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It’s actually an obsolete piece of warfare: the armored train. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, one is used.
What does this mean for the Ukraine war? The Russian Ministry of Defense has Use of an armored train in the war zone informed. The crew on the train, named after the Volga River (length: 3530 kilometers), is used for technical reconnaissance and mine clearance. He can also destroy military targets in the air and on the ground.
The ministry’s statement says: “This massive armament complex enables the soldiers to work even under the most difficult conditions.” The soldiers there have simple firearms, but also large-caliber equipment. “That is a real armored train, armed to the teeth.”
Ukraine War: Armored Train is an armored railway train
What is meant by an armored train? It’s relatively simple. This is one Railway train armored for defense. He is also armed himself and can attack targets. It was mainly used in the First World War, but also in the Russian (1917/1918) and Chinese civil wars (1927 to 1949).
Ukraine war: what can the armored train do?
A soldier named Vyacheslav who Air defense chief According to the Russian news agency Ria, who is on one of the armored trains, explained the advantages of the train as follows: “During the journey, we detect low-flying aircraft and can destroy them at a distance of 1.5 kilometers. Also, fortified positions and lightly armored ground vehicles up to 2.5 kilometers away can be attacked.”
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