Improvizovaný pancierový vlak Zaisťovacej divízie „Orol“

Improvised Armoured Train of a Security Division „Eagle“

Autor: MIČIANIK Pavel

MIČIANIK, Pavel: Improvizovaný pancierový vlak Zaisťovacej divízie „Orol“

MIČIANIK, Pavel: Improvised Armoured Train of a Security Division „Eagle“.

Vojenská história, 4, 12, 2008, pp. 10–19.

The Author describes an issue of the involvement of Slovak security brigade in the East Front. Based on an archive study he analyses the activity of the armoured train in a complex way, which was self-made by the soldiers of an Infantry Regiment 102 Security Brigade in the spring of 1942. During a one-year performance it served in a various military tasks connected to „connectivity and security“ service of the rails between the guards and the crews. Several times there was an eff ective participation in the fi ghts against Soviet partisans. The Author draws the attention to the fact that there was no other train like this built by anyone.

Key words: Military History. The Soviet Union. World War Two. Slovak Army. Armoured trains. 1942.

Ročník: 12 | Číslo: 4/2008 | Stránky: 10–19