Fine Vintage

 "May 23rd, 1945
#0859140

The Armoured and Mechanized Units of the Far East and Transbaikal Front possess 1600 functional old tanks: T-27, T-37/38, T-30/40/60, MK-2, MK-4, M3 light, M3 medium. There are also 1167 of these tanks at repair plants that require refurbishment.

Production of these tanks and spare parts for them is long finished. Spare parts for old imported tanks are not being delivered. 

Spare parts are required to maintain the aforementioned tanks in service. It is unreasonable to resume production. I ask you to dismantle all T-27, T-37/38, T-30/40/60, MK-2, MK-4, M3 light, M3 medium tanks that require refurbishment, take off functional and repairable components, and use them as spare parts for tanks of these types that are still in service.

Attachment: list of tanks of old types.

Commander of the Armoured and Mechanized Forces, Marshal of the Armoured Forces, Ya. Fedorenko.

Type	Total count	Locations			Status
		In service	In training facilities	At repair factories	Functional	Needs refurbishment
T-27	234	227	7	-	227	7
T-37/38	726	689	13	34	537	199
T-30/40/60	1237	431	369	437	590	647
MK-2*	222	40	7	175	45	177
MK-4**	74	7	2	65	6	68
M3 light	203	126	23	54	164	39
M3 medium	71	29	4	38	41	30
Total	2777	1549	425	83	1610	1167

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CAMD RF F.38 Op.11380 D.290 L.23-24

Printed in Glavnoye Bronetankovoye Upravleniye Lyudi, Sobytiya, Fakty v dokumentakh, 1944-1945 p.506

* Matilda
** Churchill