Unimodel 611 Armoured Train Type OB-3 Railroader 1/72 scale

In Soviet Union from the beginning of the Second World War and till the end of 1941 armoured trains were intensively manufactured. As a rule, they were built on the locomotive and car-repair factories, and in various railway depots from the improvised materials and accessories. Very often parts of the tanks broken in fights were applied to construction of armoured trains. From a few tens of the built armoured trains the main part was of the OB-3 type (facilitated).

The armoured train "Railroader" was made in Moscow depot in December 1941. It was the typical representative of this kind. It consisted of 4 armoured platforms (armoured carriages), constructed on the basis of 20 ton platforms, with one tank turret (T-26) on each of them, and of armoured locomotive of type which was put in the middle of structure between two pairs of platforms. This train was armoured by plates in the thickness of 20-30 mm (steam locomotive) and 30-40 mm (carriages) from ordinary constructional steel. It was passed in structure of 23 battalions under 1 at the beginning of 1942. The crew of the armoured train consisted of 60-80 people. It took part in battle operations and was in a field army till the end of the Second World War. Experience of application in fights of such armoured trains has revealed many lacks, especially weak air forces protection; however they have served as a prototype for creation in further of more perfect constructions of the armoured trains.

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