The US at one time proposed having a railway-based system for the MX Missile program, but this never got past the planning stage. Missile transport – the USSR had railway-based RT-23 Molodets ICBMs by the late 1980s (to reduce the chances of a first strike succeeding in destroying the launchers for a retaliatory strike).The German Wehrmacht would sometimes use a flatbed car to carry a Fremdgerät light tank, such as a captured French Somua S-35 or Czech PzKpfw 38(t), or a Panzer II, which could quickly drive down a ramp and pursue enemy partisans away from the railway line.Platform – unarmoured, used for any purpose from the transport of ammunition or vehicles, through track repair or derailing protection to railroad ploughs for track destruction.Anti-tank – equipped with anti-tank guns, usually in a tank gun turret.
Command – similar to infantry wagons, but designed to be a train command centre.Anti-aircraft – equipped with anti-aircraft weapons.Machine gun – dedicated to machine guns.Infantry – designed to carry infantry units, may also mount machine guns.Artillery – fielding a mixture of guns, machine guns and rocket launchers.The rail cars on an armoured train were designed for many tasks. Design and equipment Ī TKS tankette used as an armoured reconnaissance draisine, an attempt to overcome one of the inflexibilities of the armoured train – being limited to the track An exception was the US " White Train", the Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Transport Train, armoured and escorted by personnel armed with personal weapons. Īrmoured trains were usually fighting systems, equipped with heavy weapons such as artillery. However, the Russian Federation used improvised armoured trains in the Second Chechen War of 1999–2009 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Most countries discontinued their use – road vehicles became much more powerful and offered more flexibility, and train tracks proved too vulnerable to sabotage and attacks from the air. For the most part they were used during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when they offered an innovative way to quickly move large amounts of firepower. Some also had slits used to fire small arms from the inside of the train, a facility especially prevalent in earlier armoured trains. Armoured trains usually include railway wagons armed with artillery, machine guns and autocannons. Only two preserved original cars from the other train exist they are exhibited in the Museum of Slovak National Uprising in Banská Bystrica.Īn armoured train is a railway train protected with armour. It is not the original, but a replica used in a film. Poor defensive tactics of the Syrian forces, IAF (Israeli Air Force) superiority and also an Israeli threat of a nuclear strike on Syria were pointed out by different analysts to be the causes of the Syrian defeat.The 'Hurban' Armoured train located in Zvolen, Slovakia. The Israeli forces lost 60-80 tanks while the Syrian forces lost total over 500 vehicles including 260 to 300 tanks. The Syrian forces withdrew on the Fourth day. Israeli Air Force also took part in action. However, Israeli forces received reinforcement within just 15 hours after the battle started. The Syrian war planners expected an Israeli reinforcement after at least 1 day. Though the Syrians gained much ground during the first offensive of the battle, they failed to move their tanks across the Israeli anti-tank ditches. Israeli forces initially managed to deploy only 176 tanks. The Syrian forces started the offensive and 100 aircraft also took part in a Syrian airstrike. 400 of the Syrian tanks were T-62s, the most modern Soviet tanks during that time. The Syrian forces were backed up by 900 more tanks and the total Syrian tank participation in the battle is estimated to be 1260.
Syria deployed 1 infantry division with around 500 tanks and vehicles while the Israel engaged 1 armored brigade with around 100 tanks.
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