外番：用來替代偵查豹的德系7級輕坦備選

　　I think that a lot of people (if notmost) will agree that the choice of the Aufkl?rungspanzer Panther for the tier7 light tank in its supertest incarnation was not a good one. Let*s quickly sumup the (potential) bad sides:

　　SS覺得在大多數(shù)人看來，往游戲中加入偵查豹作為德系7級LT并不是一個好選擇。我們線來看看這么說的理由：

　　- the Panther hull is too big

　　黑豹的車體過大

　　- the vehicle is bulky, hard to hide (eg. no passive scouting)

　　這坦克太突兀，難于隱蔽

　　- the vehicle is potentially undergunned (50mm L/60 as stock, tier 5 105mmhowitzer and the gold-requiring konisch gun)

　　這坦克火力不足(白版炮50mm L/60，5級的105mm榴彈炮以及依賴金幣彈的錐膛炮)

　　- the vehicle is potentially underpowered (850hp will most likely not cut it,the 1150hp turbine would perhaps help)

　　這坦克動力不足(900馬力的引擎仍顯不足，1150馬力的渦輪發(fā)動機可能才能改善)

　　- considering its speed and its size, its armor is probably insufficient

　　考慮到它的體形和尺寸，裝甲防護能力仍顯不足

　　- potantially bad depression (long hull, low turret)

　　俯角不足(較長的車體，低矮的炮塔)

　　- completely unhistorical with the VK2801 turret

　　裝VK.28.01的炮塔是完全不合歷史的

　　Of course this design has one bigadvantage for Wargaming: pretty much no new modelling work is needed, as thehull and turret models are already there (Panther hull, Leopard and VK2801turret). The costs of creating such a vehicle are kept to a minimum. By theway, a friend told me that he believes at this moment Wargaming is in thecost-cutting phase, eg. making new patches (including vehicles) as cheaply aspossible. Let*s recap 8.4 then - 2x Panzer I, Panzer II (remodelled existin**nzer II), Valentine AT (Valentine hull already existed), Churchill GC (well,Churchill hull model was also already there), the whole AT series with vehicleslooking similiar - less modelling work, then there*s the AT-15 model used for AT-15Aand (modified) for Tortoise. Oh yes, and the second FV215b with a remodelledturret. Looks like Wargaming has gone eco friendly and is into recycling rightnow :)

　　當(dāng)然這個選擇對于WG而言好處多多：不需要什么建模工作，因為游戲里已經(jīng)有車體和炮塔的模型了(黑豹，VK.16.02和VK.28.01的炮塔)，建模所需的經(jīng)費維持在了最低水平。一個朋友告訴SS那個時候WG正處于財政緊縮階段，比如說弄新補丁，加入新車都被要求成本盡可能低。想想當(dāng)時的那個版本(8.4)---2部I號(I，IC)，II號(對現(xiàn)存的II號重新建模)，瓦倫丁AT(已有瓦倫丁的車體模型)，丘吉爾GC(嘛，丘吉爾的車體模型也是存在的)，而且整個AT系列的模型看起來也是很相似的---所需建模的工作就會相應(yīng)變少，然后就是AT-15的模型，被用于AT-15A，經(jīng)過修改又被用于土龜。然后183，就是一個對炮塔進行重新建模的FV215b。看起來WG在走環(huán)保路線…

　　But this is not what this article isabout. It is about the possible alternatives to the T7 Aufkl?rungspanzerPanther. There are several in fact. We are looking at 1944+ vehicles to keep atleast some historical continuity (T6 VK2801 is a late 1943 project while T7 scoutPanther was concieved in early 1942). We have basically three options (with afew more bit obscure ones).

　　當(dāng)然本文的重點不在此。這是關(guān)于對7級的偵查豹的可能替換坦克的一個討論。實際上有好幾部。我們將在1944年以后的坦克(方案)中進行發(fā)掘以保證歷史的連續(xù)性(6級的2801是1943年晚期的項目，而7級的偵查豹則是1942年早期改裝出來的)。實際上我們有3個候選(有一些很奇怪)：

　　1. Panzer 38(t) mit Panzer IV-Turm

　　帶IV號炮塔的38(t)型