Armored train 1942?

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Armored train 1942?

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Post by Peter H » 13 Mar 2010, 05:48

From ebay,seller dixie_auctions

I wonder were this operated?
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Re: Armored train 1942?

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Post by Peter H » 14 Mar 2010, 02:59

Thanks,but can't see the pics. :(

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Post by YC Chen » 16 Mar 2010, 12:11

Ok. Here are the photos:
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Post by YC Chen » 16 Mar 2010, 12:12

And this:
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Post by YC Chen » 16 Mar 2010, 12:13

And this:
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Post by YC Chen » 16 Mar 2010, 12:14

And this:
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More photos are welcome!!

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Post by Leonard » 16 Mar 2010, 19:26

According to the last picture, it is used by the units of Ma Zhanshan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Zhanshan).

If so, it has to be in Suiyuan Province (now Inner Mongolia). It may have been leftover from the Northeastern Army Era.

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Post by Peter H » 17 Mar 2010, 11:06

Thanks gents,much appreciated.

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Post by YC Chen » 19 Mar 2010, 13:12

Leonard wrote:According to the last picture, it is used by the units of Ma Zhanshan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Zhanshan).

If so, it has to be in Suiyuan Province (now Inner Mongolia). It may have been leftover from the Northeastern Army Era.
Yes, the original caption says so. I made this note below the photo so I would not forget the original caption.
And you can see how many people were needed to serve this monster!

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Post by Leonard » 19 Mar 2010, 14:01

>>you can see how many people were needed to serve this monster!

Yes, it was a battleship on the ground! :)

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Post by Peter H » 19 Mar 2010, 14:25

Same ebay seller,dixie_auctions

Ten years earlier,1932,near Shanghai front,another armored train
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Post by YC Chen » 20 Mar 2010, 09:33

I have never seen this type before. It looks like an improvised one.
It is said that a few Chinese armored train also took part in the battle of Nanking in December 1937.

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Post by Peter H » 28 Mar 2010, 02:51

Ebay,dixie_auctions again.

Another 1932 photo
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Post by Leonard » 28 Mar 2010, 04:36

The last photo has the name "Hu Kwwang" on the train. Hu-Kwang refers to "Hunan-Kwangtung", together with the uniforms of the soldiers, suggest this is an armored train of the northern expedition army.

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