A year later, the TAB-63 prototype was built however, it did not enter production as the Romanian authorities wished to acquire the license to produce the more modern BTR-60PB.

[3][4] After the request was granted by the Military Industrial Committee of the Comecon in the late 1960s, production of the TAB-71 began in 1970 by the Romanian Regia Autonomă Pentru Producția De Tehnică Militară factory.

[1] The TAB-71 is similar to the BTR-60PB, the main difference being the more powerful engine, the exhaust pipes were also positioned horizontally.

[5] Compared to the previous version, the TAB-71M mounted two 130 hp Saviem 797-05 engines, locally produced by Roman.

[1] The R-1450 variant has additional communications equipment and features a second antenna on the left side of the hull.