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Armoured Trains: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia 1826-2016 (Hardcover)
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Armoured Trains: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia 1826-2016 (Hardcover)
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The military was quick to see the advantages of railways in
warfare, whether for the rapid deployment of men or the movement of
heavy equipment like artillery. From here it was a short step to
making the train a potent weapon in its own right - a mobile fort
or a battleship on rails. Armed and armoured, they became the first
practical self-propelled war machines, which by the time of the
American Civil War were able to make a significant contribution to
battlefield success. Thereafter, almost every belligerent nation
with a railway system made some use of armoured rolling stock,
ranging from low-intensity colonial policing to the massive
employment of armoured trains during the Russian Civil War. And
although they were somewhat eclipsed as frontline weapons by the
development of the tank and other AFVs, armoured trains retained a
role as late as the civil wars in the former republic of
Yugoslavia. This truly encyclopaedic book covers, country by
country, the huge range of fighting equipment that rode the rails
over nearly two centuries.While it outlines the place of armoured
trains in the evolution of warfare, it concentrates on details of
their design through a vast array of photographs and the author's
meticulous drawings. Published in French in 1989, this highly
regarded work has been completely revised and expanded for this
English edition. It remains the last word on the subject.
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