The Memory of Hryhorii Makhno was an armored train of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine, which consisted of two cars with 10 machine guns and two cannons.
[3] Since at that moment the Makhnovists had once again declared themselves allies of the Soviets, reports of the seizure of the armored train, as a significant victory over the Denikinites near Bakhmach, appeared in the Bolshevik press: "... in the Bakhmach region, we captured the Denikin armor train from an English factory called Orm "(model name of locomotive).
"[4] On 10 January 1920, seeing the approach of the Bolsheviks, Lontsov left Zaporozhye on his armored train and went to Nikopol.
In addition, under his leadership, the railway track and bridges were restored to ensure the operation of the train.
Under the command of Alexander Petrovich Tsupov-Shapilsky, the armored train took part in battles with Wrangel's troops, first on the Nikopol-Apostolovo sector against the cavalry of Ivan Gavrilovich Barbovich until September 27, 1920, and on September 30 near Mirovoye station.