Imoto encane ehlomile i-M8 "Greyhound"
Imoto encane ehlomile i-M8 "Greyhound"I-Light Armored Car M8, “Greyhound” (i-English Greyhound).
Ukuze uvikeleke ekuhlaselweni emoyeni, isibhamu somshini we-anti-aircraft esingu-12,7 mm safakwa embhoshongweni. Egumbini lokulawula, okuyikhabethe eliphakanyiswe ngaphezu kwesikebhe, kuhlaliswa umshayeli nelinye labasebenzi. Ikhabethe elihlomile lifakwe ama-periscopes kanye nezikhala zokubuka ezinama-dampers. Ngokwesisekelo se-M8, indlunkulu imoto yezikhali I-M20, ehlukile ku-M8 ngoba ayinayo i-turret, futhi indawo yokulwa inezindawo zokusebenza zamaphoyisa angu-3-4. Imoto yomyalo ibihlome ngesibhamu esingu-12,7 mm anti-aircraft. Ukuxhumana kwangaphandle, iziteshi zomsakazo zafakwa kuyo yomibili le mishini.
Ngemva kokufunda isipiliyoni sokusebenza kwezempi eYurophu ngo-1940-1941, umyalo webutho laseMelika wenza izidingo zemoto entsha ehlomile, okwakufanele ibe nokusebenza kahle, ibe nokuhlelwa kwamasondo angu-6 x 6, i-silhouette ephansi, isisindo esincane futhi sihlomile. ngenganono engu-37-mm. Ngokomkhuba owawukhona e-United States, kwamenywa amafemu amaningana ukuthi athuthukise umshini onjalo, izinkampani ezine zabamba iqhaza kuthenda.
Kusukela eziphakamisweni, kwakhethwa Ford T22 prototype, eyafakwa ukukhiqizwa ngaphansi kwegama M8 light armored imoto. Kancane kancane, i-M8 yaba imoto yezempi evamile yaseMelika, ngesikhathi ukukhiqizwa kuphela ngo-April 1945, ezingu-11667 zalezi zimoto zase zakhiwe. Ngokusho kochwepheshe baseMelika, bekuyimoto enhle kakhulu yokulwa enekhono elihle lokunqamula izwe. Inombolo enkulu yale mishini yayisesimweni sokulwa kwamabutho amazwe amaningi kwaze kwaba maphakathi nawo-1970.
Kwakuyimoto enama-asi amathathu aphansi (i-asi eyodwa ngaphambili namabili ngemuva) edonsa ngawo wonke amasondo, amasondo ayo embozwe izikrini ezikhishwayo. Abasebenzi abane bafakwe ngaphakathi kwekhompathimenti evulekile, futhi inganono engu-37-mm kanye nesibhamu somshini we-Browning esingu-7,62-mm esihambisana naso kwafakwa ku-turret evulekile phezulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-turret yesibhamu somshini we-anti-aircraft engu-12,7 mm yafakwa ngemuva kwe-turret.
Isihlobo esiseduze se-M8 kwakuyimoto ehlomile ye-M20 ehlotshiswe ngokujwayelekile ekhishwe i-turret kanye negumbi lamasosha esikhundleni sempi. Isibhamu somshini singafakwa ku-turret ngaphezu kwengxenye evulekile yesikebhe. I-M20 ayizange idlale indima encane kune-M8, njengoba yayiwumshini oguquguqukayo osetshenziselwa ukuxazulula imisebenzi ehlukahlukene - kusukela ekugadweni kuya ekuthuthweni kwempahla. I-M8 ne-M20 yaqala ukungena emasosheni ngoMashi 1943, kwathi ngoNovemba walowo nyaka, kwase kukhiqizwe izimoto ezingaphezu kwenkulungwane. Ngokushesha baqala ukuthunyelwa e-UK nasemazweni aseBritish Commonwealth.
AbaseBrithani banikeze i-M8 igama leGreyhound, kodwa babenokungabaza mayelana nokusebenza kwayo kwempi. Ngakho-ke, babekholelwa ukuthi le moto inezikhali zempi ezibuthakathaka kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ukuvikela imayini. Ukuze kuqedwe lokhu kuntuleka kwamasosha, kwafakwa izikhwama zesihlabathi ngaphansi kwemoto. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-M8 nayo yayinezinzuzo - i-cannon engu-37-mm yayingakwazi ukushaya noma iyiphi imoto yesitha esinezikhali, futhi kwakukhona izibhamu ezimbili zokulwa nezinsana. Inzuzo enkulu ye-M8 ukuthi lezi zimoto zezikhali zazihlinzekwa ngobuningi. Izici zokusebenza
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Imoto eyi-M8 armored, eyakhiwa abakwaFord ngo-1942, yayiwuhlobo oluyinhloko lwemoto yezikhali eyayisetshenziswa amasosha ase-US eMpini Yezwe II. Imoto ehlomile idalwe ngesisekelo seloli elijwayelekile elinama-axle amathathu ane-6 × 6 isondo lokuhlelwa, noma kunjalo, inesakhiwo "sethangi": indawo yamandla enenjini ye-carburetor epholile uketshezi itholakala ngemuva i-hull, indawo yokulwa iphakathi nendawo, futhi indawo yokulawula ingaphambili. I-turret ejikelezayo ene-cannon engu-37-mm kanye nesibhamu somshini esingu-7,62-mm sifakwe endaweni yokulwa.
