Amathangi amaphakathi i-Mk A Whippet, i-Mk B ne-Mk C
Amathangi amaphakathi i-Mk A Whippet, i-Mk B ne-Mk CAbaseBrithani babecabanga ukuthi ithangi lalishesha.
I-prototype yenziwa ngoDisemba ka-1916, yahlolwa ngoFebhuwari wonyaka olandelayo, kwathi ngoJuni kwalandelwa i-oda lamathangi angama-200 alolu hlobo. Kodwa-ke, ngasizathu simbe, kwavela ubunzima ngokukhululwa kwama-turrets ajikelezayo futhi ashiywa, esikhundleni sawo ngesakhiwo esifana ne-turret ngemuva kwethangi, isici sethangi kwakuwukuba khona kwezinjini ezimbili, ngayinye eyayinayo. ugearbox wayo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, izinjini namathangi e-gas ayengaphambili kwesikebhe, kanti ama-gearbox namasondo okushayela ayengemuva, lapho kwakukhona abasebenzi kanye nezibhamu zemishini, okwakunomlilo oyindilinga. Ukukhiqizwa kwe-serial kwethulwa embonini ye-Foster ngo-December 1917, futhi izimoto zokuqala zayishiya ngo-March 1918.
"I-Whippet" ("i-Borzoi") ibonakala ku-British fast, njengoba isivinini sayo esiphezulu sifinyelela ku-13 km / h futhi yakwazi ukugqashula ebuthongweni bayo futhi isebenze ngemuva kwesitha. Ngesivinini esijwayelekile esingu-8,5 km/h, ithangi lalihamba amahora angu-10, okwakuyinani elirekhodiwe uma liqhathaniswa namathangi e-Mk.I-Mk.V. Kakade ngo-March 26, 1918, babeqala empini, futhi ngo-August 8 eduze Amiens, ngokokuqala ngqá, bakwazi ukungena ngokujulile endaweni amasosha aseJalimane futhi, kanye nabamahhashi, ukuhlasela. ngemuva kwabo.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ithangi elilodwa likaLieutenant Arnold, elibizwa ngokuthi “ibhokisi lomculo”, lalisendaweni yaseJalimane amahora angu-9 ngaphambi kokuba likhishwe futhi lakwazi ukulahlekelwa kakhulu esitheni. Namuhla, sivame ukunikeza amathangi eMpi Yezwe Yokuqala. nge-epithets "clumsy", "ehamba kancane", "cumbersome", kodwa akumele sikhohlwe ukuthi lokhu sikwenza ngokombono wethu wesimanje, futhi kuleyo minyaka konke kwakubukeka kuhluke ngokuphelele.
Empini eduze ne-Amiens, amathangi e-Whippet kwakufanele asebenze kanye nabagibeli bamahhashi, kodwa ngaphansi komlilo wesitha ezindaweni eziningi abagibeli bamahhashi behla futhi balala, ngemva kwalokho amathangi ngamanye (kuhlanganise ne-Music Box) aqala ukusebenza ngokuzimela. Ngakho ithangi likaLieutenant Arnold lakhubaza amaJalimane angaba ngu-200 phakathi nalokhu kuhlasela.
Futhi lokhu kwenziwa ithangi elilodwa kuphela eliphakathi elabhodloza, yingakho umyalo wamabutho amathangi aseBrithani, eqiniseka ukuthi impi izoqhubeka ngo-1919, wanquma ukukhiqiza izimoto eziphakathi. J. Fuller, inhloko yeRoyal Tank Corps, futhi kamuva waba ujenene kanye nongoti wemfundiso yenkolo owaziwayo ngempi yamathangi, wabakhulumela ngokukhethekile. Ngenxa yemizamo yabaklami, amathangi uMk.B noMk.S "Hornet" ("Bumblebee") akhululwa, ahluke kumanduleli wawo ngoba ayefana kakhulu namathangi asindayo angamaNgisi angaphambili. I-Mk.C, ngenxa yokuba khona kwenjini engu-150-horsepower, ithuthukise isivinini esingu-13 km / h, kodwa ngokuvamile yayingenazo izinzuzo ngaphezu kwe-Mk.A. Iphrojekthi yaleli thangi elinesibhamu esingu-57-mm nezibhamu ezintathu zemishini ayizange igcwaliseke, nakuba leli thangi, eqinisweni, laliwumshini owawufunwa amasosha aseBrithani onjiniyela ekuqaleni kwempi. Ngobukhulu bayo, idlule kancane i-Mk ngobude, kodwa ngokwesakhiwo yayilula futhi ishibhile futhi, okuthakazelisa kakhulu, yayinenganono eyodwa, hhayi ezimbili. Ngokuhlelwa kwesibhamu esingu-57 mm ethangini le-Mk.C, umgqomo waso ngeke ufushaniswe, okusho ukuthi uzolimaza ngamabomu izibhamu ezinhle zasolwandle. Kwakukhona isinyathelo esisodwa kuphela ukusuka ku-casemate kuya embhoshongweni oguqukayo, ngakho-ke uma abaseBrithani benquma ngentuthuko enjalo, bangathola ngokushesha ithangi lesimanje, ngisho namazinga anamuhla. Kodwa-ke, ngokuhlelwa kwesibhamu ku-wheelhouse, leli thangi laline-angle enkulu yokucindezeleka yesibhamu, okwakubalulekile ukuze kuqhunyiswe amatshe emiseleni ngqo phambi kwethangi, futhi emkhathizwe kungadubula. 40 ° kwesokunxele futhi 30 ° kwesokudla isikhungo ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi kwakwanele impela. Kodwa amaNgisi akhiqiza ambalwa kakhulu kulamathangi: 45 Mk.V (kwangu-450 aye-odiwe) no-36 Mk.S (kwangu-200), akhiqizwa ngemva kokusayinwa kwesivumelwano sokuvikela ngo-November 11, 1918. Ngakho, abaseBrithani bathola amamodeli amahle "aphakathi" amathangi kakade ngemva kokuba imishini eklanywe kabi kakhulu isempini. Imodeli efanayo ye-"Vickers" No. 1 ye-1921, uma ivele ngaphambili, ingadlala ngempumelelo indima "yamahhashi ahlomile" phakathi kwamaBrithani, kanti i-Mk.C enguqulweni ye-cannon yayizoba ithangi "elilodwa" lokuqala. imisebenzi yezempi, okuyinto engakaze yenzeke kwenzeka. Amamodeli wakamuva uMk.B noMk.C bakhonza ebuthweni laseBrithani kwaze kwaba ngu-1925, balwa nathi eRussia futhi babesenkonzweni nebutho laseLatvia, lapho basetshenziswa khona kanye namathangi e-MK.V kwaze kwaba ngu-1930. AbaseBrithani bakhiqize amathangi angu-3027 ezinhlobo ezingu-13 kanye nokuguqulwa, cishe angu-2500 angamathangi e-Mk.I - Mk.V. Kwavela ukuthi imboni yaseFrance yadlula abaseBrithani, futhi konke ngenxa yokuthi eFrance baqaphela ngesikhathi futhi bathembele emathangeni okukhanya omklami wezimoto uLouis Renault.
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Cishe ngokushesha ngemva kokuqala kokusetshenziswa kwamathangi e-MK, abaseBrithani baqaphela ukuthi badinga ithangi elisheshayo nelikwazi ukuqondiswa ukuze lisebenze endaweni engemuva komugqa wezinqaba zesitha. Ngokwemvelo, ithangi elinjalo kufanele libe, okokuqala, ukuhamba kahle okukhulu, isisindo esincane kanye nobukhulu obuncishisiwe. Iphrojekthi yethangi elincane eline-turret ejikelezayo yenziwa nguW. Foster eLincoln ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kutholwe umyalo ovela embuthweni wezempi.
