"On arming the T-34 with an 85 mm gun instead of the 76 mm F-34 gun
In order to improve the artillery armament of the T-34 tank, the State Committee of Defense decrees that:
- The 85 mm tank gun designed by TsAKB (comrade Grabin) is accepted into service and named "85 mm tank gun model 1944 (S-53)".
- T-34 tanks, starting with January of 1944, will be armed with the 85 mm tank gun model 1944 (S-53), installed with the stock turret ring, instead of the 76 mm F-34 gun.
- Implement the following plan for transferring to producing T-34 tanks with 85 mm guns in NKTP factories:
- January: 25
- February: 100
- March: 300
- April: 800and then, starting with May, produce only T-34 tanks with 85 mm guns.
- The NKO (comrades Yakovlev and Fedorenko) must supply tank factories with, and the NKV (comrade Ustinov) must produce the following amount of 85 mm guns for rearming T-34 tanks and SU-85 SPGs on the T-34 chassis:
- January: 270
- February: 400
- March: 650
- April: 1000
- May: 1650
- To ensure the production of T-34 tanks and SU-85 SPGs on the T-34 chassis, approve the following plan to transition to production of 85 mm tank guns instead of 76 mm F-34 tank guns:
Factory | System | January | February | March | April | May |
92 | 76 mm ZIS-3 | 1100 | 1100 | 1100 | 1100 | 1100 |
57 mm ZIS-2 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | |
76 mm F-34 | 1150 | 1000 | 700 | 400 | - | |
85 mm S-53 | 35 | 150 | 300 | 600 | 950 | |
13 | 76 mm F-34 | 400 | 200 | - | - | - |
85 mm S-53 | - | 50 | 150 | 250 | 400 | |
8 | 85 mm AA gun | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
85 mm D-5 | 35 | 50 | 100 | 150 | 300 | |
9 | 122 mm M-30 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
85 mm D-5 | 200 | 150 | 100 | - | - | |
122 mm D-25 | 40 | 70 | 125 | 160 | 160 | |
152 mm D-1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Chair of the Committee of Defense, I. Stalin"