NEW VANGUARD No 95 ARMOURED UNITS OF RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR (2)

This part covers the Red Army's vehicles. By 1920 the Red Army of Russia fielded an overwhelming array of armoured cars, armoured trains and tank detachments. These armoured units played an important part in consolidating the newly won Bolshevik empire in the early 1920s; as a consequence of the fact that railways were the strategic arteries that essentially controlled Russia, armoured trains have never played such a significant role in military history as they did in the Russian Civil War. This title details the management, construction, repair, personnel, training and combat of the Red Army’s armoured units on all fronts, including such famous vehicles as Trotsky’s armoured train. Contents: Includes such famous vehicles as Trotsky's armoured train * Details the Renault FT and Whippet tanks, armoured cars and armoured trains * Operational history * Colour plates by Andrei Aksenov.