German Armoured Train 1942 Poland
pictures by Zbyszek Cheda

A part of a german armoured train build in 1942.
- The 12-axle armoured locomotive is powered by Diesel engine from MAN and is armed with two 100 mm howitzers in rotating turrets.
Total weight about 200 tons, armor 50-80 mm, build in factory Berlin-Schwarzkopff.
- 4-axle artillery wagon of BP-44 standard, built by the Germans using the captured Soviet wagon.
It might have belonged to armoured train Panzerzug 25, destroyed on 13 January 1945 near Kielce.
The artillery wagon is fitted now with dummy guns.
From 1945 to 1947 the train was used by Polish army and took part in combat against UPA partisans in Bieszczady Mountains.

If You want more information please visit http://pibwl.republika.pl/sok.php
Michal Derela's site is really very interesting (generally about Polish armor in 1939).

Zbyszek Cheda


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