Armor 

The OB-3 light armored train was an attempt by the Red Army to reconstitute the armored train forces quickly and inexpensively after the severe losses of 1941. The artillery cars are on simple two-axle wagons with only a single turret.

The OB-3 light armored train was an attempt by the Red Army to reconstitute the armored train forces quickly and inexpensively after the severe losses of 1941. The artillery cars are on simple two-axle wagons with only a single turret.

In Soviet Union from the beginning of the Second World War and till the end of 1941 armored trains were intensively manufactured. As a rule, they were built on the locomotive and car-repair factories, and in various railway depots from the impr...

This armored train (#1 of the 23rd battalion from 12.1941 till 12.1942; #604 from 12.1942 till 10.1943; #620 from 10.1943 till 05.1945) participated in operations at he Volkhov front and was in the field army till the end of World War II.