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Leonida began work in late
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field gun was removed from its carriage and a new mount was fabricated to fit the gun to the turretless R-2. A fighting compartment was built using armor salvaged from captured Soviet tanks. New
Romanian and German gun sights were fitted to suit the new Romanian ammunition. Testing in late 1943
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machine gun. The armor of the hull ranged from 8 to 25 millimetres (0.31 to 0.98 in) thick. It could cross a ditch 2 metres (6.6 ft) wide, climb an obstacle .5 metres (1.6 ft) high and ford a stream .8 metres (2.6 ft) deep.
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proved that the gun didn't overpower the chassis, but the gun was only effective against T-34s up to ranges of 500–600 metres (550–660 yd). Forty were planned to be converted by
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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
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The gallery shows the TACAM R-2 at the
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1093:Military history of Romania during World War II
700:Kliment, Charles K.; Francev, Vladimír (1997).
491:TACAM Company in July 1944 and assigned to the
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196:12 tonnes (12 long tons; 13 short tons)
702:Czechoslovak Armored Fighting Vehicles
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243:10–25 millimetres (0.39–0.98 in)
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37:National Military Museum, Bucharest
653:"Colectii — Specialitati militare"
338:130–160 kilometres (81–99 mi)
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35:A TACAM R-2 on display at the
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655:(in Romanian). Archived from
493:1st Armored Training Division
360:Tun Anticar pe Afet Mobil R-2
1088:World War II tank destroyers
685:. London: Arms and Armour.
615:Kliment and Francev, p. 199
318:35 centimetres (14 in)
292:125 horsepower (93 kW)
212:2.064 metres (6.77 ft)
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1083:Tank destroyers of Romania
523:One survives today in the
726:TACAM R-2 on worldwar2.ro
283:4-cylinder, water-cooled
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220:2.32 metres (7.6 ft)
54:Place of origin
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704:. Atglen, PA: Schiffer.
1060:Mareșal command vehicle
16:Romanian tank destroyer
606:Axworthy, pp. 223, 225
633:Axworthy, pp. 194-201
315:Ground clearance
204:5 metres (16 ft)
642:Axworthy, pp. 212-13
486:Operational history
255:1 x 76.2 mm Soviet
453:gun mounted on an
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410:and Romania's own
380:Budapest Offensive
323:Fuel capacity
153:Atelierele Leonida
125:Production history
109:Kingdom of Romania
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182:Panzer 35(t)
150:Manufacturer
119:World War II
97:Used by
886:Half-tracks
445:Description
416:M-1936 F-22
390:Development
332:Operational
309:leaf spring
275:machine gun
169: built
1077:Categories
1045:TACAM T-38
977:Prototypes
904:Sd.Kfz. 11
899:Sd.Kfz. 10
848:TACAM T-60
795:Renault FT
675:References
459:gun shield
412:TACAM T-60
305:Suspension
23:TACAM R-2
1040:TACAM R-1
989:AB md. 41
963:Malaxa UE
947:OA vz. 30
942:OA vz. 27
853:TACAM R-2
473:and nine
439:anti-tank
421:Bucharest
408:Marder II
356:TACAM R-2
265:Secondary
909:SPW ușor
382:and the
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267:armament
251:armament
177:Variants
158:Produced
142:Designed
133:Leonida
130:Designer
1035:T-26/37
994:Mareșal
858:VDC R35
815:CDL R35
501:Hungary
402:medium
92:1944—45
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505:ad hoc
400:Soviet
287:T11/0
280:Engine
217:Height
201:Length
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787:Tanks
595:Notes
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451:ZiS-3
425:ZiS-3
404:tanks
376:ZiS-3
334:range
300:6 x 6
285:Škoda
273:ZB-53
257:ZIS-3
239:Armor
209:Width
136:Škoda
1015:R-2a
894:Famo
830:T-38
810:R-2c
706:ISBN
687:ISBN
665:2009
518:Brno
510:Axis
467:T-26
465:and
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115:Wars
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