Good book on a topic I find interesting -- not a whole lot more information than is freely available online and readily found through google searches, but all in one place. A bit of overarching analysis, but not a whole lot. ( )

An abbreviated but very informative review of the use of armored trains in combat from the civil war through today. A great reference for wargaming. ( )

In this 48 page reference book, Steven Zaloga, author of a myriad of reference books on the arms and equipment of World War 2, examines the armored trains of the eastern front during World War 2. Armored trains were used extensively in World War 1, and the successor states of the collapsed German, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian empires used them subsequently. Both the newly independent Poland and Soviet Russia used them in their war in 1919 to 1920. During the interwar years Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union maintained armored train units that were used during the fighting in World War 2.

On the eastern front, both the Germans and Russians continued the use of armored trains, with surprising effectiveness. The Germans used captured Czech and Polish trains as well as newly built models. The Russians used them extensively, both older and newly built models. For the student of the eastern front, this book will be a welcome reference tool. ( )