Supercharged KV

 "State Committee of Defense decree #1220ss

January 30th, 1942

On improving mobility of KV tanks

1. The People's Commissar of Tank Production comrade Malyshev and director of the Kirov factory comrade Zaltsman must begin production and delivery in February of 1942 of KV tanks with:
1. Altered final drive gear ratio and gear teeth count.
2. A V-2K engine supercharged to 650 hp at 2100 RPM.
2. The GABTU chief comrade Fedorenko and director of Kirov factory comrade Zaltsman must conduct comparative trials of a mass production KV tank, modernized KV tank, and a T-34 tank and present conclusions and updated tactical-technical characteristics to the State Committee of Defense by February 20th, 1942.

Chairman of the State Committee of Defense, I. Stalin

Copies to: comrade Malyshev, Zaltsman, Fedorenko, Malenkov"

RGASPI F.644 Op.1 D.20 L.124