M22 Tsuntsu

M22 Tsuntsu
vehicle model (en) , weapon model (en) da combat vehicle model (en)
Bayanai
Ƙaramin ɓangare na	light tank (en)
Suna a harshen gida	M22 Locust
Rikici	Yakin Duniya na II
Ƙasa da aka fara	Tarayyar Amurka
Designed by (mul)	Marmon-Herrington (en)
Service entry (en)	1943

Samfuri:Infobox weaponSamfuri:US tanksM22 Locust, a hukumance Light Tank , M22, wani tankin haske ne da kasar Amurka ta kera wanda aka 'kerashi a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu . Locust ya fara haɓakawa a cikin shekar ta 1941 bayan Ofishin Yaƙin Biritaniya ya buƙaci gwamnatin kasar Amurka ta ƙirƙira wani tankin haske mai ƙarfi wanda za a iya jigilar shi ta hanyar glider zuwa yaƙi don tallafawa sojojin jirgin saman Burtaniya. Da farko Ofishin Yakin ya zaɓi tankin haske mai haske Mark VII Tetrarch don amfani da sojojin da ke cikin iska, amma ba a tsara shi da ainihin manufar ba don haka Ofishin Yaƙi ya yi imanin cewa za a buƙaci tankin da aka gina don maye gurbinsa. An bukaci Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka da ta samar da wannan maye gurbin, wanda kuma ya zaɓi Marmon-Herrington don tsarawa da kuma gina wani jirgin ruwa na iska a cikin Mayu 1941. An tsara samfurin samfurin Light Tank T9 (Airborne), kuma an ƙera shi ta yadda za a iya jigilar shi a ƙarƙashin jirgin sama na Douglas C-54 Skymaster ; Girmansa kuma sun ba shi damar shiga cikin babban jirgin saman Hamilcar na Janar .

A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1944 duk da haka, an maye gurbin ragowar Tetrarchs na rundunar da Locusts kuma an yi amfani da takwas a lokacin Operation Varsity a watan Maris na shekara ta 1945. Tankunan ba su yi aiki sosai ba; da yawa sun lalace yayin saukowa kuma ɗayan ya buga shi da bindiga mai amfani da kansa na Jamus. Tsuntsaye biyu ne kawai suka iya isa wurin da suka shirya kuma suka shiga aiki, suna zaune a wani wuri mai tsawo tare da kamfanin sojan ƙasa. An tilasta tankuna su janye daga matsayi bayan sa'o'i da yawa duk da haka, saboda sun jawo hankalin harbin bindigogi wanda ya sa sojoji su sha wahala sosai. Locust bai sake ganin aiki tare da Sojojin Burtaniya ba kuma an rarraba shi a matsayin tsohon yayi a 1946. Sojojin kasashen waje sun yi amfani da Locusts da yawa a lokacin bayan yakin; Sojojin Belgium sun yi amfani le Locusts a matsayin tankunan umurni don tsarin tankin M4 Sherman, kuma Sojojin Masar sun yi amfani við kamfanoni da yawa na Locusts yayin yakin Larabawa da Isra'ila na 1948.

Tarihin ci gaba

Tarihi

Ofishin Yakin ya yanke shawarar kwanan nan cewa ba za a sake amfani da tankuna masu sauƙi a cikin Sojojin Burtaniya ba; gabaɗaya sun yi mummunar aiki a lokacin Yaƙin Faransa kuma an dauke su da alhakin. A sakamakon haka, an yi la'akari da tankin haske na Vickers-Armstrong Mk VII Tetrarch. Wannan ya sa ya kasance don amfani da sojojin da ke cikin iska kuma Ofishin Yakin ya zaba shi a matsayin tankin da za a kai shi ta jirgin sama.Koyaya, ba a tsara shi musamman a matsayin tanki mai iska ba ko kuma ya zama airmobile, kuma yana da kuskuren da yawa. Girmansa ya iyakance ma'aikatan da za su iya aiki zuwa uku - direban a cikin kwalba da kuma mai bindiga da kwamandan a cikin turret - wanda aka gano cewa 'yan ma'aikatan kaɗan ne don aiki da Tetrarch yadda ya kamata. Mai bindiga ko kwamandan, ban da ayyukansa, dole ne ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ɗaukar nauyin 2-pounder, wanda ya haifar da jinkiri a yaƙi; wani rahoto game da tankin da aka rubuta a watan Janairun 1941 ya bayyana cewa tunda kwamandan dole ne yaƙi da sarrafa tankin, sarrafa dakarun Tetrarchs yayin yaƙi zai zama kusan ba zai yiwu ba. Ofishin Yakin ya kuma san cewa tankin yana da tsarin sanyaya mara kyau wanda ya sa Tetrarch bai dace da sabis ba a yanayin zafi, kamar Gabas ta Tsakiya da Arewacin Afirka.

Light Tank (Airborne) M22, wanda aka fi sani da Locust, ya fara ci gaba a ƙarshen 1941 don mayar da martani ga buƙatar da sojojin Burtaniya suka yi a farkon shekarar don tankin iska mai sauka wanda za'a iya jigilar shi zuwa fagen yaƙi ta hanyar glider. A lokacin da aka yi buƙatar, Ofishin Yakin ya yi la'akari da amfani da kayan aiki a cikin sojojin Burtaniya masu tasowa, waɗanda aka kafa a watan Yunin 1940 ta hanyar umarnin Firayim Minista, Winston Churchill . Lokacin da jami'ai a Ofishin Yakin suka bincika kayan aikin da za a buƙaci don ƙungiyar iska ta Burtaniya, sun yanke shawarar cewa masu sauka zasu zama wani bangare na irin wannan karfi. Za a yi amfani da waɗannan masu sauka don jigilar sojoji da kayan aiki masu nauyi, wanda a shekara ta 1941 ya haɗa da bindigogi da wasu nau'ikan tanki. Shirye-shiryen jigilar tanki mai iska ya wuce ta hanyar sake dubawa da yawa, amma a watan Mayu na shekara ta 1941 an yi la'akari da yiwuwar tanki mai nauyin tan 5.4 mai tsawo (5.5 don a ɗauka don 300 zuwa 350 a cikin jirgin sama, kodayake dole ne a tsara ƙarshen musamman don aikin. A wani taron da aka gudanar a ranar 16 ga watan Janairun 1941, an yanke shawarar cewa Janar Aircraft Hamilcar, wanda ke ci gaba a lokacin, za a yi amfani da shi don jigilar tanki ɗaya ko masu jigilar Universal guda biyu.

Saboda haka ana buƙatar tankin iska mai sauƙi don maye gurbin Tetrarch, amma Ofishin Yakin ya yanke shawarar kada ya samar da tankin a Burtaniya saboda rashin ƙarfin samarwa. Maimakon haka, an kusanci gwamnatin Amurka da bukatar cewa ta samar da maye gurbin Tetrarch. Hukumar Kula da Jirgin Sama ta Burtaniya a Washington, DC ce ta yi wannan buƙatar, tare da shawarar da ke kira ga tanki tsakanin 9 metric tons (8.9 long tons) t (tons 8.9) da 10 metric tons (9.8 long tons) t (tans 9.8) don ci gaba, wannan shine matsakaicin nauyin da Ofishin Yakin ya yanke shawarar za'a iya ɗauka ta hanyar fasahar jirgin sama ta yanzu. Tankin da aka gabatar ya kasance yana da makami na farko na 37 millimetres (1.5 in) in) babban bindiga da makami mai mahimmanci na .30-06 Browning M1919A4, da ma'aikata uku. Bayanan sun bukaci matsakaicin saurin 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) mph (64 km / h) da kuma radius na aiki na mil 200 (320 . Turret da gaban jikin za su sami kauri na makamai tsakanin millimeters 40 (1.6 in) da 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in), kuma bangarorin tankin kauri na millimeters 30 (1.2 in). An ba Ma'aikatar Ordnance ta Amurka aikin haɓaka tankin da aka tsara, kuma daga bisani ya nemi kayayyaki daga kamfanoni uku na Amurka: General Motors, J. Walter Christie da Marmon-Herrington. An ki amincewa da ƙirar da Christie ya bayar a tsakiyar 1941 saboda ya kasa biyan buƙatun girman da aka ƙayyade, kamar yadda aka tsara ƙirar da kamfanin ya samar a watan Nuwamba. A wani taro a watan Mayu na shekara ta 1941, Ma'aikatar Ordnance ta zaɓi ƙirar Marmon-Herrington kuma ta nemi kamfanin ya samar da tanki na samfurin, wanda aka kammala a ƙarshen shekara ta 1941; Kamfanin da Ma'abiyar Ordnance sun sanya shi Light Tank T9 (Airborne).

Ci gaba

Injin Lycoming O-435

T9 yana da ma'aikata uku kuma yana da nauyin tan 6.7 (7.4 gajeren tan). An dauke shi da babban bindiga mai millimita 37 (1.5 in) da kuma bindiga mai kwakwalwa .30-06 Browning M1919A4, da kuma wasu bindigogi biyu a gefen dama na baka. Babban bindigar da bindigar coaxial an ɗora su a cikin turret mai ƙarfi, wanda kuma yana da mai daidaita bindiga da aka shigar don ba da damar harba bindigar lokacin da tankin ke motsawa. T9 an yi amfani da shi ta hanyar 162 horse-power shida-cylinder, iska-cooled Lycoming engine, da kuma kauri na makamai ya bambanta; gaba, baya da bangarorin na hull suna da kauri na 12.5 millimetres (0.49 in) in) yayin da sassan da suka gangara na hull suna na kauri na 9.5 millimetres (0.37 in). Injin tankin ya iya ba shi matsakaicin saurin 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) mph (64 km / h). Ba a tsara T9 da farko don a kai shi ta hanyar glider ba, wani gagarumin canji daga buƙatun asali, amma a maimakon haka za a ɗauka a ƙarƙashin ciki na jirgin sufuri na Douglas C-54 Skymaster, ta amfani da ƙuƙwalwar ɗagawa huɗu da aka walda a kowane gefen jikin tankin. An tsara turret ɗin don a cire shi don a iya cire shi kuma a kai shi cikin C-54 kuma a sake haɗa shi sau ɗaya a fagen yaƙi. Loading ya ɗauki mutane shida game da minti ashirin da biyar, saukewa minti goma. A saman wannan jirgin yana buƙatar filin jirgin sama mai dacewa wanda zai sauka. Koyaya, T9 yana da siffar daidai, nauyi da girman da za a ɗauka a cikin jirgin sama na Hamilcar, yana nuna cewa an zaɓi waɗannan girma da gangan don a iya jigilar tankin a cikin jirgin ruwa idan an buƙata.

Wani Hamilcar Mark I mai sauka a cikin jirgin. An yi amfani da Hamilcars don jigilar Locust zuwa yaƙi.

Samar da T9 ya kai saman tankuna 100 da aka samar a kowane wata tsakanin Agusta 1943 da Janairu 1944; duk da haka, wannan adadin ya ragu da sauri lokacin da aka ba da rahoton sakamakon shirye-shiryen gwajin Burtaniya da Amurka ga Ma'aikatar Ordnance, kuma an samar da T9s 830 kawai. Kuskuren da aka gano tare da ƙirar ya haifar da Sashen Ordnance yana ba shi lambar ƙayyadaddun M22, amma yana sanya shi a matsayin 'ƙayyadadden misali'. Babu rukunin yaƙi na Amurka da aka sanye su da tankin, kodayake wasu daga cikin waɗanda aka samar an yi amfani da su don dalilai na horo kuma an kafa raka'a biyu na gwaji kuma an sanye su tare da Locusts. An kafa Kamfanin Tankin Airborne na 151 a ranar 15 ga watan Agustan 1943, duk da damuwa cewa ba za a sami isasshen jirgin sama na sufuri don isar da rukunin zuwa yaƙi ba, kuma an kafa Battalion Tankin Airotransport na 28 a watan Disamba na wannan shekarar. Koyaya, babu ɗayan da ya ga yaƙi, saboda rashin sha'awar Sojojin Amurka na amfani da su a cikin iska. Kamfanin Tankin Airborne na 151 ya kasance a Amurka, yana motsawa daga tushe zuwa tushe a duk lokacin yakin, kuma an sake sanya Battalion Tankin Airotransport na 28 tare da tankuna na al'ada a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1944. An ba da umarnin Locusts 25 a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1944 don amfani a cikin Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Turai, kuma an kawo su a watan Satumba; kodayake an aika da karamin adadi zuwa Ƙungiyar Sojojin Amurka ta shida a Alsace, Faransa, don gwaji, ba a taɓa amfani da su a yaƙi ba. Koyaya, Burtaniya har yanzu tana buƙatar M22 a matsayin maye gurbin Tetrarch kuma an tura samfurin Locust na farko zuwa Burtaniya a watan Mayu 1942 don gwaji, sannan samfurin T9E1 na biyu a watan Yulin 1943. Kodayake suna da ra'ayin cewa M22 yana da kurakurai da yawa, Ofishin Yakin ya yi imanin cewa zai yi aiki yadda ya kamata a matsayin tanki mai iska. Ta haka ne tankin ya sami taken hukuma na "Locust" kuma an tura 260 zuwa Burtaniya a karkashin Dokar Lend-Lease. Yawancin Locusts sun ƙare an sanya su a wuraren shakatawa na tanki har sai an soke su a ƙarshen rikici, kuma takwas ne kawai suka ga aiki tare da sojojin iska na Burtaniya.

Kuskuren

Ana ɗora tankin M22 a cikin Fairchild C-82 jigilar kaya

Gwaje-gwaje masu yawa na M22 sun faru a cikin 1943 da 1944, kuma duka Sashen Ordnance da British Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) Gunnery School a Lulworth Ranges ne suka gudanar da su. Wadannan gwaje-gwaje sun gano kuskuren da matsaloli da yawa tare da Tsuntsu. Makarantar AFV ta lura cewa tsarin ɗora M22 a cikin jirgin sufuri na C-54 ya ɗauki lokaci mai yawa kuma ya haɗa da amfani da kayan aiki masu rikitarwa. Gabaɗaya wannan tsari ya ɗauki maza shida marasa horo minti 24, kodayake an yi imanin cewa ana iya taƙaita wannan tare da isasshen horo. Ragewa kuma tsari ne mai tsawo, yana ɗaukar kimanin minti goma; an lura cewa lokacin da ya ɗauki don sauke M22 daga C-54 a fagen yaƙi yana nufin cewa duka tanki da jirgin sama za su yi kyakkyawan manufofi ga wuta ta abokan gaba. Amfani da tankin zai kasance a ƙuntata ga wadatar filayen jirgin sama masu girma don karɓar cikakken C-54, wanda bazai kasance a cikin wuri mai kyau ba ko kuma ana iya kama shi kafin aikin da aka tsara. Wani jirgin sama mai nauyi, Fairchild C-82 Packet, an haɓaka shi don ɗaukar M22 a cikin fuselage kuma ya sauke shi ta hanyar saiti na ƙofofin clam-shell, amma bai shiga aiki ba har sai bayan yaƙin ya ƙare. Kwamitin Sojojin Amurka ya fitar da wani rahoto mai mahimmanci game da Locust a watan Satumbar 1943, yana mai cewa bai isa ba a fannonin amintacce da dorewa, kuma yana nuna cewa ba za a iya amfani da shi cikin nasara ba yayin ayyukan iska. A shekara ta 1944 an kuma fahimci cewa ƙirar tankin ya zama tsohon yayi. An gano makamai na M22 a wurare da yawa sun yi tsayi sosai har ma ba su iya tsayayya da makamai masu fashewa na .50 caliber machine-gun. An kuma yi korafi game da manyan makamai na 37mm, wanda ba shi da isasshen ƙarfi don shiga cikin makamai na yawancin tankuna da ikon Axis ke amfani da su. Hakazalika wani rahoto da aka yi a ranar 13 ga Maris 1944, ta bangarorin 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment sun koka da cewa lokacin da aka harba harsashi mai fashewa daga bindigar, fashewar harsashi da ta haifar ya kasance mai rauni sosai har masu kallo suna da wahalar ganin inda ya shafi. Har ila yau, akwai matsalolin inji tare da ƙirar, wanda ya sa ya zama abin dogaro; an kuma gano injin yana da ƙarancin ƙarfi, mai yiwuwa saboda matsaloli tare da halaye na injin ko tsarin watsawa mara inganci.

Yaƙin Duniya na II

Ayyuka na farko

A ƙarshen 1941, an haɓaka sabbin rukunin Burtaniya da yawa waɗanda aka horar da su musamman don gudanar da ayyukan iska. Mafi girman irin wannan rukunin shine sabon rukunin Airborne Division, kuma a ranar 19 ga Janairun 1942 Ofishin Yakin ya yanke shawarar cewa ƙungiyar tanki mai sauƙi za ta kasance cikin rukunin tallafi da ke haɗe da ƙungiyar. An sanya shi Squadron Light Tank, wannan rukunin za a kafa shi da tankuna masu haske goma sha tara kuma zai yi aiki a gaban ƙungiyar, ta amfani da saurin su don kama manufofi da riƙe su har sai wasu raka'a sun sauƙaƙe su. Rukunin da aka zaba don juyawa zuwa Light Tank Squadron shine 'C' Special Services Squadron, wanda ya ga sabis a matsayin ƙungiyar tanki mai zaman kanta a lokacin Operation Ironclad, mamayewar Madagascar a tsakiyar 1942. Har ila yau, an sanye da ƙungiyar da Tetrarchs, wanda kwanan nan aka sake sanya shi a matsayin tankin iska ta Ofishin Yakin. An canja Squadron 'C' a hukumance zuwa 1st Airborne Division a ranar 24 ga Yuni 1942, tare da kawo Tetrarchs bakwai daga cikin sauran motocin da aka sanye take da su. Nan da nan ƙungiyar ta fara horo, amma ba ta kasance a haɗe da 1st Airborne Division na dogon lokaci ba; a tsakiyar 1943, an kai ƙungiyar zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya, inda za ta shiga cikin Operation Husky, mamayewar Allied na tsibirin Sicily. 'C' Squadron ya kasance a Burtaniya duk da haka, saboda ba a gina isasshen Hamilcar gliders don jigilar da tura dukkan Tetrarchs ba.

Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch tare da Littlejohn (Janeček) adaftan. Sojojin Burtaniya ne suka fara amfani da Tetrarch, amma daga bisani Locust ya maye gurbinsa.

An canja ƙungiyar zuwa ƙungiyar da za ta ciyar da sauran yaƙin; 6th Airborne Division, wanda aka tashe a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1943. Rundunar ta ci gaba da horar da ita a matsayin rundunar iska kuma ta shiga cikin darussan da aka nufa don sanin ayyukan da za ta yi, gami da binciken matsayin abokan gaba da yin hare-hare kan sojojin abokan gaba da makamai. A tsakiyar watan Yuli an aika wani matukin jirgi na Amurka zuwa Burtaniya don nuna cewa tankin zai iya shiga cikin Hamilcar kuma ya sauka, sannan a ranar 25 ga Oktoba Light Tank Squadron ya karɓi jigilar Locusts goma sha bakwai. A watan Nuwamba an ba da sabbin tankuna ga ƙungiyar, suna maye gurbin mafi yawan Tetrarchs; duk da haka an riƙe ƙananan Tetrarchs da aka haɗa da 3 inci (76.2 mm) na goyon bayan sojoji, waɗanda aka sanya su a matsayin Tetrarch 1 CS (Tsarin Tallafi), . Da yawa daga cikin Locusts kuma an haɗa su da Masu daidaitawa na Littlejohn don ƙara kewayon da ikon shiga na manyan makaman su, kodayake ba a bayyana yawan da aka sanya ba ko kuma idan an sanya su a ƙera ko bayan sun isa ƙungiyar. An fadada ƙungiyar zuwa 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1943, kuma a ƙarshen watan Maris na shekara ta 1944, an yi shirye-shirye don a sanye da rundunar da Locusts goma sha bakwai da Tetrarchs uku lokacin da ta shiga cikin Operation Tonga, saukowar jirgin saman Burtaniya a Normandy. Koyaya, rubuce-rubuce sun nuna cewa a watan Afrilu ana sake fasalin Hamilcar gliders na rundunar don ɗaukar Tetrarchs kawai, kuma a ƙarshen Maris an maye gurbin Locusts gaba ɗaya. Wannan da alama ya kasance ne saboda matsalolin inji da bindigogi tare da Locusts, da kuma takamaiman matsaloli tare da ƙirar akwatin kayan Locust.

Rundunar ta shiga cikin Operation Tonga a matsayin wani ɓangare na 6th Airlanding Brigade a watan Yunin 1944, sanye take da Tetrarchs ashirin. Koyaya, saboda ƙananan makamai da makamai marasa ƙarfi sun tabbatar da cewa tankuna da bindigogi masu motsi da sojojin Jamus suka tura, kamar Panzer IV da Sturmgeschütz III sun fi ƙarfin su. A watan Agusta, a shirye-shiryen shiga cikin 6th Airborne Division a cikin shirin tserewa daga gadar Normandy, an maye gurbin mafi yawan Tetrarchs a cikin 'A' Squadron da tankuna masu saurin Cromwell; an riƙe Tetrarchs guda uku kawai, sun kasance tare da hedkwatar 'A' squadron. A watan Satumba ƙungiyar ta koma Burtaniya kuma a cikin makon farko na Oktoba 1944, 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment ya sami babban sake tsarawa. An sake fasalin rundunar gaba ɗaya kuma ta yi ritaya daga duk sauran tankunan Tetrarch da aka sanye take da su, ta maye gurbin su da Locusts.

Aikin Varsity

A watan Maris na shekara ta 1945, an sanar da rundunar sojan sama ta 6 cewa za ta shiga cikin Operation Varsity, wani aikin da ke cikin iska don tallafawa rundunar soji ta 21 da ke tsallaka Kogin Rhine a lokacin Operation Plunder . A ranar 24 ga watan Maris, ƙungiyar, tare da ƙungiyar Amurka ta 17th Airborne Division, za a sauke ta hanyar parachute da glider kusa da birnin Wesel, inda za ta kama ƙauyen Hamminkeln mai mahimmanci, manyan gadoji da yawa a kan Kogin IJssel da kuma kudancin ɓangaren babban gandun daji, Diersfordter Wald . Tsuntsaye takwas daga cikin rundunar, sun kasu kashi biyu na hudu, za su sauka tare da Brigade na 6 na Airlanding a yankin saukowa 'P' a gabashin Diersfordter Wald da yammacin Hamminkeln, suna aiki a matsayin ajiyar yanki; sauran rundunar za su isa ta hanya bayan sun haye Rhine tare da 21st Army Group.

Tsuntsu a cikin aiki a lokacin Operation Varsity, Maris 1945

An ɗora Locusts guda takwas a cikin nau'ikan Hamilcar daban-daban tsakanin 17 da 20 Maris, kuma a safiyar 24 ga Maris an ja su daga filin jirgin sama ta hanyar Handley Page Halifax manyan bama-bamai don shiga sauran masu sauka da jirgin sama na jigilar jiragen sama da ke dauke da ƙungiyoyin iska guda biyu. Yanayin yanayi don aikin ya kasance mai kyau, tare da bayyane, kuma duk masu sauka takwas sun isa kusa da yankin saukowa ba tare da abin da ya faru ba. A lokacin da suke ƙoƙarin sauka, duk da haka, ƙaramin ƙarfin ya ragu sosai; wani jirgin ya rabu da Halifax yana jan shi kuma ya rushe, a bayyane yake sakamakon gazawar tsari, tare da Locust a ciki yana faɗuwa ƙasa. Sauran jirage uku sun zo ne a karkashin wuta mai karfi ta Jamus kuma sun fadi yayin da suka sauka; wani tanki ya tsira tare da bindiga mai lalacewa, wani ya fadi ta cikin gidan da ya sanya saitin rediyo mara waya da babban makami daga aiki, kuma na uku ya rabu da jirgin yayin da ya sauka kuma an juya shi a kan turret dinsa, ya sa ya zama mara amfani.

Tsuntsaye shida sun sauka ba tare da lalacewa ba a yankin saukowa, gami da da yawa tare da mummunar lalacewa, amma biyu daga cikin waɗannan tankuna ba su kai wurin haɗuwa da aka zaɓa don tsarin ba. Ɗaya daga cikin tankuna da ba a lalace ba ya zo don taimakawa wani rukuni na 'yan saman Amurka waɗanda ke ƙarƙashin wuta daga bindiga mai sarrafa kansa na Jamus amma motar Jamus ta kori shi da sauri, ta ji wa ma'aikatan biyu rauni. Wani tanki na biyu ya rushe yayin da yake ƙoƙarin jan jeep daga cikin jirgin da ya fadi, kodayake ma'aikatan sun kasance tare da tankin kuma sun goyi bayan sojojin Burtaniya a yankin. Daga cikin Locusts guda huɗu da suka isa wurin haɗuwa, biyu ne kawai ba su lalace ba kuma sun dace da aiki; nan da nan aka tura waɗannan biyun zuwa ƙasa mai tsawo a gabashin Diersfordter Wald, yayin da tankuna biyu da suka lalace suka rufe su. Bayan isowarsu sojojin Jamus ne suka shiga su kuma dole ne kamfanin sojan ƙasa ya goyi bayan su, kuma nan da nan kasancewarsu ta fara jan hankalin manyan bindigogi da wuta. Kodayake babu wani daga cikin tankunan da aka buga, an kashe ko kuma an ji rauni da yawa kuma bayan sa'o'i da yawa an tilasta tankunan su janye. Tankuna huɗu da sauran sojan ƙasa sun kafa ƙaramin runduna wanda ya kori hare-haren Jamus da yawa a matsayinsu, kuma daga ƙarshe an cire su a 10:30 ta hanyar ƙungiyar tanki daga 44th Royal Tank Regiment da wasu daga sauran 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment.

Bayan yakin

Damaged M22 Locust a Negba, Isra'ila

Operation Varsity shine kawai lokacin da aka yi amfani da Locust a cikin aiki tare da 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment ko Sojojin Burtaniya gaba ɗaya. Wani rahoto da aka bayar a ƙarshen taron da Darakta (Air) na Ofishin Yakin ya gudanar a watan Janairun 1946 ya tabbatar da cewa an yi la'akari da ƙirar Locust; duk wani tanki mai haske da za a yi amfani da shi a cikin tsarin iska na bayan yaƙi za a yi shi daga sababbin ƙira gaba ɗaya. Sojojin Burtaniya sun zubar da ƙananan Locusts ta hanyar canja su zuwa sojojin kasashen waje. Da yawa sun cire manyan makaman su kuma Sojojin Belgium sun yi amfani da su a matsayin tankuna na umurni ga rundunonin M4 Sherman, kuma wasu Locusts har ma sun sami hanyar komawa Amurka, inda aka cire turrets din su kuma suka yi aiki a matsayin tractors na gona. Jaridar 3 ga Yuni 1946 ta mujallar Life tana da labarin hoto biyar game da Kamiel Dupre, wani manomi na Illinois wanda ya sayi Locusts guda biyu don $ 100 kowannensu daga Rock Island arsenal. Da yake da niyyar amfani da ɗaya a matsayin ma'aikacin gona da ɗaya don kayan aiki, Dupre ya sami motocin suna cikin mummunan yanayi kuma suna da wuyar amfani da kiyayewa. Yawancin Locusts sun yi aiki tare da Sojojin Masar, sun maye gurbin wasu tsofaffin samfuran tanki, kamar su Vickers-Armstrong Mark V light tank, wanda sojojin Masar suka samu a lokacin yakin basasa. Masarawa sun yi amfani da kamfanoni da yawa na Locusts a lokacin yakin Larabawa da Isra'ila na 1948.

Masu aiki

• Belgium
• Egypt
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Isra'ila

M22 Locust tare da tashar bindiga a Amurka Armor & Cavalry Collection a Fort Benning (yanzu Fort Moore), Georgia, a cikin 2023

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