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German Armored Trains

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Post by panzer228 » 31 Mar 2008, 19:57

Does anyone know if the germans used armored trains in WW2? If so, what were those names?

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Post by JTV » 31 Mar 2008, 21:15

panzer228 wrote:Does anyone know if the germans used armored trains in WW2? If so, what were those names?
They did, both captured and ones they built - and in very large scale. Some recommended reading:
http://www.paradesquare.ca/railway/ww2.htm

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Post by NagaSadow » 01 Apr 2008, 02:55

Command trains:
I - III, 72a, 72b

Flak trains:
Langhammer, Breslau

Armored draisines:
15 - 23, 30 - 38, 51 - 55

Armored trains:
1 - 7, 10 (Kampfzug I), 10 (Kampfzug II), 11, 21 - 32, 51, 52, 60 - 84, 103 - 105, 206, 209, A, Hoek van Holland, Nyland Straße, Panzerzug Pi.Rgt. 617

Light armored reconnaissance trains:
301 - 304

Heavy armored reconnaissance trains:
201 - 210

Armored demonstration trains:
5

Railroad protection trains:
45, 83, 101, 102, 104 - 109, 202 - 210, 214, 222, 223, 321, 350, 420, 601, 607, 777, Adria, Anna, Bär, Bergen, Berlin, Blücher, Bordeaux. Caesar, Streckenschutzzug Eisb.Pi.Rgt. 3, Erika, Grong, Heinrich, Hela, Igel, Leutnant Marx, Lilli, Luise, Marlen, Max, Michael, Moritz, Mornardal, Muhr, München, Narvik, Norwegen, Novara, Nowo, Polko, Rübezahl, Stettin, Voss, Werner, Wolf, Zobten

Workshop trains:
1, 2

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Post by sir dude » 02 Apr 2008, 05:54

Heres an German link on this subject,
Cheers.
http://forum.panzer-archiv.de/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

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Post by Jan-Hendrik » 17 Feb 2017, 15:27

At Balsi, too!

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Post by hucks216 » 17 Feb 2017, 19:24

And also a great book on the subject... https://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Armored ... 0764335235

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Post by Jan-Hendrik » 27 Dec 2018, 09:43

Klak-PzZug 'Muhr' was at the Krim in 1944:

GDiR

GDiR 2

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