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Miniatures Adventure => Railway Wargaming => Topic started by: Fitz on November 11, 2021, 02:08:23 AM

Title: BP-44 Armoured Locomotive
Post by: Fitz on November 11, 2021, 02:08:23 AM

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The BP-44 was a WWII German armoured locomotive, used to propel mixed AA, anti-tank, artillery and infantry trains.

Germany didn't use armoured trains as much as others, such as the Soviet Union, but they did have some. Generally speaking, armoured trains tended to fall out of favour over the course of the war as road or tracked vehicles were more flexible and became ever more potent, and railway tracks were very vulnerable to sabotage and aerial attack.

This is a 1:100 scale model for 15mm gaming. It was designed by a chap called Tolawdjk, and came from Thingiverse.

Title: Re: BP-44 Armoured Locomotive
Post by: carlos marighela on November 11, 2021, 10:16:10 PM

That's a really impressive model! Beautifully painted too.

Title: Re: BP-44 Armoured Locomotive
Post by: has.been on November 12, 2021, 01:02:54 PM

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That's a really impressive model! Beautifully painted too.

I agree, even though I would find no use for it myself. :)

Title: Re: BP-44 Armoured Locomotive
Post by: voltan on November 12, 2021, 08:04:11 PM

Very nice, makes me want to watch the train again.