 Production was stopped due to adoption of a new gun, the 76 mm divisional gun model 1939 (USV).According to the organization of 1939, each rifle division had two artillery regiments - the light regiment (a battalion of 76 mm guns in three batteries of four guns; two mixed battalions with one battery of 76 mm guns and two batteries of 122 mm howitzers) and the howitzer regiment, totaling 20 76 mm guns per division.In June 1940 the battalion of 76 mm guns was removed, and only 8 guns remained.