Smok Kaszubski (meaning Kashubian dragon) was an improvised Polish armoured train, which served in the Polish defensive war against the German aggression in 1939. The train was part of the Lądowa Obrona Wybrzeża (Land Coastal Defence).
The train was built in September 1939, at the initiative of kpt. mar. Jerzy Błeszyński, by employees of the workshop of the Naval Port in Gdynia. For the construction of the steel plates, steel from the hulls of unfinished destroyers Orkan and Hurricane was used. The first commander of the train was kpt. Błeszyński. After his injury on 9 September 1939 in Wejherowo, command of the train was taken over by the naval lieutenant Florian Hubicki.
The operating personnel of the train was mostly formed by the Gdynian railways workers and sailors from the former company servicing the port.
composition of the train:
- tank locomotive OKl27 armoured with steel plates
- two armoured wagons for troops
- two battle wagons
armament:
- 1 Vickers 40mm AA gun, taken from ORP Mazur
- 1 47 mm gun for saluting, taken from ORP Bałtyk
- 11 machine guns
- 30 pistols from ORP Wicher
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