Chapter Polish Armor Trains in the Polish-Soviet War 1919–1921
An armored train is an armored steam locomotive with several wagons, armed with cannons and machine guns. This weapon has evolved since the invention of the train in 1825. Poland did not have a tradition of using armored trains. The development of this weapon, after Poland regained independence in 1...
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| description | An armored train is an armored steam locomotive with several wagons, armed with cannons and machine guns. This weapon has evolved since the invention of the train in 1825. Poland did not have a tradition of using armored trains. The development of this weapon, after Poland regained independence in 1918, followed the patterns taken from the partitioning powers. During the Polish-Soviet war, their use was favored by the vast terrain on which the hostilities took place. For their course, it was important to have control over railway lines and junctions, which was achieved thanks to the use of armored trains. The intensity of the fighting and the military's need for this type of weapon, with the simultaneous lack of appropriate plants and specialists, meant that a large part of these machines did not come from factories but was temporarily improvised with the use of materials at hand. The effectiveness of armored trains in battle during the war with the Bolsheviks meant that in the interwar period this type of weapon was still being developed. It was successfully used during World War II, which was followed by the decline of armored trains. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1563392025-03-07T15:11:45Z Chapter Polish Armor Trains in the Polish-Soviet War 1919–1921 Lajdenfrost, Adam tools of war Blue Army Roman military ancient siege art Polish medieval cavalry urban arsenals guerrilla warfare military industry General Aleksander Litwinowicz imagology engineering troops war propaganda Middle East World War II Aviation Polish-Bolshevik war IRA Arab League An armored train is an armored steam locomotive with several wagons, armed with cannons and machine guns. This weapon has evolved since the invention of the train in 1825. Poland did not have a tradition of using armored trains. The development of this weapon, after Poland regained independence in 1918, followed the patterns taken from the partitioning powers. During the Polish-Soviet war, their use was favored by the vast terrain on which the hostilities took place. For their course, it was important to have control over railway lines and junctions, which was achieved thanks to the use of armored trains. The intensity of the fighting and the military's need for this type of weapon, with the simultaneous lack of appropriate plants and specialists, meant that a large part of these machines did not come from factories but was temporarily improvised with the use of materials at hand. The effectiveness of armored trains in battle during the war with the Bolsheviks meant that in the interwar period this type of weapon was still being developed. It was successfully used during World War II, which was followed by the decline of armored trains. 2025-03-07T15:11:43Z 2025-03-07T15:11:43Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788383313733_1989 9788383313733 9788383313726 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/156339 pol image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/815 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8331-372-6.07 An armored train is an armored steam locomotive with several wagons, armed with cannons and machine guns. This weapon has evolved since the invention of the train in 1825. Poland did not have a tradition of using armored trains. The development of this weapon, after Poland regained independence in 1918, followed the patterns taken from the partitioning powers. During the Polish-Soviet war, their use was favored by the vast terrain on which the hostilities took place. For their course, it was important to have control over railway lines and junctions, which was achieved thanks to the use of armored trains. The intensity of the fighting and the military's need for this type of weapon, with the simultaneous lack of appropriate plants and specialists, meant that a large part of these machines did not come from factories but was temporarily improvised with the use of materials at hand. The effectiveness of armored trains in battle during the war with the Bolsheviks meant that in the interwar period this type of weapon was still being developed. It was successfully used during World War II, which was followed by the decline of armored trains. 10.18778/8331-372-6.07 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788383313733 9788383313726 129-181 open access |
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| topic | tools of war Blue Army Roman military ancient siege art Polish medieval cavalry urban arsenals guerrilla warfare military industry General Aleksander Litwinowicz imagology engineering troops war propaganda Middle East World War II Aviation Polish-Bolshevik war IRA Arab League |
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