Cov tank nruab nrab Mk A Whippet, Mk B thiab Mk C
Cov tank nruab nrab Mk A Whippet, Mk B thiab Mk CCov British xav tias lub tank ceev ceev.
Ib qho qauv tsim nyob rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj xyoo 1916, tau sim nyob rau lub Ob Hlis xyoo tom ntej, thiab nyob rau lub Rau Hli ib qho kev txiav txim rau 200 lub tank ntawm hom no. Txawm li cas los xij, rau qee yam, muaj teeb meem tshwm sim nrog kev tso tawm ntawm cov rotating turrets thiab lawv raug tso tseg, hloov lawv nrog lub turret-zoo li qauv nyob rau hauv lub stern ntawm lub tank, ib tug feature ntawm lub tank yog muaj ob lub cav, txhua tus muaj. nws tus kheej gearbox. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, cov cav thiab cov roj tso tsheb hlau luam tau nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub nkoj, thiab cov gearboxes thiab tsav log yog nyob rau hauv lub nraub qaum, qhov chaw ntawm cov neeg coob thiab cov cuab yeej siv tshuab phom, uas muaj hluav taws kub. Serial ntau lawm tau pib ntawm Foster cog nyob rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 1917, thiab thawj lub tsheb tau tso nws hauv lub Peb Hlis 1918.
"Whippet" ("Borzoi") zoo li cov British ceev ceev, raws li nws qhov siab tshaj plaws ceev mus txog 13 km / h thiab nws muaj peev xwm tawg tawm ntawm nws infantry thiab ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv lub lag luam rear ntawm tus yeeb ncuab. Ntawm qhov nruab nrab ceev ntawm 8,5 km / h, lub tank tau txav mus rau 10 teev, uas yog cov ntaub ntawv teev tseg piv rau Mk.I-Mk.V tso tsheb hlau luam. Twb tau nyob rau lub Peb Hlis 26, 1918, lawv tau sib ntaus sib tua thawj zaug, thiab thaum Lub Yim Hli 8 nyob ze Amiens, thawj zaug, lawv tau tswj kom nkag mus tob rau hauv qhov chaw ntawm cov tub rog German thiab, nrog rau cov tub rog, ua kev tawm tsam. ntawm lawv qab.
Interestingly, Lieutenant Arnold lub tank ib leeg, hu ua "lub thawv suab paj nruag", nyob rau hauv German txoj hauj lwm rau 9 teev ua ntej nws yuav tsum khob tawm thiab tswj kom inflict loj poob rau cov yeeb ncuab. nrog cov epithets "clumsy", "slow-moving", "cumbersome", tab sis peb yuav tsum tsis txhob hnov qab tias peb tab tom ua qhov no los ntawm lub standpoint ntawm peb niaj hnub kev, thiab nyob rau hauv cov xyoo ntawd nws tag nrho cov saib txawv kiag li.
Hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua nyob ze Amiens, Whippet tso tsheb hlau luam yuav tsum ua ke nrog cov tub rog, tab sis nyob rau hauv cov yeeb ncuab hluav taws nyob rau hauv ntau qhov chaw cov tub rog tau tshem tawm thiab nteg, tom qab ntawd tus neeg tso tsheb hlau luam (xws li Music Box) pib ua nws tus kheej. Yog li lub tank ntawm Lieutenant Arnold tau xiam oob khab txog 200 tus neeg German thaum lub sijhawm tua no.
Thiab qhov no tau ua tiav los ntawm tsuas yog ib lub tank nruab nrab uas tau tawg, uas yog vim li cas cov lus txib ntawm British tank rog, ntseeg siab tias kev tsov rog yuav txuas ntxiv mus rau xyoo 1919, txiav txim siab los tsim cov tsheb nruab nrab. J. Fuller, tus thawj coj ntawm Royal Tank Corps, thiab tom qab ntawd yog ib tus thawj coj thiab tus kws paub zoo txog kev ua tsov rog tank, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tawm tsam rau lawv. Raws li kev siv zog ntawm cov neeg tsim qauv, cov tso tsheb hlau luam Mk.B thiab Mk.S "Hornet" ("Bumblebee") raug tso tawm, uas txawv ntawm lawv cov thawj coj hauv qhov uas lawv zoo ib yam li cov tub rog Askiv hnyav dhau los. Mk.C, ua tsaug rau lub xub ntiag ntawm 150-horsepower engine, tsim ib tug ceev ntawm 13 km / h, tab sis nyob rau hauv dav dav nws tsis muaj qhov zoo dua Mk.A. Lub phiaj xwm ntawm lub tank no nrog rab phom 57-mm thiab peb rab phom tshuab tseem tsis tau ua tiav, txawm hais tias nws yog lub tank no, qhov tseeb, nws yog lub tshuab uas cov tub rog Askiv tau thov los ntawm cov engineers thaum pib ua tsov rog. Nrog nws qhov ntev, nws tsuas yog me ntsis dhau ntawm Mk hauv qhov siab, tab sis cov qauv nws yooj yim dua thiab pheej yig dua thiab, qhov nthuav tshaj plaws, nws muaj ib rab phom, tsis yog ob. Nrog rau kev sib koom ua ke ntawm 57-mm phom ntawm Mk.C tank, nws lub thoob yuav tsis tas yuav tsum tau luv luv, uas txhais tau hais tias nws yuav txhob txwm ua rau cov phom zoo naval. Muaj tsuas yog ib kauj ruam los ntawm tus neeg sib tw mus rau tus pej thuam tig, yog li yog tias cov neeg Askiv txiav txim siab txog qhov kev txhim kho no, lawv tuaj yeem tau txais lub tank niaj hnub no, txawm tias niaj hnub no cov qauv. Txawm li cas los xij, nrog rau kev sib koom ua ke ntawm rab phom hauv lub wheelhouse, lub tank no muaj lub kaum sab xis loj ntawm rab phom, uas yog qhov tseem ceeb rau kev tua hluav taws ntawm lub hom phiaj hauv trench ncaj qha rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lub tank, thiab nyob rau hauv qab ntug nws tuaj yeem tua hluav taws. 40 ° rau sab laug thiab 30 ° rau sab xis ntawm qhov chaw uas lub sijhawm ntawd nws txaus txaus. Tab sis cov British tsim tawm tsawg heev ntawm cov tso tsheb hlau luam: 45 Mk.V (tawm ntawm 450 xaj) thiab 36 Mk.S (tawm ntawm 200), uas tau tsim tom qab kev sib ntaus sib tua tau kos npe rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis 11, 1918. Yog li, cov British tau txais. zoo "intermediate" qauv ntawm cov tso tsheb hlau luam twb tom qab qhov phem tshaj-tsim tshuab nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Tib "Vickers" No. 1 ntawm 1921 qauv, yog tias nws tau tshwm sim ua ntej, tuaj yeem ua tiav lub luag haujlwm ntawm "cov tub rog tub rog" ntawm cov neeg Askiv, thiab Mk.C nyob rau hauv lub cannon version yuav dhau los ua thawj "ib leeg" tank. rau kev ua tub rog, uas tsis tau tshwm sim. Cov qauv tshiab Mk.B thiab Mk.C tau ua haujlwm hauv cov tub rog Askiv kom txog rau thaum xyoo 1925, tau tawm tsam nrog peb hauv tebchaws Russia thiab tau ua haujlwm nrog cov tub rog Latvian, uas lawv tau siv ua ke nrog MK.V tso tsheb hlau luam txog xyoo 1930. British tsim 3027 tso tsheb hlau luam ntawm 13 hom thiab hloov kho, ntawm uas kwv yees li 2500 yog Mk.I - Mk.V tso tsheb hlau luam. Nws hloov tawm tias kev lag luam Fabkis tau dhau los ntawm cov neeg Askiv, thiab tag nrho vim tias nyob rau hauv Fabkis lawv paub lub sijhawm thiab tso siab rau lub teeb tso tsheb hlau luam ntawm lub tsheb tsim Louis Renault.
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Yuav luag tam sim ntawd tom qab pib siv MK tso tsheb hlau luam, cov neeg Askiv pom tias lawv xav tau lub tank nrawm dua thiab ua haujlwm tau zoo dua rau kev ua haujlwm hauv cheeb tsam tom qab kab ntawm yeeb ncuab fortifications. Lawm, xws li lub tank yuav tsum muaj, ua ntej ntawm tag nrho cov, zoo maneuverability, tsawg yuag thiab txo qhov ntev. Qhov project ntawm lub teeb lub tank nrog lub turret rotating yog tsim los ntawm W. Foster lub ruaj khov nyob rau hauv Lincoln txawm ua ntej ib tug txiav txim tau txais los ntawm cov tub rog.
