TACAM R-1

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 World War II. 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 T-34 and KV-1.^[1]

TACAM R-1
Reconstruction of what the TACAM R-1 would have looked like, based on its description.
Type	Tank Destroyer
Place of origin	Kingdom of Romania
Service history
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designed	1943
No. built	14
Specifications (R-1)
Length	3.2 metres (10 ft)
Width	1.73 metres (5.7 ft)
Main armament	1 x 45 mm 45 mm 20-K
Secondary armament	1 x 7.92 mm ZB-53 machine gun
Engine	6-cylinder, water-cooled Praga RHP 55 horsepower (41 kW)
Transmission	5-speed Praga-Wilson
Suspension	leaf spring

See also

• R-1 tank
• other TACAM tank destroyers

Notes

1. Axworthy, p. 228

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. ISBN 1-85409-267-7