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	Armoured train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Armoured trains were sometimes escorted by a kind of rail-tank called a draisine.
		Armoured trains saw use during the 19th century in the American Civil War (1861-1865), the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), the Boer Wars (1880-81 and 1899-1902), and the First (1914-1918) and Second World Wars (1939-1945).
		An armoured train named "Krajina ekspres" (Krajina express) was used during the war in Croatia (part of the Yugoslav succession wars) of the early 90-ies by the army of Republika Srpska Krajina (self proclaimed republic of Serbs living within Croatia that seeked to remain in Yugoslavia).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armoured_train (702 words)

	hungary
		Their armour and their weapons were upgraded, because buying or building of armoured trains was impossible.
		The armoured train and their armament in 1940, this state remained until the end of the war.
		The armoured trains of the Hungarian Army in 1932.
	railwaygun.freeservers.com /armtrain/hungary/hungary.htm (1162 words)

	Encyclopedia: Armoured train
		In rail transport, a train consists of a single or several connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along a guideway to transport freight or passengers from one place to another along a planned route.
		Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire.
		Armour thickness: probably about 12 mm, the sides might be covered with oak planks from the inside.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Armoured-train (376 words)

	Nr.55 'Bartosz Glowacki' - Polish armoured train
		In September 1920 it was assigned to the armoured trains' unit at a disposal of the 15th Infantry Division of the 4th Army (along with armoured train "Wilk" - the Wolf).
		Four train's tankettes (of armoured draisines) were sent to attack the German armoured car platoon, that was standing on a bridge, but 3 tankettes were hit and destroyed (without crew losses, luckily).
		The armoured train, as a military unit, consisted of: an armoured section, a platoon of armoured draisines and an unarmoured auxiliary section.
	derela.republika.pl /glowacki.htm (2539 words)

	Nr.15 'Smierc' - Polish armoured train
		In the early thirties, the train underwent some modernization, it received radio and signal equipment, and the locomotive was changed to the standard type Ti3 (the earlier locomotive type is not known).
		The armoured train, as a military unit, consisted of: an armoured section (the armoured train in a strict meaning), a platoon of armoured draisines, and an unarmoured auxiliary section.
		The armoured section and armoured draisines were the combat section of the armoured train, while the auxiliary section was supporting the operation of the combat section in respect of logistics and accommodation, and did not take part in combat.
	derela.republika.pl /smierc.htm (2429 words)

	Nr.13 'General Sosnkowski' - Polish armoured train
		The armoured train was unable to fight, neither to a quick repair, and the crew abandoned it, after destroying some mechanisms.
		The standard armoured draisines platoon consisted of 2 armoured draisines R (tanks Renault FT-17 on a rail chassis) and 4 armoured draisines TK (tankettes on rail chassis).
		According to the report of the train's commander, the train received also two other armoured draisines R, which were used for reconnaissance on 3 and 4 September in Ciechanow.
	www.geocities.com /pibwl/gs.htm (2522 words)

	Polish SOK armoured draisine
		Armoured draisines were light armoured rail motor vehicles, meant for a reconnaissance, scouting, track patrolling and other auxiliary combat tasks (in Polish: drezyna pancerna).
		In 1947 the SOK armoured train unit received one or two armoured draisines, repaired in railway workshops.
		It was used in the SOK armoured train unit in the late fourties, among others in Operation "Wisla".
	www.geocities.com /pibwl/drsok.htm (641 words)

	Panzerzug 21 armoured train - the gallery
		The armoured train was initially armed with two 100mm howitzers - 10cm FH.14/19(p) - Polish 100mm wz.14/19P (a data) and three 75mm guns - 7,5cm FK.02/26(p) - Polish 75mm wz.02/26 (a data).
		54 "Grozny"; an artillery wagon from former train nr.
		On 30 October 1944 the train was captured by the Soviets in Mozheiki (Mazeikiai, Lithuania).
	pibwl.republika.pl /pz21.htm (962 words)

	Armoured train
		After the war captured equipment was used to build two armoured trains for the Finnish Army.
		Typical configuration of an armoured train would be an armoured engine, a few armoured cars with 40mm Bofors AAA and AA machine guns.
		The colour scheme on this museum train is the one used in the end of the Continuation War 1944.
	www.saunalahti.fi /veijju/tankit/tank0000.html (197 words)

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		Eleven BP42 trains were constructed, and several older trains were re-configured to approximate to this standard, using the existing stock.
		Armour for all units was between 1.5 and 3 cm.
		The train's armament was strengthened by the addition of two tanks, to enable it to take the fight to the enemy.
	www.matadormodels.co.uk /tank_museum/bp4_bp44.htm (916 words)

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		This armoured train is a very puny specimen, having neither gun nor Maxims, with no roof to its trucks and no shutters to its loopholes, and being in every way inferior to the powerful machines I saw working along the southern frontier.
		The train leapt forward, ran the gauntlet of the guns, which now filled the air with explosions, swung round the curve of the hill, ran down a steep gradient, and dashed into a huge stone which awaited it on the line at a convenient spot.
		When the prisoners captured after the destruction of the armoured train had been disarmed and collected in a group we found that there were fifty-six unwounded or slightly wounded men, besides the more serious cases lying on the scene of the fight.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/4/4/2/14426/14426.txt (20714 words)

	Nr.54 'Grozny' - Polish armoured train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		One source claims that it was used for training still after this date, but a description of the training train fits to "Pilsudczyk" or "Smialy" rather (see: source [7]).
		The train was used on the Eastern Front, and on 30 October 1944, was captured by the Soviets in Mozheiki (Mazeikiai, Lithuania).
		In 1939, the train was painted with the new standard three-color camouflage, of brown green and dark brown irregular patches upon a greyish sand basic color.
	republika.pl /derela/grozny.htm (2706 words)

	Nr.14 'Paderewski' - Polish armoured train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the spring of 1920, the train was temporarily switched to a broad gauge of 1524 mm, to operate on Russian track.
		In October 1927 the Training Battalion was reformed to the 1st armoured train unit (dywizjon pociagow pancernych) in Legionowo, near Warsaw.
		The armoured section and armoured draisines were the combat section of the armoured train, while the auxiliary section was supporting the operation of the combat section from a logistical point of view and did not take part in combat duties directly.
	republika.pl /derela/paderew.htm (1747 words)

	myLargescale.com Forums - Book Review - The Armoured Train in Can. Svce - All About Your Garden Railroad & G Scale ...
		Canadian military planners working with the American military on the defence of Alaska, proposed an armoured train to patrol the lower reaches of the Skeena River from Tyee to Prince Rupert.
		The plan was actioned during the spring and summer of 1942 with the train commencing operations in late summer.
		The train was withdrawn from service by the end of 1943 after Kiska had been retaken and it became apparent that Japan was no longer in a position to invade the west coast.
	www.mylargescale.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28828 (489 words)

	A Brief Leave
		Another train was on patrol duty from Kovel to Kamen-Kashirsky on the line to Pinsk and a third armoured train also ran from Kovel to Chelm on the Polish border.
		Those trains were formidable fortresses on wheels, equipped with heavy artillery, a number of 2 cm guns and a company of infantry.
		They were heavily fortified with high palisades and machine gun ramparts and were in constant radio communication with the armoured trains or road patrols and at first our patrols were fairly routine and not too demanding, probably because of the enormous firepower protection of those trains.
	www.users.interport.net /j/i/jim44/b9.htm (3801 words)

	Transsib photo-gallery - Locomotives and Trains - Trains and Carriages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Transsib photo-gallery - Locomotives and Trains - Trains and Carriages
		Service trains (recovery and other ones) are in special subsection.
		Photos of train crashes temporary are in this section, but soon special subsection will be formed for this.
	www.transsib.ru /Eng/loc-carr.htm (1401 words)

	The 25-pounder in Canadian Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Armoured trains were perhaps the earliest real Armoured Fighting Vehicles, and appeared in various guises and places for many years.
		As such it would have been a formidable oponent to land forces, though like all trains it was vulnerable to attacks on the tracks and from the air.
		As this was a one-off, the account can go into considerable detail and the photos would give a modeller the chance to produce their own replica which would certainly be something different though even in small scale would be a big model.
	www.perthmilitarymodelling.com /reviews/books/wow/wow008.htm (316 words)

	Panzerzug 10b (11) - German armoured train
		After completing and training of the crew, the whole Panzerzug 10 was ready for action on 2 February 1942 and moved to the East Front.
		During the whole spring the trains were used in fighting, and PZ 10b suffered some losses in crew and damages to the equipment.
		Probably the train was abandoned by its crew, when it could not retreat because of a destroyed bridge on the Nida river.
	pibwl.republika.pl /pz10.htm (1618 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Thai train ambushed by 'rebels'
		The armoured railway carriage was on a routine inspection of track in the province of Narathiwat when two bombs exploded, overturning the train.
		Train operations had been suspended in the area, police said.
		This appears to be an escalation by the southern separatists who in the past have detonated roadside explosions, the BBC's Kylie Morris in the region reports.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4385561.stm (303 words)

	Polish armoured trains
		Armoured trains in service in 1939 (the pages describe also their earlier and further service)
		Armoured draisines (rail-cars) - a platoon was in each train.
		Polish improvised armoured train of 1918 "Zwiazek broni"
	derela.republika.pl /armtrain.htm (361 words)

	Outdoor Exhibits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This 6 unit train was specially built for carrying troops through war infested areas.
		Wagons built in 1880's were converted at the Ajmer workshop of the Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway and provided with a 1/2" thick armoured plate followed by a 3" thick felt lining and another 3/4" thick plate thereby giving complete protection to its occupants.
		Armed with 'Maxim guns', this train was in use during the first world war period.
	www.railmuseum.org /outdoor/outdoor_exhibits09.htm (124 words)

	The Forum of the 1.Jagdmoroner Abteilung - Armoured trains
		Railway lines are a classic partisan target, so an independent armoured train that moves around on its own timetable can provide a handy deterrent or even quick-reaction force.
		On the other hand, armoured train is more than a tank on rails, it is whole tank unit on the rails, and where there are no good road infrastructure, armoured trains were very useful with delivering the artillery support.
		It's Golden Age armoured trains had on the Eastern Front of WWI and during all that smaller and bigger wars immediately after (Russian Civil, Polish-Russian, Polish-Ukrainian etc.) For some time the only connection between Przemysl and Lwow (besieged by Ukrainians) was the armoured train.
	www.1jma.dk /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4047 (526 words)

	German Armoured Train 1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A part of a german armoured train build in 1942.
		It might have belonged to armoured train Panzerzug 25, destroyed on 13 January 1945 near Kielce.
		From 1945 to 1947 the train was used by Polish army and took part in combat against UPA partisans in Bieszczady Mountains.
	tanxheaven.com /zbc/germanarmouredtrain1942/gerarmtrain1942zc.htm (129 words)

	Nr.13 'General Sosnkowski' - Polish armoured train - gallery
		The page contains photos of the Polish armoured train nr.13 ("General Sosnkowski"), derailed and damaged by the German planes on 10 September 1939 near Łochow station.
		Train's composition standard - from the left: flatcar, artillery wagon, armoured locomotive, assault wagon, szturmowy, artillery wagon and flatcar (not visible are the additional two wagons of auxiliary section).
		At a moment of an air raid, the armoured section had attached two wagons of an auxiliary section: a water tanker and a supply wagon - seen on top of the photos above.
	www.geocities.com /pibwl/gswreck.htm (384 words)

	Boer War Page 3
		Gaberones Jan 17: Boers fired 16 shells at armoured train [north of Crocodile Pools] from 5,800 yards.
		Lobatsi March 15: British armoured train from Lobatse on March 13th ventured towards Pitsane Poltoko [between Lobatse and Mafikeng, made famous as base for the Jameson Raid], ambushed by Boers awaiting the train with a gun on a curve in the line.
		On the following morning (March 17) the armoured train again patrolled steadily in the direction of Lobatsi and beyond Ootsi siding, where it was shelled by the Boers, who had evidently taken very little time in occupying the position we had been obliged to abandon.
	www.thuto.org /ubh/afhist/saw/saw03.htm (3053 words)

	Article - Russian armoured train proceeds to Chechnya as experts check track for mines - News From Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The whole journey from Mozdok to Khankala, which covers 160 km, is the zone of responsibility of the armoured train's bomb disposal engineers.
		The presents were brought less than an hour ago in an ordinary railway carriage which was attached to a rather unusual train - the Terek armoured train covers the 160-km journey from Mozdok in seven hours, repeatedly stopping on the way.
		Urgent repair of railway tracks is another task within the powers of the armoured train's crew - admittedly, of late local railwaymen have not been asking the military for help that often.
	www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_211164.php (558 words)

	The Piper of Pax: Chapter XI-The South African War
		The armoured train built at Buluwayo and Mafeking consisted of the armoured engine with an armed truck in front and one behind.
		A special communication railway had been laid for one and a half miles round the north-eastern front of the town for the use of the armoured train, and was, of course, for the defence of the town.
		The armoured train was sent out from Mafeking, the enemy were shelled and disappeared into the thick bush and rocks.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /bp-piper11.htm (4619 words)

	The Rail Withdrawal - 2Bangkok.com Forum
		In the meantime an armoured train driven by the the late Sergeant Eddie Augustin of the Railway Operating Maintenance Company (ROMC) of the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force (FMSVF) advanced 10 miles into Siam and blew up the Haadyai - Padang Besar bridge and then withdrew to Padang Besar.
		That said, most of the points were probably on the Malaysian side and the armoured train crew may have ensured it arrived in Padang on a 'default' straight-thru' route that required no 'switches'.
		The train moved north as far as the 200-foot girder bridge immediately south of Klong Ngeh.
	www.angkor.com /2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?t=1052 (2090 words)

	Pravda.RU Kim Jong-il’s train to make stopovers in Irkutsk and Lake Baikal
		On it way to Baikal, the train will have to drive through a long mountain tunnel, so it will have to be examined again after that at the Slyudyanka station located at the lake shore.
		The ecological expedition from the Japanese town of Musasino /26 schoolchildren with their teachers/ and the group from the Khabarovsk children's ecological center have begun joint acquaintance with the activities of the Wild Animals' Rehabilitation Center "Utyos".
		The special armoured train on which North-Korean leader Kim Jong-il is returning home, is to make today short stopovers in the city of Irkutsk and on Lake Baikal, sources in law-enforcement bodies say.
	english.pravda.ru /region/2001/08/13/12369.html (1698 words)

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