Underground airplane factory Rabstein

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The entrance to the former production halls

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One of the former production halls

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One of the former production halls

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Here we entered the complex, which was used to store fuel

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Ventilation equipment

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One of the fuel storage tanks

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The tank from the inside

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In the valley of the Kamnitz there were two underground aircraft factories. Originally 80 000 square meters were planned, but only 4500 meters were completed.^[1] Not only parts for Messerschmidt-aircrafts, but also complete helicopters of type FA 223 were built here under perfect camouflage.^[2] Later, the Contracting States of the Warsaw Pact used it as a tank depot, which had a capacity of 8 million liters.^[3]

^[1]: According to: https://oiger.de/2017/04/20/die-flugzeugfabrik-im-bunker-teil-ii/163300#45_Kilometer_Stollen_vorangetrieben

^[2]: According to: http://www.team-bunkersachsen.de/pages/u---verlagerungen/zechstein-werk-b.php

^[3]: According to: https://www.battlefieldsww2.com/rapstein-zechstein.html