Armoured trains

https://www.rbth.com/economics/2014/06/03/the_armoured_trains_that_turned_the_tide_of_the_russian_civil_war_35699

    • D61 [any]
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      4 years ago

      scratches head

      Limited use unless somebody is wanting to defend a train itself from being taken intact.

      Tracks can be monitored by light patrols, by aircraft, and in open flat lands anybody with binoculars can keep an eye on the tracks over long distances during daylight/clear days. Radio/telegraph can be used to report track damages to keep the train from derailing, though it would impede travel. Also, damaging the track can hurt a partisan's efforts in the long term as a civilian populace probably needs the supplies that trains move around. Piss off the civilians too much and they'll turn on partisans.

      • AlexandairBabeuf [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        yeah I can see these being good for preventing hijackings from the guerillas in the hills. maybe not for taking the fight to another army tho.

        • D61 [any]
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          4 years ago

          yeah.

          Though, I'd imagine that being able to roll artillery along rail lines might make sense if you were needing to lay seige to a city on the way... shrugs