TACAM R-2 | |
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Type | Tank Destroyer |
Place of origin | Kingdom of Romania Czechoslovakia |
Service history | |
In service | 1944—45 |
Used by | Kingdom of Romania |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Leonida Škoda |
Designed | 1943 |
Manufacturer | Atelierele Leonida |
Produced | 1944 |
No. built | 20 + 1 prototype |
Variants | developed from Panzer 35(t) |
Specifications | |
Mass | 12 tonnes (12 long tons; 13 short tons) |
Length | 5 metres (16 ft) |
Width | 2.064 metres (6.77 ft) |
Height | 2.32 metres (7.6 ft) |
Crew | 3 |
Armor | 10–25 millimetres (0.39–0.98 in) |
Main armament | 1 x 76.2 mm Soviet ZIS-3 gun |
Secondary armament | 1 x 7.92 mm ZB-53 machine gun |
Engine | 4-cylinder, water-cooled Škoda T11/0 gasoline 125 horsepower (93 kW) |
Transmission | 6 x 6 |
Suspension | leaf spring |
Ground clearance | 35 centimetres (14 in) |
Fuel capacity | 153 litres (40 US gal) |
Operational range | 130–160 kilometres (81–99 mi) |
Maximum speed | 25–30 kilometres per hour (16–19 mph) (road) |
The TACAM R-2 (Tun Anticar pe Afet Mobil R-2 – "Anti-tank gun on R-2 mobile gun carriage") was a Romanian tank destroyer used during World War II. It was built by removing the turret of the R-2 light tank (Panzer 35(t)) and building a pedestal to mount a Soviet 76.2 mm (3.00 in) ZiS-3 field gun in its place. A three-sided fighting compartment was built to protect the gun and its crew. Twenty were built in 1944, but only one is known to exist today. It participated in the Budapest Offensive and the Prague Offensive.