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28 TOP SECRET ing breakdown of horsepower in 1949, by Total Horsepower of all Tractors diesel-consuming and other fuel consuming (HP) 10,963,000 tractors, is indicated: Total Petroleum, All Kinds, Re- quired (metric tons) 5,956,000 The following breakdown of total petroleum requirements for 1949 is estimated: Prewar 1 1949 (In Millions of Metric Tons) Gasoline 1.2 1.0 1949 3,546,000 7,417,000 10,963,000 Kerosene 4.1 3.0 Diesel Oil 0.2 1.7 Very little diesel fuel in proportion to other Lubricating Oil 0.4 0.3 fuels was consumed by Soviet tractors in pre- war days. It is safe to assume that the 0.575 Total 5.9 6.0 metric tons of petroleum consumed per horse- TABLE I power by the Soviet tractor would also apply USSR TRACTOR PARK IN 1949 to the 20 percent of postwar production in (in units of tractors) non-diesel tractors as well as in tractors left 1949 2 over from prewar, tractors obtained by requi- Tractors from prewar production 274,000 sitions, reparations, and from UNRRA and Tractors obtained by requisitions, Lend-Lease. reparations, etc. 25,000 Both American and Soviet experience has Tractors obtained from UNRRA and shown that the diesel fuel requirements per Lend-Lease 10,000 horsepower hour on full or near full load is Tractors produced in USSR 1945 to about five-sixths that of kerosene (the com- 1948, inclusive 112,000 mon tractor fuel in prewar USSR) This Total tractors produced in 1949 would indicate that the factor 0.575 metric Full-use equivalent of tractors pro- tons of petroleum should be reduced one-sixth duced in specified year 31,000 or 17 percent in order to arrive at a weight of diesel fuel required per horsepower of diesel Total 452,000 tractors. This means 0.477 metric tons of TABLE II diesel fuel per horsepower. HORSEPOWER OF THE 1949 The following petroleum consumption for TRACTOR PARK 1949 is thus indicated: 1949 Horsepower of Diesel Consuming Tractors (HP) 3,546,000 Diesel Consumption per Horse- power (metric tons) 0.477 Tractors from Total Diesel Fuel Required (met- prewar pro- ric tons) 1,691,000 duction 274,000 20 5,480,000 Horsepower of Tractors Consum- 1 Fuel consumption and breakdown for 1937 and ing Other Fuels (HP) 7,417,000 1940 is estimated in R&A No. 2516, Domestic Con- Consumption of Other Petroleum sumption of Petroleum Products in the USSR, 1945- per Horsepower (metric tons) 0.575 1952, and cites as references: Wassilief, Soviet Oil Total non-Diesel Petroleum Re- Industry in 1938, in 1939, and in the First Six quired (metric tons) 4,265,000 Months of 1940: COI (OSS) Report No. 58, "The Ef- fect of Territorial Losses on Russia's Petroleum Position," 20 May 1942, pp. 27-29. 1 See "O Tipakh Traktorov V Selskom Khozyaistoe 2 See text for explanation of figures. SSSR," by S. P. Matskevich in Sotsialisticheskoe Sel- 3 From Table I. skoe Khozyaistvo, No. 12, December 1943. 4 CIA estimate. TOP SECRET

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    "ocrText": "28\nTOP SECRET\ning breakdown of horsepower in 1949, by\nTotal Horsepower of all Tractors\ndiesel-consuming and other fuel consuming\n(HP)\n10,963,000\ntractors, is indicated:\nTotal Petroleum, All Kinds, Re-\nquired (metric tons)\n5,956,000\nThe following breakdown of total petroleum\nrequirements for 1949 is estimated:\nPrewar 1\n1949\n(In Millions of Metric Tons)\nGasoline\n1.2\n1.0\n1949\n3,546,000\n7,417,000\n10,963,000\nKerosene\n4.1\n3.0\nDiesel Oil\n0.2\n1.7\nVery little diesel fuel in proportion to other\nLubricating Oil\n0.4\n0.3\nfuels was consumed by Soviet tractors in pre-\nwar days. It is safe to assume that the 0.575\nTotal\n5.9\n6.0\nmetric tons of petroleum consumed per horse-\nTABLE I\npower by the Soviet tractor would also apply\nUSSR TRACTOR PARK IN 1949\nto the 20 percent of postwar production in\n(in units of tractors)\nnon-diesel tractors as well as in tractors left\n1949 2\nover from prewar, tractors obtained by requi-\nTractors from prewar production\n274,000\nsitions, reparations, and from UNRRA and\nTractors obtained by requisitions,\nLend-Lease.\nreparations, etc.\n25,000\nBoth American and Soviet experience has\nTractors obtained from UNRRA and\nshown that the diesel fuel requirements per\nLend-Lease\n10,000\nhorsepower hour on full or near full load is\nTractors produced in USSR 1945 to\nabout five-sixths that of kerosene (the com-\n1948, inclusive\n112,000\nmon tractor fuel in prewar USSR) This\nTotal tractors produced in 1949\nwould indicate that the factor 0.575 metric\nFull-use equivalent of tractors pro-\ntons of petroleum should be reduced one-sixth\nduced in specified year\n31,000\nor 17 percent in order to arrive at a weight\nof diesel fuel required per horsepower of diesel\nTotal\n452,000\ntractors. This means 0.477 metric tons of\nTABLE II\ndiesel fuel per horsepower.\nHORSEPOWER OF THE 1949\nThe following petroleum consumption for\nTRACTOR PARK\n1949 is thus indicated:\n1949\nHorsepower of Diesel Consuming\nTractors (HP)\n3,546,000\nDiesel Consumption per Horse-\npower (metric tons)\n0.477\nTractors from\nTotal Diesel Fuel Required (met-\nprewar pro-\nric tons)\n1,691,000\nduction\n274,000\n20\n5,480,000\nHorsepower of Tractors Consum-\n1 Fuel consumption and breakdown for 1937 and\ning Other Fuels (HP)\n7,417,000\n1940 is estimated in R&A No. 2516, Domestic Con-\nConsumption of Other Petroleum\nsumption of Petroleum Products in the USSR, 1945-\nper Horsepower (metric tons)\n0.575\n1952, and cites as references: Wassilief, Soviet Oil\nTotal non-Diesel Petroleum Re-\nIndustry in 1938, in 1939, and in the First Six\nquired (metric tons)\n4,265,000\nMonths of 1940: COI (OSS) Report No. 58, \"The Ef-\nfect of Territorial Losses on Russia's Petroleum\nPosition,\" 20 May 1942, pp. 27-29.\n1\nSee \"O Tipakh Traktorov V Selskom Khozyaistoe\n2 See text for explanation of figures.\nSSSR,\" by S. P. Matskevich in Sotsialisticheskoe Sel-\n3 From Table I.\nskoe Khozyaistvo, No. 12, December 1943.\n4 CIA estimate.\nTOP SECRET"
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