The TACAM R-1 (''Tun Anticar pe Afet Mobil R-1'' – "Anti-tank gun on R-1 mobile gun carriage") was a small
tank destroyer for use by Romania during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. It was designed on 22 November 1943 at the request of the Romanian General Staff. Fourteen
R-1 vehicles were to be rearmed with
45 mm 20-K guns. Although this vehicle was designed to be used only for security duties, the project was cancelled because it was eventually regarded as a waste of badly needed industrial capacity, the 45 mm gun having been obsolete against most Soviet tanks by then.
[Axworthy, p. 228]
See also
*
R-1 tank
The R-1 was a Romanian-used tank that saw action during World War II within the mechanized Romanian cavalry. It was a modified version of the AH-IV, a Czechoslovak-designed export vehicle, which was used exclusively by Romanian forces during ...
* other
TACAM tank destroyers
Notes
References
* Mark Axworthy, Cornel Scafeș, Cristian Crăciunoiu,''Third Axis. Fourth Ally. Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941-1945,'' Arms and Armour, London, 1995.
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Tank destroyers of Romania
World War II tank destroyers
World War II armoured fighting vehicles of Romania