• Tank Type       :           R-2 (Skoda LT vz35)
• Writing             :           “10.5.41. Rum.schw.Tanks.”, “617.”, stamped: “UNI-FOTO Weiss”, “1641”, “Str.Regala 19.”
• D/U/P               :           10 May 1941, 1^st Armoured Division “Romania Mare”

126 LT vz35 light tanks were manufactured by the Czechoslovakian Skoda factory for Rumania. These were designated R-2 by Rumania. The one in the photograph is seen during the Romanian National day military parade of June the 10th. Behind it rides a R-1 tankette from which only 35 were ever produced.

Both tank commanders are looking behind them. Both wear lighter coloured uniforms with diagonal shoulder-waist straps and medal bars on their chests. Both wear dark coloured berets.

Rumania officially joined the axis powers in November 1940.

The 1^st Armoured Division “Romania Mare” was assembled in April 1941 – just before the division joined the battle against Russia in June 1941. This photograph is dated just between these dates.