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« on: July 17, 2016, 08:20:34 pm »

 Improvised self-propelled gun made on chassis of  Valentine tank, very slow but  with very stron punch for destructiuon of 88 mm anti aircraft guns
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2018, 09:54:37 am »

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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2019, 02:38:39 pm »



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The Bishop was a British self-propelled artillery vehicle based on the Valentine tank and armed with the 25 pounder gun-howitzer, which could fire an 87.6 mm (3.45 in) 11.5 kg (25 lb) HE shell or an armour-piercing shell. A result of a rushed attempt to create a self-propelled gun, the vehicle had numerous problems, was produced in limited numbers and was soon replaced by better designs.



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« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2022, 04:39:26 pm »

Iza naziva Bishop krije se britansko samohodno artiljerijsko oruđe, projektovano na osnovu, takođe britanskog, tenka Valentine. Rezultat pokušaja da se za kratko vreme dođe do samohotke naoružane topom-haubicom 25-funtašem (kalibra 87,6 mm) bilo je vozilo sa brojnim problemima. Proizvođeno je u manjoj količini i uskoro zamenjeno boljim konstruktivnim rešenjima.

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Konstrukcija i razvoj

Rat u severnoj Africi vodio se manevarskim snagama, što je dovelo do zahteva za samohotkom naoružanom top-haubicom kalibra 87,6 mm. Razvoj takvog artiljerijskog oruđa je juna 1941. poveren kompaniji iz Birmingema koja se bavila lokomotivama i vagonima. Prototip je bio spreman za ispitivanja već u avgustu, a novembra iste godine je poručeno 100 primeraka. Vozilo je dobilo oznaku „Ordnance QF 25-pdr on Carrier Valentine 25-pdr Mk 1“, a postalo je poznato i kao Bishop.

Samohotka Bishop je za osnovu imala šasiju tenka Valentine II, dok je originalna kupola zamenjena kutijastom konstrukcijom sa velikim vratima na zadnjoj strani. U ovoj konstrukciji se nalazila haubica. Kao posledicu, vozilo je imalo veliku siluetu, što je bio veliki nedostatak u pustinjskom načinu ratovanja. Maksimalna elevacija haubice iznosila je 15°, što je smanjilo domet oruđa na nekih 5 800 m, što je polovina stvarnog dometa oruđa u vučnoj varijanti. Pored haubice, vozilo je raspolagalo i jednim lakim mitraljezom. Do jula 1942. je proizvedeno 80 samohotki, nakon čega su narudžbe obustavljene, a Britanija krenula na prenaoružavanje američkim samohodnim haubicama M7 Priest.

Operativna upotreba

Samohotka Bishop je po prvi put upotrebljena kod El Alamejna i u naoružanju je opstala do početka operacija u Italiji. Zbog svoje slabe pokretljivosti, visoke siluete, smanjenog dometa oruđa… samohotka je vrlo loše primljena u jedinicama. Same posade su, da bi povećale domet, gradile rampe od zemlje kako bi dale dodatnu elevaciju samom vozilu. Ipak, to nije bilo dovoljno da poboljša utisak posada.  U naoružanje je umesto ovih samohotki uvedene samohotke M7 Priest i Sexton.

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TT karakteristike    
Masa    17 500 kg
Dužina    5,64 m
Širina    2,77 m
Visina    3 m
Posada    4 (komandir, nišandžija, punilac, vozač)
Naoružanje    1 x 87,6 mm
1 x 7,7 mm
Pogon    dizel motor AEC A190  snage 131 KS
Autonomija    145 km
Brzina    24 km/č


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