"[cut off] September 1942
To GABTU BTU, Engineer-Colonel comrade Alymov
To the head of the 3rd Directorate of the NKTP, A.A. Habahklashev
RE: manufacturing item #70-145304-A2 from two parts
Due to a lack of 35 mm thick plate 1232 mm in width, we are forced to produce item #70-145304-A2 from two parts with a perpendicular joint.
We have the agreement of military representative at factory #180, Engineer-Colonel M.S. Bazumov, to produce 40 units.
We ask for your permission to continue producing this item from two parts.
Attachment: blueprints (1 copy)
Acting factory director Orlov"
Permission to build more than 40 hulls was not obtained. At most 39 hulls were converted into tanks by the start of T-70B production at the factory, and the remaining hull eventually ended up in a museum.
