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Preserved command car of German World War II era armoured train BP-44 from the railway museum in Bratislava A German BP42 armoured train in the Balkans, 1943. During the Slovak National Uprising, the Slovak resistance used three armoured trains. They were named Hurban, Štefánik and Masaryk.
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.
Besides the DRG, the German Armed Forces had their own locomotive classes. A field railway locomotive belonging to the Army were known as a Heeresfeldbahnlokomotive or HF. Standard gauge engines for the Wehrmacht , mostly diesel switchers, were designated "Wehrmacht Standard Gauge Locomotive" ( Wehrmachtslokomotive für Regelspur ) or WR.
Turkey, TCDD class 56501 – 10 locomotives purchased from Germany in 1943, a further 43 loaned from Germany in 1943-44, which were permanently seized when Turkey declared war on Germany. Yugoslavia , Yugoslav Railways JŽ 33 – nearly 350 [ 8 ] including 15 supplied directly to Serbia and 24 to Croatia during the occupation.
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]
Sd.Kfz. stood for Sonder Kraftfahrzeug or ‘special-purpose vehicle'. Sd.Kfz. designations were assigned to armoured vehicles and other vehicles put in military service for a specific purpose. The system was used by Germany prior to and throughout World War II. Sd. Kfz. 100s for PzKpfw I versions; Sd. Kfz. 120s for PzKpfw II versions
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
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.