欧服官方资讯 美系胖基宅T1和M6故事

  　　Commanders,　　ThismonthwewillbetakingacloserlookattheT1andM6heavytanks,whichrepresentanevolutioninAmericantankdesign.Thisisastorywhichgoesfromoutlandishconceptdesignsandexperimentalprototypestoproductionvehiclesandfinallytocancellationofthewholeproject.　　Inreality,theT1wasaprototypevehiclewhichthenbecametheM6forproduction.However,inWorldofTankstheyarebothuniquevehicles.Assuch,thismonthwewillbecelebratingthembothwithaspecialoffer!　　Concept　　Insummer1940,theUSwerewitnessingwhatwashappeninginEurope.Inparticular,theyhadseenhowGermanPzKpfwIVshadoverrunFrancewith75mmguns.TheAmericansrealisedthatthisrenderedtheircurrent37mmarmamentsobsolete,andposedathreattoalltheirvehicles.TheydecidedtostartdevelopinganewheavytanktocounterthesenewsGermanvehicles.　　Theoriginaldesignsweresomewhatambitious.Thetankwastobeinthe80tonnesclassandwastohavenolessthanfourturrets–twopartialtraverseoneswith75mmgunsandtwofulltraverseturretswith75mmguns.Thetankwastobeatruedreadnoughtoftheland.　　TheT1HeavyTankFortunately,therewasarealitycheckandthefinalisedplansforwhatwasnowdesignatedastheT1HeavyTankwererevisedandscaleddown.Itwasnowtoweigharound50tonnesandhavea3inch(76.2mm)gunandacoaxial37mmguninasingleturret.ItalsohadfourmachinegunsandaWright925HPenginewithatopspeedof25milesperhour(40km/h).