Ithangi lokuhlola elikhanyayo i-Mk VIА I-Light Tank Mk VI. Leli thangi laliwuhlobo lokuthweswa umqhele wokuthuthukiswa kwama-tankette nezimoto zokuhlola ukukhanya ngabaklami baseBrithani okwathatha iminyaka engaphezu kweyishumi. I-MkVI yasungulwa ngo-1936, ukukhiqizwa kwaqalwa ngo-1937 futhi kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-1940. Yayinesakhiwo esilandelayo: indawo yokulawula, kanye nokudluliswa kwamandla kanye namasondo okushayela, abekwe phambi kwesikebhe. Ngemva kwawo kwakunegumbi lokulwa elaline-turret enkulu efakwe kulo ithangi elinjalo. Lapha, maphakathi nesikebhe, kwakukhona injini kaphethiloli yaseMeadows. Indawo yomshayeli yayisendaweni yokulawula, eyayigudluzwe kancane ohlangothini lwesobunxele, kanti amanye amalungu amabili ezisebenzi atholakala embhoshongweni. I-turret enamadivayisi okubuka yayifakwe kumphathi weqembu. Kwafakwa isiteshi somsakazo sokuxhumana kwangaphandle. Izikhali ezifakwe ku-turret zazihlanganisa isibhamu somshini esikhulu esingu-12,7 mm kanye nesibhamu somshini esiyi-coaxial esingu-7,69 mm. Enqoleni yangaphansi, kusetshenziswe amapheya amane amasondo omgwaqo ahlangene kanye ne-support roller eyodwa, isibungu esinama-link amancane esinegiya le-lantern. Kuze kube ngu-1940, cishe amathangi angu-1200 MKVIA akhiqizwa. Njengengxenye yeButho LaseBritish Expeditionary Force, baba nengxenye ekulweni eFrance entwasahlobo ka-1940. Ukushiyeka kwabo kwabonakaliswa ngokucacile lapha: izikhali eziyizibhamu ezibuthakathaka kanye nezikhali zempi ezinganele. Ukukhiqiza kuyekwa, kodwa zasetshenziswa ezimpini kwaze kwaba ngu-1942 (Bheka futhi: “Ithangi elikhanyayo uMk VII, “Tetrarch”) Ithangi lokukhanya le-Mk VI elilandela i-Mk VI lalifana nayo ngazo zonke izindlela, ngaphandle kwe-turret, liphinde laguqulwa ukuze lilingane nesiteshi somsakazo endaweni yayo yangemuva. Ku-Mk V1A, irola elisekelayo lihanjiswe lisuka endaweni engaphambili layiswa maphakathi nohlangothi lwesikebhe. I-Mk VIB ifana ngokwesakhiwo ne-Mk VIA, kodwa inani lamayunithi lishintshiwe ukuze kube lula ukukhiqiza. Lo mehluko wawuhlanganisa isembozo se-radiator yeqabunga elilodwa (esikhundleni samaqabunga amabili) kanye ne-cylindrical turret esikhundleni se-faceted ku-Mk VIA. I-Mk VIB yomklamo wamaNdiya, eyakhelwe iButho LamaNdiya, yayifana nemodeli evamile ngaphandle kokuntuleka kwe-cupola yomkhuzi - esikhundleni salokho, kwakukhona isembozo esiyisicaba se-hatch ophahleni lombhoshongo. Imodeli yakamuva yochungechunge lwe-Mk ibingenawo umkhuzi, kodwa ibihlome kakhulu, ithwele u-15 mm no-7,92 mm Beza SP esikhundleni se-Vickers caliber .303 (7,71 mm) kanye no-.50 (12,7 -mm) kumamodeli wangaphambilini . Iphinde yaveza amakalishi amakhulu angaphansi ukuze kunyuke ukuhambahamba kanye nama-carburetor enjini amathathu. Ukukhiqizwa kwemishini yochungechunge lwe-Mk VI kwaqala ngo-1936, futhi ukukhiqizwa kwe-Mk VIС kwaphela ngo-1940. Lamathangi ayesebenza ngobuningi ekuqaleni kwempi ngo-1939, akhiqizwa kakhulu yi-Mk VIB. I-Mk VI yakha inqwaba yamathangi aseBrithani eFrance ngo-1940, oGwadule LwaseNtshonalanga nakwamanye amathiyetha esikhundleni sokuthola kabusha okwadalelwa kona. Ayesetshenziswa kaningi esikhundleni semikhumbi eyalimala kakhulu. Ngemva kokukhishwa eDunkirk, la mathangi akhanyayo nawo asetshenziselwa ukuhlomisa i-BTC yaseBrithani futhi ahlala emayunithi okulwa kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kuka-1942, ngemva kwalokho ashintshwa ngamamodeli esimanje futhi adluliselwa esigabeni sokuqeqeshwa. Ukulungiswa kwethangi lokukhanya Mk VI Ukukhanya ZSU Mk I. Okuvelayo okuvela ku-"blitzkrieg" yaseJalimane, lapho abaseBrithani beqala ukubhekana nokuhlaselwa okudidiyelwe yizindiza zesitha ezisekela ithangi ukuhlaselwa, kubangele ukuthuthukiswa okusheshayo "kwamathangi anti-aircraft". I-ZSU enezibhamu ze-quad 7,92-mm "Beza" ku-turret ene-mechanical rotation drive efakwe ku-superstructure ye-hull yangena ochungechungeni. Inguqulo yokuqala yethangi le-Mk I light anti-aircraft yenziwa ku-chassis ye-Mk VIA. Ukukhanya kwe-ZSU Mk II... Kwakuyimoto ngokuvamile efana ne-Mk I, kodwa ene-turret enkulu futhi enethezeke kakhudlwana. Ngaphezu kwalokho, indawo engaphansi engaphandle yezinhlamvu yafakwa ngemuva kwesikebhe. I-ZSU Mk II ekhanyayo yakhiwe ku-chassis ye-Mk VIV. Iqembu lama-ZSU alula amane laxhunywa enkampanini ngayinye yasendlunkulu yerejimeni. Ithangi elikhanyayo i-Mk VIB nge-chassis eguquliwe. Inani elincane lama-Mk VIB afakwe amasondo okushayela anobubanzi obukhulu kanye namasondo angemuva angasebenzi (njengaku-Mk II) ukuze kukhuliswe ubude bendawo esekelayo futhi kukhuphule ikhono lokunqamula izwe. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kuguqulwa kwahlala ku-prototype. Isendlalelo sebhuloho sethangi elikhanyayo uMk VI... Ngo-1941, i-MEXE yashintsha i-chassis eyodwa yabathwali bebhuloho eligoqekayo elingasindi. Ilethwe emabuthweni aseBrithani Middle East ukuze kuvivinywe ukulwa, le moto eyodwa yasheshe yalahleka ngesikhathi sokuhlehla. Izici zokusebenza Ukulwa nesisindo I-5,3 T Ubukhulu:   isikhathi 4000 mm ububanzi 2080 mm ukuphakama 2260 mm Abadlali Umuntu we-3 Impi 1 х 12,7 mm isibhamu somshini 1 х 7,69 mm isibhamu somshini Izinhlamvu Imijikelezo engama-2900 Ukubhuka:   ingquza ebunzini 12 mm umbhoshongo ebunzini 15 mm uhlobo lwenjini I-carburetor "Meadows" Amandla aphezulu 88 h.p. Максимальная скорость I-56 km / h Ukugcina amandla 210 km Imithombo: M. Baryatinsky. Izimoto Armored of Great Britain 1939-1945. (Iqoqo lezikhali, 4-1996); G.L. Kholyavsky "The Complete Encyclopedia of Tanks World 1915 - 2000"; Chamberlain, Peter; Ellis, Chris. Amathangi aseBrithani naseMelika eMpi Yezwe Yesibili; Fletcher, David. I-Great Tank Scandal: Izikhali ZaseBrithani EMpini Yezwe Yesibili; Ithangi Elikhanyayo Mk. VII Tetrarch [Izikhali Kuphrofayela 11].