Tanki ya Cruiser "Covenant" Tank Cruiser Covenant. Tanki ya Covenanter idapangidwa ndi Nuffield mu 1939 chifukwa cha ntchito yayitali pakupanga mayankho aukadaulo omwe amaphatikizidwa ndi makina a wopanga waku America Christie. Mosiyana ndi okonza Soviet, omwe adapanga mtundu woyambirira wa tanki ya Christie mu mndandanda wa BT, opanga ku Britain kuyambira pachiyambi adangopanga mtundu wotsatiridwa. Galimoto yoyamba yokhala ndi undercarriage yamtundu wa Christie idapangidwa pansi pa dzina lakuti "Cruiser tank Mk IV" mu 1938 ndipo idapangidwa mpaka 1941. Chitetezo cha zida za thanki yothamangayi chinkaonedwa kuti sichinali chokwanira ndipo pambuyo pa kupanga magalimoto 665 amtunduwu. , sitima yapamadzi ya Mk idayikidwa popanga V "Covenanter". Monga momwe idakhazikitsira, thanki ya Covenanter inali ndi mawilo amsewu asanu okhala ndi mphira mbali iliyonse, mawilo oyendetsa kumbuyo komanso chiboliboli chochepa, zida mapepala omwe anali ogwirizana ndi ma rivets. Zida mu mawonekedwe a cannon 40 mamilimita ndi coaxial 7,92-mm mfuti mfuti anali mu nsanja otsika, mbale zida amene anali ndi ngodya zazikulu zokhotakhota. Mk V inali ndi zida zabwino panthawi yake: zida zam'tsogolo za chombo ndi turret zinali 40 mm wandiweyani, ndipo zida zam'mbali zinali 30 mm wandiweyani. Galimotoyo inali kupanga kwa nthawi yochepa, ndipo pambuyo pa kupanga mayunitsi 1365, idasinthidwa ndi cruiser tank Mk VI "Crusider" ndi zida zamphamvu. A Covenants anali muutumiki ndi magulu ankhondo akasinja a magulu ankhondo. Pambuyo pa ulendo wake wopita ku Russia mu 1936, Lieutenant-Colonel Martel, wothandizira wotsogolera wa Directorate of Motorization, anapempha, kuwonjezera pa kuyenda, thanki sing'anga yokhala ndi zida mpaka 30 mm wandiweyani ndi liwiro lalikulu, imatha kuchitapo kanthu paokha. Ichi chinali chifukwa chodziwana ndi T-28, yomwe inali mu USSR mu ziwerengero zambiri ndipo inalengedwa mothandizidwa ndi thanki ya British 16-tani ya 1929, yomwe inakhazikitsidwa pa maziko omwewo. Zofunikira zaukadaulo ndiukadaulo zidapangidwa, mawonekedwe akulu adamangidwa, ndipo pamapeto pake adaganiza zomanga zitsanzo ziwiri zoyeserera ndi turret yamunthu atatu koma ndi zofunika zosavuta za General Staff. Adalandira mayina A14 ndi A15 (kenako A16), motsatana. Landon-Midden ndi Scottish Railway adapanga choyimira choyamba molingana ndi pulani yomwe wamkulu wa kotala la Tank Development Directorate. Galimotoyo inali ndi kuyimitsidwa kwamtundu wa Horteman, zowonetsera zam'mbali, injini ya Thornycraft yooneka ngati V yoboola pakati pa 12 cylinder ndi njira yopatsira mapulaneti yomwe yangopangidwa kumene. A16 idatumizidwa ku Nafield, zomwe zidadabwitsa Martel ndikukula mwachangu kwa thanki ya A13. A16 kwenikweni imawoneka ngati kusinthidwa kolemera kwa A13. Mapangidwe ndi ma turrets a A14 ndi A16 anali ofanana ndi a mndandanda wa A9/A10. Pakalipano, ngati muyeso wosakhalitsa, zida za A9 zinabweretsedwa ku 30 mm (kotero zinakhala chitsanzo cha A10), ndipo A14 ndi A16 zidapangidwa kale malinga ndi zofunikira za matanki apakati (kapena olemetsa). Mayesero a A14 koyambirira kwa 1939 adawonetsa kuti inali yaphokoso kwambiri komanso yamakina ovuta, monganso mtundu wa A13 wokhala ndi makulidwe a zida zomwezo. Kenaka KM5 inaperekedwa kuti asiye kugwira ntchito pa ndalama za A14 ndikuyamba kukonza A13 - polojekiti ya A13 M1s 111. Zinali zokhuza kugwiritsa ntchito zigawo zikuluzikulu za A13 ndi misonkhano, koma ndi ntchito yosungira zida zankhondo mpaka 30 mm, kuchepetsa kutalika konse kwa makina. Mu April 1939, chitsanzo chamatabwa cha thanki chinaperekedwa kwa kasitomala. Kuti achepetse kutalika kwa mbiri yagalimoto, injini ya Flat 12 Meadows (kusinthidwa komwe kumagwiritsidwa ntchito pa tanki yowala ya Tetrarch) ndi kufalikira kwa mapulaneti awiri a Wilson (omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pa A14) adagwiritsidwa ntchito. Poyerekeza ndi A13 Mk II - kapena Mk IV cruiser tank - mpando wa dalaivala unasunthidwa kumanja, ndipo radiator ya injini inayikidwa kumanzere kutsogolo kwa hull. Mitundu yoyamba yopangira idaperekedwa koyambirira kwa 1940, koma sanakwaniritse zofunikira chifukwa chazovuta zoziziritsa zomwe zidapangitsa kuti injini yotenthedwa itseke. Zosintha zosiyanasiyana pamakina zidafunikira, koma zovuta zamapangidwe sizinagonjetsedwe. Ntchito yocheperapo inali yochepetsera kupanikizika kwenikweni pansi chifukwa cha kulemera kwakukulu. Pakatikati mwa 1940, thankiyo inalandira dzina lovomerezeka. "Mgwirizano" molingana ndi machitidwe aku Britain opangira magalimoto omenyera nkhondo omwe adayambitsidwa panthawiyo. Kupanga kwathunthu kwa akasinja a Covenanter kunali magalimoto a 1771, koma sanagwiritsidwepo ntchito pankhondo, ngakhale mpaka 1943 adagwiritsidwa ntchito m'magawo okhala ku UK ngati ophunzitsira. Magalimoto ena adatumizidwa ku Middle East ali momwemo, ena adasinthidwa kukhala matanki a mlatho. Ntchito pa A14 ndi A16 inatha kumapeto kwa 1939 ma prototypes achiwiri amtundu uliwonse asanasonkhanitsidwe. Makhalidwe apangidwe Kulimbana ndi kulemera 18,2 T Miyeso:   kutalika 5790 мм Kutalika 2630 мм kutalika 2240 мм Ogwira ntchito 4 munthu Armarm 1 х 40 mm cannon 1 х 7,92 mm mfuti yamakina Zida 131 zipolopolo 3750 kuzungulira Kusungitsa:   mphumi 40 мм nsanja mphumi 40 мм mtundu wa injini carburetor "Meadows" Mphamvu yayikulu Mphindi 300 Kuthamanga kwakukulu 48 km / h Malo osungira magetsi 150 km Zosintha pa tanki ya Covenant cruising: "Mgwirizano" IV. "Covenanter" III yokhala ndi ma radiator owonjezera opangidwa ndi mpweya wokhazikika pamakina akumbuyo. "Covenanter" C8 (ndi zolemba zosiyanasiyana). Ena mwa akasinjawo anali ndi howitzer m'malo mwa mfuti ya 2-pounder. Covenanter Tank Bridge, Mlatho wosiyanasiyana wa scissor wa 30-foot wokhala ndi katundu wokwana matani 30, womwe udayikidwa pa akasinja kuyambira 1936. Chifukwa cha malo osungirako mphamvu a Covenant, pamagalimoto angapo a MK 1 ndi M1s II, m'malo mwa chipinda chomenyera nkhondo, mlatho wa lumo unayikidwa ndi hydraulic ramp ndi dongosolo la levers loyendetsedwa ndi ma hydraulics. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito makamaka pophunzitsa ndi kuyesa limodzi ndi omanga mlatho komanso pa Valentine chassis. Mlathowo unali wa mamita 34 m’litali ndi mamita 9,5 m’lifupi. Ambiri mwa makinawa anagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu a ku Australia ku Burma mu 1942. "Covenanter" AMCA. Mu 1942, Covenant inagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyesa chipangizo chatsopano chotsutsana ndi mgodi, chomwe chinamangiriridwa kutsogolo kwa thanki kuti chisandutse kusesa kwa mgodi wodziyendetsa. "Covenanter" KAPENA (galimoto yowonera), magalimoto olamula ndi obwezeretsa. Zotsatira: G.L. Kholyavsky "The Complete Encyclopedia of World Tanks 1915 - 2000"; M. Baryatinsky. Magalimoto ankhondo a Great Britain 1939-1945; David Fletcher, Peter Sarson: Crusader Cruiser Tank 1939-1945; David Fletcher, The Great Tank Scandal - British Armor mu Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse; Janusz Ledwoch, akasinja a Janusz Solarz aku Britain 1939-45.