Kolomna worker

During the manufacture of the armored train (BP), two four-axle platforms were equipped with weapons and lined with armor . After the final assembly of the armored areas, the city defense committee made a new decision. It indicated the need for the construction of armored cars and platforms, which will be part of the armored train under the name "Kolomensky worker." For this purpose Golutvin was taken for this purpose a steam locomotive of the OV series , which was repaired by the workers of the Kolomensky Zavod under the direction of the master K.K. On the armored sites were placed guns of caliber 152 mm. The composition of the armored train - armored locomotive Oak N 105 (non-hardened armor 20 mm, tender 10 mm, driver's booth 23 mm), 2 artillery armored vehicles N 843, 844 (non-hardened armor 29 + 6 mm, towers 10 + 13 mm, 2 152 mm howitzers weapons Vickers ^[1] and 3 DT machine guns ) and 4-axle anti-aircraft defense platform N 867 (non-hardened armor 29 + 6 mm, armed with one 37 mm and one 25 mm automatic anti-aircraft guns and 3 DT machine guns ). ^[2]

In January 1942, an armored train went to the front . First they arrived in Moscow , the fighting vehicle got on the siding of the Moscow Ring Railway , then proceeded to the base station, which determined the Chern station, on which four divisions of armored trains (DNBP) were stationed simultaneously - 10th, 31st , 38- the 55th and 55th, which bunkered the steam locomotives, replenished supplies of material resources, conducted classes with personnel, that is, they were preparing for military operations . And the Kolomensky Worker was part of the 55th division along with the Podolsky Worker armored train, covering the section Mtsensk - Tula , south of Moscow - in the Zusha River region . ^[3]

On the basis of the directive of the chief of the GABTU KA No. 701624 of March 19, 1942, the 55th detachment detachment was placed at the disposal of the 3rd army of the Bryansk Front, where it became operational subordinate of the head of artillery of the 240th rifle division near the city of Mtsensk. The deployment of the division was the station Chern. On April 26, 1942, the 55th ODBP received the task of suppressing enemy bunkers in the area of ​​heights 208.0 and 214.6, after which it was supposed to move the fire deep into the German defense and concentrate it on the roads leading to Mtsensk. At 5:00 a.m. on April 27, both armored trains fell into firing positions and opened fire in the area of ​​the Bastyevo station: “Having fulfilled the task, and by 11.30 suppressing 30 bunkers and 2 batteries, the armored trains were ordered to depart in order of priority to replenish ammunition. After that, they received an order to transfer the fire to Mtsensk station and the roads leading to the city from the west. And the division successfully completed this task. At 13.20, enemy aircraft attacked 7 armored aircraft and bombed one Bepo No. 2 armor and one Bepo No. 1 bombing system. Reflecting the aircraft’s attack, the armored trains moved to the Bastievo area, leaving 2 damaged sites on the battle line and one not damaged, cut off by way. Urgent measures were taken to correct the route and the withdrawal of the armored sites, and by 7:00 on May 2, 1942 the entire materiel was withdrawn and delivered to Skuratov. As a result of the battle, the division lost 27 people - 14 killed and 13 wounded. It should be concluded that due to the lack of cover for the actions of armored trains by aviation and their continued stay on the battle line for 9 hours, German aviation was able to attack them. The guns installed on the sites of armored trains of both No. 1 and No. 2 on the structures are old, quite worn out before the war, therefore, as a result of a long battle, some of them were out of order and require major repairs. "During the battle, spent: 152 mm rounds - 800, 76 mm - 919, 37 mm - 195, 25 mm - 350." As a result, the division sent two armored sites and an armored locomotive for repair to Kolomna (from Bepo No. 2, also received damage during the battle), where they arrived on July 7, 1942 (instead of a broken heavy site, they made a new one). After repair, the train was again sent to combat missions in the Tula - Mtsensk region. From April 27, 1942 to July 1943, the 55th Detachment Detachment Directorate did not conduct active hostilities, guarding the Chern, Vypolzovo and Skuratov stations from air attacks. During this time, according to the headquarters of the division, 6 German planes were shot down and shot down. On the basis of the order of the chief of GBTU KA No. 110942 (1 dated December 5, 1942, armored trains received new numbers: No. I - No. 664, No. 2 “Kolomensky Rabochiy” - No. 698. ^[4]

The armored train went through the whole war, participating in the battles near Tula, the military operation near Orel, crossing the Dnieper and crossing the Drut , the Wislo-Oder , Berlin and other operations. ^{[4] The} armored train met victory on the coast of the Baltic Sea north of Berlin ^[5] .

• Podolsky worker
• Armored train "South Ural Railway"
• Armored train "For Stalin!"
• Kolomensky Zavod

• P. Gorelik “EVERYTHING BEGINS WITH AN ARMORED TRAIN”.
• Armored trains in the battle of 1941-1945. "Steel Fortresses" of the Red Army. Maxim Kolomiets. - M .: Strategy KM: Yauza: Eksmo, 2010. - 160 p.
• 55th separate division of armored trains