NKVD Armored Train No.56-Early (Basic Version) (Plastic model) - HobbySearch Military Model Store

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- Introducing the new 1/72 WW.II Soviet People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs armored train No. 56 (early version) from UMmt in Ukraine.
- Armored train No. 56 was formed in 1939 and assigned to the 4th division of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD).
- The locomotive was a PR-35 type, and one D-2 self-propelled armored train equipped with two M1902 76mm guns was placed at the front and rear of the locomotive.
- After participating in the Kiiv Defense Battle, this vehicle was destroyed by an airstrike during a fierce battle with the German army in Kaniv, Ukraine.
- In 1980, a monument number 56 was erected at Kaniu station.

- The NKVD (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs) was the People's Commissariat that oversaw the criminal police, secret police, border police, and intelligence agencies under Joseph Stalin's administration in the Soviet Union.
- During the war between Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II, the NKVD operated under a separate chain of command from the Red Army, working on the front lines to maintain military morale and hunt down spies.
- Armored trains were also maintained and distributed throughout the country and used for railway maintenance and border security.

- The kit includes 1 x PR-35 armored locomotive, 1 x D-2 self-propelled armored train, track parts, photo-etched parts, and decals.
- The body of the D-2 self-propelled armored train is made by a 3D printer.