Training of "Yenisei" armored train crew from Group of Forces "Centr" in Krasnoarmeysk direction, Moscow Oblast, June 2025
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magnum_the_nerd@reddit
The BMP-2 jerryrigged to the back is amazing
Maeng_Doom@reddit
ARMORED TRAINS IN 2025! God have we gone full circle.
forrestpen@reddit
Did you see the Mad Max train the russians were using at the start of the war?
therealSamtheCat@reddit
No? Which one?
Stergenman@reddit
https://youtu.be/ibN0khAqsWY?si=F-gU1qbPWRx8llAc
Here
therealSamtheCat@reddit
Thanks!
Maeng_Doom@reddit
No but sounds interesting looking.
Luknron@reddit
Or rather some countries are still affected by the weaknesses of the past.
Not many countries need armoured trains.
Maeng_Doom@reddit
I don't need one but I want one.
anafuckboi@reddit
I think most countries would adopt them if at war long enough they make sense for trains operating close to the front
King_Rediusz@reddit
The world (of combat) is healing.
ninguem1122@reddit
And trench warfare…
Very_Board@reddit
Thats never going away as long as hole in the ground remains a good place for cover
PatrickKn12@reddit
Persistent sub-terranean warfare only a matter of time
Maleficent_Delay9902@reddit
Needs a KV 2 turret
84Windsor351@reddit
I love this train
flintiteTV@reddit
ARMORED TRAINS ARE BACK
JamesJayhawk@reddit
Be a shame if a single drone stopped the whole train
Mundane-Contact1766@reddit
I mean if the train have Jammed or EW then is problem
Green_moist_Sponge@reddit
Laughs in fibre optic drones
JamesJayhawk@reddit
The track it’s on doesn’t have those things
GenericUsername817@reddit
The Ultimate weapon for combating Autism
mynameisrichard0@reddit
You got downvoted.
But my homies would love a fucking armored train.
GenericUsername817@reddit
The downvoters have never had to face the Mujahatists. Once they fixated on an objective, no power on earth could keep them from it.
verocoder@reddit
10/10 love an armoured train and the tism…. Considering the fact that 1:72 airfix tanks are basically on scale for OO.
Cats_Are_Aliens_@reddit
😂
SardineTimeMachine@reddit
Seems like a waste of resources unless it’s to protect something specific on that particular train. I’d imagine a drone attack could derail or stop it and follow up drones could destroy the entire train.
ianbattlesrobots@reddit
"Nothing looks more formidable and impressive than an armoured train, but nothing is in fact more vulnerable and helpless"
Winston Churchill.
Cats_Are_Aliens_@reddit
lol why even try to damage the train when you can just damage the tracks
Great_White_Sharky@reddit
In order to do that you need to get to the tracks, which is difficult if there is an armored train on them
Cats_Are_Aliens_@reddit
You couldn’t just go up the track a few miles? Or just drop a grenade from a drone?
armentho@reddit
train tracks a beams of steel as thick as a wood log
a small grenade design for fragmentation is not gonna do much besides scratch it
Great_White_Sharky@reddit
Nowadays yes, as you responded to a quote from Churchill I thought your comment applied to armored trains in general and not just to the modern one in the post
TwoScoopsofDestroyer@reddit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agznZBiK_Bs&pp=ygULYXJteSBkZXJhaWzSBwkJwwkBhyohjO8%3D
Derailing a train with the explosives that can be lifted by a drone is possible, but no, dropping a grenade isn't going to do shit.
You really need to take out at least a few feet of rail preferably on the outside of a severe curve to guarantee a derailment.
Cats_Are_Aliens_@reddit
Ah gotcha
Great_White_Sharky@reddit
"nothing is in fact more vulnerable and helpless"
Meanwhile unarmored trains:
Purple_W1TCH@reddit
At least they can move faster. :D
never_ASK_again_2021@reddit
Look at all the shot traps they managed to build?! Take a potshot at the side from more than 45° and it will ricochet directly into the passenger cart!
Ambiorix33@reddit
more so that, ya know, its on tracks, you can see where its going and came from, and you can just blow those tracks at any point and force it to either not come or turn around :p
TwoScoopsofDestroyer@reddit
Armored train: Fear Me!
One little derail boi: Oh no, a stationary bunker!
MECHENGR@reddit
You have a couple hundred miles of track you can blow up
OceanPacer@reddit
Preach Winnie.
ianbattlesrobots@reddit
Testify!
midi_man77@reddit
The enemy is being reinforced with an armoured train
Beginning_Sun696@reddit
Comments you can hear..
Luknron@reddit
man I miss BF1
Wr3nch@reddit
It’s still going. You could hop on and play today if you wanted
PSYisGod@reddit
Has the hacker problem calmed down slightly or is it still rampant? I would love to hop back in, especially as now I have it on Steam but hackers were just everywhere last time I played like 2 years ago it just became unbearable.
Luknron@reddit
Perhaps I will! Though I loathe the lack of fellow AA players...
A persistent problem ever since BF2...
WiTooSlowFi@reddit
I was just playing yesterday, use the “server browse” to find games. Enjoy! and PTFO
hornet586@reddit
Now all we need is the train to get mobbed by 30 cavalrymen with near bullet proof horses and anti tank grenades lol
Wr3nch@reddit
WAR WHISTLE
GremlinX_ll@reddit
Who would wind - 1 arnored train or 100 cheap ass fpv drones
Tricky_Run4566@reddit
Or 1-3 reccy / commandos who blow the rails up
SuDragon2k3@reddit
Two teams. One in front, one behind the train.
Tricky_Run4566@reddit
If you've got the numbers absolutely. Then just call in air on it
Mundane-Contact1766@reddit
Unless that train have Electronic Warfare system
GremlinX_ll@reddit
ewar system is not a panacea by any means rn - fiber optic, machine vision, name a few workarounds.
syringistic@reddit
Or one highly trained 155mm arty crew 20 miles away. If they know the track layout it's game over.
ChemistRemote7182@reddit
tbh I think an armored train can make some sense when the threat is basically a bunch of 1kg buided bombs. It seemed dumb in 2022/3, but in 25 its not completely regarded.
musschrott@reddit
Would you rather fight one train-sized drone, or 100 drone-sized trains?
West-Construction871@reddit
Asking the right questions
Baltic_Gunner@reddit
When are the zeppelins coming back?
thotpatrolactual@reddit
KIROV REPORTING!
ghaj56@reddit
remote controlled hot air balloons
capitanmanizade@reddit
I think small balloons/zeppelins are perfect drone launchers. Aren’t they harder to detect?
Ambiorix33@reddit
funnily enough, already here. We have them for refueling, and at this point its not too crazy to imagine one as a drone mother ship
syringistic@reddit
Once enough party balloons are confiscated across Russia.
craigishell@reddit
This is the question I was looking for.
Initial-Top8492@reddit
ruzzki of iron fortress fr fr
Solid-Ad6854@reddit
Pointless when done warfare is a thing.
lycantrophee@reddit
AFAIK they carry drones themselves, but in what number and capacity I don't really know.
BrainFartTheFirst@reddit
Even more pointless when it can quite literally be stopped in its tracks with 10 minutes and basic hand tools.
BeconintheNight@reddit
... But why?
Mundane-Contact1766@reddit
For logistics i assumed
sentinelthesalty@reddit
What is this, the great fucking war?
Jazzspasm@reddit
Lawrence of Arabia and Arab militia attacking trains was a thing, but this feel further back than that - Boer War level mayhem
It’s steampunk type weirdness
GREEmOiP@reddit
Armored Trains were big in Russia during the great war and the interwar/civil war period.
Deadmemeusername@reddit
They were also pretty prominent in the Eastern Front during WW2 as being used by both the Germans and the Soviets. It makes sense, the roads were shit and often unpaved so the Railroads in the USSR were extremely important to control.
bazilbt@reddit
Russians love armored trains for reasons.
sentinelthesalty@reddit
I dont know what good a few unguided zu-23/2 would be against a drone attack.
HarrisonArturus@reddit
Well, it's certainly great now that it has armored trains!
SuDragon2k3@reddit
Not steam powered. Doesn't count.
MrBlackledge@reddit
I’d say it was a good war at best
Uomodelmonte86@reddit
Great war: electric boogaloo. Now with even worse leadership
Very_Board@reddit
At least great warrior generals were limited by the technology of their time.
OceanPacer@reddit
I mean it’s been pretty good, i don’t know about great.
Sneakytrashpanda@reddit
So sad that an a-10 will never get to lay waste to this thing.
Zealousideal-Ad-7712@reddit
“The enemy is being reinforced with an armored train “
Drewpig@reddit
"OMG PEOPLE STILL USE TRAINS???"- everyone here.
lycantrophee@reddit
A shame that it's Russian, but looks cool.
Fandango_Jones@reddit
"Last train from Moscow", here we go!
-acm@reddit
Man what year is it in the Russian army
throwawayaccyaboi223@reddit
Ukraine be like: guess we're back to mining train tracks then
Armadillo9263@reddit
Is this due to recent events?
dude_bruce@reddit
See, the advantage of an armored train is its element of surprise. There is no way to know where it came from or where it could be going.
noobyeclipse@reddit
questionable effectiveness but looks very fun
Bradadonasaurus@reddit
Super easy to stop dead.
Low-Repeat-8177@reddit
I don’t care which side did this, it’s fucking awasome
PineCone227@reddit
No, no, no - this can't be real.
foremastjack@reddit
Soldiers thinking “it’s stupid but at least I’m here and not, you know, there.”
Zumor@reddit
https://youtu.be/e_U2p-Ix2EU?si=xoADEfDZRALSTPtL
AfterbirthNachos@reddit
the boxcar kids are so back
Strawberry-floof@reddit
I may hate the Russian military invading Ukraine, but holy shit I’m so for armored trains being back in military service
WhatIsPants@reddit
Nodding nodding nodding until I get to the date
schizeckinosy@reddit
There’s no way this pr stunt is going anywhere near the front. All white guys, handsome and clean and shaved. This is strictly for propaganda photos.
paulglo@reddit
that mission was pretty hard in battlefield 1
matymajuk_@reddit
Died 1995
Born 2025
Welcome back krajina express
TookTheSoup@reddit
The BMP is a nice touch but it ain't got shit on the M18 Hellcat.
RealLifeScav@reddit
I think the word "training" should have been the one in quotations.
Sawfish1212@reddit
Tracks are extremely vulnerable, this is just a big target
TheIrishNerfherder@reddit
Close enough welcome back battlefield 1
Important_Bid_1092@reddit
UP crews training for port of LA runs
OceanPacer@reddit
“Snake Plissken, we need you for one more mission.”
WillusMollusc@reddit
love how much effort they put into these when they are all getting destroyed in the first hour of any real war
Atholthedestroyer@reddit
Would be surprised if it gets within a 100km of the warzone.
ChanoTheDestroyer@reddit
Why does this armored train look like a bunch of cheap metal sheds
Imaginary_Pay9931@reddit
Ahh yes, Hitler used to love armored trains too.
MrJibber420@reddit
I see someone high up in the chain of command enjoyed Metro Exodus
JamesPond2500@reddit
RAAAAAHHHHHHH ARMORED TRAINS ARE AWESOME!!!