Soviet Armored Trains

[Pirate-Drakk]

The Armored train Hurban was an armored train used during World War II, during the Slovak National Uprising. The Hurban was constucted on September 25, 1944 in the Railway Manufactory in Zvolen, Slovakia, and was the last armored train used in the Slovak National Uprising.


Armament
It was equipped with:

a 8cm vz.17 field gun located in a cannon car
4 37 mm guns located in tank cars
11 heavy machine guns of 7.92 caliber

Combat history
The commander of the train was Captain J. Kukliš, and his assistant was Lt. J. Belko, together commanding a crew of 71 men. Hurban operated in the Brezno – Červená Skala area against the 18th division SS Horst Wessel and from October 23 – 24 1944 was the main factor in the fight for the upper flow of the Hron river. Despite suffering a damaged engine, it repulsed all German attack. It was pulled to Harmanec, where it was abandoned in a railway tunnel, the crew fighting on as a partisan detachment.

Shamelessly plagiarized from:
Armored train Hurban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Pirate-Drakk]

Another great site with pics and lots of info:
Soviet Armored Trains

[TRDG]

Love the info P.D., as well as the pics from everyone else!!

Cheers, to more combat info on these armoured trains.

TRDG

Tom

[cyberia]

Three random photographs of soviet armored trains
No information on types, dates or locations

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by Pirate-Drakk

Another great site with pics and lots of info:
Soviet Armored Trains

Very cool P-D. I see a few there that I found in one of my books.

[cyberia]

I found these pics of what may have been one of the few Soviet armor trains that actually followed a set design...

BP-43 armored train car with with T34/76 turrets

Three apparently identical BP-43 cars attached to an unidentified train
Those are coaxial 7.62 mm machine guns on the side walls

[cyberia]

Every time I think I've run of of these, I find more...

[cyberia]

Photos taken inside a Soviet armored train...

A gunner works an elevating gear inside a 150mm gun turret





Communication command turret

[TRDG]

Thanks cyberia

I did'nt know the Russians did that much camo on their trains, compared to their combat vehicles.

Cheers, just the Green and winter white for the most part for their tanks....

Tom

[AMVAS]

Originally Posted by cyberia

OK guys, a few others I was able to dig up...

[center]

I believe this one was named "Kotovski"

True. Named after the hero of the Civil Wr

The "Moscow"

Nope, its correct name "The Moscovite"

Regards
Alex