GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 473, sig. 110-4321

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-3 - 10,000 t .. SM steel 2,000 t electric steel The entire Thomas steel production has failed. These 12.oo t crude steel are required for: grenade steel,detonator production, infantry ammunition.....t wire rod .......... l0O t welding wire ..................... 600 t other urgent programs ............. 2.2oo t. The entire production of electric dynamo plates etc. In addition, the processing of the Frankenstein nickel ore which should be carried out in the Königshof racing facility is not feasible. The emergency armament programme can only be fulfilled at the PEIG if we have a production of 20.000 tonnes of crude steel per month. Poldihütte : The production of crude steel of the Poldi Hut is reduced from total and 11,500 tonnes to 7,500 tonnes. These steels are required for the processing of highly stressed material and can not be given a subdivision into tool steel, structural steel etc., currently, because it is not yet clear what the Poldihütte needs to fulfill the Rü emergency program. First and foremost, the material is needed for the tank production, high-performance aircraft, tank plates, machine gun pipes etc. Skodawerke Pilsen and Hradek: If a production of stainless steel is planned ........................................... l.5o t SM-steel......................... 6.50 t. This means a reduction of around 60% compared to the production of approximately l8.ooo t. Small enterprises are estimated to produce cca stainless steel............... .600 t SM steel..... .. 1.350 t.