Summary of Capacity and Production
Reported by
Lieut T.L. Miller, USNR
Nav Tec Mis Eu
Assisted by
Dr. W.E. Lawson
Mr. G.B. Castner
July 1945
CIOS Target No. 2e(ii)/87
Explosives and Propellants
Keywords: The largest and most important firm manuafturing Military explosives in Germany was the Dynamit A.G. which had its headquarters at Troisdorf, near Cologne; The following table shows estimates of the installed capacity ... ; TNT - Propellant - Rocket Powder - Hexogen (RDA) - Nitro-Penta (PETN); Dynamit A.G. (incorrectly written Action-Gesellschaft, AOB) the largest explosive manufacturing firm in germany is owned to the extent of 51 percent by I.G. Farben Industrie A.G. the great German Chimical Co (by the way, the biggest chemical conglomerate of the world!, AOB) .. Dr. Paul Müller - Dr. Wilhelm Pungs - Dr. Schmidt - Mr. Heinrich Schindler - Dr. W. Propach - Mr. Lore; .. the total production was a 1/3 to one-half of that of the United States ... ; Schlebusch TNT plant was built .. D 53084-1(J) 750 D/d R.122 3/46
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