Armored Trains of the Red Army
during the Russian Civil War

Armored Train Configurations (in silouette)

Translation & Research by Craig Martelle

1. Anti-Aircraft Armored Train from the lzhorsk Factory.
2. 4th Petrograd (also called 44 in the name of Volodarskiy).
3. No. 41 Translation: "Glorious Leader Egorov of the Red Army".
4. 3rd Petrograd Translation: "Avenger".
5. No. 67 Translation: "Volga native".
6. 2nd Petrograd. 8. No. 87 Translation: "III International".
9. No. 14.
10. No. 10 Translation: "in the name of Roza Luxembourg".
11. No. 17 Translation: "Death or victory".
12. No. 85.
13. Translation: "In the Name of Comrade L. Trotskiy".
14. No. 64 Translation: "Central Armor".
16. No. 3 Translation: "Power to the Soviets".
18. No. 4 Translation: "Communard".
19. No. 20.
20. No. 71 Translation: "In the name of Volodarskiy" (Akthyr' native).
21. No. 7 Translation: "The Razin Wall".
24. No. 45 Translation: "In the name of III International".
25. No. 100 Translation: "A Free Russia".
26. No. 98 Translation: "Soviet Russia".
27. No. 27 Translation: "Tempest".
28. No. 89 Translation: "In the name of L.D. Trotsky".
29. No. 96 Translation: "Red Hurricane".
30. No. 60 Translation: "In the name of Karl Liebknecht".
31. (Korosten'skiy Region) - Translation: "Communist".
32. No. 34A Translation: "Red Army Soldier".
33. No. 2 Translation: "Death or victory" - original configuration.
35. Translation: "The Minsk Communist in the name of Lenin".
36. No. 6 Translation: "The Putilovs in the name of Lenin" original configuration.
36a. No. 6 Translation: "Putilovs" - later configuration (armored flatcar and tender as seen in the line drawings).
37 Translation: "Comrade Lenin". Armored Train No. 36 in the name of V.I. Lenin is analogous to Armored Train No. 20.

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