I-Cruiser tank "Covenant" I-Tank Cruiser Covenanter. I-Covenanter tank yasungulwa ngu-Nuffield ngo-1939 ngenxa yomsebenzi wesikhathi eside ekuthuthukisweni kwezixazululo zobuchwepheshe ezifakwe emishinini yomklami waseMelika uChristie. Ngokungafani nabaklami baseSoviet, abathuthukise inguqulo yokuqala elandelwa ngamasondo yethangi likaChristie ochungechungeni lwe-BT, abaklami baseBrithani kusukela ekuqaleni bathuthukise kuphela inguqulo elandelwayo. Imoto yokuqala ene-undercarriage yohlobo lwe-Christie yafakwa ekukhiqizeni ngaphansi kwegama elithi "Cruiser tank Mk IV" ngo-1938 futhi yakhiqizwa kwaze kwaba ngu-1941. Ukuvikelwa kwezikhali zaleli thangi elisheshayo kwakubhekwa njengokunganele nangemva kokukhiqizwa kwezimoto ezingama-665 zalolu hlobo. , i-cruiser Mk yafakwa ekukhiqizeni V "Covenanter". Njengamanduleli alo, ithangi le-Covenanter lalinamasondo omgwaqo amahlanu anenjoloba eboshwe ohlangothini ngalunye, amasondo okushayela afakwe ngemuva kanye ne-hull ephansi kakhulu, ehlomile amashidi awo ayexhunywe nama-rivets. Izikhali ngendlela ye-cannon engu-40 mm kanye nesibhamu somshini we-coaxial 7,92-mm sasisembhoshongweni ophansi, amapuleti ezikhali ayenama-engeli amakhulu okuthambekela. I-Mk V yayinezivikelo ezinhle zesikhathi sayo: isivikelo sangaphambili se-hull ne-turret sasingu-40 mm ubukhulu, futhi isivikelo esiseceleni sasingu-30 mm ubukhulu. Imoto yayikhiqizwa isikhathi esifushane, futhi ngemva kokukhiqizwa kwamayunithi angu-1365, yathathelwa indawo ekukhiqizeni i-cruiser tank Mk VI "Crusider" enezikhali ezinamandla. I-Covenanters ibisebenza namabutho ethangi ezigaba zezikhali. Ngemva kohambo lwakhe oluya eRussia ngo-1936, uLieutenant Colonel Martel, umsizi womqondisi we-Directorate of Motorization, wahlongoza, ngaphezu kokuhamba ngesikebhe, ithangi eliphakathi elinezikhali ezifika ku-30 ​​mm kanye nesivinini esikhulu, elikwazi ukuzimela. Lokhu kwakuwumphumela wokujwayelana kwakhe ne-T-28, eyayisebenza e-USSR ngamanani amakhulu futhi yadalwa ngaphansi kwethonya le-tank British 16-ton ka-1929, ithuthukiswe ngesisekelo esifanayo. Kwadwetshwa izidingo zamaqhinga nezobuchwepheshe, kwakhiwa isakhiwo esikhulu, futhi ekugcineni kwanqunywa ukuthi kwakhiwe amamodeli amabili okuhlola nge-turret yamadoda amathathu kodwa ngezidingo ezenziwe lula ze-General Staff. Bathole amagama athi A14 no-A15 (kamuva owaba ngu-A16), ngokulandelana. I-Landon-Midden kanye ne-Scottish Railway yakha imodeli yokuqala ngokohlelo olusetshenzwe umphathi wekota oyinhloko we-Tank Development Directorate. Imoto ibinohlobo lweHorteman suspension, ama-side screens, injini yeThornycraft eyi-V emise okwe-V engu-12 cylinder kanye ne-planetary transmission esanda kwakhiwa. I-A16 yabelwa eNafield, okwahlaba umxhwele uMartel ngokuthuthuka ngokushesha kwethangi le-A13. I-A16 empeleni yayibukeka njengokuguqulwa okunzima kakhulu kwe-A13. Isakhiwo nama-turrets we-A14 ne-A16 ayefana nalawo ochungechunge lwe-A9/A10. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, njengesilinganiso sesikhashana, izikhali ze-A9 zalethwa ku-30 ​​mm (ngakho zaba imodeli ye-A10), futhi i-A14 ne-A16 zase zidalwe ngokuhambisana nezidingo zamathangi aphakathi nendawo (noma okusindayo). Ukuhlolwa kwe-A14 ekuqaleni kuka-1939 kwabonisa ukuthi yayinomsindo kakhulu futhi iyinkimbinkimbi ngokwemishini, njengoba kwakunjalo ne-prototype A13 enogqinsi olufanayo lwezikhali. Khona-ke i-KM5 yanikezwa ukuthi iyeke ukusebenza ngemali ye-A14 futhi iqale ukuthuthukisa i-A13 - iphrojekthi ye-A13 M1s 111. Kwakumayelana nokukhulisa ukusetshenziswa kwezingxenye ze-A13 nemihlangano, kodwa ngomsebenzi wokugcina ukuqina kwezikhali ku-30 ​​mm, ukunciphisa ukuphakama okuphelele komshini. Ngo-April 1939, imodeli lokhuni ithangi wethulwa ikhasimende. Ukuze kuncishiswe ukuphakama kwephrofayili yemoto, injini ye-Flat 12 Meadows (ukuguqulwa okusetshenziswe ethangini lokukhanya le-Tetrarch) kanye ne-Wilson double planetary transmission (esetshenziswe ku-A14) yasetshenziswa. Uma kuqhathaniswa ne-A13 Mk II - noma i-Mk IV cruiser tank - isihlalo somshayeli sahanjiswa kwesokudla, futhi irediyetha yenjini yabekwa kwesokunxele ngaphambi kwesikebhe. Amamodeli okukhiqiza okuqala alethwa ekuqaleni kuka-1940, kodwa awazange ahlangabezane nezidingo ngenxa yezinkinga zokupholisa ezaholela ekuvaleni njalo kwenjini eshiswe ngokweqile. Kwakudingeka izinguquko ezihlukahlukene emshinini, kodwa izinkinga zokuklama azizange zinqotshwe. Umsebenzi ongenzima kakhulu kwakuwukunciphisa ukucindezela okuthile phansi ngenxa yesisindo eseqile. Maphakathi no-1940, ithangi lathola igama elisemthethweni "Isivumelwano" ngokuhambisana nomkhuba waseBrithani wokuqoka izimoto zokulwa ezethulwa ngaleso sikhathi. Ukukhiqizwa okuphelele kwamathangi e-Covenanter kwaba yizimoto ze-1771, kodwa azikaze zisetshenziswe ekulweni, nakuba kuze kube ngu-1943 asetshenziswa ezigabeni ezizinze e-UK njengokuqeqeshwa. Ezinye izimoto zathunyelwa eMpumalanga Ephakathi zisezingeni elifanayo, ezinye zaguqulwa zaba izingqimba zamabhuloho amathangi. Umsebenzi ku-A14 kanye ne-A16 waphela ekupheleni kuka-1939 ngaphambi kokuba kuhlanganiswe ama-prototypes wesibili ohlobo ngalunye. Izici zokusebenza Ukulwa nesisindo I-18,2 T Ubukhulu:   isikhathi 5790 mm ububanzi 2630 mm ukuphakama 2240 mm Abadlali Umuntu we-4 Impi 1 х 40 mm inganono 1 х 7,92 mm isibhamu somshini Izinhlamvu 131 amagobolondo 3750 imizuliswano Ukubhuka:   ingquza ebunzini 40 mm umbhoshongo ebunzini 40 mm uhlobo lwenjini I-carburetor "Meadows" Amandla aphezulu 300 h.p. Максимальная скорость I-48 km / h Ukugcina amandla 150 km Ukuguqulwa kwe-cruiser tank Covenant: "Isivumelwano" IV. "I-Covenanter" III enama-radiator akhelwe ngaphakathi apholile emoyeni ku-aft hull. "Isivumelwano" C8 (enezikhombo ezahlukene). Amanye amathangi abefakwe i-howitzer esikhundleni sesibhamu esingama-2-pounder. I-Covenanter Tank Bridge, Okuhlukile kwebhuloho lesikere elingamamitha angama-30 elinomthamo wokulayisha amathani angama-30, elafakwa emathangini kusukela ngo-1936. Ngenxa yenqolobane yamandla ye-Covenant, ezimotweni eziningi ze-MK 1 kanye ne-M1s II, esikhundleni sendawo yokulwa, kwafakwa ibhuloho lesikele elinerempu edonsa amanzi kanye nesistimu yezinsimbi ezishayelwa ngama-hydraulic. Ayesetshenziswa kakhulu ekuqeqesheni nasekuhloleni kanye nabakhi bamabhuloho kanye ne-valentine chassis. Ibhuloho lalingamamitha angu-34 ubude namamitha angu-9,5 ububanzi. Eminingi yale mishini yasetshenziswa abantu base-Australia eBurma ngo-1942. "Isivumelwano" AMCA. Ngo-1942, i-Covenanter yasetshenziswa kuphela ukuhlola idivayisi esanda kwakhiwa yokulwa nemayini, eyayinanyathiselwe phambi kwethangi ukuze iguqulwe ibe ukushanela kwemayini ezishayelayo. "I-Covenant" NOMA (imoto yombukeli), imoto yomyalo neyokubuyisela. Imithombo: G.L. Kholyavsky "The Complete Encyclopedia of Tanks World 1915 - 2000"; M. Baryatinsky. Izimoto zezikhali zaseGreat Britain 1939-1945; UDavid Fletcher, uPeter Sarson: I-Crusader Cruiser Tank 1939-1945; David Fletcher, The Great Tank Scandal - Izikhali ZaseBrithani eMpini Yezwe Yesibili; Janusz Ledwoch, Janusz Solarz amathangi British 1939-45.