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A.T.G. stands for Allgemeine Transportanlagen-Gesellschaft. In 1934, it was contracted with Junkers to produce aircraft, but its true nature had to be hidden during this early period of German rearmament, so it was designated a "Schattenwerk" or Shadow Work. It first began production of the Junkers W 33 and 34, and the Ju 86D. A temporary order for the Ju 52 3mg3e was issued and expired in December 1937. This was followed by production of the He 111 B and E starting in April 1938. From 1940 till about 1944, the Ju 88 was the primary production aircraft, with the the Ju 188 going into mass production in the summer of 1943. In January 1944, it was renamed the ATG Maschinenbau GmbH Leipzig. In 1944, it began to produce assemblies for the Ju 388, which went into production in July 1944 at a branch in Bernburg. Its final work was producing assemblies for the Me 262 in 1945.



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