"Order of the People's Commissariat of Medium Machinebuilding #301ss
Moscow
July 6th, 1941
On the order of introducing design and technological changes to tanks and artillery tractors
Further developing paragraph 4 of order #253ss issued on June 26th, 1941, I order that:
- The leading factories, which develop all blueprints and design documentation, are as follows:
- KV-1 tank: Kirov factory
- T-34 tank: factory #183
- T-50 tank: factory #174
- V-2 engines: factory #75
- ChTZ, STZ, Krasnoye Sormovo, Uralturbomash, factory #37, HTZ, and all subcontractors that produce tanks, assemblies, components, and engines must produce their goods according to the blueprints of the lead factory.
- Changes to the technical documentation to meet orders of the SNK and Central Committee of the VKP(b) can only be done by the main factory, after approval by the customer.
- ChTZ, STZ, Krasnoye Sormovo, Uralturbomash, factory #37, HTZ are permitted to make design changes to components and assembly only with the permission of the lead factory's director and chief designer.
- Changes that impact the approved tactical-technical characteristics of tanks, engines, and artillery tractors can only be made with the permission of the People's Commissar.
- Control over the execution of this order is to be carried out by NKSM lead engineers:
- KV-1 tank: A.P. Petrov
- T-34 tank: N.I. Masalskaya
- T-50 tank: I.V. Yurasov
- V-2 engine: I.A. Moskalevskiy
- Artillery tractors: comrade Komov
People's Commissar of Medium Machinebuilding, V. Malyshev"