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Armoured Trains were heavily armed and armored trains operating the vast rail networks of Europe, especially on the Eastern Front of World War 1.
Their tactics and design evolved considerably during the First World War and the later Russian Civil War. From rather improvised locomotives to sophisticated designs specially built for combat purposes.
Armoured trains
Type 94 Armoured Train There were seven:
- Waggon-1 Reconnaissance Waggon (Manchuria Railway 50t coal waggon “Tai” modified)
- Waggon-2 Canone Waggon Ko (Manchuria Railway 60t waggon “Chii” modified)
- Waggon-3 Canone Waggon otsu (Manchuria Railway 60t waggon “Chii” modified)
- Waggon-4 Canone Waggon Hei (Manchuria Railway 60t waggon “Chii” modified)
- Waggon-5 Command Waggon (Manchuria Railway 60t coal waggon “Tasa” modified)
- Locomotive (Manchuria Railway type “Mikado”)
- Waggon-6 Tender Waggon (as support waggon)
- Waggon-7 Power Supply Waggon (Manchuria Railway 60t coal waggon “Tasa” modified)
Special Armoured Train
- Waggon-1 Protective Waggon (Manchuria Railway 30t waggon modified)
- Waggon-2 Heavy Canone Waggon (Manchuria Railway 50t coal waggon “Tai” modified)
- Waggon-3 Light Canone Waggon (Manchuria Railway 50t coal waggon “Tai” modified)
- Waggon-4 Infantry Waggon (Manchuria Railway 30t waggon modified)
- Waggon-5 Command Waggon (waggon was built two floors)
- Locomotive (Manchuria Railway type “Sorii” locomotive modified)
- Waggon-7 Materials Waggon (Manchuria Railway third class bogey “Ha-2” modified)
- Waggon-8 Infantry Waggon (Manchuria Railway 30t waggon modified)
- Waggon-9 Light Canone Waggon (Manchuria Railway 50t coal waggon “Tai” modified)
- Waggon-10 Howitzer Waggon (Manchuria Railway 50t coal waggon “Tai” modified)
- Waggon-11 Protective Waggon (Manchuria Railway 30t waggon modified)
Others types of Japanese Armoured trains
- Improvised Armoured Train
In 1920s, the Japanese built some improvised armoured trains converted from normal trains. They were used to guard the railways in Manchuria.[citation needed]
Source; The great war
