between 3 and 8 horsepower
Gear wheel cutters and planers up to a maximum teeth size of 5 Moduls
Various types of boring machines
3. - Automobile and Tractor Parts Factory in Budapest, Soroksari ut.
Thiiss is the smallest plant under Section Ib; it is housed in a workshop
about 100 m x 50 m. Before 1956 tank parts were produced here; now only
tractor and automobile parts are produced, but the plant could be con-
verted back to tank parts production on short notice. The following equip-
ment is installed in the workshop, all modern type machines from East
Germany, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet t ion:
40 lathes and revolving lathes
30 milling machines
10 grinding machines
10 gear wheel cutters and planers
20 boring machines
10 special metal working machines
4. I - Lamp Factory in Budapest, Soroksari ut.
This plant is a huge concern employing several thousand persons engaged in
the production of guns, machine pistols, light machine guns and heavy
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machine guns which are issued to the Hungarian armed forces and exported
to Warsaw Pact countries. Some-of the machinery was completely replaced
in 1958. Production includes 3,000 machines pistols a month. These are
a now Soviet-type 7.62 caliber machine pistol with a slightly curved maga-
zine rod (S= azin). Some of these pistols are being exported to
Egypt.
The synthetic materials needed by this plant are imported
The following machinery is installed at the planti
anihei Vallelat - Precision Mechanical Concern in Budapest.. Feher
ut. This plant was constructed during the years 1952 to 1954 and is
located on the former Rakosi troop training grounds. The individual work-
shops of this concern are widely separated for tactical defense considera-
tions and the entire concern is heavily guarded. The Principal production
is of truck-mounted radar units and ultra-short nave telephone systems. 50X1 -HU M
8 TOO (Czechoslovak) horizontal lathes
5 vertical lathes with a diameter over 2 meters
5 Till semi-automatic special milling machines
6 Pfauter semi-automatic gear wheel cutters
6 M. (East German) gear wheel planers
An additional 50-odd machines of various types mostly old models
6. Gamma Outlkni ) vek - Gams Optical Works in Budapest XI, Fehervari ut.
This plant was completely rebuilt and modernized in 1954? Optical sights
for anti-aircraft guns and homing-devices for artillery and trench mortars
were constructed here. As of early 1961 no military equipment at all was
made at the plant, although the plant could be converted on short notice.
In February 1961 the plant was involved in the Hungarian diesel manufactur-
ing program and only Bosch-type injection pumps were being made.
7. Magvar Ootikai M~vek - H 50X1-HUM
ungarian Optical Works in Budapest.
This plant is about twice the size of the Gamma Optical Works and is pri-
marily engaged in the production of precision instruments like oamieres,
geological measuring instruments, etc. The major part of the production
is exported to China. Recently tro cal-t ui t has been oduced
for export to the Arab countries.
The p3ant is equipped ern mac e tools made in East Germany and
Czechoslovakia.
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8. Nehesezerazam Gevar God"oll"o - Godoll"o Heavy Machine Tool plant.
This plant is also administratively under Section Ib.
9. Dan= Szerssam Gounrar - Danuvia Machine Tool Plant in Budapest ZIP,
Angol utca 10 - 20. Workshops I and II were consolidated in January
1961 into workshop I housed in a large 120 m x 60 m shed. The principal
production of Workshops I and III in February 1961 consisted of the
Danuvia 125 cc. motorcycle, of which 2,000 are produced each month. The
production norm for a domestic model motorcycle is 56 hours; the export
model takes an extra 6 hours, and 200 or 300 are exported each month to
Yugoslavia. It costs about 8,000 forints to produce one motor-50X1-HUM
cycle; the retail price is about 12,600 forints. The wages involved in
the production of one motorcycle are 500 forints. Workshop If was en-
gaged in the production of induction pumps and was subordinate to the
diesel manufacture program, as of February 1961. Workshop V had pre-
viously been used for the production of parts for the Gans diesel engines;
since July of 1960 this shop has been used for armaments production. In
February 1961 production consisted of 3,000 casings (G) a month for
the new Soviet-type machine pistol. The casings are then sent to the
lamp Factory where they are assembled (see paragraph 4). Workshop VI has
been engaged in armaments production since July 1960. A light machine
gun of 7.62 caliber with belt feed and bipod was being produced in Feb-
ruary 1961; it was anticipated that production could be expanded to 900
machine guns a month by December 1961. The entire gun is produced and
assembled in this Workshop; it is rumored that all of the guns are for
export to the TZAR. The Danuvia plant maintains a type of museum of all
the armaments previously produced in the plant with blueprints, tools,
models etc. necessary for resumption of production. On short notice the
following items which were discontinued in 1956 could again be manur-
factured s
"ZP" - Soviet type machine pistol with drum magazine (Trommlmagazin)
"ZG" - Soviet type light machine gun with plate magazine (Teller.
"ZM" - Soviet model heavy machine gun with belt feed, mounted on
two wheels
In all there are about 2,000 employ "s at the Denuvia Machine Tool Plant
working on two and three shifts; the machinery is all very modern and is
only being utilized at one-half capacity.
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