Gromobój was a Polish improvised
armoured train
An armoured train (Commonwealth English) or armored train (American English) is a railway train protected with heavy metal plating and which often includes railway wagons armed with artillery, machine guns, and autocannons. Some have also h ...
from the period of the
Polish-Ukrainian war (1918-1919). The train took part in the fighting in the area of the rail junction in
Zagórz
Zagórz (; ) is a town in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on the river Osława in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, located south-east of Sanok on the way to Ustrzyki Dolne, distance. The nearest towns in northeastern Slovakia ...
.
The train's armour was constructed from walls of brick, between which was river gravel. The
locomotive
A locomotive is a rail transport, rail vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. However, Push–pull train, push–pull operation has become common, and in the pursuit for ...
used in the train was an ex-
Austro-
Hungarian kkStB Class 229
The kkStB 229 was a class of passenger s with the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways (''k.k. österreichische Staatsbahnen''), kkStB.
History
In order to improve local passenger services the kkStB procured 1′C n2vt ( saturated 2-cylind ...
.
See also
*
List of armoured trains
This is a list of armoured trains of different countries.
Canada
*The No. 1 Armoured Train
During World War II, the Canadian high command implemented this armoured train for protection of the Canadian National Railway line between Prince Rupe ...
References
Armoured trains of Poland
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