Military Technical Institute

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The Military Technical Institute (MTI) of the National People's Army was set up as a scientific and technical center of the NVA in 1975 and subordinated to the Deputy Minister and Chief Technology and Armament . In 1990 it was transformed into the Institute for Product Testing and Industrial Toxicology (IPI) and taken over by the Federal Institute for Materials Testing in October 1990 for subsequent processing .

tasks

The MTI had the following tasks:

  1. Research on such scientific issues as chemical protection, infrared and laser technology, corrosion protection of complete weapon systems, training and simulation technology, use, maintenance and storage processes of armaments that could not be carried out in civilian facilities due to their military specifics
  2. Influencing selected research and development projects in science and industry in the GDR for the military use of their results, e.g. B. Optoelectronics , color pigment research , material technologies, automotive engineering, communications engineering
  3. Scientific-technical preparation and supervision of the development of military technology in the industry of the GDR as well as its military-technical testing in cooperation with the branches of arms and services. The focus was u. a. Communication technology, camouflage equipment, mobile workshops and field medical equipment, bridge-laying technology and water filter technology. This included testing the function and reliability of means and devices used to protect against the known chemical warfare agents of the NATO armies .
  4. Scientific-technical cooperation on the scope of tasks of the institute with the armies of the Warsaw Pact and other socialist states. This task was based on the fact that the main types of armament and equipment of the NVA were imported and not developed and manufactured in the GDR.

organization

Methodologically, the scientific work of the institute was primarily aimed at the military use of the results of civil technical research and development. Accordingly, the institute was divided into the following technical branches:

  • Mechanical engineering / optics
  • Electrical engineering / electronics
  • chemistry
  • Military technical testing

The military and scientific management of the institute was incumbent on the commander of the institute. He was assisted by three deputies, one each for scientific work, one for reverse security and one for political work. In addition, there were structural units for the scientific and technical safeguarding of the institute, such as basic work and planning, financial work, scientific information, workshop, material safeguarding.

The institute's staff consisted of 27 members of the army, including 23 officers, and 275 civilian employees of the NVA. Officers were only employed in the positions responsible for managing the structural units (institute management, departments, departments). All other posts, including those for the management of the collective, were filled exclusively with civilian employees. Qualifications: 210 officers and civilian employees had university and college training, of which 19 had doctorates and 4 were scientists.

The MTI was set up in 1975 from the existing potential of the test centers for the branches of arms and technical services in Königs Wusterhausen . It was housed in a 15-hectare property in Königs Wusterhausen that was specially built for this purpose in 1977. The buildings with work rooms, laboratories and workshops, the laboratory technology, the measuring and testing equipment as well as the other technical systems and equipment largely corresponded to the international scientific and technical standards. The institute had a unique, powerful light pulse system, modern gas chromatographs , mass spectrometers and infrared - and laser devices.

The 12 km² test site in Horstwalde near Kummersdorf belonged to the MTI . A large number of facilities for field testing were located on this site, such as water, mud and sand passages, twisting paths, steep slopes, solid and loose scree slopes for testing transport and safety technology. These facilities used u. a. also the development centers of the motor vehicle industry in the GDR for testing purposes. The test site, which was used to test the guns and tanks of the German Army , the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht before the First World War and thereafter until the end of the Second World War , was modernized and expanded after being assigned to the Military Technical Institute in accordance with current requirements for testing.

End of the institute

The MTI was spun off from the NVA in March 1990, transformed into the "Institute for Product Testing and Industrial Toxicology" (IPI) and as a central institute subordinated to the GDR's Office for Standardization, Metrology and Goods Testing. In October 1990 the Federal Institute for Materials Testing took over the institute for subsequent processing.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information at fkvv.de ( Memento from February 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), viewed on October 18, 2008

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