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Gromobój (armoured train)

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Polish soldier in front of the armoured train Gromobój in Sanok 1918.

Gromobój was a Polish improvised armoured train from the period of the Polish-Ukrainian war (1918-1919).[1] The train took part in the fighting in the area of the rail junction in Zagórz.[2] The train's armour was constructed from walls of brick, between which was river gravel. The locomotive used in the train was an ex-Austro-Hungarian kkStB Class 229.

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  1. ^ "Poland Armoured Trains". Nevington War Museum. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. ^ "The defenders of the Zagórz railway junction in 1918 – CPK Zagórz EN". cpkzagorz.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 4 November 2024.