Armored Trains

[Aragorn243]

I was killing time in a train shop this afternoon and spotted a couple of books on armored trains, specifically German and Soviet armored trains.

I'm curious if anyone has any information on how effective these things were during the wars. During WWI I would expect them to have been pretty effective but during WWII it would seem that air power would severely reduce their worth, yet apparently the Germans put a good deal of effort into these, especially on the Eastern Front. Whether the Soviets followed their lead or not I don't know. Typical layout seems to be the engine and tender in the center with one or two cars on each end with either a built in protected tank or a tank turret on a special car. There are extensive anti-aircraft cars on each end and also artillery cars. These seem to be offensive or defensive weapons rather than special trains to carry special cargo.

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