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 used by Romania during

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. 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 such as the

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and KV-1.Axworthy, p. 228

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* Mark Axworthy, Cornel Scafeș, Cristian Crăciunoiu,''Third Axis. Fourth Ally. Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941-1945,'' Arms and Armour, London, 1995. {{WWIIRomanianAFVs Tank destroyers of Romania World War II tank destroyers World War II armoured fighting vehicles of Romania

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