Every Weapon Used on Armored Trains Explained

Armored trains were moving fortresses, but every weapon they carried was shaped by one permanent weakness: they could never leave the rails. This military history documentary explains the weapons used on armored trains, from rifle ports and Maxim machine guns to autocannons, field guns, howitzers, anti-tank turrets, anti-aircraft cannon, mortars, rocket artillery, and guided anti-tank missiles. Along the way, we examine British armored trains in South Africa, Poland’s Danuta, Soviet BP-43 trains and rocket-armed formations, Germany’s BP-44, the French Foreign Legion’s La Rafale in Indochina, and the Krajina Express. We also separate true armored-train weapons from massive railway artillery such as the Schwerer Gustav. The final question is not simply how much firepower a train could carry, but how all those weapons worked together when the entire fighting system still depended on two narrow rails remaining intact. CHAPTERS 0:00 Rifle Ports and Small Arms 2:12 Machine Guns 4:22 Autocannons and Rapid-Fire Cannon 6:39 Field Guns and Naval Guns 9:00 Howitzers 11:22 Anti-Tank Guns and Tank Turrets 13:56 Anti-Aircraft Machine Guns and Cannon 16:29 Mortars and Grenade Launchers 18:47 Rocket Artillery 20:57 Guided Anti-Tank Missiles 22:48 Heavy Artillery and the Railway-Gun Boundary 24:55 The Armored Train as a Combined Weapons Platform Which armored train weapon do you think made the most sense for a vehicle that could never leave the rails? #MilitaryHistory #ArmoredTrains #WeaponsExplained