Armored rog ntawm Great Britain 1939-1945. ntu 2
A15 Crusader yog hom tseem ceeb ntawm British "ceev" tsheb thaum sib ntaus sib tua hauv North Africa xyoo 1941-1942.
Kev koom tes ntawm 1st Armored Division thiab 1st Armored Brigade ntawm pab tub rog nyob rau hauv kev sib tw Fabkis xyoo 1940 ua rau cov lus xaus tseem ceeb txog lub koom haum thiab cov cuab yeej siv ntawm British armored formations. Tsis yog txhua tus ntawm lawv tuaj yeem siv tau tam sim ntawd, thiab tsis yog txhua tus ntawm lawv tau nkag siab zoo. Nws coj cov neeg raug mob ntau dua thiab cov tub rog cov ntshav los qhia cov kev hloov pauv tshiab, ntau dua.
Cov tub rog tub rog Askiv tau khiav tawm ntawm Fabkis poob yuav luag tag nrho lawv cov cuab yeej, yog li lawv yuav tsum tau rov ua dua. Piv txwv li, rab phom tshuab battalions tau tsim los ntawm cov tub ceev xwm tshawb nrhiav ntawm cov chaw khiav tawm, uas tau muab tso ua ke rau hauv ob lub tshuab phom loj. Cov qauv no tau nruab nrog cov tsheb thauj khoom, cov phom tshuab, thiab cov khoom siv hauv tsev thiab cov pa
armored tsheb.
Lub koom haum tshiab thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm pawg tub rog tseem tau muab rau nws txoj kev faib ua ob pawg tub rog thiab pab pawg txhawb nqa, txawm li cas los xij, ntxiv rau peb lub tank battalions, txhua armored brigade kuj suav nrog cov tub rog phom loj nrog plaub lub tuam txhab ntawm Universal Carrier armored cov neeg ua haujlwm. cov neeg nqa khoom (peb platoons hauv ib lub tuam txhab, tsuas yog 44). nyob rau hauv lub battalion) thiab nyob rau hauv lub teeb wheeled reconnaissance tsheb Humber (lub tuam txhab reconnaissance platoon) thiab commander lub platoon, nyob rau hauv uas nws yog, ntawm lwm yam, ob 76,2-mm mortar seem. Txhua lub tank tshiab yog tsim los ntawm peb lub tuam txhab, plaub platoons, peb lub tso tsheb hlau luam nrawm txhua (16 lub tuam txhab - nrog ob lub tso tsheb hlau luam ceev thiab ob lub tso tsheb hlau luam, nrog lub tshuab ua pa es tsis txhob siv rab phom loj hauv cov lus txib), tag nrho ntawm 52 tso tsheb hlau luam nrog plaub ceev tso tsheb hlau luam nyob rau hauv lub commander lub platoon ntawm lub faib. Tsis tas li ntawd, txhua lub battalion muaj ib pab tub rog tshawb nrhiav nrog 10 lub teeb log tsheb thauj mus los. Lub armored brigade, muaj peb battalions thiab 10 ceev tso tsheb hlau luam nyob rau hauv lub tuam txhab tswj, muaj nominally 166 tanks (thiab 39 lub teeb wheeled armored tsheb, nrog rau 9 nyob rau hauv lub brigade command), yog li ntawd muaj 340 tso tsheb hlau luam nyob rau hauv lub ob brigades ntawm lub division. , suav nrog yim lub tank ntawm lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm.
Ntawm qhov tod tes, kev hloov pauv loj tau tshwm sim hauv pab pawg txhawb nqa. Nws tam sim no muaj ib tug tag nrho motorized infantry battalion ntawm cov tsheb thauj khoom (tsis muaj universal aircraft carriers), ib lub teb artillery squadron, ib tug anti-tank artillery squadron thiab ib tug anti-aircraft artillery squadron (raws li cais units es tsis txhob ntawm ib tug sib xyaw), thiab ob. engineer units. tuam txhab thiab choj chaw ua si. Kev faib tawm kuj tau ntxiv nrog kev tshawb nrhiav detachment hauv cov tsheb armored.
thiab lub teeb tank.
Lub chaw armored nrog ib tug tshiab neeg ua hauj lwm qauv qhia nyob rau hauv Lub kaum hli ntuj 1940 muaj 13 cov tub rog (xws li 669 tub ceev xwm), 626 tso tsheb hlau luam, 340 armored tsheb, 58 lub teeb log tsheb reconnaissance transporters, 145 universal tsheb, 109 lub tsheb (feem ntau yog 3002 tsheb). .
Sawv ntawm cov suab puam nas
Kev tsim ntawm lwm qhov chaw txawb hauv tebchaws Iziv tau tshaj tawm thaum Lub Peb Hlis 1938. Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 1938, nws thawj tus thawj coj, Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm Percy Hobart, tuaj txog hauv tebchaws Iziv, thiab ib hlis tom qab tsim kev sib koom ua ke pib. Nws lub hauv paus yog ib lub teeb armored brigade muaj xws li: lub 7th Royal Hussars - lub teeb tank battalion, lub 8th Royal Irish Hussars - ib tug motorized infantry battalion thiab lub 11th Royal Hussars (Prince Albert tus kheej) - ib tug Rolls-Royce armored tsheb battalion. Qhov thib ob pab tub rog yog ib tug hnyav armored brigade nrog ob battalions: lub 1st RTC Battalion thiab lub 6th RTC Battalion, ob leeg nruab nrog Vickers Light Mk VI lub teeb tso tsheb hlau luam thiab Vickers Medium Mk I thiab Mk II nruab nrab tso tsheb hlau luam. Tsis tas li ntawd, qhov kev faib tau suav nrog pab pawg txhawb nqa uas suav nrog pawg tub rog tub rog ntawm 3rd Regiment ntawm Royal Horse Artillery (24 94-mm howitzers), tub rog tub rog ntawm 1st battalion ntawm Royal Fusiliers, nrog rau ob lub tuam txhab engineers. .
Tam sim ntawd tom qab pib ua tsov ua rog, lub Cuaj Hlis 1939, lub tsev tau hloov nws lub npe mus rau Panzer Division (tsis muaj tus lej), thiab thaum Lub Ob Hlis 16, 1940, mus rau 7th Panzer Division. Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj xyoo 1939, Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm Percy Hobart yog - vim tsis pom zoo nrog nws cov thawj coj - raug tshem tawm ntawm nws txoj haujlwm; nws tau ua tiav los ntawm Major General Michael O'Moore Creagh (1892-1970). Nyob rau tib lub sij hawm, lub teeb armored brigade los ua 7th tank brigade, thiab hnyav armored brigade los ua 4th armored brigade. Cov pab pawg txhawb nqa kuj tau hloov nws lub npe los ntawm Pivot Pab Pawg rau Pab Pawg Txhawb (tus pas nrig yog lub zog uas ua rau kom muaj peev xwm nqa tau).
Maj mam, qhov kev faib tau txais cov cuab yeej tshiab, uas ua rau nws muaj peev xwm muab tag nrho 7th Tank Brigade nrog cov tso tsheb hlau luam, thiab lub battalion thib peb ntawm 4th Tank Brigade nyob rau hauv daim ntawv ntawm 2nd Royal Tank Regiment tau ntxiv rau nws tsuas yog thaum Lub Kaum Hli 1940. 7th Hussars nrog nws cov tsheb armored - kev hloov ntawm chav tsev no mus rau theem ntawm kev faib raws li ib tug neeg soj xyuas tub ceev xwm, thiab nyob rau hauv nws qhov chaw - lub tank battalion ntawm lub 11th Royal Hussars, uas tau pauv los ntawm lub UK.
