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German military transport was mostly dependent on trains and horses in World War II. Railway sabotage during World War II was among the difficulties. Leaders also used military trains, for example Adolf Hitler's Amerika and Hermann Goering's Asien. Trains were protected by railcars armed with anti aircraft guns or flak waggon.
The Red Army had a large number of armoured trains at the start of World War II but many were lost in 1941. [33] Trains built later in the war tended to be fitted with T-34 or KV series tank turrets. [33] Others were fitted as specialist anti-aircraft batteries. [33] A few were fitted as heavy artillery batteries often using guns taken from ...
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.
"Skilled Staff Operates Hospital Trains Carrying Wounded Veterans" article from the June 1, 1945 issue of The Falmouth Enterprise; United States Army G-10 — photo and short history of a rare Medical Department version of a World War II Army "troop kitchen" car that has undergone a post-War conversion into a guard car, complete with a cupola.
The following classes of Kriegslokomotive were procured by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and other customers (industrial and military railways) during the Second World War: Former Kriegslokomotive, rebuilt by Deutsche Reichsbahn Steam locomotives (Kriegsdampflokomotive or "KDL") DRB Class 52 (KDL 1) BMB Class 534.0 (KDL 2) [7] DRG Class 42 (KDL 3)
The U.S. Military Railroad (USMRR) was established by the United States War Department as a separate agency to operate any rail lines seized by the government during the American Civil War. An Act of Congress of 31 January 1862 [ 2 ] authorized President Abraham Lincoln to seize control of the railroads and telegraph for military use in January ...
Military Railway service SSI. The Military Railway Service was created in the 1920s as a reserve force of the United States Army.It had existed twice before: first as the United States Military Railroad during the American Civil War, and later as the United States Railroad Administration during World War I.
Preserved command car of German World War II era armoured train BP-44 from the railway museum in Bratislava. The BP-42/44 armored train was designed explicitly for anti-guerilla warfare. [14] In addition to various anti-partisan and pacification actions, Germans employed armored trains to secure their rail transportation networks. [14]