I understand Lieutenant Colonel Ivakin ... The regimental commander meets hundreds of times a year to check on orders that threaten terrible punishments "for the loss of state property." Bread regiment of bitterness, because he had to transport the regimental property on something. For the loss of which they asked very harshly, but for the hardships and death of the soldier, there was practically no demand.
Americans were well aware of this misfortune. To provide the Red Army with trucks, General Motors built several factories in Iran. From them, the USSR received 184,112 cars on lend-lease. From Tehran cars were driven to Ashgabat, Baku and Ordzhonikidze (present-day Vladikavkaz).