Kit 5S72005 - French 305mm railway gun 1906. World War I was the culmination of a century of industrial growth. They moved the troops around quickly and safely from the enemy’s light weapons. Several of the key military powers of mainland Europe operated some form of armored train during World War 2 (1939-1945). Bennet Clark, Machine Gun Officer of the 9th Royal Scots in Edinburgh, wrote in his diary: ‘An Everywhere it went, … The British operated several "armoured trains" in Russia 1918-20. The real armored train. 35 comments. Heavily armored. Apr 25, 2016 - Explore William Greatbatch's board "german armoured trains" on Pinterest. 267 comments. Kit 5S72007 - German railroad gun 32cm M93(f) WWII. 97% Upvoted. Kit 5S72006 - Panzerjaeger-Triebwagen 16 with AA guns. Sort by. Kit 5S72004 - Zaamurets Russian armored train 1917. by JAMES SIMPSON. The start of a new project, creating a 00 Gauge WW1 Armored Train, featuring a bit of kit bashing and RTR modification.The aim of the project is to build a freelance Armored Train, based on a number of iconic Armored Trains from the First World War (most notably "Zaamurets" a famous WW1 Armored Train that fought it's way across Eurasia) and form a nice side project to my 009 Scale WW1 … Bristling with guns. 0:00. share. This thread is archived. This is a list of combat vehicles of World War I, including conceptual, experimental, prototype, training and production vehicles.The vehicles in this list were either used in combat, produced or designed during the First World War. The First World War saw armoured trains patrolling the coast to meet any threat from the German Navy. Image/Gif. Kit 5S72003 - Zaamurets Russian armored train 1916. The last surviving armoured train used to pull munitions to the front line in World War One has been painstakingly restored a century later. 0:00. Immediately following both world wars, The Engineer featured articles about the machines that had helped wage war and to protect the home front. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. See more ideas about Railway gun, Train, Model trains. Although poor health prevented Severini from enlisting in the military, he was obsessed by this first fully mechanized war. World War One saw the start of modern armoured warfare with an emphasis on using motor vehicles to provide support to the infantry. share. Settings. I appreciate the difference between an 'armoured' train and 'railway gun' carriage however the term 'armoured train' was used colloquially by the British during the campaign in Russia so the distinction is lost in both first hand and official accounts. View Comments. In 1919, we find a description of the fearsome armoured trains commissioned to help defend the coast. Fullscreen. 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