Sojoji masu sulke na Burtaniya 1939-1945. part 2
A15 Crusader shine babban nau'in motar "sauri" na Biritaniya a lokacin yakin da aka yi a Arewacin Afirka a 1941-1942.
Kasancewar rukunin 1st Armored Division da Brigade na 1st Armored Brigade na Sojoji a yakin Faransa na 1940 ya haifar da sakamako mai mahimmanci game da tsari da kayan aikin gine-ginen Burtaniya. Ba dukansu ba ne za a iya aiwatar da su nan da nan, kuma ba duka aka fahimci su yadda ya kamata ba. Ya ɗauki ƙarin asarar rayuka da jinin soja don gabatar da sabbin, ƙarin canje-canje masu tsattsauran ra'ayi.
Rukunan masu sulke na Birtaniyya da aka kwashe daga Faransa sun yi asarar kusan dukkan kayan aikinsu, don haka sai an sake tsara su. Misali, an samar da bataliyoyin mashina ne daga gungun masu aikin leken asiri na sassan da aka kora, inda aka hada su zuwa runduna guda biyu. An sanye su da manyan motoci, bindigogi, da na gida da na al'ada
motoci masu sulke.
Sabon tsarin kungiya da daukar ma’aikata na rukunin masu sulke har yanzu ya tanadi rabonsa zuwa ga runduna biyu masu sulke da kuma kungiyar tallafi, duk da haka, baya ga bataliyoyin tankokin yaki guda uku, kowace brigade mai sulke ta kuma hada da bataliyar bindiga mai sarrafa kanta tare da kamfanoni hudu a kan ma’aikatan jirgin ruwa na Universal Carrier. masu dako (Platoons guda uku a kamfani, kawai 44) a cikin bataliyar) da kuma kan motocin leken asiri masu haske da Humber (Platoon na kamfanin) da kuma kwamandan kwamandan, wanda ta kasance, da sauransu, sassan turmi guda biyu na 76,2mm. Kowanne daga cikin sabbin rundunonin tankin ya kunshi kamfanoni uku, ’yan faranti hudu, da tankunan yaki guda uku kowanne (16 a kowace kamfani - mai dauke da tankunan gaggawa guda biyu da tankunan tallafi guda biyu, tare da na’urar kashe gobara maimakon bindiga a cikin sashin umarni), jimillan. Tankokin yaki 52 dauke da tankokin yaki guda hudu a cikin rukunin kwamanda na sashin. Bugu da kari, kowace bataliyar tana da rukunin leken asiri mai dauke da manyan motocin leken asiri guda 10. Brigade masu sulke, yana da bataliyoyin bataliyoyin guda uku da tankunan yaki 10 masu sauri a cikin kamfanin, suna da tankokin yaki 166 (da kuma motocin sulke masu nauyi 39, ciki har da 9 a cikin rundunar brigade), don haka akwai tankuna 340 a cikin rukunin biyu na rukunin. , ciki har da tankuna takwas a hedkwatar rabo.
A gefe guda kuma, an sami manyan canje-canje a cikin ƙungiyar tallafi. Yanzu ta ƙunshi bataliyar sojan ƙasa mai cikakken iko akan manyan motoci (ba tare da masu ɗaukar jiragen sama na duniya ba), ƙungiyar manyan bindigogi na filin wasa, rundunar sojan tanka da makaman yaƙi da ta'addanci (a matsayin raka'o'i daban-daban maimakon haɗaɗɗiya ɗaya), da kuma guda biyu. injiniyoyin. kamfanoni da gada shakatawa. An kuma cika sashin da rundunar leken asiri a cikin motoci masu sulke.
da tankuna masu haske.
Rukunin masu sulke, tare da sabon tsarin ma'aikata da aka gabatar a watan Oktoba na 1940, ya ƙunshi sojoji 13 (ciki har da jami'ai 669), tankokin yaƙi 626, motocin sulke 340, motocin leƙen ƙafa 58, motocin duniya guda 145, motoci 109 (mafi yawa manyan motoci) da babura 3002. . .
Tashin Berayen Hamada
An sanar da kafa wani sashin wayar hannu a Masar a cikin Maris 1938. A cikin watan Satumba na 1938, kwamandansa na farko, Manjo Janar Percy Hobart, ya isa Masar, kuma bayan wata guda aka fara kulla kawance. Jikinsa brigade mai sulke ne mai haske wanda ya ƙunshi: Royal Hussars na 7 - bataliyar tanki mai haske, bataliyar Royal Irish Hussars ta 8 - bataliyar sojan ƙasa mai motsi da ta 11 Royal Hussars (na Yarima Albert) - bataliyar motar Rolls-Royce mai sulke. Brigade na biyu na rukunin ya kasance brigade mai sulke mai nauyi mai bataliyoyin biyu: Bataliya ta 1st RTC da Bataliya ta 6 ta RTC, dukkansu suna sanye da tankunan haske na Vickers Light Mk VI da Vickers Medium Mk I da matsakaiciyar tankuna Mk II. Bugu da ƙari, ƙungiyar ta haɗa da ƙungiyar tallafi wanda ya ƙunshi ƙungiyar bindigogi na filin jirgin sama na 3rd Regiment na Royal Horse Artillery (24 94-mm howitzers), wani bataliyar bataliyar na 1st battalion na Royal Fusiliers, da kuma kamfanonin injiniya guda biyu. .
Nan da nan bayan fara yakin, a cikin Satumba 1939, naúrar ta canza suna zuwa Panzer Division (babu lamba), kuma a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu, 1940, zuwa 7th Panzer Division. A cikin Disamba 1939, Manjo Janar Percy Hobart - saboda rashin jituwa da manyansa - an cire shi daga mukaminsa; Manjo Janar Michael O'Moore Creagh (1892-1970) ya gaje shi. A lokaci guda kuma, Brigade masu sulke masu sulke ya zama brigade na 7 na tanka, sannan kuma babbar runduna masu sulke ta zama brigade ta hudu. Ƙungiyar goyon bayan ta kuma canza sunanta a hukumance daga Ƙungiyar Pivot zuwa Ƙungiyar Tallafi (sanda shine lefa wanda ke ƙara ƙarfin ɗauka).
Sannu a hankali sashin ya sami sabbin kayan aiki, wanda ya ba da damar samar da tankunan tankuna na 7 gabaɗaya, kuma bataliyar ta uku na Brigade ta 4 a cikin nau'i na 2 na Royal Tank Regiment an ƙara mata kawai a cikin Oktoba 1940. Hussars na 7 tare da motocinsa masu sulke - canja wurin wannan rukunin zuwa matakin rukuni a matsayin ƙungiyar leƙen asiri, kuma a wurinsa - bataliyar tanki na 11th Royal Hussars, wanda aka canjawa wuri daga Burtaniya.
