TAB (armoured personnel carrier)

TAB (Romanian: Transportor Amfibiu Blindat, translated Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier) is the Romanian military designation of armoured personnel carriers. The TAB APCs were based on the Russian BTR series until the early 1990s, with several improvements, including better diesel engines. After 1990, new TAB designs have been developed, such as the RN-94 and the Saur series, but none of these designs entered mass production.

Models

A Soviet BTR-60PB APC (left) and a Romanian TAB-71 APC (right) on display at "King Ferdinand" National Military Museum in Bucharest.

Notes and references

Notes
  1. 1 2 O'Malley, T. J., Hutchins, Ray, pag. 48
  2. 1 2 "Arms transfer database". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  3. ↑ O'Malley, T. J., Hutchins, Ray, pag. 50
  4. ↑ "Stockholm International Peace Research Institute". Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  5. 1 2 3 Zgureanu, Marius (27 September 2021). "Saur 1, 2 si 4×4 – situatia in 2009". www.rumaniamilitary.ro. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
References
  • Foss, Christopher F. (2005). Jane's Armour and Artillery 2005-2006. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2686-8.
  • Bishop, Chris (2006). The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored fighting vehicles: From World War I to The Present Day. Grange Book. ISBN 978-1-59223-626-8.
  • O'Malley, T. J., Hutchins, Ray (1996). Fighting Vehicles: Armoured Personnel Carriers & Infantry Fighting Vehicles. Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-211-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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