A 1920 photo of steam engine of the Bartosz Glowacki armoured train
Armoured Train Bartosz Glowacki, also called Armoured Train number 55 was a Polish Army Armoured train, used during the Polish-Soviet War and the Polish September Campaign. On 11 September 1939, it was assigned to the Operational Group Wyszkow and was directed to the fortress of Brześć nad Bugiem, where it fought German units of the SS-Verfügungstruppe. After withdrawal southwards, to Lwów, the train was destroyed by the Luftwaffe on 19 September 1939.
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- Rajmund Szubanski - Poczatek pancernego szlaku. Wyd. Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warszawa 1980.
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