Armored train Hurban

Infobox Weapon
name= Armored train Hurban


caption= The Armored train Hurban now located and preserved near Zvolen Castle in Zvolen, Slovakia.
origin= flagcountry|Slovakia
type= Armoured train
is_vehicle=yes
service= October 23-24, 1944-Retired thereafter.
used_by= Slovakia
wars= Slovak National Uprising, World War II
production_date= September 25, 1944
crew= 71
armour=
primary_armament= 8cm vz.17 field gun located in a cannon car
4 37 mm guns located in tank turrets in tank cars
11 heavy machine guns of 7.92 caliber

The Armored train Hurban was an armored train used during World War II, during the Slovak National Uprising. The Hurban was constructed on September 25 1944 in the Railway Manufactory in Zvolen, Slovakia, and was the last armored train used in the Slovak National Uprising.

Combat history

The commander of the train was Captain J. Kukliš, and his assistant was Lt. J. Belko, together commanding a crew of 71 men. Hurban operated in the Brezno – Červená Skala area against the 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel
18th division SS Horst Wessel and from October 23 – 24 1944 was the main factor in the fight for the upper flow of the Hron river. Despite suffering a damaged engine, it repulsed all German attacks. It was pulled to Harmanec, where it was abandoned in a railway tunnel, the crew fighting on as a partisan detachment.

A mock-up of this train is currently a monument in Zvolen.