NKVD armored train No. 56-early (basic version)

Armored train -MBV No. 56 was formed in the USSR in 1939, as part of the 4th division of the NKVD troops.

It included an armored locomotive of the PR-35 type, two D-2 motorized armored cars, as well as control railway platforms. The PR-35 armored locomotive was manufactured on the basis of an Ov type steam locomotive (with a four-axle tender), by sheathing the latter with armor plates 8-15 mm thick, was equipped with a 71-TK-1 radio station, an air defense turret was installed on the tender, in which a twin anti-aircraft gun of 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns was installed. The weight reached 130 tons. The crew consisted of 17 people.

The maximum speed is 45-50 km/h with a range of up to 300 km.

The serial motorized armored car D-2 had bulletproof armor (10-16 mm), the movement was carried out by a 90 hp engine (ICE) with a maximum speed of 75 km/h with the possibility to reverse. The armored car had its own 71-TK-1-type radio station.

The armament of each consisted of two 76-mm guns (model 1902 monted in gun turrets, two 7.62 mm tank machine guns DT (one in each turret) and 4 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns in ball mounts (two on each side). On the roof of one of the gun turrets, a twin anti-aircraft gun of 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns was installed. The ammunition of the armored vehicle was 500 shells and 32,000 rounds. The team consisted of 17-19 fighters.

The armored train participated in the 2nd World War (in a modified composition), distinguished itself in the defense of the city of Kyiv and its suburbs. On August 15, 1941, during a fierce battle with enemy ground forces, it was almost completely destroyed by enemy aircraft and ceased to exist at the Kanev railway station. The heroic crew was forced to abandon their broken "armor"! Many fighters of this armored train were awarded military orders and medals. After the war, in 1980, a monument was erected to this armored train in Kanev.