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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 ...
Armoured train: 1 Russia: Built in 2016 and retrofitted in 2022 for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to serve for front-line logistical and fire support. [250] [252] Volga: Armoured train: 1 Russia: Built in 2022 for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to serve for rear-line anti-mine countermeasure and anti-sabotage operations. [253] [254] [255 ...
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 Russian armoured train Amur is an armoured train currently in use by Russia in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in 2022. [3] Unlike the newer trains Yenisei and Volga, Amur was already built long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Both Amur and its sister train, Baikal, were reactivated back in 2016, originally for rear-line logistical ...
An armoured train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Russia, the country’s state news agency reported today. The agency RIA, citing one of its correspondents in Russia’s ...
The train was halted, with tanker cars ablaze, and army units fired U.S.-supplied HIMARS missiles at the site. "The missiles struck the locomotive and cars at the end of the train.
The Privolzhskaya Railway (Приволжская железная дорога; "Volga Railway") is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Saratov. It serves the Saratov, Volgograd, and Astrakhan regions of Russia. Its three branches are headquartered in Saratov, Volgograd, and Astrakhan. The railway route length totals 4236,8 km.
Mulitple armoured Russian vehicles have been destroyed in battle near Maryinka, Ukraine. Footage posted on Facebook on 28 February by the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade shows military ...