Heavy Tank Costs

"To the Chief of the BTU, Military Engineer 1st Grade, comrade Korobov

Following decrees issued by the Government, the Kirov factory is building a series of experimental vehicles without having any contracts for them. Letter #6109 sent on November 15th, 1940, asked you to send these contracts. Letter #2239/s sent on February 20th, 1941, repeated the request. Nevertheless, we have not received any contracts from you.

I am sending you a report of the approximate cost of experimental works performed by the Kirov factory in 1941 regarding Objects ##150, 220, 221, 212, and KV-3, for the sum of 5,350,000 rubles in total. Please send us the information to issue bills regarding these projects.


As for the signing of contracts regarding the projects, we ask you once more to accelerate their composition.

Deputy director, Zherekhov.
...
Report on the estimated cost of experimental work at the Kirov factory in 1941 (in thousands of rubles)

Stage	##	150	220	221	212	218	KV-3	KV-4	KV-5
Draft and technical projects		50	100	50	100	75	100	120	120
Models		-	25	-	25	25	50	50	50
Working blueprints		50	250	125	300	125	350	330	380
Prototype assembly and factory trials	1	900	1200	1200	1100	900	1300	1800	2200
	2	-	1200	-	-	-	-	-	-
Proving grounds trials	1	100	125	125	100	75	150	150	150
	2	-	125	-	-	-	-	-	-
Correction of blueprints after trials		25	75	50	75	25	100	100	100
Repair of prototypes and modifications	1	375	450	450	300	275	450	550	600
	2	-	450	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		1500	4000	2000	2000	1500	2500	3100	3600

Lantsberg
May 30th, 1941"

CAMD RF 38-11355-101