TAB B33 "Zimbru" [Zimbru 2000] (Romanian BTR 80)

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Description:

Thank you for buying the blueprint for TAB B33 Zimbru!

This is an amphibious light vehicle, that is armed with 1 autocannon 300 ammo, 1 7.62 machine gun 150ammo, and 2 atgm’s. It has a two plane stabilizer, radar track, and a powerful modular engine. It also has a RWR and APS system. Around 1:1 with certain parts oversized.

Stats

-Economic modular engine.
-Max speed around 120km/h
-Max speed in water 45km/h
-1100l of fuel, around 1-2h of worktime
-Turret controls are good.
-APS.
-RWR.
-Amphibious.

History

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.

The Socialist Republic of Romania obtained permission from the USSR in 1987 to build 70 BTR-80 armored personnel carriers under license. The design of the vehicles could be adapted according to the requirements of the Romanian Army and the possibilities of the armament industry. Production was started in 1988 at the Moreni Mechanical Plant and continued until 1991, the combat vehicle being officially named "B33 Bison"