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An armoured train (Commonwealth English) or armored train (American English) is a railway train protected with heavy metal plating and which often includes railway wagons armed with artillery, machine guns, and autocannons. Some have also had ports used to fire small arms from the inside of the train, especially in earlier armoured trains.
The No. 1 Armoured Train; During World War II, the Canadian high command implemented this armoured train for protection of the Canadian National Railway line between Prince Rupert, an important naval port for the Aleutian Island campaign, and Terrace, from potential attack by Japanese aircraft, submarines/gunboats, and infantry.
Zaamurets (Russian: Заамурец), also commonly called Orlik (Czech: Orlík) among other names, was an armoured train built by the Russian Empire in 1916. While originally made to fight in the First World War, it was extensively used in the Russian Civil War by Bolsheviks, Ukrainian anarchists and most notably the Czechoslovak Legion.
The Armored Train Regiment (Estonian: Soomusrongirügement) was an armored regiment of the Estonian Defense Forces from 1934–1940. In 1939, the strength of the regiment was 544 men. [ 1 ] The symbol of the regiment was a skull with wings on train wheels, symbolizing how armored trains fought in the Estonian Independence War .
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Light armoured train [116] Belgium & United Kingdom. Heavy "Anglo-Belgian" armoured train [117] Germany. Deutsches Heer armoured train [118] Russia. Zaamurets armoured train [119] South Africa. South African Engineer Corps armoured train [120] The LNWR built two armoured trains for the defence of the east coast of England United Kingdom. GNR(I ...
The Russian armoured train Baikal is an armoured train currently in use by Russia in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in 2022. [5] Unlike the newer trains Yenisei and Volga, Baikal was already built long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Both Baikal and its sister train, Amur were reactivated back in 2016, originally for rear-line ...
The Russian armoured train Volga (call sign "Breakthrough") is an armoured train currently in use by Russia in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in 2022. [4] Unlike its sister train Yenisei, which is built primarily for logistics and refugee ferrying, Volga is primarily used for engineering, reconnaissance, mine clearance, restoration of damaged railway tracks, and escorting cargo within the ...