PzTrWg16 Train Blindé (Varsovie)

PzTrWg16 Train Blindé (Varsovie)
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PzTrWg16 Motorised armoured train, Warsaw

From today's point of view of armored trains seem to be a complete anachronism.
Today would have been useless on the battlefield. Because this powerful steel colossi would be easy to immobilize, if only for a spin the tracks,
But during WW1 and WW2 he have played an important roles in the history of wars.
For example, in the 20's, Poland had nearly a hundred of these trains, used by Poland russsian ean German during WW 2
What was it that these trains have played such an important role in history?
It is important to realize that things turn compared to other developing means of transport was the most developed, what more can be said that it was the only means of transportation is ideal for carrying large quantities of goods and armies.
One of the main tasks assigned to armored trains were so guard rail routes, but they also took part in many battles, supporting their own troops in operations
Layout of the entire composition of the armed armored train was very well thought out.
To strengthen the security at the beginning of the composition of mine rode a platform called. lora, which usually contained only a machine gun and sandbags. Then there was an artillery wagon.
The next, depending on the needs of a wagon or a base assault. In the middle of the composition was a steam engine which was the most protected heart of the train.
The other end of the composition was similarly equipped as the first, so this armored train was armed with both front and rear. The crew of the train consisted of at least 40 soldiers
Today armored trains virtually no longer exist.
The armored train of this Walk Around was preserved in Chabówka Museum of Warswaw and he is the only well-preserved as museum object in the whole of Europe
Is maintained inside the entire infrastructure and can therefore be re-firing
The train enters an armored motor car petrol engine is reinforced with artillery wagon, which was named the 16th Panzertriebwagen Outstanding is its weighting factor of up to 170 tons With an armour on the sides of 10 cm he can move at a speed of 60 km /
Armed with two guns and two anti-guns.
But the history of this Armoured train was epic
Thr first armourd train was the First Marshal named in honor of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski.
In 1920 it was one of the most modern train in Poland
At the outbreak of WW2 in September 1939 he was assigned to the composition of the army commanded by Gen. Krakow Anthony Szylinga under the command of Capt. Marshal. Leon Cymborski .He was stationed in Skawina.
In the morning, 1 September 1939,he received orders to force helped defend on the line from Rabka to Zywiec with mission patrolling the area Osielec-Jordan.
In the afternoon, First Marshal announced its arrival in the enemy firing from the German troops in Yordanova Spytkowice Obidowa and on the back.
In September 3 the train stationed in Jordans was under attack by German 2 Armoured Division In the evening the battle was coming to an end. Polish troops retreated.
During the retreate armored train might even shoot a German motorized column, forcing it to retreat.
In the following September, the train continued through the back of Cracow, Tarnów, Tarnobrzeg, Lublin, Kovel, against Red Army On September 22 he was bombed by Soviet aircraft. And he was abandoned by the soldiers
He was in the following days taken over and refurbished by the Russians for the NKVD
In June 1941 he was stationed in the vicinity of Ivano Frankivsk. After the outbreak of operation Barbrossa he fight against German armored trains.
After several days of fighting, was blown up by the crew.
Destroyed train took over Germany. After the renovation, they formed a strong armored train Panzerzug 10 consisting of two independent parts.
The first of these was Kampfzug A ( Polish armored train captured the Bold )
and the Kampfzug B, fomer First Marshal.
Thus formed Panzerzug 10 was sent to fight on the Eastern Front.
The year 1943 was divided into two separate trains.
Former First Marshal adopted the name Panzerzug 11th
In 1944 he enrolled in his part of the 16th Panzertriebwagen
In late 1944, Panzerzug 11th patrolled rail lines to Czestochowa, Krakow and Skarzysko.
In early 1945, after the Soviet offensive, he defended the train bridge in Ch?ciny Nida,
Requiring repair of motor wagon was sent to Gliwice, where he restored him to Wittenberg evacuated.
At the end of the war he was sent to the eastern front. On the night of 30 April to 1 May 1945, he derailed in Neu Ruppin in the morning was able to set it on the track and managed to escape the Russians. But the very next day he fell into their hands.