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Il Birch Gun fu il primo effettivo esempio al mondo di semovente d'artiglieria, il cui nome deriva da quello del generale Sir , maggior generale d'artiglieria inglese.Il modello sperimentale Mk I fu realizzato nel 1925 dalla Woolwich Royal Arsenal, costruito sul modello del carro Vickers Medium Mark II modificato, su cui fu montato un cannone campale Ordnance QF 18 lb da 84 mm.Una seconda versione, l'Mk II fu costruita nel 1926, disponeva invece di un cannone da 75 mm, con un alzo migliore del cannone, che gli consentiva di colpire sia bersagli terrestri che aerei.Ma a causa della pressione politica dei vertici militari, che mal vedevano le innovazioni tecniche, il progetto fu fermato dopo la progettazione nel 1928 della terza versione, l'Mk III.
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| dbo:abstract | The Birch Gun was the first practical British self-propelled artillery gun, built at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich in 1925. Despite proving itself a practical proposition the Birch Gun was never highly regarded by the British High Command, apparently not for any particular defect or lack of capability but an entrenched belief that such an innovation was unprecedented and so at best unwelcome and at worst an expensive and unnecessary indulgence. Named after General Sir Noel Birch, who was Master General of Ordnance at the time, the Birch gun comprised a Vickers Medium Mark II tank chassis originally fitted with a QF 18-pounder (83.8 mm) gun. This remained the armament in all the models, although the latest version, usually called the Mk III, had limited elevation. Birch Guns were used in the Experimental Mechanized Force manoeuvres of 1928 but by 1931 they had been removed from service and political pressure was applied to prevent any plans to complete the third version of this weapon. It would be a decade before the British Army returned to the concept of tracked artillery, in the middle years of a war for national survival where speed and mobility on the battlefield were not optional and eleven years before it would once again be equipped with a similarly effective weapon. (en) Il Birch Gun fu il primo effettivo esempio al mondo di semovente d'artiglieria, il cui nome deriva da quello del generale Sir , maggior generale d'artiglieria inglese.Il modello sperimentale Mk I fu realizzato nel 1925 dalla Woolwich Royal Arsenal, costruito sul modello del carro Vickers Medium Mark II modificato, su cui fu montato un cannone campale Ordnance QF 18 lb da 84 mm.Una seconda versione, l'Mk II fu costruita nel 1926, disponeva invece di un cannone da 75 mm, con un alzo migliore del cannone, che gli consentiva di colpire sia bersagli terrestri che aerei.Ma a causa della pressione politica dei vertici militari, che mal vedevano le innovazioni tecniche, il progetto fu fermato dopo la progettazione nel 1928 della terza versione, l'Mk III. (it) 伯奇式自行火炮（英語：Birch Gun，又譯作笞杖式自行火炮。）是世界上第一款實用化的自行火炮，由伍爾維奇的英國皇家兵工廠於1925年製造，它使用了維克斯中型坦克的底盤，不過，這款車輛從來沒有被英軍高層重視過，這倒不是因爲其本身性能上的缺陷所致，而是因爲英軍高層的偏見，以及政治上的壓力，最後，迫於政治上的壓力，伯奇式自行火炮在1928年被廢棄。 另外，英軍還曾經製造過兩輛伯奇式自行火炮MK.III型，但它們從未入役過，這種衍生型號將火炮安裝在了旋轉炮塔中，使乘員的防護得以增強，不過，因爲這樣的設計使得火炮的仰角降低，所以使得有效射程減少。 (zh) |
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| rdfs:comment | Il Birch Gun fu il primo effettivo esempio al mondo di semovente d'artiglieria, il cui nome deriva da quello del generale Sir , maggior generale d'artiglieria inglese.Il modello sperimentale Mk I fu realizzato nel 1925 dalla Woolwich Royal Arsenal, costruito sul modello del carro Vickers Medium Mark II modificato, su cui fu montato un cannone campale Ordnance QF 18 lb da 84 mm.Una seconda versione, l'Mk II fu costruita nel 1926, disponeva invece di un cannone da 75 mm, con un alzo migliore del cannone, che gli consentiva di colpire sia bersagli terrestri che aerei.Ma a causa della pressione politica dei vertici militari, che mal vedevano le innovazioni tecniche, il progetto fu fermato dopo la progettazione nel 1928 della terza versione, l'Mk III. (it) 伯奇式自行火炮（英語：Birch Gun，又譯作笞杖式自行火炮。）是世界上第一款實用化的自行火炮，由伍爾維奇的英國皇家兵工廠於1925年製造，它使用了維克斯中型坦克的底盤，不過，這款車輛從來沒有被英軍高層重視過，這倒不是因爲其本身性能上的缺陷所致，而是因爲英軍高層的偏見，以及政治上的壓力，最後，迫於政治上的壓力，伯奇式自行火炮在1928年被廢棄。 另外，英軍還曾經製造過兩輛伯奇式自行火炮MK.III型，但它們從未入役過，這種衍生型號將火炮安裝在了旋轉炮塔中，使乘員的防護得以增強，不過，因爲這樣的設計使得火炮的仰角降低，所以使得有效射程減少。 (zh) The Birch Gun was the first practical British self-propelled artillery gun, built at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich in 1925. Despite proving itself a practical proposition the Birch Gun was never highly regarded by the British High Command, apparently not for any particular defect or lack of capability but an entrenched belief that such an innovation was unprecedented and so at best unwelcome and at worst an expensive and unnecessary indulgence. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Birch gun (en) Birch Gun (it) 柏奇式自行火炮 (zh) |
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