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Zaamurets | |
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Type | Armoured train |
Place of origin | Russia |
Service history | |
In service | 1916 - 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-?) |
Wars | World War I Russian Civil War Second Zhili–Fengtian War Japanese invasion of Manchuria |
Production history | |
No. built | 1 |
Specifications | |
Rate of fire | 60 rpm (Nordenfelt) |
Armor | 12mm 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 |
Engine | 1x Fiat 60 hp petrol engine 1x Florence 60 hp petrol engine |
Suspension | Unique 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 While originally made to fight in the First World War, it was extensively used in the Russian Civil War by Bolshevik forces and most notably the Czechoslovak Legion, before being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.