Zaamurets

Zaamurets
TypeArmoured train
Place of originRussia
Service history
In service1916 - c.1931
Used by Russian Empire (1916-1918)
Ukrainian anarchists (1918)
Red Guards (1918)
Czechoslovak Legion (1918-1920)
White movement (1920-1931)
Empire of Japan (1931-?)
WarsWorld War I
Russian Civil War
Second Zhili–Fengtian War
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Production history
No. built1
Specifications
Rate of fire60 rpm (Nordenfelt)

Armor12mm on curved and inclined surfaces
16mm on vertical surfaces
Main
armament
2x 57mm QF 6-pounder Nordenfelt guns (1916 - August 1918)
2x 76mm M1902 guns (August 1918-)
Secondary
armament
c.12 machine guns
Engine1x Fiat 60 hp petrol engine
1x Florence 60 hp petrol engine
SuspensionUnique to Zaamurets
Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph)
References[1]

Zaamurets (Russian: Заамурец), also commonly called Orlik (Czech: Orlík) among other names, was an armoured train built by the Russian Empire in 1916. While originally made to fight in the First World War, it was extensively used in the Russian Civil War by Bolshevik forces and most notably the Czechoslovak Legion, before being used by the White Movement to serve Chinese warlords. During its service it was frequently renamed and nicknamed as it changed hands and traveled across Eurasia.

  1. ^ Kolomiets 2007, pp. 10–20.