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Railroads played (and still play) a huge role in the military. The worst of them depended on during the Second World War. The availability and serviceability of the railway line could ultimately depend on the supply of the whole army. That is why the armies were a means for rapid targeting railway tracks, as well as for its destruction.
By the end of 1942 the command of Nazi Germany became aware that very soon she may be necessary to retreat in some borders the eastern front. When the Wehrmacht marched triumphantly through the territory of the USSR in 1941, he was faced with the fact that the Soviet soldiers tried in every way with the help of explosives and special vehicles for a kill railways.
A broken railway significantly slowed the offensive and interfere with tightening supply forces. The Reich realized that soon this tactic they will use against the Soviets. Thus was born the Railroad Plow "Hook."
It is interesting that the basis of the German "Hook" fascists took a similar Soviet machine-puterazrushitel called "worm". The principle of operation of such a trolley was extremely easy. Puterazrushitel was attached to the trains, and then fell on the sleeper huge metal hook. He fell in the acute part of the ground and clung to the sleepers. The tremendous power of the train in a compartment with a hook strength led to the fact that the railroad broke right away for departing staff.
An important advantage of both the Soviet and German cars was an absolute simplicity. Collect puterazrushitel could even be in the front shop just a couple of hours. However, the Germans would not have been the Germans, if not tried to modify the design. Krupp company at the end of 1942 offered several different options puterazrushiteley: Schienenwolf, Schwellenpflug or Haken. Crew of one such platform was usually 5-10 people. It is important to note that the break fast track still did not work. speed of the train with "hook" does not exceed 10 km / h.
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