#zaamurets

[nelc]

Russian armoured train Zaamurets (also known as Orlik, BP-4, Lenin, and Train No. 105 by its various owners) was built in Odessa during WWI, fighting on the Galician Front. It then fought for the Tsarist forces in Poland. The Communists then sent it to Ukraine, then the Bolsheviks sent it south to fight the counter-revolutionaries, where it was captured by the Czech Legion, who took it to Vladivostok. Peace having been made between the Bolsheviks and the Czechs, it then fought against the Japanese, until it was surrendered. The Japanese, in turn, gave it up to the White Russians, who added it to their collection of 80-odd armoured trains and used it alongside Chinese Nationalists against the Japanese again, and other Chinese Nationalists. Japanese-backed nationalists captured it again... and then nobody knows what happened to it. Blown up, scrapped, fallen though a wormhole, kidnapped by time-travelling documentary film-makers?

[toocatsoriginals]

Russian Armored Trains - Early 20th Century / World War I / Russian Revolution

With a massive amount of land to cover, the Russian Army used numerous armored trains - sometimes known as Zaamurets. These self-propelled cars could operate independently or be used to pull additional cars. The Zaamurets shown in the bottom picture travelled the length of the Siberian Railroad, eventually passing from the Bolsheviks, to the Chinese Nationalists, and then the Japanese.

via Dark Roasted Blend