Profile view of the first series of Austro-Hungarian armoured trains, Type A, later re-classified as ‘Light Armoured Trains’. Note the command cupola on the roof of the engine cab, and the different positions of the observation cupolas on the two machine-gun/infantry wagons.
(Rajzalbum RA-581 01 19150804)
Profile view of the later Type B Austro-Hungarian Heavy Armoured Trains built by MAVÁG, showing the telephone intercom wires connecting the units. Note the machine-gun embrasures moved further to the ends of the central wagon.
(Rajzalbum RA-581 01 191509xx)
Three-view drawing of an early S-Type machine-gun/infantry wagon, with the firing embrasures sloping inwards at the top. Note the central water tank (with coal locker underneath) and the offset observation cupola.
(Rajzalbum RA-581 11 19141209)
Three-view drawing of an S-Type wagon showing the braking system. Note the access ladder to the central observation cupola.
(Rajzalbum RA-581 12 19141209)
Complete set of original drawings for the artillery wagon of the Type B Heavy Armoured Trains. Note the braking system, with its armoured housing at the rear, and the system of travelling clamps to lock the rotating turret when not in action.
(Rajzalbum RA-581 12 19150620)
General arrangement sectioned drawings of the Drewry trolley ordered for the British Army in Mesopotamia. The plans which were almost 100 years old are slightly distorted, but give a good impression of this small machine, with a 9ft (2.736m) wheelbase. The gunners in the twin turrets had a Lewis Gun each, but would be obliged to perch on the leather strap hung from one side of the turret base to the other, just as on the Renault FT light tank of 1917.
(Drawings: The Industrial Railway Society via Staffordshire Record Office)
Factory drawing of the 1938 Drewry Light Trolley for Palestine, with 8ft 0in (2.438m) wheelbase
(Plan: Industrial Railway Society via Staffordshire Record Office)
Sources
Archives of the Hungarian Museum of Science, Technology and Transport, Budapest.
Staffordshire Record Office, Stafford, UK.
