TACAM T-60

TACAM T-60
A TACAM T-60 during the National Day parade, 10 May 1943
Type	Tank Destroyer
Place of origin	Romania[a] Soviet Union[b]
Service history
In service	1943—45
Used by	Romania
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designer	Leonida Nicholas Astrov (T-60)
Designed	1942—43
Manufacturer	Atelierele Leonida Factory 37, GAZ, Factory 38, Factory 264 (T-60)
Produced	1943
No. built	34 (or 51)[1]
Variants	TACAM T-60A T-60
Specifications
Mass	9 tonnes (8.9 long tons; 9.9 short tons)
Length	4.24 metres (13.9 ft)
Width	2.35 metres (7.7 ft)
Height	2.31 metres (7.6 ft)
Crew	3
Armor	15–35 millimetres (0.59–1.38 in)
Main armament	1 x 76.2 mm Soviet M-1936 F-22 field gun
Secondary armament	1 x 7.92 mm ZB-53 machine gun 1 x submachine gun
Engine	6-cylinder, water-cooled GAZ 202 80 horsepower (60 kW)
Suspension	torsion bar
Ground clearance	33 centimetres (13 in)
Fuel capacity	280 litres (74 US gal)
Operational range	200 kilometres (120 mi)
Maximum speed	On road: 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph) Off road: 20 km/h

The TACAM T-60 (Tun Anticar pe Afet Mobil T-60 – "Anti-tank gun on T-60 mobile gun carriage") was a Romanian tank destroyer used during World War II. It was built by removing the turret of captured Soviet T-60 light tanks and building a pedestal to mount a captured Soviet 76.2 mm (3.00 in) M-1936 F-22 field gun in its place. A three-sided fighting compartment was built to protect the gun and its crew. Thirty-four were built in 1943, and they served in the Jassy-Kishniev Offensive, and the Budapest Offensive.^{[citation needed]}

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