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On 4 February 1942, Wa J Rue (WuG 6) Vllld awarded contract SS-210-5806/41 to Fried.KruppAG, Essen for 100 VK 45.01 (P2) armor hulls and 100 armor shells for turrets. The armor hulls were to be delivered to Nibelungenwerk GmbH, St.Valentin (Niederdonau) for assembly as complete operational chassis under contract SS-210-5911/41. The armor shells for the turrets were to be delivered to Fried.KruppAG, Essen (Ruhr) for assembling operational turrets under contract SS-210-5910/41. Krupp was to start fabricating and delivering the 100 armor bodies for the VK 45.01 (P2) upon completion of the 100 armor bodies for the VK 45.01 (P1) under contract SS-210-5803/41. The first eight armor hulls were to be delivered to Nibelungenwerk in August 1942, followed by 15 per month starting in September. The first six operational turrets completed by Krupp were to be delivered to Nibelungenwerk in November 1942, followed by 15 per month starting in December. Wa J Rue informed Krupp on 5 March 1942 that they were to assemble 100 Geraet 5 Gr 808 (the drawing number for the 8.8 cm Kw.K.43 L/71) and DHHV (Dortmund-Hoerder-Hutten-Verein) was to assemble 150. Delivery was to start upon completion of their order for Geraet 5 Gr 38 (the drawing number for the 8.8 cm Kw.K.36 L/56) with delivery of the first 15 from Krupp to occur by 1 September 1942.