Armoured Train "Kozma Minin"

This armoured train was built from October 1941 to February 1942. The armament consisted of two 76,2mm guns, 7,62mm machine guns, 25mm & 37mm AA guns and one M-8 rocket launcher. The train participated in the fighting for the Wolga and eventually reached the Oder in 1945. The train was partr of the 15th Independent Armoured Train Division, who was responsible for the destruction of the German armoured train "Adolf Hitler", 7 airplanes, 14 artillery and mortar batteries and 36 enemy strongpoints.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons