Nā pūʻali koa o Great Britain 1939-1945. hapa 2
ʻO ka A15 Crusader ke ʻano nui o ka kaʻa Pelekane "wikiwiki" i ka wā o ke kaua ʻana ma ʻApelika ʻĀkau ma 1941-1942.
ʻO ke komo ʻana o ka 1st Armored Division a me ka 1st Armored Brigade of the Army i ka hoʻouka kaua Farani o 1940 i alakaʻi i nā hopena koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me nā mea hana o nā hoʻokumu kaua Pelekane. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻokō koke ʻia nā mea a pau, ʻaʻole hoʻi i hoʻomaopopo pono ʻia. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mea make a me ke koko koa e hoʻolauna i nā loli hou aʻe.
ʻO nā pūʻali koa Pelekania i hoʻokuʻuʻia mai Farani mai ua nalowale ko lākou mau lako a pau, no laila pono lākou e hoʻonohonoho hou. No ka laʻana, ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā pūʻali koa pū mikini mai nā pūʻali koa reconnaissance o nā māhele i haʻalele ʻia, a laila hoʻohui ʻia i ʻelua pūʻali pū mīkini. Ua hoʻolako ʻia kēia mau ʻano me nā kaʻa kaʻa, nā pū mīkini, a me ka home a me ka maʻamau
nā kaʻa kaua.
ʻO ka papahana hoʻonohonoho hou a me nā limahana o ka māhele pale kaua i hoʻolakoʻia no kona māheleʻana iʻelua pūʻali koa kaua a me kahi pūʻulu kākoʻo, akā naʻe, ma waho aʻe oʻekolu pūʻali pahu pahu, ua hoʻokomo pūʻia kēlā me kēia pūʻali koa i kahi pūʻali koa pū me nā huiʻehā ma luna o nā mea kaua o Universal Carrier. lawe (ʻekolu platoons i loko o ka hui, 44 wale nō). i loko o ka batalion) a ma ka māmā huila reconnaissance kaʻa Humber (company reconnaissance platoon) a me ka luna koa platoon, i loko o ia i, i waena o kekahi, elua 76,2-mm mortar pauku. ʻO kēlā me kēia pūʻali pahu pahu hou he ʻekolu hui, ʻehā platoons, ʻekolu pahu wikiwiki i kēlā me kēia (16 no kēlā me kēia hui - me ʻelua pahu wikiwiki a me ʻelua mau pahu kākoʻo, me kahi howitzer ma kahi o kahi pūkuniahi i loko o ke keʻena kauoha), ka huina o 52 mau pahu kaʻa me ʻehā mau kaʻa wikiwiki i loko o ka platun o ka luna o ka mahele. Eia hou, ua loaʻa i kēlā me kēia pūʻali koa he platoon hoʻomaʻamaʻa me 10 mau mea hoʻokele kiʻi huila māmā. ʻO ka pūʻali koa kaua, he ʻekolu mau pūʻali koa a he 10 mau pahu kaʻa wikiwiki i ka hui hoʻomalu, he 166 mau pahu kaʻa (a he 39 mau kaʻa huila māmā, me 9 i ke kauoha brigade), no laila he 340 mau pahu i loko o nā brigades ʻelua o ka māhele. , me ʻewalu mau pahu kaʻa ma ke keʻena ʻāpana.
Ma kekahiʻaoʻao, ua hoʻololi nuiʻia i ka hui kākoʻo. I kēia manawa, aia hoʻokahi pūʻali koa holo kaʻa holoʻokoʻa ma luna o nā kaʻa (me ka ʻole o nā mokulele mokulele holoʻokoʻa), kahi pūʻali koa kīwila, kahi pūʻali koa anti-tank a me kahi pūʻali koa anti-aircraft (ma ke ʻano he mau ʻāpana ʻokoʻa ma kahi o hoʻokahi composite), a me ʻelua. nā ʻāpana ʻenekinia. nā hui a me ka paka alahaka. Ua hoʻopiha hou ʻia ka mahele me kahi hoʻokaʻawale ʻike i nā kaʻa pale kaua.
a me nā pahu pahu māmā.
ʻO ka māhele pale kaua me kahi hoʻolālā limahana hou i hoʻokomo ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 1940 he 13 mau koa (me 669 mau luna), 626 mau kaʻa, 340 mau kaʻa kaua, 58 mau mea hoʻokele kiʻi huila māmā, 145 mau kaʻa honua, 109 mau kaʻa a me 3002 mau kaʻa. .
Ke ala o ka ʻiole wao nahele
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka hoʻokumu ʻana o kahi māhele kelepona ʻē aʻe ma ʻAigupita i Malaki 1938. I Kepakemapa 1938, ua hōʻea mai kona luna mua, ʻo Major General Percy Hobart, i ʻAigupita, a hoʻokahi mahina ma hope mai ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi kuʻikahi maʻamau. ʻO kona kumu, he pūʻali koa kaua māmā, ʻo ia hoʻi: ʻo ka 7th Royal Hussars - he pūʻali pahu pahu māmā, ka 8 Royal Irish Hussars - he pūʻali koa holo kaʻa a me ka 11th Royal Hussars (Prince Albert's own) - he pūʻali kaʻa kāhiko Rolls-Royce. ʻO ka pūʻali koa ʻelua o ka māhele he pūʻali koa kāhiko me ʻelua mau bataliona: ʻo ka 1st RTC Battalion a me ka 6th RTC Battalion, ua lako ʻia lāua me nā pahu kaʻa māmā Vickers Light Mk VI a me nā pahu kaʻa waena Vickers Medium Mk I a me Mk II. Eia hou, ua komo i loko o ka mahele he pūʻulu kākoʻo i hui pū ʻia me kahi pūʻali koa kahua kaua o ka 3 Regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery (24 94-mm howitzers), he pūʻali koa infantry o ka battalion 1 o ka Royal Fusiliers, a me ʻelua mau hui ʻenekinia. .
Ma hope koke iho o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaua, i Kepakemapa 1939, ua hoʻololi ka pūʻulu i kona inoa i ka Panzer Division (ʻaʻohe helu), a ma Pepeluali 16, 1940, i ka 7th Panzer Division. I Dekemaba 1939, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻo Major General Percy Hobart - ma muli o nā kuʻikahi me kona mau luna - mai kona kūlana; ua lanakila ʻo ia e Major General Michael O'Moore Creagh (1892–1970). I ka manawa like, ua lilo ka brigade māmā i ka 7th tank brigade, a ua lilo ka brigade kaumaha i ka 4th armored brigade. Ua hoʻololi hou ka hui kākoʻo i kona inoa mai Pivot Group i Support Group (ʻo ke koʻokoʻo he lever e hoʻonui ai i ka hiki ke lawe).
Ma ka liʻiliʻi, ua loaʻa i ka māhele nā lako hou, i hiki ai ke hoʻolako i ka 7th Tank Brigade holoʻokoʻa me nā kaʻa, a ʻo ke kolu o ka pūʻali koa o ka 4th Tank Brigade i ke ʻano o ka 2nd Royal Tank Regiment i hoʻohui ʻia iā ia wale nō i ʻOkakopa 1940. ʻO 7th Hussars me kāna mau kaʻa kaua - ka hoʻololi ʻana o kēia pūʻulu i ka pae o ka mahele ma ke ʻano he squadron reconnaissance, a ma kona wahi - ka pūʻali tank o ka 11th Royal Hussars, i hoʻoili ʻia mai UK.
