Zaamurets (Russian: Заамурец), also commonly called Orlik (Czech: Orlík) among other names, was an armoured train built by the Russian Empire in 1916. While originally made to fight in the First World War, it was extensively used in the Russian Civil War by Bolsheviks, Ukrainian anarchists and most notably the Czechoslovak Legion.

Zaamurets is certainly one of the most famous armoured train that was ever built, perhaps less because of its strenght or composition, but more due to its very long career and properly amazing story, crossing an immense continent.

Jul 17, 2015 · Zaamurets — now coupled with BP-3 — went back into action. But German artillery soon ripped the train apart, so it limped back to Russia for repairs.

Jul 20, 2015 · Before carriers, formations of B-17 flying fortresses, submarine fleets and tank battalions, another kind of war machine ruled the battlefield: the armored train. During the early years of the 20th...

The Russian Army used several Armoured Trains during the war, one of them was the Zaamurets. The Zaamurets had been designed in 1916 on a Fax-Arbel flatbed. It had walls of 12-16mm armour and two Italian 60hp petrol motors.

Dec 21, 2024 · Zaamurets is certainly one of the most famous armoured train that was ever built, perhaps less because of its strenght or composition, but more due to its very long career and properly amazing story, crossing an immense continent.

Until 1917, the Russian Army used this train on the southwest front under its original name, the Zaamurets. Until March 1918, it served in various Red Guard units, passing eventually to Commander Polipanov, who christened it anew as armored train No. 4, Polipanovtsi.

May 27, 2024 · The Zaamurets (Russian: Заамурец) was an armoured train, originally built by the Russian Empire in 1916, that saw service during the First World War, Russian Civil War, and during the Chinese Warlord era.

Nov 19, 2024 · Zaamurets after the first modernization in Odessa, autumn 1917 - winter 1918. Before painting.

It was captured by the Japanese Kwantung Army in 1931, and then the Zaamurets disappeared into the mists of history, having fought across the Eurasian mainland from the Black Sea to the Pacific in its remarkable odyssey."