Steyr K 2670 (pancéřová drezína)

The Panzerdraisine type Steyr K 2670 was the official name of an interesting vehicle built during WWII in 40 pieces. The crews, however, rather called them leichte Schienenpanzer or Panzersicherungswagen. It was designed at the Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG plant based on a requirement for an armoured train reconnaissance vehicle. Another task was to protect the tracks in places of partisan activity. Drezinas were in the line-up of some armoured trains of the "leichte Spähzug" type, consisting of ten drezinas each, used in the Balkans for anti-partisan service. Due to the low axle pressure, these machines could operate even on local bad tracks. Four of these light trains were formed in 1944 and given the designation le. Sp. 301 - 304.


Dates.
Weight - 7.5 t,
combat weight - 9.5 tons;
Crew : 5 - 8;
Length : 569 cm
Width : 252 cm
height without antenna : 227 cm
height with antenna : 253 cm
maximum speed - 70 km/h
Armour : 14.5 mm


The train had two axles, it was powered by an air-cooled Steyr engine (76 pcs) located in the centre of the vehicle.
The armoured hull had sloping sides, with doors on both sides and an air intake on the side. It also had two hatches in the roof of the vehicle. The vehicle did not have fixed guns but the hull had 6 machine gun ports, two at each end and one at the sides. These gun ports allowed the vehicle to be fired in a circular pattern. The original armament of the vehicle was 4 MG 34 machine guns and the crew's personal weapons. The vehicles were fitted with a radio station with a frame-type antenna on the roof of the vehicle as standard equipment. The driver's station was at either end of the vehicle, so it was possible to drive in either direction.


A peculiarity is the post-war service of machines of this type in Poland where at least one (but more likely 2-3) was assigned to the SOK (Służby Ochrony Kolei - railway protection) unit, how it got to Poland is unknown, their armament at the new owner was composed of DP machine guns.
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Militaria magazine, volume 1991, no. 1, ISSN 1231-692X

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Jde o správné vozidlo, zde ve službách SOK ("Służby Ochrony Kolei"), což jde snadno poznat podle vojíka s kulometem DP. Já tuhle fotku nepoužil protože k ní nemám "práva" Smile
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Behind the creation of this 1943 reconnaissance railway vehicle was a surge in guerrilla activity in the Balkans and Greece. The original request for an increase in the number of armoured trains ran into problems with the carrying capacity of the bridges in the locations mentioned. The German command was thus inspired by the idea of armoured Tatra T-18 dredgers used by the pre-war Polish army.
The call for the development of armoured rail reconnaissance vehicles was received by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG (production took place at the Niebelungenwerke factory, Sankt Valentine).
The company used the platform of the BM 40 G passenger motorcar, which was powered by an air-cooled 8-cylinder engine designed by Ferdinand Porsche (manufacturer Steyr) of 3.5 litres displacement and rated at 51.5 kW (70 HP) at 2,500 rpm. Early production cars had a trio of rectangular vent covers on one side for engine cooling. Later production had eight round covers instead of this trio of rectangular covers. The transmission had four forward and reverse gears. The top speed of the car was 60 km/h, the consumption was 35-40 liters of gasoline per 100 km. The fuel supply was 160 litres, which allowed a range of 400 km. On a platform with a wheelbase of 2.2 metres, a 5.5 metre long body was mounted (overall length 5,690 mm). The armoured body was made of 14.5 mm thick armoured plates, the bottom was 10 mm thick and the top was 5 mm thick. The net weight of the vehicle was 7.5 tonnes, the combat weight was increased by 2 tonnes to a total weight of 9.5 tonnes. Originally, the crew was to be supplemented by a total of five machine gunners in addition to the driver and commander. In total, the vehicle carried four machine guns, for which they had a total of six firing posts (two each at the front and rear and one on each side. A pair of fixed observation turrets were mounted on the roof, each with a trio of observation portholes and a trio of mounts for the machine gun for anti-aircraft defence. On the ceiling was a frame antenna for a 30 watt radio (Fu 22 SE 30).
A total of four light armoured le.SP. (leichte Schienenpanzer) trains were formed, each with ten wagons (2 officers, 16 NCOs and 53 men). Four le.SP. 301-304 were formed on the basis of the OKH order of 25.8.1943. The total number of vehicles produced was 50 (including replacements covering combat losses).


After the end of the war, one or two drezinas are known to have appeared in the Polish SOK (Służba Ochrony Kolei).


Wolfgang Sawodny - German Armored Train 1904-1945, Schiffer Military History, year of publication 2010, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3523-5
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Steyr K 2670 (pancéřová drezína) - Prototyp

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