Motar sulke mai haske M8 "Greyhound"
Motar sulke mai haske M8 "Greyhound"Mota mai sulke mai haske M8, "Greyhound" (Turanci Greyhound).
Don kare kai daga hari daga iska, an sanya bindigar hana jiragen sama mai nauyin 12,7mm akan hasumiya. A cikin dakunan sarrafawa, wanda ɗakin gida ne da aka ɗaga sama da jirgin, direba da ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan jirgin suna masauki. Gidan da aka yi masa sulke yana sanye da na'urar gani da ido tare da dampers. A kan tushen M8, hedkwatar mota mai sulke M20, wanda ya bambanta da M8 a cikin cewa ba shi da turret, kuma dakin fada yana sanye take da wuraren aiki na jami'an 3-4. Motar umarnin tana dauke da bindigar kakkabo jiragen sama mai girman mm 12,7. Don sadarwar waje, an sanya gidajen rediyo a kan injinan biyu.
Bayan nazarin kwarewar ayyukan soja a Turai a cikin 1940-1941, umarnin sojojin Amurka sun tsara abubuwan da ake bukata don sabuwar mota mai sulke, wanda dole ne ya sami kyakkyawan aiki, yana da tsari na 6 x 6, ƙananan silhouette, nauyi mai nauyi da makamai. tare da 37-mm cannon. Bisa ga al'ada da aka yi a Amurka, an gayyaci kamfanoni da yawa don haɓaka irin wannan na'ura, kamfanoni hudu sun shiga cikin kwangilar.
Daga shawarwarin, an zaɓi samfurin Ford T22, wanda aka sanya shi cikin samarwa a ƙarƙashin ƙirar M8 mai sulke mai sulke. A hankali, M8 ya zama motar sulke mafi yawan jama'a a Amurka, a lokacin da ake samar da su a watan Afrilun 1945, an kera 11667 daga cikin wadannan motocin. A cewar ƙwararrun Amurkawa, motar yaƙi ce mai kyau wacce ke da ƙwaƙƙwaran iya ƙetare. Yawancin waɗannan injunan sun kasance a cikin samar da sojojin kasashe da dama har zuwa tsakiyar 1970s.
Mota ce mara nauyi mai ƙarfi uku (aksle ɗaya a gaba da biyu a baya) motar tuƙi mai ƙayatarwa, ƙafafunta an rufe ta da allon cirewa. An sanya ma'aikatan jirgin guda hudu a cikin wani fili mai fadi, kuma an shigar da bindiga mai girman 37mm da kuma na'urar coaxial mai lamba 7,62 na Browning tare da ita a cikin budadden turret. Bugu da kari, an sanya turret na bindigar hana jiragen sama na 12,7 mm a bayan turret.
Mafi kusancin dangin M8 shine motar sulke na gabaɗaya ta M20 tare da cire turret da rukunin sojoji maimakon na yaƙi. Za a iya saka bindigar injin a kan turret sama da buɗaɗɗen ɓangaren rumbun. M20 bai taka rawar gani ba fiye da na M8, saboda na'ura ce mai mahimmanci da ake amfani da ita don magance ayyuka daban-daban - daga sa ido zuwa jigilar kayayyaki. M8 da M20 sun fara shiga sojojin ne a watan Maris na shekarar 1943, kuma ya zuwa watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar, an samar da motoci fiye da 1000. Ba da daɗewa ba aka fara kai su Burtaniya da ƙasashen Commonwealth na Burtaniya.
Birtaniyya sun ba wa M8 sunan Greyhound, amma sun yi shakku game da aikin yaƙinsa. Don haka, sun yi imanin cewa wannan motar tana da raunin sulke, musamman ma na kariya. Don kawar da wannan rashin sojoji, an sanya jakunkuna na yashi a kasan motar. A lokaci guda kuma, M8 yana da fa'ida - igwa mai girman 37mm na iya buga kowace mota masu sulke na abokan gaba, kuma akwai bindigu guda biyu don yaƙar sojoji. Babban fa'idar M8 shi ne, an ba da waɗannan motoci masu sulke da yawa. Ayyukan aikin
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Motar sulke mai sulke ta M8, wacce Ford ta kera a shekarar 1942, ita ce babbar nau'in motocin sulke da sojojin Amurka suka yi amfani da su a yakin duniya na biyu. An ƙirƙiri motar sulke a kan daidaitaccen babban motar aksali uku tare da tsarin dabaran 6 × 6, duk da haka, yana da tsarin "tanki": sashin wutar lantarki tare da injin carburetor mai sanyaya ruwa yana cikin bayan hull, dakin fada yana tsakiya, kuma sashin kulawa yana gaba. An ɗora turret mai jujjuyawa tare da igwa mai girman 37mm da kuma bindigar mashin 7,62mm a cikin rukunin yaƙi.
