Armored train number 2 "Ilya Muromets" or armored train number 702 "Ilya Muromets" - an armored train (BP, product ), built in 1941-1942 as a gift from the Red Army railway workers of the Murom hub , and the formation ( armored train - BP) of the Main Armored Directorate of the Red Army , later BT and MV of the Red Army of the Armed Forces of the USSR . [3]
| Armored train No. 2 "Ilya Muromets" of the 31st separate special Gorky division of armored trains , from December 5, 1942 - No. 702 "Ilya Muromets" [1] | |
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 Replica of the armored locomotive of the armored train "Ilya Muromets" in the city of Murom | |
| Affiliation |  the USSR |
| Subordination | Commander of the 31st Special Separate Gorky Division of Armored Trains [2] |
| Exploitation | 1942 - 1945 |
| Manufacturer | car depot of the Murom junction |
| Participation in | World War II |
| Technical details | |
| Power point | armored locomotive ov |
| Reservation | 20–45 mm |
| The number of armored cars | 4-2 artillery armored sites , 2 anti-aircraft mortar armored sites. |
| Armament | |
| Light weapons | 12 machine guns - 8 7.62 mm Maxima and 4 7.62 mm DT |
| Artillery weapons | 4 76 mm F-34 guns and 2 RS launchers |
| Anti-aircraft weapons | Initially 4 76 mm RFP , after rearmament - 4 37 mm RF 61-K |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | N. Ya. Klochko , captain |
Content
History
All the main armored areas for the guns were cooked in their free time by the workers of the wagon depot . Foundry workers from Kulebak supplied armor. She was sheathed by an armored locomotive at the F.E.Dzerzhinsky plant in Murom . He took part in the Great Patriotic War .
The armored train was protected by armor with a thickness of 20-45 millimeters and for the entire war did not receive a single hole. The armored train traveled from Murom to Frankfurt an der Oder . During the war, he destroyed the German armored train, 7 aircraft , 14 guns and mortar batteries, 36 enemy firing points , 875 soldiers and officers .
Reservation of an armored locomotive - cylinders, driver’s and commander’s cabin - 45 mm, boiler and tender - 30 mm; armored platforms - sides - 45 mm, vertical artillery towers - 45 mm; roof - 20 mm Two indoor artillery armored sites, two open anti-aircraft mortar armored sites. Each covered armored area is armed with two 76.2 mm F-34 cannons in the towers of the T-34 tanks. In addition to the 7.62 mm DT machine guns coaxial with the guns, the armored areas had 4 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns in ball bearings in the sides - two on each side. The open anti-aircraft mortar sites initially had 2 76 mm Lender anti-aircraft guns front and rear, and in the central compartment along the M-8-24 launcher M-8 with 24 guides. For military services, the 31st separate special Gorky division of armored trains , which included the Ilya Muromets and Kozma Minin armored trains, was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky . [four]
It was decided to give the armored train the name of the legendary hero Ilya Muromets. However, Colonel Neplyuyev, who had come to "pick up" the armored train, had his own name for him: " For Homeland ." The builders of the armored train organized a rally at which they expressed a decision to drive the armored train to the front of the Murom brigade, and offered their name. Thus, at a rally on February 8, before sending the armored train to the front, the audience saw on its board the inscription “Ilya Muromets” and the image of the hero’s head. The inscription and drawing were ordered to be painted over, and assigned to the combat vehicle No. 2. But his name remained in the documents and in the minds of the builders and crew .
Ilya Muromets met the victory fifty kilometers from Berlin , since the destroyed bridge over the Oder prevented further travel to Berlin. [five]
In 1971, an armored steam locomotive was put into eternal parking.
As part of
- 31st Separate Special Gorky Armored Train Division [6]
Notes
- ↑ M.V. Kolomiyets. Armored trains in battle 1941-1945. "Steel Fortresses" of the Red Army. with. 64, 65.
- ↑ M.V. Kolomiyets. Armored trains in battle 1941-1945. "Steel Fortresses" of the Red Army. with. 64.
- ↑ 31st special Gorky-Warsaw Order of Alexander Nevsky division of armored trains .
- ↑ Kolomiyets M.V. Armored trains in the battle of 1941-1945. "Steel Fortresses" of the Red Army. with. 65, 66.
- ↑ M.V. Kolomiyets. Armored trains in battle 1941-1945. "Steel Fortresses" of the Red Army. with. 65.
- ↑ M.V. Kolomiyets. Armored trains in battle 1941-1945. "Steel Fortresses" of the Red Army. with. 63.
Literature
- Potekhin A.S. 31st Special. Gorky: Volga-Vyat. Prince Publishing House, 1978. - 192 p .;
- Kolomiyets MV Armored trains in battle 1941 - 1945. "Steel Fortress" of the Red Army. - M .: Strategy KM: Yauza: Eksmo, 2010.
Links
- 31st special Gorky-Warsaw Order of Alexander Nevsky division of armored trains : almost a copy of the article "31th special Gorky-Warsaw Order of Alexander Nevsky division of armored trains" from the book of Kolomyets "Armored trains in battle 1941-1945. "Steel Fortress" of the Red Army. " 2010.
- Armored train "Ilya Muromets" : photo, location on the map. Retrieved January 4, 2018
- www.murom.info. - the main page of the site of the city of Murom.
- Murom Museum of History and Art (inaccessible link) . 01/04/2018 is not valid.