>Russian Armored Train "Yenisei" used somewhere in temporarily occupied territory
>The train was equipped with a BMP-2 and a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun.
looks fun

bmp

air defense not sleeping for once

Annnnd it's gone.

tactical tire on top of train

>>63912857 (OP)
>The train was equipped with a BMP-2
It fucking is. With the entire vehicle. What. It's equiped with a whole bmp2.

>>63912857 (OP)
I remember doing this with CV90's from the back of HET's in Afghanistan

is this the comfiest job in the army?

>>63912857 (OP)
>Armored
>Sheet metal
While neat this seems like a poor decision

>>63912892
Not that odd. Armored trains were equipped with armored cars quite often so you could plop it down next to the track and check for ambushes ahead.

>armored trains roll across the Ukrainian steppes
Flat fucking circle.

>>63912861
Kino

>>63912910
>tailgunner on a tactical choo-choo
yeah, probably max comfy. hopefully they have the seat on hydraulic mounts

>>63912914
better than picrel

Imagine ukie fpv pilots' erections after seeing this...

>>63912943
Someone call up Nestor Makhno.

wtf is the point of this? It will just get droned the second it gets near the frontline


This seems like tankie “omg so badass” propaganda by putting a useless aa gun on top of an old train

>>63912950
The tartar way of shock absorption is a bag of dough.

>>63913133
>wtf is the point of this?
Who cares?

>It will just get droned the second it gets near the frontline
Probably, yeah. But then we'll get to have our cake and eat it too.

>>63913133
>wtf is the point of this?
Giving the people making and manning it an excuse to not be at the front.

>>63913222
It's been running since almost the beginning of the war so clearly it's survivable

>>63913133
To be fair it looks cool. It's useless show of "we are doing something, Pussya strong" but at least this time, it is cool.

>>63913493
As you can see it also doesn't carry anthing besides those guns meant to protect it so I would've guessed it's not priority target given the fact that it serves for propaganda purposes only.

>>63913493
here s your (you) , i don t know if this is bait but you got me , everyday my opinion that ziggers opinions can t be changed gets reinforced

>>63912943
I'm reminded of that Generation Kill quote.

"People been fighting over this bitch since ancient times, Dog. How many graves we standing on? Think about all the wisdom and science and money and civilization it took to build these machines, and the courage of all the men who came here, and the love of their wives and children that was in their hearts. And all that hate, Dog. All the hate it took to blow these motherfuckers away. It's destiny, Dog. White man's gotta rule the world."

>>63912910
i would guess good all think considered,
kinda safe,
logistics are important so you don't get drafted to the trenches like the nuclear forces did
limited health risks
unlikely to get extorted by your superiors
great meme job to tell your grandkids


cons,

fun in summer more fun in winter
fun in the sun more fun in the rain
no glasses / gear constant eye infections
train might get hit or just canceled in that case frontline
somewhat close to the front line and a large target

>>63912892
>>63912917
>BMP
Call me when it has AA missiles, two additional security trains, an entire commando company that checks the tracks beforehand and a helicopter landing pad:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeyangho_armoured_train

Just recreate and drone-ify this thing, put a bunch of explosives on it, and send it up the tracks to them.

Problem solved.

>>63912857 (OP)
sovl

>>63912857 (OP)
SOVL

>>63912857 (OP)
Russians made something with a sovl for once. Looks top comfy.

trains are truly white man's kryptonite

>>63913666
And India's apex predator.

>>63912857 (OP)
>Gunner even has storage shed for his mobik boi puss
sovl

>>63912869
shooting in the wrong direction nonetheless, so might take a nap

>>63912857 (OP)
>>63912861
>>63912869
Fucking WW2 saw better armored trains than this.

>>63913513
It's able to attach to cargo trailers and pull them, this is how trains have worked since the early 9th century try and keep up bud

Can I get this in Train Simulator? And does it cost more than the real thing?

>>63913940
Probably.

>>63912972
this looks like a parade float

>>63912857 (OP)
You only get the armored train power up when your team is losing really bad in Battlefield.

MAybe they can add a couple of the T-62's they are putting back in service to these trains.

>>63913937
*This* is what armored trains are supposed to look like. The shit I'm seeing in this thread is embarrassing.

>>63912857 (OP)
Impressive. Very nice. Now let's bait it with a few Lyutys and rain some tungsten on it.

>>63913937
If the vatnik sovl-trains can do the same job as a real armored train but cheaper, then they are objectively right to nig-rig it

>>63913666
Have you seen those videos of people making their own rail carts to ride old abandoned rail ways?

>>63912917
That BMP isn't coming off of there without a fucking crane.
>>63913133
>wtf is the point of this
Look at these cool photos

>>63914099
https://x.com/fortifiedtaras/status/1913589439869108269

Meh, mediocre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhHbq8X5nYs

>>63912857 (OP)
>no crew accommodation car by the looks of it

Even the fucking Serbs had a converted passenger car hooked up to the Krajina Express so the crews could work in shifts

>>63912943

Fuckers are literally living my childhood dream of a train full of guns

Also thread theme

https://youtu.be/-6ajzta05AU?si=T7RFSG2byv9ZlK_c

>>63912910
if you can actually get stationed on a train, yes.
The only problem is that the Railway Corps is filled with weak bitch draft dodgers who enlist for the same idea, as well as that train crews have been getting sent to the trenches.

>>63914361
>as well as that train crews have been getting sent to the trenches
Well Tokmak trains have become the front line so that doesn't seem unreasonable.

>>63914182
Why would the crew of a propaganda piece need to stay on it after the filming is done?

>>63912857 (OP)
>>Russian Armored Train
We 1919 nao

>>63914095
Easy target for orbital EMP weapon “Зoлoтoй глaз”

>>63912910
>Name my band!
The porks destroyers.

>>63913526
>when I'm in a "being one of the greatest pieces of television ever created" competition and my opponent is generation kill
what a fucking show honestly
>captcha 2WHARRR

>>63912892
>>63912917
The krajina express had an m18 hellcat for some reason

>>63913133
I'm not saying this train is a good example of the idea, but AAA carriages are a potential solution to drone attacks on supply trains passing through that 40-60km danger zone behind the front lines, especially if combined with good intel and EWAR

>>63913526
>His overuse of the word 'dog' drove me up the wall so I shot him, sir. He was trying to be hip & philosophical when what he really was is upstate in-bred trailer trash.

>>63913133
The point is to defend against hypothetical insurgents who could blow up the tracks and then kill the train driver or whatever

>>63912910
It depends on whether that wagon is being pulled by the locomotive or being pushed.

>>63912972
>Better put a big Z on it. We don't want to get mistaken for a Ukrainian armored train

>>63913133
I'll give you a hint: these types of trains not only predate drones, they predate airplanes.

Shouldn't they strengthen the roof before they add side armor to prevent cargo from being lost to cheap kills?
Are there a lot of attacks from invading enemy soldiers or local partisans?

>>63913548
How are you planning on pulling it?

>>63913937
>better armored trains than this.
and worse

>>63912917
Sometimes you didn't need the train part.

>heavily armored train carrying war-weary soldiers fending off countless attacks through hostile slavic wastes
I enjoyed that game

>>63913937

A lot of the early-war German armored trains were just as improvised.

>>63915732

The Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway actually rebuilt a mockup of this specific train for the 70th Anniversary of WW2 about 10 years ago.

>>63915297
Yugos had them left over as immediate post-WWII surplus.

>t. used to lurk Red Dragon forums

>>63915297
Wtf has the guy at the centre below has on the top of his head? The one smoking with a pistol holster

>>63912857 (OP)
That is a fucking embarrassment to its ancestors.

>>63915964
Jock strap

>>63915796
Based.

>>63915956
I know how they ended up with one, I'm not sure why they thought it was a good idea to put it on a train.

>>63915706
>The point is to defend against hypothetical insurgents who could blow up the tracks and then kill the train driver or whatever
It's really a question of what options would open up to the enemy if it wasn't there.
A lightly armed train could be stopped by two guys with SMGs.

>>63915714
>>Better put a big Z on it. We don't want to get mistaken for a Ukrainian armored train
Seems like a valid concern if Russian drone operators are anything like Russian air defence operators.

>>63915726
>Shouldn't they strengthen the roof before they add side armor to prevent cargo from being lost to cheap kills?
>Are there a lot of attacks from invading enemy soldiers or local partisans?
That's all they're really worried about.
Well, all they used to be worried about.

I imagine the Tokmak train crews are wishing they had top armour, or hastily retrofitting it as we speak.
It used to be just a long-range sabotage group or a handful of partisans with captured weapons but now air raids are actually a concern in the rear, as they should be.

>>63912857 (OP)
Just imagine all the homosex as the train chugs along

>>63915964
>Wtf has the guy at the centre below has on the top of his head?
I like to imagine that the officer he's talking to is asking him that precise question.

>Pvt anon, why do you have a jock strap on your head in place of your regulation beret?
It's more likely that it's just a radio headset that's pushed back so he can hear what the officer is saying.
I favour this because he's armed with a pistol like a tanker or radio operator despite not being obviously an officer himself.

>>63914137
Actually, it can do it easily. Note that there's space behind it for it to back up and turn. It'll be a bumpy drop, but emergency disembarkation is a fairly well-established procedure even for MBT's.
Of course, it's unlikely to be able of climbing back aboard without the help of a platform or such, but that's a secondary issue.

>>63916795
>Of course, it's unlikely to be able of climbing back aboard without the help of a platform or such, but that's a secondary issue.
wooden railway sleepers, it's the rail worlds universal construction block

>>63916795
won't that fuck the front torsion bars given it is dropping half a meter or more?

>>63916821
nah if yer carful, real slow like

>>63916625
>all aboard the man-train!

>>63915732
That's just like, your opinion, man. Tiny armed trains we awesome. Complete with the risk of random kraut plane trying to strafe or bomb you.

>>63916625
>>63916863
Reminds me of an old Finnish webcomic that went something like:
>be train factory
>manager: hey guys, great news, we've got a government contract! Let's make a train!
>gay "train" ensues, manager facepalming in the background

>>63912861
I thought they meant bmp 2 as in they shoved the turret from one on. Nopw. That's the whole damn IFV. Christ.

>>63916795
>Note that there's space behind it for it to back up and turn.
I don't know if there is, it looks like it would hit something if it tried to reverse and turn in place.
I think this section is actually ramps, so they could unhook the cars behind it and unload that way.

>>63918115
>I think this section is actually ramps, so they could unhook the cars behind it and unload that way.
I think you're right, those tires are clearly supposed to contact the ground.
So unhook the car and make some space, then drop the ramp and the BMP drives down on to the rails and then off them.

There's a chance that it's just being stowed like that and is supposed to be removed and put sideways on the car but I doubt that.

>>63916543
Frankly, it makes a fair bit of sense to me. The Hellcat was long obsolete even by then, it was lightly-armored even for its time since it's a TD, not a tank. However, if you slap it on a train you get two things. First, its light armor means you're not adding as much weight as you would if you parked a T-55 on a flat car, for example. Second, the turret. Instead of having to nigger-rig a rotating turret or just deal with big fire deadzones because all you have are a couple SPG-9s or something similar, you've got potentially full 360 fields of fire standard, no modification necessary.

>>63912869
What does that screen do exactly? If a grenade explodes there, you die anyway

>>63912885
catches rain water for drinking

>>63919273
>What does that screen do exactly?
It could potentially catch VOG drops without them exploding and basic grenades of any common kind are probably going to bounce or roll off before detonation.
It's useless against a lot of things but there are some specific niches it will help against.
It probably makes the gunner feel a bit safer too. If there's any perspex in those screens then they'll keep the rain off if you rotate the gun towards the tail, that would limit the effectiveness against VOG drops though.

>>63912885
>tactical tire on top of train
>>63919292
>catches rain water for drinking
I'm fairly sure that's the bottom of the ramp that the BMP will drive off.

>>63913133
>wtf is the point of this?
Trains move a shitload of equipment very efficiently. You want it to have some sort of defense so that it can’t just be captured by one guy wielding a pistol.
>drone strike a train
If we’re talking about those fpv drones it will take a lot more firepower to take a train out of commission. And anything vital that could be damaged on the train also has to be non field repairable or patchable, or have no redundancy which doesn’t seem likely seeing as usually there are multiple locomotives.