Ruins of a bunker in Argonne Forest

Armored trains were mostly fast mobile artillery and didn't see a lot of close combat. Their biggest weakness was that they were on rails. This meant they could only go where there were train tracks which severely limited their use. Another weakness was again in the rails. They could be sabotaged, completely preventing train movement in a certain direction, or even trapping them, unless they could repair the lines.

Cool idea but in practice not terribly useful. Zeppelins ranked a bit higher on the usefulness scale as they could travel at very high altitudes over very long distances (something that BF1 doesn't really show off). The benefits of Zeppelins were negated during WWII when planes developed higher flight ceilings. Tragedies such as the Hindenburg didn't exactly help. Battleships proved to be the most useful but have been phased out as for their price you can build a carrier or two or a number of smaller craft that can do everything they do better. I'm very happy DICE included these items in the game as they are massive and famous weapons of war! Not often does a game allow you to go toe-to-toe with a damn Zeppelin!

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