Kugadzwa kwezvombo zvehondo Bhishopi
Kuisa artillery yega yega BishopOrdnance QF 25-pdr paMutakuri Valentine 25-pdr Mk 1, Iyo Bhishopi self-propelled pfuti yakagadzirwa kubvira 1943 pahwaro hweValentine light infantry tank. Panzvimbo ye turret, yakakura rectangular yakavharirwa yakazara conning tower ine 87,6-mm howitzer-cannon yakaiswa pane yakasara isingachinjiki chassis yetangi. Iyo conning tower ine yakasimba yekudzivirira kurwisa: ukobvu hweplate yepamberi ndeye 50,8 mm, mahwendefa eparutivi 25,4 mm, ukobvu hwepadenga rezvombo ndiro 12,7 mm. Howitzer yakaiswa muwheelhouse - kanoni ine mwero wemoto we 5 rounds paminiti ine horizontal pointing angle inoita madhigirii gumi nemashanu, elevation angle ye +15 degrees uye descent angle ye -15 degrees. Iyo yakanyanya kupfura yemhando yepamusoro-inoputika fragmentation projectile inorema 11,34 kg ndeye 8000 m. Zvombo zvinotakurwa magomba makumi mana nemapfumbamwe. Mukuwedzera, 49 shells inogona kuiswa pane turera. Kudzora moto pane inozvifambisa unit, kune tangi telescopic uye artillery panoramic zvinoonekwa. Moto unogona kuitwa zvose nemoto wakananga uye kubva munzvimbo dzakavharwa. Bhishopi anozvisimudzira pfuti dzakashandiswa muhondo dzehondo dzemapoka ezvombo, asi panguva yehondo dzakatsiviwa nepfuti dzeSexton. Hunhu hwekurwa kwekuNorth Africa hwakakonzera kurongeka kweiyo-self-propelled howitzer ine 25-pound QF 25 pounder pfuti. Muna June 1941, budiriro yakagoverwa kuBirmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. Pfuti yakazvifambisa yakavakirwa ipapo yakagamuchira zita repamutemo rekuti Ordnance QF 25-pdr paCarrier Valentine 25-pdr Mk 1, asi yakave inozivikanwa zviri nani saBhishopi. Bhishopi anobva pane hull yeValentine II tank. Mumotokari yepasi, turret yakatsiviwa nekabhini isingatenderere yemhando yebhokisi ine magonhi mahombe kumashure. Iyi superstructure yaigara 25-pound howitzer cannon. Nekuda kwekuiswa uku kwechombo chikuru, mota yakave yakakwirira kwazvo. Iyo yakanyanya kukwirisa kona yepfuti yaive 15 ° chete, izvo zvakaita kuti zvibvire kupfutidza kureba kwemamita 5800 (iyo yaive inenge hafu yemhando yepamusoro yemoto weiyo 25-pounder mushanduro yakadhonzwa). Iko kuderera kuderera kwekona yaive 5 °, uye kutungamira mundege yakachinjika yakaganhurwa kune chikamu che8 °. Mukuwedzera kune pfuti huru, motokari inogona kunge yakashongedzerwa ne 7,7 mm Bren machine gun. Kurongeka kwekutanga kwakapihwa pfuti zana dzinozvifambisa, dzakaendeswa kumauto muna 100. Dzimwe mota makumi mashanu dzakazoodha, asi maererano nemimwe mishumo, kurongeka hakuna kupera. Bhishopi akatanga kuona hondo panguva yeHondo yechipiri yeEl Alamein kuNorth Africa uye akanga achiri mubasa panguva yekutanga yedanidziro yeItaly yeWestern Allies. Nekuda kwezvisingakwanisi zvakataurwa pamusoro apa, pamwe nekumhanya kunononoka kweValentine, Bhishopi aigara achitongwa semuchina usina kugadzirwa. Kuti neimwe nzira vagadzirise kusakwana kwekupfura, vashandi vaiwanzovaka mizinga mikuru yakarerekera kumatenga - Bhishopi, achityaira pamupendero wakadaro, akawana imwe yekuwedzera kona. Bhishopi akatsiviwa neM1942 Priest uye Sexton anozvisimudzira pfuti pakangobvumira nhamba dzevakupedzisira kutsiva kwakadaro. Maitiro ekuita
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