Poznańczyk (armoured train)

Built in December 1918 in Warsaw, it was originally an improvised armoured train consisting of cargo cars reinforced with concrete and sandbags, and armed with numerous machine guns.

The train took part in battles of the Greater Poland Uprising, notably the capture of Ostrów Wielkopolski and Krotoszyn.

In 1919 it was modernised at Hipolit Cegielski Works and received identical cars to those previously built for Danuta armoured train.

Mobilised again in 1939, it was attached to Poznań Army and took part in heavy fights near Krotoszyn, along Warta River, and then further east.

Unable to withdraw towards Warsaw and cut off from Polish forces, the train's crew destroyed it and proceeded to fight on foot.

One of original 1918 cars of the first Poznańczyk is preserved in Poznań as a monument