Armored train Hurban
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Armored train Hurban is a military armored train used during WWII (during the Slovak National Uprising) in Slovakia.
The armored train Hurban was made on September 25, 1944 in the Railway Manufactory in Zvolen, Slovakia. It was the last armored train used in the Slovak National Uprising.
It was equipped with:
- a field cannon vz 17. caliber 80 mm located in a cannon carriage
- 4 37 mm cannons located in a tank carriages
- 11 heavy machine guns of 7,92 caliber
The commander of the train was Captain J. Kukliš, his assistant was Lt. J. Belko. The crew had 71 men. This train was operated in the area Brezno – Červená Skala against the 18th division SS Horst Wessel. From October 23 – 24 1944 it was the main factor in the fight for the upper flow of the Hron river, but it was damaged by an engine attack. For all that it was rebounding all German attack. Then it was pulled to Harmanec, where it was left in a railway tunnel. The crew continued fighting as a partisan detachment.
