Matanki apakatikati Mk A Whippet, Mk B ndi Mk C
Matanki apakatikati Mk A Whippet, Mk B ndi Mk CA British ankaganiza kuti thankiyo inali yofulumira.
Chitsanzo chinapangidwa mu December 1916, kuyesedwa mu February chaka chotsatira, ndipo mu June adatsatira dongosolo la akasinja 200 amtunduwu. Komabe, pazifukwa zina, panali zovuta ndi kumasulidwa kwa turrets zozungulira ndipo zinasiyidwa, m'malo mwawo ndi turret-ngati nyumba kumbuyo kwa thanki, mbali ya thanki inali kukhalapo kwa injini ziwiri, iliyonse yomwe inali nayo. gearbox yake. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, injini ndi matanki a gasi anali kutsogolo kwa galimotoyo, ndipo ma gearbox ndi mawilo oyendetsa anali kumbuyo, kumene kunali oyendetsa ndi zida zamfuti zomwe zinali ndi moto wozungulira. Kupanga kwa seri kudayambika ku Foster plant mu Disembala 1917, ndipo magalimoto oyamba adasiya mu Marichi 1918.
"Whippet" ("Borzoi") ankawoneka kuti British kudya, monga liwiro lake pazipita anafika 13 Km / h ndipo anatha kusiya ana ake ndi ntchito kumbuyo ntchito mdani. Pa liwiro lapakati pa 8,5 km / h, thankiyo idayenda kwa maola 10, yomwe inali mbiri yakale poyerekeza ndi akasinja a Mk.I-Mk.V. Kale pa March 26, 1918, iwo anali pa nkhondo kwa nthawi yoyamba, ndipo pa August 8 pafupi ndi Amiens, kwa nthawi yoyamba, iwo anatha kulowa mozama mu malo a asilikali a Germany, ndi apakavalo kuchita kuukira. kumbuyo kwawo.
Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, thanki imodzi ya Lieutenant Arnold, yotchedwa "music box", inali m'malo a Germany kwa maola 9 isanatulutsidwe ndipo inatha kuwononga kwambiri adani. ndi epithets "zosokoneza", "zoyenda pang'onopang'ono", "zolemetsa", koma tisaiwale kuti tikuchita izi kuchokera ku zochitika zathu zamakono, ndipo m'zaka zimenezo zonse zinkawoneka mosiyana kwambiri.
Pankhondo pafupi ndi Amiens, akasinja a Whippet amayenera kuchita limodzi ndi apakavalo, koma pansi pa moto wa adani m'malo angapo okwera pamahatchi adatsika ndikugona, pambuyo pake akasinja amunthu (kuphatikiza Music Box) adayamba kuchita paokha. Chifukwa chake, thanki ya Lieutenant Arnold inaletsa anthu pafupifupi 200 aku Germany panthawi ya nkhondoyi.
Ndipo izi zinachitidwa ndi thanki imodzi yokha yomwe inathyola, chifukwa chake lamulo la asilikali a British tank, motsimikiza kuti nkhondo idzapitirira mu 1919, adaganiza zopanga magalimoto ambiri. J. Fuller, mkulu wa Royal Tank Corps, ndipo pambuyo pake mkulu ndi katswiri wodziwika bwino wanthanthi zankhondo, makamaka adawalimbikitsa. Chifukwa cha khama la okonza anamasulidwa akasinja Mk.B ndi Mk. Mk.C, chifukwa cha kukhalapo kwa injini ya 150-horsepower, idapanga liwiro la 13 km / h, koma nthawi zambiri inalibe zabwino kuposa Mk.A. Ntchito ya thanki iyi ndi mfuti ya 57 mm ndi mfuti zitatu sizinakwaniritsidwe, ngakhale kuti thanki iyi inali makina omwe asilikali a ku Britain ankafuna kwa akatswiri pa chiyambi cha nkhondo. Ndi miyeso yake, idangopitirira pang'ono kutalika kwa Mk, koma mwadongosolo inali yosavuta komanso yotsika mtengo ndipo, chochititsa chidwi kwambiri, inali ndi cannon imodzi, osati ziwiri. Ndi makonzedwe a mfuti ya 57-mm pa thanki ya Mk.C, mbiya yake siyenera kufupikitsidwa, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti idzawononga dala mfuti zabwino zapamadzi. Panali sitepe imodzi yokha kuchokera ku casemate kupita ku nsanja yokhotakhota, kotero ngati British adaganiza za chitukuko choterocho, amatha kupeza thanki yamakono, ngakhale masiku ano. Komabe, ndi makonzedwe a mfuti mu wheelhouse, thanki iyi inali ndi mbali yaikulu ya mfuti, yomwe inali yofunika kwambiri kuti iwombere pazitsulo zomwe zili mu ngalandeyo kutsogolo kwa thanki, ndipo m'mphepete mwake mukhoza kuwombera. 40 ° kumanzere ndi 30 ° kumanja kwa likulu kuti panthawiyo kunali kokwanira. Koma a British anatulutsa matanki ochepa kwambiri: 45 Mk.V (pa 450 olamulidwa) ndi 36 Mk.S (mwa 200), omwe anapangidwa pambuyo poti mgwirizano wa zida zankhondo udasainidwa pa November 11, 1918. Motero, a British adalandira. zabwino "zapakatikati" zitsanzo za akasinja kale pambuyo makina oipa kwambiri anali pankhondo. "Vickers" yemweyo No. 1 wa chitsanzo cha 1921, ngati adawonekera kale, amatha kuchita bwino ndi "okwera pamahatchi" pakati pa British, ndipo Mk.C mu cannon version idzakhala thanki yoyamba "imodzi". kwa ntchito zankhondo, zomwe sizinachitike zidachitika. Mitundu yaposachedwa kwambiri ya Mk.B ndi Mk.C idatumikira m'gulu lankhondo la Britain mpaka 1925, idamenya nawo nkhondo ku Russia ndipo idagwira ntchito ndi gulu lankhondo la Latvia, komwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito limodzi ndi akasinja a MK.V mpaka 1930. A British adapanga akasinja 3027 amitundu 13 ndikusintha, omwe pafupifupi 2500 ndi akasinja a Mk.I - Mk.V. Zinapezeka kuti makampani a ku France adagonjetsa British, ndipo zonse chifukwa ku France adazindikira m'kupita kwanthawi ndikudalira matanki a kuwala kwa mlengi wa galimoto Louis Renault.
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Pafupifupi atangoyamba kugwiritsa ntchito akasinja MK, British anaona kuti anafunika thanki mofulumira kwambiri ndi zosinthika kwambiri ntchito mu zone kuseri kwa mipanda ya adani. Mwachilengedwe, thanki yotereyi iyenera choyamba kukhala ndi kuwongolera kwakukulu, kukhala ndi kulemera kochepa komanso miyeso yocheperako. Ntchito ya thanki yopepuka yokhala ndi turret yozungulira idapangidwa ndi W. Foster ku Lincoln ngakhale lamulo lochokera kunkhondo lisanalandire.
