SVK - Improvisovaný pancéřový vlak Orol

Improvizovaný pancierový vlak Orol
It was a construction completely built in the occupied territory in the control area of Assurance-Division (part of Ukraine and Belarus) - IPV (combat name OROL) was built in spring 1942 by members of Infantry Regiment 102 under the command of Maj. Martin Strapák (commander of the 1st Battalion of the 102nd Infantry Regiment). The primary motive for the positioning of the armored train was the experience gained with the deployment of the German armored train No. 25, which greatly aided in the destruction of the partisan group in the Ivaskovichi area. It was the effectiveness of this fighting vehicle that motivated the construction of an armoured train of its own, which would extend the possibilities of defending the entrusted section of north-eastern Ukraine and southern Belarus.

The construction used a German tender locomotive of class 57 (it is not certain whether the same locomotive was in the train's consist throughout its entire lifetime - any similar locomotive could have been used) and two double-axle cars belonging to the Reichsbahn - a flatbed one (on the latter they placed a non-running tank BT-5 without tracks and armament - the gun was replaced by a heavy machine gun vz. 24) and covered. The locomotive itself was not armoured, unlike the wagons. The covered wagon was equipped with two single-seat machine gun turrets on the roof, probably from a T-28 tank, or T-35 armed with a light machine gun vz. 26 located at both ends of the wagon. In addition to the turrets, there were two gun turrets on each side of the wagon where 2 light and 2 heavy (one on each side) machine guns of 7.92 mm caliber were placed. The wagons were plastered with armour plates from broken Soviet tanks.
The set was supplemented at both ends by so-called buffer wagons (1 to 2) filled with sand and used to activate mines. Later, one more armoured carriage (probably built on a flatcar chassis) was added to the set, as the train's original armament proved insufficient in combat. This wagon had an armoured superstructure in the middle (shelter for the gun crew), on the roof of which was again a machine gun turret from a decommissioned Soviet tank armed with a machine gun vz. 26 and on the platforms at both ends of the superstructure were placed heavy weapons - an 81 mm mortar vz. 36 and a 37 mm anti-tank cannon KPÚV vz. 37.
The crew consisted of 1 officer, 23 men + 2 sappers to defuse mines on the line.

Slovak soldiers used the train for more than a year. The train patrolled the line daily, delivering mail, provisions or taking part in anti-partisan fighting. The train did not always operate as a compact unit - many times individual cars were deployed separately to protect other units. The train's combat career ended on 27.05.1943, when at about 10:30 a.m. it ran into a mine while moving from Ovruč to Jelsko (about 21 km south of Jelsko, 3 km north of the settlement of Slavečna). The mine destroyed a locomotive, an armoured carriage and a trailer. The explosion wounded one soldier severely and one slightly. After this date there are no reports on the activities of IPV Orol.
For more detailed information on the combat actions of IPV Eagle, see the freely available source (VHÚ/Archive) listed below.

Vojenská história 4/2008, article by Pavel Michianik "Improvised armoured train of the Zaisťovacej divízie Orol", VHÚ, Bratislava 2008, ISSN 1335-3314
http://www.vhu.sk/uvodna-stranka/


Merging the contributions of Košićan and perun39 for compactness of the topic.
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Since the links to the Slovak VHÚ page cannot be displayed, I attach a freely available document in .pdf format.
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Vojenská história 4/2008, článok Pavla Mičianika "Improvizovaný pancierový vlak Zaisťovacej divízie Orol", VHÚ, Bratislava 2008, ISSN 1335-3314
https://www.vhu.sk/uvodna-stranka/

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SVK - Improvisovaný pancéřový vlak Orol - Guľometný vagón

Guľometný vagón
SVK - Improvisovaný pancéřový vlak Orol - Železničné depo Ovruč. Pancierovanie pochádzalo zo zničených sovietských tankov.

Železničné depo Ovruč. Pancierovanie pochádzalo zo zničených sovietských tankov.
SVK - Improvisovaný pancéřový vlak Orol - 9.9.1942 - inšpekčná cesta po slovenských posádkach na trati Pinsk - Gomeľ nového veliteľa ZD plk.gšt. Rudolfa Pilfouseka.

9.9.1942 - inšpekčná cesta po slovenských posádkach na trati Pinsk - Gomeľ nového veliteľa ZD plk.gšt. Rudolfa Pilfouseka.
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Táto téma bola presunutá z diskusie Slovenská armáda 1939-1945 (text upravil buko1)

Záber na tento vozeň s tankom je v knihe Od Tatier po Kaukaz, str. 153, MNO Bratislava 1942, popis je tuším v Slovenskom vojsku pravdepodobne ročník 1942. Posádka mala aj maskota vlčiaka Rexa. Vlak sa osvedčil a podnikol niekoľko úspešných akcií. Nakoniec nabehol na mínu.
Veliteľ mjr. M. Strapák, postavili ho 8.5.42 v Mozyre, používal sa prevažne na trati Pinsk - Gomeľ.

Vyzbroj:
2 x ťažký guľomet vz.24
5 x ľahký gulomet vz.26
1 x 8 cm minomet vz.36
1 x KPÚV 37 mm

Jeden ťažký guľomet bol zamontovaný do veže BT-5, ten mal na veži pripevnenú schránku na materiál.

Poznámka:
Údaje opraveny podle informace kolegy "cimbala".
Moderátor Jiří Tintěra
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Na vagoně se nachází BT-5 s Mariupolskou (starou) věží a "schránka na nářadí" slouží jako protizávaží. Tanku BT-5 chybí tlumič výfuku a kryt výdechu chladícího vzduchu.

Poznámka:
Vážený pane kolego, dovolil jsem si sloučit text posledních kolonek.
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