Wodziyendetsa yekha zida zankhondo Bishop
Kuyika zida zodziyendetsa zokha BishopOrdnance QF 25-pdr pa Carrier Valentine 25-pdr Mk 1,
Kuwombera kwakukulu kwa projectile yophulika kwambiri yophulika yolemera 11,34 kg ndi 8000 m. Zipolopolo zonyamulidwa ndi zipolopolo 49. Kuphatikiza apo, zipolopolo 32 zitha kuyikidwa pa ngolo. Kuti muwongolere moto pagawo lodziyendetsa nokha, pali tank telescopic ndi zida zankhondo zowonera. Motowo ukhoza kuchitidwa ndi moto wolunjika komanso kuchokera kumalo otsekedwa. Mfuti zodziyendetsa zokha za Bishop zidagwiritsidwa ntchito m'magulu ankhondo amagulu ankhondo, koma panthawi yankhondo zidasinthidwa ndi mfuti zodziyendetsa za Sexton.
Mkhalidwe wovuta wankhondo ku North Africa unayambitsa dongosolo la howitzer yodziyendetsa yokha yokhala ndi mfuti ya mapaundi 25 QF 25 pounder. Mu June 1941, chitukuko chinatumizidwa ku Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. Mfuti yodziyendetsa yokha yomwe idamangidwa pamenepo idalandira dzina lovomerezeka la Ordnance QF 25-pdr pa Carrier Valentine 25-pdr Mk 1, koma idadziwika kuti Bishop.
Bishopuyo adakhazikitsidwa ndi thanki ya Valentine II. M'galimoto yapansi, turret inasinthidwa ndi kanyumba kamene kamakhala kabokosi kamene kamakhala ndi zitseko zazikulu kumbuyo. Nyumba yapamwambayi inali ndi mizinga ya howitzer ya mapaundi 25. Chifukwa cha kuikidwa kwa zida zazikuluzikuluzi, galimotoyo inakhala yokwera kwambiri. The pazipita okwera ngodya ya mfuti anali 15 ° yekha, zomwe zinachititsa kuwombera pa mtunda pazipita 5800 m (omwe anali pafupifupi theka la pazipita osiyanasiyana osiyanasiyana moto wa 25-pounder yemweyo mu Baibulo towed). The osachepera declination ngodya anali 5 °, ndi cholinga mu yopingasa ndege anali okha gawo la 8 °. Kuphatikiza pa zida zazikulu, galimotoyo imatha kukhala ndi mfuti ya 7,7 mm Bren.
Lamulo loyamba linaperekedwa kwa mfuti 100 zodziyendetsa zokha, zomwe zinaperekedwa kwa asilikali mu 1942. Magalimoto enanso 50 adalamulidwa, koma malinga ndi malipoti ena, lamuloli silinamalizidwe. Bishopuyo adawona nkhondo koyamba pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri ya El Alamein kumpoto kwa Africa ndipo anali akugwirabe ntchito panthawi yoyamba ya ndawala ya ku Italy ya Western Allies. Chifukwa cha zofooka zomwe tazitchula pamwambapa, komanso kuthamanga kwapang'onopang'ono kwa Valentine, Bishopu nthawi zonse ankaweruzidwa kuti ndi makina osapangidwa bwino. Pofuna kukonza kuwombera kosakwanira, ogwira ntchito nthawi zambiri amamanga mipanda ikuluikulu yokhotakhota - Bishopu, akuyendetsa pamtunda woterowo, adapeza ngodya yowonjezereka. Bishopuyo adalowedwa m'malo ndi Wansembe wa M7 ndi Sexton mfuti zodzipangira okha manambala a omalizawo atalola kuti alowe m'malo mwake.
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Mfuti yodziyendetsa yokha ya Bishop idapangidwa kuyambira 1943 pamaziko a thanki ya Valentine light infantry tank. M'malo mwa turret, nsanja yayikulu yamakona anayi yokhala ndi cannon 87,6-mm howitzer-cannon idayikidwa pa chassis yotsala yosasinthika ya thankiyo. Conning tower ili ndi chitetezo cholimba chankhondo: makulidwe a mbale yakutsogolo ndi 50,8 mm, mbale zam'mbali ndi 25,4 mm, makulidwe a denga la zida zankhondo ndi 12,7 mm. Howitzer wokwera mu wheelhouse - mizinga ndi mlingo wa moto mozungulira 5 pa mphindi ili ndi yopingasa kuloza ngodya pafupifupi 15 madigiri, okwera ngodya madigiri +15 ndi m'munsi ngodya -7 madigiri.
