Tanka ea Cruiser "Covenant" Selekane sa Tank Cruiser. Tanka ea Covenanter e ile ea ntlafatsoa ke Nuffield ka 1939 ka lebaka la mosebetsi oa nako e telele ho nts'etsopele ea litharollo tsa theknoloji tse kenyelletsoeng ka mechine ea moetsi oa Amerika Christie. Ho fapana le baqapi ba Soviet, ba entseng mofuta oa pele oa tanka ea Christie e lateloang ke mabili lethathamong la BT, baqapi ba Borithane ho tloha qalong ba ile ba theha mofuta o lateloang feela. Koloi ea pele e nang le koloi ea mofuta oa Christie e ile ea kenngoa tlhahiso tlas'a lebitso la "Cruiser tank Mk IV" ka 1938 'me ea hlahisoa ho fihlela 1941. Tšireletso ea lihlomo tsa tanka ena e potlakileng e ne e nkoa e sa lekana le ka mor'a tlhahiso ea likoloi tse 665 tsa mofuta ona. , sekepe sa cruiser Mk se kentsoe tlhahiso V "Covenanter". Joalo ka pele ho eona, tanka ea Covenanter e ne e e-na le mabili a litsela tse hlano a koahetsoeng ka rabara ka lehlakoreng le leng, mabili a ka morao a kentsoeng ka morao le mokokotlo o tlase haholo. hlometseng maqephe a neng a kopantsoe le li-rivets. Libetsa tsa mofuta oa 40-mm le sethunya sa mochini oa coaxial 7,92-mm se ne se le tora e tlase, lipoleiti tsa lihlomo tsa eona li ne li e-na le li-angles tse kholo tsa tšekamelo. Mk V e ne e e-na le lihlomo tse ntle tsa nako ea eona: lihlomo tse ka pele tsa sekepe le turret li ne li le 40 mm ka botenya, 'me lihlomo tsa mahlakoreng li ne li le 30 mm botenya. Koloi e ne e hlahisoa ka nako e batlang e le khutšoanyane, 'me ka mor'a ho etsoa ha lihlopha tsa 1365, e ile ea nkeloa sebaka ka tlhahiso ea tanka ea cruiser Mk VI "Crusider" e nang le lihlomo tse matla. Ba Covenanters ba ne ba sebetsa le lihlopha tsa litanka tsa lihlopha tsa lihlomo. Ka mor'a leeto la hae la ho ea Russia ka 1936, Lieutenant-Colonel Martel, motlatsi oa motsamaisi oa Directorate of Motorization, o ile a etsa tlhahiso ea, ntle le ho tsamaea ka sekepe, tanka e bohareng e nang le lihlomo tse fihlang ho 30 mm le lebelo le phahameng, e khonang ho nka khato e ikemetseng. Ena e ne e le phello ea ho tloaelana le T-28, e neng e le tšebeletsong ea USSR ka palo e kholo haholo 'me e bōpiloe tlas'a tšusumetso ea tanka ea Brithani ea lithane tse 16 tsa 1929, e thehiloeng motheong o tšoanang. Litlhoko tsa mahlale le tsa tekheniki li ile tsa etsoa, ​​​​ho ile ha hahoa moralo o moholo, 'me qetellong ho ile ha etsoa qeto ea ho haha ​​mefuta e' meli ea liteko ka turret ea batho ba bararo empa ka litlhoko tse nolofalitsoeng tsa Basebetsi ba Kakaretso. Ba amohetse mabitso a A14 le A15 (hamorao A16), ka ho latellana. Landon-Midden le Scottish Railway li hahile mohlala oa pele ho latela moralo o entsoeng ke mookameli oa kotara e kholo ea Tanka Development Directorate. Koloi e ne e e-na le e emisitsoeng ea mofuta oa Horteman, li-skrini tsa mahlakoreng, enjene ea Thornycraft ea 12-cylinder ea sebōpeho sa V le mochine o mocha oa ho tsamaisa lipolanete. A16 e ile ea abeloa Nafield, e ileng ea khahla Martel ka tsoelo-pele e potlakileng ea tanka ea A13. A16 e ne e shebahala joalo ka phetoho e boima ho feta ea A13. Sebopeho le li-turrets tsa A14 le A16 li ne li tšoana le tsa letoto la A9/A10. Ho sa le joalo, e le tekanyo ea nakoana, lihlomo tsa A9 li ile tsa tlisoa ho fihlela ho 30 mm (kahoo e ile ea e-ba mohlala oa A10), 'me A14 le A16 li ne li se li bōpiloe ho latela litlhoko tsa litanka tse mahareng (kapa tse boima). Liteko tsa A14 mathoasong a 1939 li bonts'itse hore e ne e le lerata haholo ebile e rarahane ka mochini, joalo ka prototype A13 e nang le botenya bo tšoanang ba lihlomo. Joale KM5 e ile ea fanoa ho khaotsa ho sebetsa ka chelete ea A14 le ho qala ho ntlafatsa A13 - morero oa A13 M1s 111. E ne e le mabapi le ho ntlafatsa tšebeliso ea likarolo le likopano tsa A13, empa ka mosebetsi oa ho boloka boima ba lihlomo ho 30 mm, ho fokotsa. bophahamo ka kakaretso ba mochini. Ka April 1939, mohlala oa lehong oa tanka o ile oa hlahisoa ho moreki. Ho fokotsa bophahamo ba boemo ba koloi, enjene ea Flat 12 Meadows (phetoho e sebelisitsoeng tanka ea leseli ea Tetrarch) le phetiso ea lipolanete tse peli tsa Wilson (e sebelisitsoeng ho A14) e sebelisitsoe. Ha ho bapisoa le A13 Mk II - kapa tanka ea cruiser Mk IV - setulo sa mokhanni se ile sa isoa ka ho le letona, 'me radiator ea enjene e behiloe ka ho le letšehali ka pel'a sekepe. Mehlala ea pele ea tlhahiso e ile ea fanoa mathoasong a 1940, empa ha ea ka ea finyella litlhoko ka lebaka la mathata a ho pholisa a lebisitseng ho koaloa khafetsa ha enjene e futhumetseng. Ho ne ho hlokahala liphetoho tse fapa-fapaneng mochineng, empa mathata a moralo ha aa ka a hlōloa. Mosebetsi o seng boima haholo e ne e le ho fokotsa khatello e itseng fatše ka lebaka la boima bo feteletseng. Bohareng ba 1940, tanka e ile ea fumana lebitso la molao. "Selekane" ho latela mokhoa oa Brithani oa ho khetha likoloi tsa ntoa tse hlahisitsoeng ka nako eo. Kakaretso ea tlhahiso ea litanka tsa Covenant e ne e le likoloi tsa 1771, empa ha ho mohla li kileng tsa sebelisoa ntoeng, le hoja ho fihlela ka 1943 li ne li sebelisoa ka likarohano tse thehiloeng UK e le lithupelo. Likoloi tse ling li ile tsa romeloa Bochabela bo Hare ka boemo bo tšoanang, tse ling tsa fetoloa maborokho a litanka. Mosebetsi ho A14 le A16 o ile oa emisa qetellong ea 1939 pele ho bokelloa li-prototypes tsa bobeli tsa mofuta o mong le o mong. Litšobotsi tse sebetsang le tsa theknoloji Loana boima 18,2 T Litekanyo:   bolelele 5790 мм Bophara 2630 мм bophahamo 2240 мм Basebetsi Batho ba 4 Armament 1 х 40 mm cannon 1 х 7,92 mm sethunya sa mochini Lihlomo 131 likhetla 3750 lipotoloho Peeletso:   hull phatla 40 мм tora phatla 40 мм mofuta oa enjene carburetor "Meadows" Matla a maholo 300 HP Boholo ba lebelo 48 km / h Polokelo ea motlakase 150 km Liphetoho ho tanka ea sekepe ea Covenant: "Selekane" IV. "Covenanter" III e nang le li-radiator tse hahiloeng ka har'a moea tse pholileng ka holim'a mokokotlo oa mokokotlo. "Covenanter" C8 (e nang le li-index tse fapaneng). Litanka tse ling li ne li e-na le lithunya ho e-na le lithunya tse 2-pounder. Covenanter Tank Bridge, mofuta o mong oa borokho ba scissor ba maoto a 30 bo nang le boima ba lithane tse 30, bo ileng ba kenngoa litankang ho tloha ka 1936. Ka lebaka la polokelo ea matla ea Selekane, likoloing tse ngata tsa MK 1 le M1s II, ho e-na le kamore ea ntoa, ho ile ha kenngoa borokho ba lisekere bo nang le hydraulic ramp le tsamaiso ea levers e tsamaisoang ke li-hydraulics. Li ne li sebelisoa haholo-holo bakeng sa koetliso le liteko hammoho le lihahi tsa borokho le mochine oa Valentine. Borokho bo ne bo le bolelele ba limithara tse 34 le bophara ba limithara tse 9,5. E ’maloa ea mechine ena e ile ea sebelisoa ke Maaustralia a Burma ka 1942. "Molekane" AMCA. Ka 1942, Covenant e ile ea sebelisoa feela ho lekola sesebelisoa se sa tsoa etsoa se thibelang merafo, se neng se khomaretsoe ka pel'a tanka ea tanka ho se fetola ho fiela ha morafo. "Covenanter" KAPA (koloi ea moshebelli), koloi ea taelo le ea ho hlaphoheloa. Lisebelisoa: G.L. Kholyavsky "The Complete Encyclopedia of World Tanks 1915 - 2000"; M. Baryatinsky. Likoloi tse hlometseng tsa Great Britain 1939-1945; David Fletcher, Peter Sarson: Crusader Cruiser Tank 1939-1945; David Fletcher, The Great Tank Scandal - Lihlomo tsa Brithani Ntoeng ea Bobeli ea Lefatše; Janusz Ledwoch, Janusz Solarz litanka tsa Brithani 1939-45.