Malinovsky confirms that vehicles suitable for tropical environments will be supplied by July 10, 1962.
June 22, 1962
Letter, Commanding General of Missile Troops and Artillery Chief Marshal of Artillery, Chief Marshal of Artillery Varentsov, and Chief of GRAU, General-Colonel of Artillery Zhdanov, to General-Colonel Cde. S. P. Ivanov
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To the Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff
General-Colonel Cde. S. P. Ivanov
The launchers of the 2P27 “Shmel’” guided anti-tank system are mounted on a GAZ-40PB armored reconnaissance vehicle in the standard version.
We consider it necessary to ask you to petition in front of the Government to hold the Gor’ky Council of the National Economy responsible for supplying plant Nº 614 of the Saratov Council with 20 GAZ-40PB’s in a tropical version no later than 10 July of this year. In this case it would be possible to obtain about 9-18 launchers from industry in July-August in the tropical version.
Commanding General of Missile Troops and Artillery
Chief Marshal of Artillery
[signature] Varentsov
Chief of GRAU [the Main Missile Artillery Directorate]
General-Colonel of Artillery
[signature] Zhdanov
22 July [SIC: June] 1962
Outgoing Nº 743746]
These documents request that armored reconnaissance vehicles fit for a tropical climate be brought to Cuba.
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TsAMO fond 1, opis 14041cc, delo 1, l. 86. Contributed by Sergey Radchenko and Vladislav Zubok and translated by Gary Goldberg.
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