CZK - Motorový obrněný vlak Generál Pavlík

On 6-7/1945, a pair of motorised armoured trains were assembled at Nymburk (the base of the Armoured Train Company (ROV)). They were named MOV Stalin and MOV General Pavlik. Each had one gun, one command and two machine gun carriages (the trains were mostly composed of the German motorized armored train No. 206). The commander of the MOV General Pavlik became Lt. Mór and the train was sent to Postoloprt and then to Chomutov upon completion.
As of 28.8.1945 it was in the report of capt. Bartošík (ROV commander) stated that in the MOV General Pavlík's line-up there were a pair of gun carriages (1x 7.5 cm gun and 5x heavy machine gun MG 34) and a pair of machine gun carriages (6x heavy machine gun MG 34).
The train was moved to Svinov on 2 October 1945.
Towards the end of 1945, MOV General Pavlik had two gun and three machine-gun carriages, which were supplemented by a Steyr-Daimler light motorized tracked armored car (LKOV vz. 44 N).
In 1947, a proposal was made to create a single set of armoured trains. In the case of the motorized armored trains, the consist was to have eight cars. At the same time, a change in the marking of the car markings was discussed. The POV proposal was not accepted by the VTV HQ and it decided to go ahead with its own wagon marking proposal.


As of 27.12.1949, the consist and marking of OV General Pavlik (meanwhile changed to OV-7) was as follows:



Explanatory notes:
Old designation:
P - General Pavlik
No. 1 - rail battle wagon
Number 2 - 0 (steam OV battle car), 1 (motor OV battle car)
3rd number - serial number of the OV
4th number - 1 (preliminary), 2 (gun), 3 (tank), 4 (mortar), 5 (machine gun), 6 (reconnaissance)
5. number - order of the car of the same type


New designation:
T - serial designation (Czechoslovak Railways did not use them plus six digits as in CSD)
1st number - 1 (combat steam), 2 (combat diesel)
2nd number - number of the set
3rd number - 1 (preliminary), 2 (gun), 3 (tank), 4 (mortar), 5 (machine gun), 6 (reconnaissance)
Numbers 4 and 6 - for CSD purposes, determines if the car has a manned handbrake. When number 4 starts with 4, the car has a manned handbrake. If the 6th number is odd (odd) then the car has a pressure brake pipe only, if the 6th number is even (even) then the car has a pressure brake.
5th number - in connection with the 3rd number determines the order of that particular wagon of the identical type


In 1950, the advance wagon underwent a modification (replacement of automatic clutches with normal clutches).


As of 3/1953, the OV-7 consist was as follows:



Due to technical advances, armored trains had minimal chance of survival on the battlefield in the mid-1950s, and so the decision was made to disband the armored train unit.
On 1 November 1954, VU 4566 Mlada was officially disbanded and the equipment was phased out.

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