Transfer of the OB-3 type armored train "Podolsk Worker" to the Red Army @Pavel-Ten

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unedited archive film from Russian Channel @Pavel-Ten
Translated description:
On January 1, 1942, at the Ordzhonikidze plant in Podolsk, the Podolsky Rabochiy armored train was handed over to the Red Army. Subsequently, the armored train fought as part of the 55th Separate Division of Armored Trains on the Bryansk Front and fought its way to Belarus. He ended the war in Poznan as part of a group of Soviet troops in Germany.
from Wikipedia which seems to match the train on screen:
"With the outbreak of the war, the Podolsk Ordzhonikidze Plant , like other industrial enterprises in the country, stopped producing civilian products and was repurposed for military needs. On the night of October 15-16, 1941, the plant was evacuated to Sverdlovsk . However, production was maintained at the enterprise. In early December, the city defense committee instructed the plant staff to build an armored train for the Red Army . S. M. Govorov was appointed head of construction. The management of the Kursk Railway delivered a steam locomotive with a tender to the plant : four platforms and ten covered cars for the personnel of the armored train. The work was carried out on old, decommissioned equipment. The drawings sent to the plant also had to be modified due to the difficult production and material situation. Workers rested for two hours a day, and there was also a catastrophic lack of food. Despite the difficult conditions, a month later the armored train was ready to be sent to the front . The crew was formed from Podolsk volunteers. On December 31, 1941, the armored train was solemnly handed over to the command. Armored train N 1 of the 55th division of armored trains, built at the Podolsk plant named after Ordzhonikidze, consisted of an armored steam locomotive Ov N 870 (hardened armor 15+15 mm, tender 10+15 mm, armed quad anti-aircraft installation of Maxim machine guns ) and armored platforms N 825, 826, 827 and 828 (hardened armor 10+10+10 mm with an air gap of 80 mm, armament of each 76-mm cannon (N 825 - model 1902/30 , N 827 - model 190"
Battle Trail:
"'On January 1, 1942, the armored train left for the Moscow-Kursk Railway for testing. In the second half of February 1942, the armored train was connected to the second (heavy armored train) Kolomna Rabochy armored train with 4 heavy 152 mm howitzers [5] . The new combat unit became the 55th separate division of armored trains [1] . In April 1942, the vehicle's baptism of fire took place . The armored train operated on the Bryansk Front , in the Mtsensk region . On April 22, 1942, the armored train was tasked with making an artillery attack and clearing the way for our infantry and scouts . In this battle, the armored train was attacked by a flight group of enemy bombers . They bombed the railway and then began bombing armored trains. The gunpowder supply in the heavy train was ignited as a result of a bomb hit. of the site died The entire combat crew on the heavy train. Kretov's platform Senior Sergeant broke away and went downhill towards Mtsensk. Attempts to stop her were futile because the handbrake was broken. When the carriage moved about 200 meters away, the plane began to dive at it, but dropped the bomb inaccurately, in front, and it exploded in the center of the railway. A funnel formed, into which the carriage drove. The crew of the Podolsk Worker escaped without loss. On the night of April 30 to May 1, the tracks were restored and the train returned to base. After repairs, a third one was added to 55 odnbp train . It was unarmored, had simple platforms, had rails , sleepers and other necessary materials and two machine guns . The armored train took part in the battles for the city of Zhlobin . After the liberation of the city, a separate BP division arrived in Mozyr . For a month, the crew of the armored train was engaged in the fight against gangs Bandera in the area of ​​Manevichi station . The armored train then arrived in Brest . After a slight delay caused by the widening of the Polish railway gauge, the train arrived in April 1945 in Poznań . The crew of the armored train celebrated Victory Day in the city of Svaruntets . [6]"

[@jlcop]

I have been interested in armored trains since I first saw the movie "the Train" in the 1960s. So, I am enjoying your videos very much.

[@IronWarhorses]

your are very welcome! a lot of the good stuff is on Russian websites. in general Eastern Europe and Russia has a lot more interest in Armoured Trains as it feature much more in their history.