"Matilda" - itanki inkxaso elihamba

Injongo yokuqala Imikhosi vehicles kukuba ukucinezela uxhathiso yotshaba nomkhosi kunye imigca ekuvaleni of kwiinqaba. I-Second World War ubudlelwane lweengcinga esekwe malunga imithetho imfazwe kunye neendlela ezithile. Ngokufuthi, kwakukho amatyala zamehlo kwitanki zokudubula yaye sokubala-amadabi. Noko ke, loo nto ihlala kuyinyaniso ukuba sikrweqe akakwazi ukuhlasela ngaphandle elihamba.

Kodwa kuthekani esahlukileyo? Ngaba ukuhlasela imikhosi emhlabeni ezikhundleni utshaba ngokwabo? Can, kodwa kunzima. Ngeminyaka yee-banesifo, urhulumente kunye yamajoni Ministry of ngamazwe Koloni abazange sinike iintonga ngokubaluleka okulufaneleyo, kodwa ezinye inkqubela nangoku uthatha indawo. itanki yaseBritani "Matilda" A11 wakhawulwa njenge umatshini ukuxhasa amajoni phambili. Le ephantsi-amandla (injini 70 hp .. Kanye i "Zhiguli"), nesezantsi zesantya (akhawulezise ku-13 km / h), ndayihluthwa izixhobo zokudubula, kodwa mayixhotyiswe incwadi elungileyo, ukuba yenzelwe abayili kufanele ukuba lubandakanye elihamba ukuya ukumila kwayo, zokudubula ukusuka umatshini gun, shelwe uqoqo encinane.

Phantse zonke A11 ziye zasishiya ebudeni ukufudusa likaxakeka eentloko ezaxhobela British ukusuka Dunkirk ngo-1940.

Ngeli xesha eNgilani Ndenze "Matilda" ezintsha. Itanki iye yaphuculwa kakhulu kwaye wafumana indeksi A12 Senior (Sr.). Kwimatshini ofezekileyo kude, ukuba usithelekise ezo sampula ukuba Olubomvu Army, kunzima. Housing riveted kunye powerplant iqulathe iinjini ezimbini yafakwa ka-87 l. a. Thelekisa: BT-7, nto leyo ke ungathanda ukubiza "lixesha", waye mayixhotyiswe enjini-400 diesel. Ukuvuleka tower guns-40 mm ubukhulu iqokobhe yiSoviet kuthathelwe 45 mm. Noko ke, amaBritane wazama ukuseka umpu enamandla ngaphezu (50 mm) kwi itanki "Matilda". Amafoto yale kwako apho, kodwa iiyunithi zomkhosi kokuba sifunyenwe.

Geography ukulwa ukusetyenziswa izandi elikhulu. El Alamein, Tobruk, Eritrea, Malta, Borneo, New Guinea - ezi nje ezinye amagama eendawo ixesha lokuba enze imfazwe "Matilda". Netanki, nakuba ngaphezu yokusebenza eqhelekileyo, kunye nemisebenzi yayo ukumelana ukuba akayi nokumbetha kwabachasi ezinzulu. E North Afrika, umzimba Italian yambethe nobugcisa ngakumbi lixesha, i yaseJapan kwiPasifiki kwaye kuqhayisa koomatshini ezinamandla.

Emva kokuba ukuhlasela ngamaNazi eJamani kwi eSoviet Union, Nkosi Winston Churchill wayenomdla gqitha kwimpumelelo ye-Red Army, leyo, ukubekela bucala ixesha lokuba layo anti-ubukomanisi, kwaye nangona imeko i-UK, uye wagqiba ukunikela le uncedo zomkhosi lizwe. Phakathi iisampulu izixhobo zomkhosi ezinikwa yaye "Matilda". Itanki ungaphantsi kakhulu xa betye Soviet, kodwa, njengoko bathi, bezrybe ... Kuphela malunga namawaka zimoto zasiwa. Ngowe-1943, i-eSoviet Union avume ukwamkela olu hlobo kwezikhali, inkonzo yayo kuyingxaki, kunye ukulwa ukusebenza nto athandabuzekayo kakhulu.

Xa uninzi British Army 1943, kwakhona waqala-inkqubo ye US "Sherman" yaye "izibonelelo". Bekukho IsiNgesi "Valentine", nawo ayengekho abafezekanga, kodwa kungcono ngaphezu "Matilda". Itanki idlale indima ngokoyiswa lwamaNazi kunye fascists Italian kwindawo yokubonela Afrika imfazwe, yaye inxalenye enkulu ngetyala kule amaqela kwitanki yaseBritani, owabonisa inkalipho, lo matshini entsonkothileyo, zabekwa ephantsi-amandla, Waloyisa a umchasi eyomeleleyo iingcibi.