Editing Armoured fighting vehicle (section)

=== Armoured train ===
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An ''armoured train'' is a railway train protected with [[vehicle armour|armour]]. They are usually equipped with rail cars armed with [[artillery]], [[autocannon]]s, [[machine gun]]s, tank [[gun turret|turret]]s and [[anti-aircraft gun]]s. They were mostly used during the late 19th to mid-20th century, when they offered an innovative way to quickly move large amounts of firepower. Their use was discontinued in most countries when road vehicles became much more powerful and offered more flexibility, and because armoured trains were too vulnerable to track sabotage and attacks from the air. However, the [[Russian Federation]] used improvised armoured trains in the [[Second Chechen War]] in the late 1990s and 2000s. Armoured trains carrying ballistic missiles have also been used.

The rail cars on an armoured train were designed for many tasks, such as carrying artillery and machine guns, infantry units, anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns. During World War II, the Germans would sometimes put a ''Fremdgerät'' (captured AFVs such as the French [[Somua S-35]] or Czech [[PzKpfw 38(t)]]), or obsolescent [[Panzer II]] light tanks on a flatbed rail car, which could quickly be offloaded by means of a ramp and used away from the railway line to chase down enemy [[Partisan (military)|partisans]].

Different types of armour were used to protect armoured trains from attack. In addition to various metal plates, concrete and sandbags were used in some cases on armoured trains.

Armoured trains were sometimes escorted by a kind of rail-tank called a [[draisine]]. One such example was the Italian 'Littorina' armoured trolley, which had a cab in the front and rear, each with a control set so it could be driven down the tracks in either direction. Littorina mounted two dual 7.92mm [[MG-13|MG13]] machine gun turrets from [[Panzer I]] light tanks.
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File:MÁV armoured train.jpg|[[Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen|Hungarian]] [[MÁVAG]] armoured train in 1914
File:Pancierovy vlak-Zvolen.jpg|Replica of the [[Armored train Hurban|"Hurban" armoured train]] located in Zvolen, Slovakia
File:Obrněná drezína Tatra T 18.gif|[[Polish People's Republic|Polish]] armoured [[Draisine#Military use|draisine]] [[Tatra T18]].  
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A missile vehicle, also known as a missile carrier, missile truck, or (if capable of launching) missile launcher vehicle, is a military vehicle that is purpose-built and designed to carry missiles, either for safe transportation or for launching missiles in combat. Missile vehicles include transporter erector launchers (TEL) and multiple rocket launchers (MRL).
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