virtual tour of the tank museum in Kubinka
In front of the pavilion No. 7 on the tracks there is a MTB-2 motorized rifle “Stremitelny” (impetuous, slashing). It is similar in its contours and form to a submarine.
Hidden armor two powerful tank engines allow him to develop a speed of about 100 km / h! Three gun turrets, 16 machine guns. He is an active participant in the defense of Leningrad.
But this is only a motor-breeze car, and a full armored train 600-700-meter armor plating with guns, mortars, Katyusha rocket launchers, automatic anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, an armored locomotive with a tender, several control platforms with spare rails and sleepers etc. A peculiar land battleship. Contrary to the opinion that the armored trains were out of date during the Civil War, during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, more than 500 armored trains fought on steel arteries … including anti-aircraft armored trains, some of which defended Moscow. Some armored trains reached the Oder …
see also
- moto-armored wagon, TTX
PS In the summer of 2016 the armored train wagon was transported to the location of the Patriot Park and even accessible to visitors, and next to it there is a locomotive without a reservation.