''Smok Kaszubski'' (" Kashubian Dragon") was an improvised Polish armoured train, which served in the Polish defenses during the

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in 1939. The train was part of the

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. The train was built in September 1939, at the initiative of '' Kapitan marynarki'' Jerzy Błeszyński, by employees of the workshop of the naval port in Gdynia. For the construction of the steel plates, steel from the hulls of unfinished destroyers ''Orkan'' and ''Huragan'' was used. The first commander of the train was ''Kapitan'' Błeszyński. After his injury on 9 September 1939 in Wejherowo, command of the train was taken over by ''Porucznik marynarki'' Florian Hubicki. The operating personnel of the train was mostly formed by the Gdynian railways workers and sailors from the former company servicing the port. Composition of the train:
- 1 × tank locomotive

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armoured with steel plates
- 2 × armoured cars for troops
- 2 × battle cars Armor:
9mm high-tensile steel all-around the engine and cars' sides
6mm steel cars' roofs Armament:
- 1 × Vickers 40mm AA gun, taken from ORP ''Mazur''
- 1 × 47 mm

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, formerly a saluting gun on ORP ''Bałtyk''
- 11 × machine guns
- 30 × small arms from ORP ''Wicher''

See also