"State Committee of Defense Decree #5595s
April 11th, 1944
Moscow, Kremlin
Introduce a partial change to GOKO directive #3826s issued on July 27th, 1943:
April 11th, 1944
Moscow, Kremlin
Introduce a partial change to GOKO directive #3826s issued on July 27th, 1943:
- The NKSP (comrade Nosenko) and the NKSB design bureau (comrade Rozanov) must produce a stabilizer for the S-53 85 mm gun in the T-34-85 tank with a widened turret ring by May 1st, 1944, instead of the D-5 gun in the IS tank.
- Commander of the Armoured Forces comrade Fedorenko must provide one T-34-85 tank to the NKSP design bureau for the installation of an experimental stabilizer by April 15th.
- NKV (comrade Ustinov) and NKTP (comrade Malyshev) must provide one set of blueprints of the 85 mm S-53 gun and T-34-85 tank with a widened turret ring to the NKSP design bureau by April 15th.
Deputy Chair of the State Committee of Defense
V. Molotov."