Armored Trains (Croatia)
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- Published: 18 February 2013 18 February 2013
- Last Updated: 18 February 2013 18 February 2013
by H.L. deZeng IV
Note: some of these trains carry a number and some carry a name. Some of them may be one and the same train. Not enough information is available to sort them out, assuming that this would be possible. It is the nature of armored trains, and all trains for that matter, that the locomotives and railway cars can be uncoupled, switched around, renamed and reassigned.
Armored Train No. 1 (Oklopni vlak br. 1)
1943-44 operating along the railway lines to the north and east of Zagreb. Crewed by the 2d Armored Train Co.
Armored Train No. 1 (Oklopni vlak br. 1)
Aug – Sep 43: operating along the track section Maglaj – Zavidovići and Sarajevo – Visoko in East Bosnia. Crewed by 3d Armored Train Co.
Armored Train No. 2 (Oklopni vlak br. 2)
Apr 42: first identified. Operated along the railway lines to the north and east of Zagreb. Crewed by the 2d Armored Train Co.
Armored Train No. 2 Vuk (Oklopni vlak br. 2 Vuk)
Aug – Sep 43: operated along the track sections Sarajevo – Višegrad and Sarajevo – Vardište. Crewed by 3d Armored Train Co. On 4 September 1944 it was noted as operating from the Ustiprača railway station under the control of III Replacement Brigade/III Corps (HQ in Sarajevo).
Armored Train No. 3 (Oklopni vlak br. 3)
1943-45: operated from the Karlovac railway station along the track sections Karlovac – Zagreb and Ozalj – Rečica. Crewed by the 5th Armored Train Co.
Armored Train No. 3 Lisac (Oklopni vlak br. 3 Lisac)
Aug – Sep 43: operated along the track sections Visoko – Lasva and Sarajevo – Rama. Crewed by 3d Armored Train Co. In August 1944 it was operating from the Stambulčić railway station under the control of XI Ustasha Brigade/III Corps.
Armored Train Ris (Oklopni vlak Ris)
1 Mar 44: operated from the Konjic railway station along the track section Rama – Bradina. In August 1944 it was operating along the track section Sarajevo – Mostar.
Provisional Armored Train Gabela (Pomoćni željeznički oklopni vlak Gabela)
4 Sep 44: operated from the Gabela railway station in the Metković of South Dalmatia under the control of IX Ustasha Brigade/III Corps.
Provisional Armored Train Lašva (Pomoćni željeznički oklopni vlak Lašva)
4 Sep 44: operated from the Lašva railway station in the Zenica area of East Bosnia under the control of the XVII Railway Security Battalion/III Corps.
Provisional Armored Train Neretva (Pomoćni željeznički oklopni vlak Neretva)
1 Mar 44: operating from the Jablanica railway station along the track section Rama – Mostar under the control of the 2d Mountain Brigade/III Corps. On 4 September 1944 it was operating from the Ostrožac railway station.
Provisional Armored Train Vareš (Pomoćni željeznički oklopni vlak Vareš)
1 Sep 43: operated from the Vareš railway station in East Bosnia along the track section Vareš – Podlugovi.
Provisional Armored Train Zenica I (Pomoćni željeznički oklopni vlak Zenica I)
1 Sep 43: operated from the Kankanj railway station along the track section Lašva – Visoko.
Provisional Armored Train Zenica II (Pomoćni željeznički oklopni vlak Zenica II)
4 Sep 44: operated from the Zenica railway station under the control of the XVII Railway Security Battalion/III Corps.