TACAM R-1

{{Short description|Romanian tank destroyer project}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox weapon

|name= TACAM R-1

| image= TACAM_R-1_historical_reconstruction.png

| image_size = 300

|caption=Reconstruction of what the TACAM R-1 would have looked like, based on its description.

|origin={{flag|Kingdom of Romania}}

|type= Tank Destroyer

|is_vehicle=yes

|wars= World War II

|design_date= 1943

|number= 14

|length= {{convert|3.2|m|ft}}

|width= {{convert|1.73|m|ft}}

|spec_label=R-1

|suspension= leaf spring

|primary_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

|engine_power= {{convert|55|hp|kW}}

|pw_ratio=

|transmission= 5-speed Praga-Wilson

}}

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.Axworthy, p. 228