Название: The Armored Forces of Great Britain in the World War II: The best technologies of world wars Автор: John B. Carpenter, William S. Carson
Издательство: Amazon Digital Services LLC
ASIN: B07H8J47C9
Год: 2018
Страниц: 155
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 10.5 MB
This book is devoted to the tanks, APS, self-propelled artillery and others wheeled armored vehicles of England, which were used during the Second World War. Here you can learn the history of their creation and compare tactical and technical characteristics. Also, there are examples of the participation of armored vehicles in certain battles.
The development of British armored vehicles in the prewar years reflected a conflict of opinion on the nature of the future war. Supporters of the creation of mechanized armies, who believed that the Second World War with their participation should end quickly, with a single strategic strike that within days or even hours would decide the outcome of the battles and force the enemy to surrender, insisted on the creation of "cruising" tanks.
They were lightly armored tanks, with increased speeds and with guns of caliber 40 mm. To test their views on the future war, they achieved the creation of the first experimental mechanized compound in the British armed forces in 1927.
There was also a group of influential military forces, based on the headquarters of the land forces of England, who believed that the main destiny of the tanks was the direct support of the advancing infantry. To do this, low-speed heavily armored tanks with 40-75 mm cannons are used - so-called "infantry" tanks. As a compromise, it was decided to have both cruising and infantry tanks in service. Infantry tanks included tanks of the type "Matilda", "Valentine" and "Churchill", cruising - "Crusader", "Cromwell", "Comet".
Contents:
Intro
Light, medium and heavy tanks
Light Infantry Tank "Valentine"
Light tank Mk VIII "Harry Hopkins"
Medium infantry tank Mk II A "Matilda"
Heavy infantry tank "Churchill"
Cruising tank "Covenanter"
Cruiser tank "Cromwell"
Light reconnaissance tank Mk VIA
Light tank Mk VII "Tetrarch"
Medium tank "Ram" (Canada)
Cruising tank "Crusader"
Wheeled armored vehicles
Reconnaissance armored car Humber Mk.IV
Intelligence armored car M6 "Staghound"
Armored personnel carrier “Universal”
Dingo Mk I (Scout Car Daimler Dingo)
Reconnaissance armored car Daimler Mk I
Self-propelled Artillery Units of Great Britain
What is a self-propelled artillery guns?
SAU of the Great Britain at the beginning of the Second World War
Antitank self-propelled artillery mount "Archer"
Self-propelled artillery mount "Bishop"
Self-propelled artillery mount "Sexton"
40-mm antiaircraft self-propelled artillery Crusader AA Mk
20-mm antiaircraft self-propelled artillery "Crusader" AA Mk.II Mk.III
Self-propelled artillery "Alecto"
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