"American Embassy
American Military Mission
Moscow
USSR
September 13th, 1944
To Major General V.N. Yevstigneyev
Chief of the Department of External Affairs
People's Commissar of Defense
Moscow
USSR
Dear General Yevstigneyev,
Several weeks after the last meeting with Lieutenant General Lebedev, we learned about a number of new German tanks and SPGs. The following tanks were mentioned:
- A combination of the Tiger and Panther tanks called Tiger 2 with an 8.8 cm K W K 43 cannon.
- A heavy tank weighing 68 tons called "Tiger Imperial".
The following SPGs were mentioned:
- One with a 7.5 cm StuK 42 (the same gun as installed on the Panther tank).
- A self propelled gun on a Panther chassis.
I would be most grateful if you deliver us any information about these vehicles, similar to what you gave about the German tanks previously, so that our forces could make use of your experience in testing these new weapons.
Cordially yours,
John R. Deane
Major General, United States Army
Head of the American Military Mission"
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