[2] For defence, the anti-air gun car is protected by shields and rolled steel of unknown thickness and both Amur and Baikal utilize heavily on camouflage nets helps reduce the visibility of the armored trains as targets.

Meanwhile, the front of the train representing its 'face' consisted of an open-top armoured car filled with Russian troops, machine gun and AGS-17 grenade launcher emplacements featuring VOG-17 30mm ammunition.

[4] For defence, the entire train carriage is protected by shields and rolled steel of up to 20mm which is further reinforced by sandbags behind wooden panels.

[3] Additionally, both Amur and Baikal utilize heavily on camouflage nets to help reduce the visibility of the armored trains as targets.

Amur and Baikal, was originally used for logistical exercises back in 2016,[9] however, with the advent of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Baikal performed a role similar to that of Yenisei, in which it was primarily used as a rear-line unit meant for technical reconnaissance, mine clearance, and the restoration of the railway track and small man-made constructions with minimal destruction.

[11] Baikal was to be used as a mobile fortress, a landship on rails needed to safeguard the military supplies of the Russian army near the vicinity of the warzone.

[11] The nature of such maneuvres is deduced as a way to better streamline the dropping off of equipment and personnel in a new form of engagement strategy akin to a landing ship.