达人点评：捷克新车T 40性能以及评价

T 40 Characteristics and Commentary by SilentStalker

Hello Warriors,

SilentStalker, who most of you may know as the head of FTR, he was my Mentor and Sensei (he hates when I call him this *Evil giggle*) in the ways of the blogging and father of the Czechoslovak Tech Tree in WoThas agreed to write an series of posts about the incoming CZ Tanks:

SilentStalker，FTR的站长，前两年大家看到的WOT大多是从他那搬过来的，他也是现在最主要的WOT英文版新闻发布者Rita的朋友和森塞（原文就是用的Sensei 啊！）。他当初最先研究资料提出了捷克斯洛伐克坦克树，当之无愧的“捷克斯洛伐克线之父”啊。SS同意写一个关于捷克斯洛伐克坦克的系列文章：

The Czechoslovak tier 6 premium is the first introductory Czechoslovak medium tank for the upcoming line. As someone who helped putting it all together, I'll post my few comments about this tank and the Czechoslovak branch in general. I won't comment on the general things as there will be a series of posts - Rita willing - on how this entire thing was put together and why some (seemingly illogical) details are there.

捷克斯洛伐克6级金币中坦T 40是捷克新线的先发车，我就先大体上评价一下这辆坦克和捷克MT线。我不会对详细内容做出评论，因为Rita会就此发表一个系列文章——关于这些东西是如何整合到一起的和为什么会出现一些（看起来不合逻辑的）细节。

Right then. The T 40. The T 40 was a medium tank designed in very late 1946 as a response to the demand of the Czechoslovak military to develop a unified medium tank. At this point the communist future of the country was far from certain and many people could not imagine what would happen a little more than a year from that point so basically it wasn't really considered to arm the entire military with Soviet tech (or, rather, it was not considered any more than arming it with - for example - the British tech). Indigenous development was generally preferred in 1945 to 1947 but the army seriously lacked any number of armored vehicles. There was a whole bunch of Soviet tanks from state-of-the-art (IS-2) to worn out vehicles (76mm T-34's for example). There was a bunch of western tanks as well (Challengers, Cromwells, some Stuarts) but the most armored vehicles we had were German (Panzer IV's, Panthers, some Tigers of various mods - those were never used though, a lot of Jagdpanzer 38t's and such). In other words, there was no real unfication in anything. The TVP program (a "universal tank", basically a precursor to the MBT class) was a way to remedy the situation.

再回来说T 40。T 40是1946年底应捷克斯洛伐克军方的研发统一的中型坦克计划要求而设计的。这时候这个国家的社会主义前景还未明确，许多人也想象不到一年多后会变成什么样子，所以基本上来说根本就还没考虑完全采用苏联的军事技术（或者，不如说当时更多考虑了采用其他国家的技术，比方说英国的）。在1945-1947年间更倾向于采用自主研发，但此时军队亟需大量的装甲车。当时有苏联的一系列坦克，从最先进的IS-2到老旧的装备有76mm炮的T-34。也有大量的西方国家坦克，比方说征服者、克伦威尔、斯图亚特。装备量最多的却是德国坦克，比如四号坦克系列、豹式、各种型号的虎式（尽管从来没用过）、很多38t坦克歼击车等等。换言之，这个国家什么坦克都有，就是没有一种统一的坦克。TVP计划就应运而生了（这是一个“通用坦克”计划，主战坦克的前身）。

Now, why T 40 as a premium tank

为什么把T 40做成一辆金币车

As you know, in WoT each new nation is preceded by a premium tank that comes one or two patches ahead (two patches in this case IIRC as all the Czechoslovaks might appear in 0.9.12 by the end of the year). Therefore, in order to get the branch approved, there also had to be - apart from the suitable branch candidates - a proper candidate for the premium tanks. At this point the T 40 was not discovered in the archives yet (I'll get to that). The vehicle had to be mid-high tier (6-8, because those sell well) - this removed a lot of interesting vehicles from the play as those appear to be tier 4-5 at most.

大家都知道，一个新的国家加入游戏之前，会有一辆金币车提前一两个版本来探探路（今天的科隆游戏展Q&A已经确认捷克线会在年底的0.9.12加入游戏，而T 40会在0.9.11）。因此，为了能推出一整条坦克线，除了确认作为出现在坦克树上的银币坦克，还要选出一辆合适的坦克制作成金币坦克推出。那时候还没有从档案中发现T 40这辆坦克，候选坦克又只能从中高等级（6-8级）的坦克中选取（因为这个等级的金币车销量不错），这使得一些4-5级的可玩性很高的坦克被排除再外。

First candidates for this role were:

第一批候选车：

- some sort of TVP stage with a suitable gun - you simply pick one of the guns that were intended for the program, put it on one of the early vehicle models and make it a premium, much like WG is so fond of doing lately

- 从TVP研发计划中选取一辆坦克装备上适当的主炮。只需要从用于这个计划的主炮中选出一杆炮再装到一个早期型号的坦克上，就把它变成了一辆金币车，WG最近非常喜欢这么做。

- T-40/75 - a modified (often kitbashed) Panzer IV

- T-40/75。四号坦克的一种改进型

- some clone of an existing vehicle with Czechoslovak markings

- 根据某种现存捷克斯洛伐克坦克克隆出一辆来

The first option was the most desirable, the last was the least desirable and the T-40/75 is just "meh". And so the search for the suitable variant began.

第一方案是最合适的，最后边这个最不恰当，而T-40/75差强人意。所以寻找合适坦克型号的工作就开始了。

In the literature (the only book there is by M.Dubánek) however, the T 40 is - incorrectly - marked as the early part of the T 50 program by Škoda. Dubánek mislabeled a whole bunch of things but luckily I got in touch with Mr. Jiří Tintěra and Mr. Vladimír Francev. Both are renowned Czech military historians and their knowledge of Škoda and Praga vehicles knows no equal. They were kind enough to agree to help.

在文献资料（仅有一本M.Dubánek写的书）中，T 40被错误地认定为斯柯达T 50计划的早期阶段。Dubánek搞错了很多东西，比较幸运的是我与Jiří Tintěra先生和Vladimír Francev先生取得了联系。他们两位都是捷克斯洛伐克军事史学方面的著名专家，而且也是研究斯柯达和普拉加坦克的权威。他们非常友好地同意帮助我。

It was Jiří Tintěra who found the blueprints of the T 40 in the archives. Dubánek (who published the book on post-war Czechoslovak designs earlier) did not mention the T 40 designation at all. Oh well, we just found a new, suitable tank :) The blueprints of the tank were passed to Wargaming and it turned out to be a pretty good tier 6 candidate. The deal was "sealed" by Yuri Pasholok and his colleagues traveling to Prague last year and confirming the validity of the vehicle as a premium to the person who decides the branch design (it's actually not Storm, or at least not directly but I would probably be doing the guys a disservice by mentioning exact names beyond Yuri, who is publicly known).

Jiří Tintěra先生在档案中找到了T 40坦克设计图纸，而Dubánek（他之前写了一本关于战后捷克斯洛伐克坦克设计的书）却从未提及T 40坦克。嘛~我们刚刚找到了一辆合适的新坦克。我把图纸发给了WG，他们认为这是一个相当不错的6级候选坦克。这个主意是WG的史学专家Yuri和他的同事去年到布拉格出差的时候商定的，决定坦克科技树设计方案的家伙也确认了这辆坦克作为金币车的可行性（他其实不是Storm，我如果直接提到这个家伙的名字可能会伤害到他，当然Yuri就不算了，这货太出名了）。

And so we suddenly had the premium vehicle. With this vehicle in play, the branch was finally approved. By that time I collected a lot of materials on the rest of the branch and passed them to WG as well.

我们突然之间就有了一辆金币车。有了这辆车，这条线才算是完整的了。与此同时，我也搜集到了很多其他捷克坦克的资料一起交给国家，啊不是，是交给WG。

About the T 40 in the game

关于游戏中的T 40

Škoda T 40 in the game is actually very historical (or at least true to the materials provided). The way the vehicle looks had to be reconstructed by a Wargaming specialist (as it happens to all "paper" vehicles). When I first saw the reconstructed looks on paper, I was like "that's awesome!" - seriously, this requires the amount of detail rarely seen even in books. And so the looks are as historical as it gets.

游戏中的斯柯达T 40其实非常历史（或者说至少是和材料上写的是一样的）。坦克外形被WG的一个专家重构过了（所有的图纸坦克都是这么造出来的）。当我第一次在纸上看到重构后坦克的样子的时候，发自内心地感到“这家伙真他妈的帅！”—— 严格来说，模型能做成这样，需要大量在书中都很少能见到的数据细节。所以所这辆车的造型是相当符合史实的。

Now, the armor:

装甲：

Again, quite historical. The problem is, some parts in the documents didn't have the thickness described (specifically the mantlet) but overall, the vehicle is quite correct - 65mm front, 30mm sides, 40mm turret sides and unsloped hull sides etc. Not a lot of armor of course but given the tier of the vehicle, it's sufficient.

它的装甲也是比较历史的。问题只是在于档案中并没有一些部位的装甲厚度描述（特别是炮盾）。不管怎么说这辆坦克的装甲是比较正确的——正面65mm，侧面30mm，炮塔侧面40mm和无倾斜角度的车体侧面装甲等等。它的装甲并不厚，但是这么个等级的坦克有这些装甲就够用了。

Statistics:

数据：

等级: 6 MT

血量: 700

引擎: 700 hp

重量: 39.95 tons

推重比: 17.52 hp/t

极速: 50/20 km/h

车身转速: 38 deg/s

炮塔转速: 33.4 deg/s

地面阻力系数: 0.767/0.863/0.918

视野: 370

通讯: 740.4

车身装甲: 65/40/?

炮塔装甲: 65/40/?

主炮: 88mm L/57

均伤: 220/220/270

穿深: 132/200/44

射速: 9.068

DPM: 1995

装填时间: 6.616

精度: 0.364

瞄准时间: 2.4s

俯仰角: -5/+20

Gun:

主炮：

As you guessed it, it's the Tiger gun. Not! Actually it's a modified 88mm flak gun, not the Tiger gun itself. The gun is a bit longer (L/57) and as you can see, it's missing the muzzle brake. But for gameplay purposes it IS the Tiger gun with the exception of shells. The gold shells are "Vz.46 průpalný" (1946 pattern HEAT) and are mostly fictional - there was the intention to develop such shells for the gun but as far as I know it never happened. The depression is mediocre (-5/+20) and the aimtimes and accuracy do correspond to the general performance of the gun as well as the fact the vehicle is a premium one. The vehicle carries 80 rounds that are placed on turret sides and hull sides (in the "niches" above the tracks). That makes it quite vulnerable from the sides.

你猜它的主炮是虎式的炮对吧？然而并不是。其实它装的是一杆改进后的88cm高射炮，不同于虎式用的那杆炮。这杆炮稍微长一点（L/57），而且没有炮口制退器。但是出于游戏方面的考虑，它在游戏中就是虎式的那杆炮，只是装的炮弹不一样。金币弹“Vz.46 průpalný”（1946式HEAT弹）极有可能是虚构的——当年的确是有意向研发这种炮弹，就我所知并没有付诸实际。俯仰角比较普通（-5/+20），瞄准时间和精度都和这杆炮的性能相符，身为金币车性能如此也挺合适的。载弹量是80发，炮弹被放置在炮塔两侧和车体两侧（履带上侧的车体部分）。被侧面攻击时非常脆弱，弹药架非黄即爆。

Mobility:

机动：

16 cylinder diesel Škoda engine, 700 horsepower - historical. The weight (39,95) is historical as well and so the power-to-weight ratio is also (17,52). Maximum speed (50 km/h) is also historical - interestingly enough the vehicle also had 5 gears for reverse and could go backwards as fast as forwards but this is not possible to model for balance purposes.

700马力的斯柯达产16缸柴油动力发动机——符合史实。39.95吨的车重和17.52的推重比也很历史。符合史实的还有50KM/h的前进极速——比较有趣的是这辆坦克有5个用于倒车的变速箱，也就是说它倒着跑的时候和前进一样快，可是出于游戏平衡性方面的考虑，游戏内不太可能这样搞。

Radio station:

电台：

This one is actually interesting. By 1946 there was no unified radio station and the description of the vehicle doesn't mention the type. Therefore it was pretty much a "what would be the best radio for the vehicle" call as anything British, German or Soviet could be picked. In the end we went with German Fu 7 radio station (in later vehicles this would be replaced by indigenous RM-31T radio station). The designation however ("FU 7 SE 20 U") is made up by WG and I have no idea what it means.

它的电台非常有趣。直到1946年也没有一个统一的电台，资料中也没有提及它的电台型号。因此就陷入“我们应该给这辆坦克选用什么样的电台好呢”的境地，你看有英国的、德国的、苏联的。最后我们给它选用了德制的Fu 7 电台（在后期被本土研发的RM-31T电台所替换）。游戏里的那个“FU 7 SE 20 U”型电台是WG自己造出来的，我并不知道它是什么意思。

Conclusion:

结论：

Overall it's a nice little tank I think. It's not very slow and the gun is sufficient even against tier 8's (well, with the gold ammo anyway).

综上所述，我认为这是一辆非常棒的小坦克。跑起来也不是特别慢，对抗8级车的时候主炮也够用（我说的当然是金币弹啦）。

RG: Hope you enjoyed! :)