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| Posted by: De Petrowski Alexander March 11, 2006 03:07 pm |
| What's the history of the Rumanian armoured trains in WW 2 ? How many Soviet armoured trains were confronted (destroyed or captured) in the war ? |
| Posted by: dragos March 13, 2006 05:02 pm | ||
The Soviets built four armoured trains during the siege of Odessa and delivered them to the Army.  Source: N. Krylov, Glory Eternal - Defence of Odessa 1941 |
| Posted by: Victor March 13, 2006 07:24 pm |
| One was knocked out on 17 August 1941 by the aircraft of the 6th Mixed Bomber Group, 5 km NW of Vygoda Railway Station. |
| Posted by: sid guttridge April 03, 2006 01:06 pm |
| Hi Guys, Which leads to the question as to why, if the Germans, Soviets, Hungarians and Slovaks all found uses for armoured trains on or behind the Eastern front, the Romanians did not make use of them? Or do we simply not know about them yet? Cheers, Sid. |