New Gun for the T-34

"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:

1. The 85 mm tank gun designed by TsAKB (comrade Grabin) is accepted into service and named "85 mm tank gun model 1944 (S-53)".
2. 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.
3. Implement the following plan for transferring to producing T-34 tanks with 85 mm guns in NKTP factories:
1. January: 25
2. February: 100
3. March: 300
4. April: 800
   and then, starting with May, produce only T-34 tanks with 85 mm guns.
4. 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:
1. January: 270
2. February: 400
3. March: 650
4. April: 1000
5. May: 1650
5. 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"

RGASPI 644-2-255