外番：用来替代侦查豹的德系7级轻坦备选

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

　　SS觉得在大多数人看来，往游戏中加入侦查豹作为德系7级LT并不是一个好选择。我们线来看看这么说的理由：

　　- the Panther hull is too big

　　黑豹的车体过大

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

　　这坦克太突兀，难于隐蔽

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

　　这坦克火力不足(白版炮50mm L/60，5级的105mm榴弹炮以及依赖金币弹的锥膛炮)

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

　　这坦克动力不足(900马力的引擎仍显不足，1150马力的涡轮发动机可能才能改善)

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

　　考虑到它的体形和尺寸，装甲防护能力仍显不足

　　- potantially bad depression (long hull, low turret)

　　俯角不足(较长的车体，低矮的炮塔)

　　- completely unhistorical with the VK2801 turret

　　装VK.28.01的炮塔是完全不合历史的

　　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 :)

　　当然这个选择对于WG而言好处多多：不需要什么建模工作，因为游戏里已经有车体和炮塔的模型了(黑豹，VK.16.02和VK.28.01的炮塔)，建模所需的经费维持在了最低水平。一个朋友告诉SS那个时候WG正处于财政紧缩阶段，比如说弄新补丁，加入新车都被要求成本尽可能低。想想当时的那个版本(8.4)---2部I号(I，IC)，II号(对现存的II号重新建模)，瓦伦丁AT(已有瓦伦丁的车体模型)，丘吉尔GC(嘛，丘吉尔的车体模型也是存在的)，而且整个AT系列的模型看起来也是很相似的---所需建模的工作就会相应变少，然后就是AT-15的模型，被用于AT-15A，经过修改又被用于土龟。然后183，就是一个对炮塔进行重新建模的FV215b。看起来WG在走环保路线…

　　But this is not what this article isabout. It is about the possible alternatives to the T7 AufklärungspanzerPanther. 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).

　　当然本文的重点不在此。这是关于对7级的侦查豹的可能替换坦克的一个讨论。实际上有好几部。我们将在1944年以后的坦克(方案)中进行发掘以保证历史的连续性(6级的2801是1943年晚期的项目，而7级的侦查豹则是1942年早期改装出来的)。实际上我们有3个候选(有一些很奇怪)：

　　1. Panzer 38(t) mit Panzer IV-Turm

　　带IV号炮塔的38(t)型