TACAM R-2

TACAM R-2
A TACAM R-2 on display at the National Military Museum, Bucharest
TypeTank Destroyer
Place of origin Kingdom of Romania
 Czechoslovakia
Service history
In service1944—45
Used by Kingdom of Romania
WarsWorld War II
Production history
DesignerLeonida
Škoda
Designed1943
ManufacturerAtelierele Leonida
Produced1944
No. built20 + 1 prototype
Variantsdeveloped from Panzer 35(t)
Specifications
Mass12 tonnes (12 long tons; 13 short tons)
Length5 metres (16 ft)
Width2.064 metres (6.77 ft)
Height2.32 metres (7.6 ft)
Crew3

Armor10–25 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
Engine4-cylinder, water-cooled Škoda T11/0 gasoline
125 horsepower (93 kW)
Transmission6 x 6
Suspensionleaf spring
Ground clearance35 centimetres (14 in)
Fuel capacity153 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.