"Decree of the Committee of Defense #___
__ September 1944
Moscow
Contents: acceptance of the SU-57 57 mm SPG
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__ September 1944
Moscow
Contents: acceptance of the SU-57 57 mm SPG
1. Accept the 57 mm SPG produced on the chassis of the SU-76M SPG into service with anti-tank artillery regiments. Give it the name "57 mm SU-57 SPG model 1944".
2. Order the People's Commissar of Medium Manufacturing (comrade Akopov) and Molotov GAZ (comrade Loskutov) to begin production of the SU-57 beginning in October of this year, as a part of general SU-76M production, according to the following schedule:
- October 1944: 15 SU-57
- November 1944: 50 SU-57
- December 1944: 100 SU-57
Order the People's Commissar of Armament (comrade Ustinov) and factory #235 (comrade Chebotarev) to provide the Molotov GAZ factory with SU-57 armament, as a part of general supply of SU-76M armament, according to the following schedule:
- October 1944: 40 units
- November 1944: 75 units
- December 1944: 125 units."
Via Yuri Pasholok.