I-ax yaseMelika eseMelika isetshenziselwa amasosha ase-US eMpumalanga Ephakathi.
Isosha lase-US liphendukela esikhaliweni esaziwayo samaMelika aseMelika ukuba asize empini e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan - iTomahawk.
Isikhali sasendulo
I-Tomahawk uhlobo lensimbi esetshenziselwe kokubili isikhali nethuluzi labamaMelika aseMelika amakhulu eminyaka. Igama elithi "Tomahawk" lihunyushwa lisuka egameni lamazwe aseVirginia Algonquin okuthiwa "Powhatan." Abantu baseMelika baseMelika bavame ukubheka iTomahawks njengethuluzi jikelele.
Kodwa-ke, baye basebenzisa imishini ye-ax empini - noma ngesikhathi sokulwa ngesandla noma njengesikhali sokuphonsa. Ama-Tomahawks ayenziwe ekuqaleni ngamakhanda amatshe aqoshiwe ngamatshe. Lezi zishintsha kamuva zaba izinsimbi zensimbi nezethusi.
Abahlali baseYurophu baya eNyakatho Melika bathatha ngokushesha iTomahawk njengethuluzi kanye nesikhali, futhi lezi zinsimbi zaba izinto zokuhweba ezithandwayo phakathi kwabomdabu nabahlali kule minyaka eyi-17 neye-18. Namuhla, ukuphonsa i-Tomahawk kuyisenzakalo esithandwayo emibhalweni yomlando yaseMelika, futhi futhi isigaba sokuphonsela ummese wokuncintisana. I-Tomahawk ekhethekile eyenziwe ngezandla isenziwa ngabadwebi abahlakaniphile kuwo wonke amabutho ase-US naseMelika aseMelika.
Isicelo sempi
Manje, isosha lase-US lamukela iTomahawk ukuthi lisetshenziswe ezindaweni ezishisayo njenge-Iraq ne-Afghanistan. I-US Army Stryker Brigade isebenzisa ama-Tomahawks e-Afghanistan, futhi le divayisi isetshenziselwa ama-platinon amaningana aseMelika e-Iraq.
I-Tomahawk iphinde ifakwe emotweni ngayinye ye-Stryker njengengxenye ye "ithuluzi lesithuluzi." I-Stryker iyi-4 x 4armored imoto yokulwa. Amasosha asebenzisa i-Tomahawks ngokulwa ngesandla-nangokunqamula iminyango nokufaka izakhiwo.
I-Tomahawk ibonisa ukuthi iyinsimbi ehlukahlukene enezinhlelo eziningi ngezempi zase-US.
Ngaphandle kokusetshenziswa kwayo empini , amasosha asebenzisa i-Tomahawks ukuvula amakhekhethi, ukumba amathrekhi, ukususa izithiyo zomgwaqo nokukhipha amadivaysi okuqhuma okuthuthukisiwe futhi aqede izimpahla zomhlaba. I-Tomahawk esetshenziswe yizempi yase-US yenziwa yi-American Tomahawk Company esekelwe eBeesville, e-Ohio.