Hondo dzehondo dzeGreat Britain 1939-1945. chikamu 2
Iyo A15 Crusader yaive mhando huru yeBritish "inokurumidza" mota panguva yekurwa kuNorth Africa muna 1941-1942.
Kutora chikamu kwe1st Armored Division uye 1st Armored Brigade yeMauto mumushandirapamwe weFrance we1940 kwakatungamira kune zvakakosha mhedziso maererano nesangano uye zvishandiso zveBritish armored formations. Haasi ose aigona kuitwa pakarepo, uye haasi ose ainzwisiswa zvakanaka. Zvakatora vanhu vakawanda vakakuvara uye ropa remasoja kuunza shanduko itsva, dzakanyanya.
Mauto ehondo eBritain akabviswa muFrance akarasikirwa nemidziyo yawo yese, saka aifanira kurongwazve. Semuenzaniso, mauto epfuti akaumbwa kubva kumapoka ekucherekedza emapoka akadzingwa, ayo akazosanganiswa kuita maviri emuchina brigades. Aya mafomati aive akashongedzerwa marori, pfuti dzemuchina, uye dzakagadzirwa kumba uye dzakajairwa
motokari dzehondo.
Iyo nyowani yesangano uye yevashandi chirongwa chechikamu chezvombo chichiri kupa kupatsanurwa kwayo kuita mauto maviri ane zvombo uye boka retsigiro, zvisinei, mukuwedzera kune matatu matangi ehondo, imwe neimwe yehondo brigade yaisanganisirawo mota yepfuti battalion ine makambani mana pane Universal Carrier vashandi vane zvombo. vatakuri (matatu platoons mukambani, chete 44) muhondo) uye pachiedza chine mavhiri ekucherekedza motokari Humber (kambani reconnaissance platoon) uye boka remukuru, umo maaiva, pakati pevamwe, maviri 76,2-mm dhaka zvikamu. Imwe neimwe yemauto matsva ematangi aifanira kuve nemakambani matatu, maplatoon mana, matangi matatu ekukurumidza rimwe nerimwe (16 pakambani - aine matangi maviri anokurumidza uye maviri ekutsigira matangi, aine howitzer pachinzvimbo checannon mukamuri yekuraira), yakazara 52 matangi ane mana anokurumidza matangi muboka remukuru wechikamu. Pamusoro pezvo, battalion yega yega yaive nechikwata chekuziva chine vatakuri gumi vane mavhiri ekucherekedza. Hondo yehondo, ine mauto matatu uye gumi inokurumidza matangi mukambani yekutonga, yakanga ine matangi 10 (uye 10 light wheeled armored motokari, kusanganisira 166 mumurairo we brigade), saka maiva nematangi mazana matatu nemakumi mana mumabrigade maviri echikamu. , kusanganisira matangi masere pamuzinda wechikamu.
Kune rumwe rutivi, shanduko huru dzakaitika muboka rekutsigira. Iko zvino yaive nehondo yevacheche yakazara mota pamotokari (isina vatakuri vendege dzepasirese), nhandare yehondo yehondo, anti-tank artillery squadron uye anti-ndege artillery squadron (sezvikamu zvakaparadzana pane imwe inoumbwa), pamwe chete maviri. injiniya zvikamu. makambani uye bhiriji park. Kupatsanurwa kwakazadzikiswa zvakare neuto reconnaissance mumotokari dzine zvombo.
uye matangi akareruka.
Chikamu chezvombo, chine hutsva hwevashandi chakaunzwa muna Gumiguru 1940, chaive nemasoja 13 (kusanganisira 669 maofficial), matangi mazana matatu nemakumi mana, mota dze626 dzakashongedzerwa, 340 light wheeled reconnaissance vatakuri, 58 universal mota, 145 midhudhudhu motokari. . .
Kusimuka kwemakonzo emugwenga
Kuumbwa kwechimwe chikamu chekufambisa muEgypt chakaziviswa munaKurume 1938. Muna September 1938, mutungamiriri wayo wokutanga, Major General Percy Hobart, akasvika muEgypt, uye mwedzi mumwe gare gare kuumbwa kwemubatanidzwa wemazano kwakatanga. Musimboti wayo waive wakareruka mauto akashongedzerwa brigade anosanganisira: ye7th Royal Hussars - mwenje wetangi battalion, iyo 8th Royal Irish Hussars - ine mota yevacheche battalion uye yechigumi neimwe Royal Hussars (yaPrince Albert pachake) - Rolls-Royce armored car battalion. Boka rechipiri rechikamu ichi raive rinorema rezvombo brigade rine mauto maviri: 11st RTC Battalion uye 1th RTC Battalion, ese akashongedzerwa neVickers Chiedza Mk VI matangi emwenje uye Vickers Medium Mk I uye Mk II epakati matangi. Pamusoro pezvo, chikamu ichi chaisanganisira boka rekutsigira raisanganisira mauto emumunda emauto e6rd Regiment yeRoyal Horse Artillery (3 24-mm howitzers), battalion yevacheche ye94st battalion yeRoyal Fusiliers, pamwe nemakambani maviri einjiniya. .
Pakarepo mushure mekutanga kwehondo, munaSeptember 1939, chikwata chakashandura zita rayo kuva Panzer Division (hapana nhamba), uye musi waFebruary 16, 1940, kusvika ku7th Panzer Division. Muna Zvita 1939, Major General Percy Hobart aive - nekuda kwekusawirirana nevakuru vake - akabviswa pachinzvimbo chake; akatsiviwa naMajor General Michael O'Moore Creagh (1892–1970). Panguva imwe chete, chiedza chemauto brigade chakava 7th tank brigade, uye brigade inorema yezvombo yakava 4th armored brigade. Boka rekutsigira rakashandurawo zviri pamutemo zita raro kubva kuPivot Group kuenda kuBoka Rekutsigira (tsvimbo irevheti inowedzera simba rekutakura).
Zvishoma nezvishoma, boka racho rakagamuchira midziyo mitsva, iyo yakaita kuti zvikwanisike kushongedza 7th Tank Brigade yose nematangi, uye yechitatu yehondo ye 4th Tank Brigade nenzira ye 2nd Royal Tank Regiment yakawedzerwa kwairi muna Gumiguru 1940. 7th Hussars nemotokari dzayo dzakashongedzwa - kuendeswa kwechikwata ichi kusvika pamwero wechikamu sechikwata chekucherechedza, uye panzvimbo yayo - tangi yehondo ye11 Royal Hussars, iyo yakatamiswa kubva kuUnited States.
