PzZug II was of note for the Austro-Hungarian Army for it laid the ground work for subsequent designs that followed by supplying the general approach to their armored train designs. While the train system could be of any length depending on the mission, it was typical to see it in a three-car arrangement with a gun car at front, the locomotive at center and an infantry machine gun car at rear. The forward gun car showcased a turreted 70mm gun to content with enemy artillery concentrations and fortifications. A high cupola with vision slits capped the armored superstructure aft of the turret emplacement. Defensive-minded machine guns managed the sides of the cars. A simple four-wheeled design was used across all gun cars in the line. The locomotive was of a conventional arrangement for the period with its front-mounted smoke funnel. The wheel house as aft and fully protected in plate armoring with vision slits for situational awareness and access doors that could be closed when under fire. The locomotive proved a six-wheeled unit. At the end was the infantry car fielding portholes along its sides for machine guns. This car was principally used to protect the train from infantry attack through machine gun suppression.
In practice, such developments were used to support infantry forces as far as the train's artillery systems could reach. They additionally proved useful in defense of key areas including bridges and forward bases and could be uses in patrolling and reconnaissance actions where rail lines provided the access. Not inherently fast, these trains were still mobile firing platforms akin to a tank or warship - and a single armored train could very well change the direction of a fight in seconds. Many commanders of the period certainly held armored trains in high regard for their ferociousness in-the-field and imposing design appearance.
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