page_title: Romania in World War II
section_title: Tanks
hierarchical_section_title: Romania in World War II / Romanian armament during World War II / Tanks
caption_attribution_description: 中文: TACAM T-60驅逐戰車。
context_page_description: Following the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939, the Kingdom of Romania under King Carol II officially adopted a position of neutrality. However, the rapidly changing situation in Europe during 1940, as well as domestic political upheaval, undermined this stance. Fascist political forces such as the Iron Guard rose in popularity and power, urging an alliance with Nazi Germany and its allies. As the military fortunes of Romania's two main guarantors of territorial integrity—France and Britain—crumbled in the Fall of France, the government of Romania turned to Germany in hopes of a similar guarantee, unaware that the then dominant European power had already granted its consent to Soviet territorial claims in a secret protocol of 1939's Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
  In summer 1940 a series of territorial disputes were diplomatically resolved unfavorably to Romania, resulting in the loss of most of the territory gained in the wake of World War I. This caused the popularity of Romania's government to plummet, further reinforcing the fascist and military factions, who eventually staged a coup that turned the country into a dictatorship under Mareșal Ion Antonescu.
context_section_description: The list below comprises the models and numbers of Romanian Army tanks of all types in service as of 19 July 1944:
caption: A Romanian TACAM T-60 during the National Day parade, 10 May 1943.
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