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Not many people knows, that during the First and Second Warld War armored trains and locomotives were used. Such vehicles were built based on normal trains covered by armour plates. First train like this was used (in Poland) in 1863 by insurgents of January Uprising (Powstanie Styczniowe) during battle battle of the Sosnowiec train station. This was regular train only covered by steal plates.
Falcon - one of the helipocters produced in Poland. Used by many countries around the world like ZEA, German, Spain, Vietnam, Czech and more. First version of this machine was built in Polish-Russian cooperation in 1978. Currently Poland produces eight generation of the Falcon.
Fryderyk Chopin is the second (after Dar Młodzieży - The gift from youth) biggest sailing ship in Poland and the biggest brig in the world. Brig is a vessel with two squere-ridged mast. Very popular in 18th and 19th century due to very good maneuverability and speed. Such ships were used as naval war ships and merchant ships. Chopin is 55 meters long and takes onboard 56 crewmans. He's longest mast have more than 37 meters high. Top speed is about 16 knots on sails and 9 knots on engines (two engines with near 300 Hp)
Author: Remigiusz Józefowicz under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Poland
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