World B4
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I would like to learn more about rail cruisers (also called motorwagons) and armored draisines from the period of 1914-1924. For those unfamiliar, a rail cruiser is an armored train car that has it's own engines and armament and can operate independently, though they could also be used in regular armored trains along with other cars. Armored draisines are smaller, lighter variants of the same concept, typically only having a single small turret if any.
They were pretty diverse in the 1930s and 1940s, but rare during World War 1, when the armored train concept really took off. I am only aware of 2 at the moment, those being the famous Orlik/Zaamurets of Russia->Czechloslovak Foreign Legion, and the less well known Austro Hungarian Motorkanonwagen.
I made this thread to hopefully learn about more from this time period.
They were pretty diverse in the 1930s and 1940s, but rare during World War 1, when the armored train concept really took off. I am only aware of 2 at the moment, those being the famous Orlik/Zaamurets of Russia->Czechloslovak Foreign Legion, and the less well known Austro Hungarian Motorkanonwagen.
I made this thread to hopefully learn about more from this time period.
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