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Vlim · 08-23-2005, 04:12 PM

Hi,

Well, Mauser was only one of thousands of contractors and subcontractors. With that amount of suppliers involved it makes sense to camoflage where they are located and what they are doing. A good example is the DWM site at Lubeck-Schlutup, which was disguised so well that it was invisible from the air and was never bombed. Would they have printed 'DWM Lubeck-Schlutup' all over the side or bottom of the product, it would give too much information away.

Another example: Mauser was not working from one site, but from 3 seperate sites in Oberndorf and one in Berlin during the 1930s.

The whole enterprise was to make it difficult for the outside world to interpret who did what, where and in what numbers while at the same time making it easier to interpret exactly the same thing within Germany.

It would be interesting to see period allied reports on German rearming and arms facilities, though. Just to get a feeling about what was exactly known about German facilities in general.

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08-23-2005, 04:12 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, Well, Mauser was only one of thousands of contractors and subcontractors. With that amount of suppliers involved it makes sense to camoflage where they are located and what they are doing. A good example is the DWM site at Lubeck-Schlutup, which was disguised so well that it was invisible from the air and was never bombed. Would they have printed 'DWM Lubeck-Schlutup' all over the side or bottom of the product, it would give too much information away. Another example: Mauser was not working from one site, but from 3 seperate sites in Oberndorf and one in Berlin during the 1930s. The whole enterprise was to make it difficult for the outside world to interpret who did what, where and in what numbers while at the same time making it easier to interpret exactly the same thing within Germany. It would be interesting to see period allied reports on German rearming and arms facilities, though. Just to get a feeling about what was exactly known about German facilities in general.