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FT17 rail transporter in Lipop factory at Warsaw
FT17 Rail Transporter


TK rail transporter
TK Rail Transporter


FT & TK rail transporters
TK And FT Rail Transporter

This set (combination) was marked as "Drezyna Pancerno Motorowa R" (The Armored Motored Wagon R).


Polish armored train "Smialy"- 1939.---Pol-1919-SmialyTrain.jpg (66279 bytes)---Pol-Smialy-Train-model.jpg (100756 bytes)
Polish Armored Train "Smialy"

The train was painted in standard Polish camoflage of sand, green, and brown. Seen is a Ti3-9 armored locomotive, artillery wagons, and transporters with FT and TK tanks. Smialy destroyed nearly 100 German tanks during the battles around Mokra City. This train was later captured by the Soviets and used by the NKVD. In 1941, the train was captured by the Germans and used by the German Army during the battle of Stalingrad. Two trains actually had the same name. Above shows the 1919 and 1939 versions.


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Last Update: Friday, June 21, 2002 11:38

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