TR-85M1 1989 revolution and post-communist era It evolved until 1985 with the introduction of the TR-85, which is now the reference MBT of the Romanian Ground Forces. Development of a local MBT began in 1977 with the TR-580 or Tanc Românesc Model 1977, a well-modified T-55 with, among others, a new engine, suspension, tracks and roadwheels, new FCS and new local gun. ![]() Romania relied chiefly on T-55As, modernized into the AM and AM2 versions prior to 1990. These locally produced models were the TAB-71 ( BTR-60), TAB-77 ( BTR-70) and TABC-79 APCs (4×4 variant of the latter), and later B33 Zimbru ( BTR-80) and MLI-84 ( BMP-1) and MLVM (local IFV). Just before the 1989 revolution, the armored forces were partitioned between 8 mechanized infantry divisions and two armored divisions, the 57th (Bucharest) and 6th (Tîrgu Mureş).Īlthough the Army was supplied with Soviet tanks and APCs, industrial resources allowed some local production, either under licence and/or with extensive modifications in the 1980s. In the 1980s, the land forces comprised 140,000 personnel, of whom two thirds were conscripts, organized into four armies: 1st at Bucharest, 2nd at Buzău, 3rd at Craiova and 4th at Napoca. These years were dominated by the “Sovietisation” of the country and army (adoption of Soviet tactics and doctrine) and Minister of Defence’s, Emil Bodnăraş, reforms, followed by the beginning of a semi-autonomy under the Ceaușescu regime. After the war, Romania entered the Soviet sphere of influence and later joined the Warsaw pact. ![]() A new provisional regime sympathetic to the USSR as established and, until the end of the war, Romanian Forces fought under control of the Red Army against German Armies to claim back its territory. In August 1945 an insurrection overthrew Marshal Antonescu and the fascist regime. Obuzierul autopropulsat românesc, Model 1989.
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