Source:http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/06/28/t37-light-tank/
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Hello everyone,
大家嚎， 

this morning, first pictures of the upcoming American light branch (coming in 9.3, unless something changes) were leaked, starting with the new tier 6 T37 light tank. Now, we are going to have a look at this interesting piece of engineering, its history and historical performance.
今天早上，一些关于即将实装的由新的6级轻坦T37打头的美国轻坦线（9.3实装，除非另有变动）的图片被泄露了。现在我们要看看这个有意思的工程，关于它的历史以及史实的表现。

Ever since 1945, the US Army started to look for its new future light tank. Sure, there was the Chaffee, but the army was looking for something that would pack a bigger punch. The production of the Chaffee ended in August 1945 with roughly 4.7k made (in the future, they would scatter all over the world, sold to US-friendly countries). Meanwhile, between January and November 1945, an army equipment committee convened twice, each time recommending a new tank development. In the eyes of the committee, this new light tank should have better firepower and mobility than the M24 and should be armed with a 76mm (3in) gun, capable of penetrating 127mm of armor (5in), sloped at 30 degrees at 914 meters (1000 yards). The vehicle was to weigh 25 tons.
自从1945年来，美国军方就开始寻找新的轻坦了。当然，他们已经有霞飞了，但是军方一直在找火力更强大的玩意。霞飞的生产在1945年8月结束，大约生产了4700辆（后来它们就分散到了世界各地，被卖给了那些与美国关系良好的国家）。与此同时，在1945年1月~11月期间，一个军队装备委员会碰头了两次，每一次都在推荐开发一辆新坦克。在委员会眼中，新的轻坦应该比M24（霞飞）具有更好的火力以及更好的机动性，应当安装一杆76mm（3英寸）炮，可以击穿在914米（1000码）外倾斜30°的127mm的装甲（5英寸）。这辆车的重量是25吨。 

The development of this requested vehicle was started in July 1946 at the Detroit Arsenal R&D division and on 27th of September 1946, the project officially recieved a designation “T37″. It was recommended by the committee to manufacture three prototype tanks (in May 1947, it was reduced to two).
关于这辆车的开发是在1946年7月于底特律兵工厂研发部开始研发的，在1946年⑨月27日，这个计划正式被命名为“T37”。委员会推荐他们生产3辆原型车（在1947年5月被减少成了两辆） 

The design was complete in early 1949 and a wooden mock-up was built. The vehicle had a crew of four (commander, driver, gunner, loader) and was powered by the Continental AOS-895-1 engine (air-cooled six cylinder supercharged 8,2 liter engine, providing 500 gross horsepower at 2800 RPM – note that this engine is already in the game as Chaffee’s top engine with 500hp). The vehicle weighed 21,9 tons (22,83 hp/t power-to-weight ration, ingame Chaffee has 25,74). Maximum speed was 41 miles per hour (66 km/h).
设计在1949年早期就完成了，并且造出了一辆木头的模型车。这辆车的乘员为4人（车长，驾驶员，炮手以及装填手），由大陆AOS-895-1引擎提供动力（气冷六缸增压8.2升引擎，在2800转/分的情况下能提供500匹的马力—请注意这个引擎已经在游戏内出现了，就是霞飞的那个顶级500马力的引擎）。这辆车的重量是21.9吨（推重比是22.83马力/吨，游戏内霞飞推重比是25.74）。极速是41英里/小时（66公里/小时） 

The armor was as follows:
装甲如下： 

Upper frontal plate: 25mm (60 deg, 50mm EFF)
正面首上：25mm（倾斜60°，等效50mm）

Lower frontal plate: 32mm (45 deg, 45mm EFF)
正面首下：32mm（倾斜45°，等效45mm）

Hull sides: 19-25mm
车身侧面：19~25mm

Hull rear: 19mm
车身后面：19mm 

Turret front: 32mm (55 deg, 55mm EFF)
炮塔正面：32mm（倾斜55°，等效55mm）

Mantlet: 25-32mm
炮盾：25~32mm

Turret sides: 25mm
炮塔侧边：25mm

Turret rear: 25mm
炮塔后面：25mm 

Judging from the leaked pictures, the armor in the game seems historical.
从泄露出的图片上来看，游戏内的装甲看上去是史实的。 

The vehicle was armed with the 76mm T94 gun (already in the game, Chaffee’s top gun with 137mm PEN), capable of -9/+20 elevation, historical rate of fire was 12 rounds per minute. It was not automatically loaded. Its historical muzzle velocity with AP rounds was 2600 feet per second (792 m/s).
这辆车装配了76mm T94主炮（已经在游戏内了，霞飞的顶级炮，穿深137mm），俯仰角为-9°/+20°，史实射速为12发/分钟，并不是自动装填的。史实的AP弹炮口初速是2600英尺/秒（792米/秒） 

In development Phase II, the vehicle was supposed to be armed with the 76mm T91 (an identical gun to the 76mm T185 – in the game, it’s the T71′s top gun (175mm penetration), only without the automatic loading and with Vickers fire control system). Phase II vehicle was subsequently renamed to T41. Phase III (also T41) was to include an automatic loading device or a stubby case, increasing the proposed rate of fire. The first T37 was shipped to Aberdeen Proving Grounds in May 1949 and was tested until August 1950, when it was returned to Detroit for test results evaluation, after the outbreak of fighting in Korea.
在开发的第二阶段，这辆车本来是要装上76mm T91炮的（和76mm T185炮是一样的—游戏内它是T71的顶级炮（穿深175mm），只不过没有自动装填，但是有维克斯火控系统）。第二阶段的车辆后来被重命名为T41。第三阶段（还是T41）本来是要加装一个自动装填装置，最差情况下也要增加射速。第一辆T37在1949年5月被运到了阿伯丁试验场进行试验，试验一直持续到了在朝鲜的战斗开始之后的1950年8月，之后它就被送回了底特律等待对测试结果的评估。

T41

Along with the T37, the Phase II tanks (T41) were also tested in Aberdeen (three prototypes were made), armed with the aforementioned T91 76mm high-power gun in a modified turret. The original T37 project was cancelled due to the Korean war, while the T41 Stage II (Stage III with autoloader was never built, again, due to the Korean War) project was modified, specifically by changing the internal turret layout, eliminating the turret blister machine guns and increasing the turret ring size. This redesigned version by Detroit Arsenal was redesignated as T41E1 and in January 1950, Cadillac recieved a contract to build roughly 100 of those. The contract was later postponed due to Korean War (again), resulting in further modifications of the vehicle and that is how the M41 Walker Bulldog came to be, but that is a story for another time.
与T37一起出来的，第二阶段的坦克（T41）也在阿伯丁进行了测试（一共造了三个原型车），在一个改动过的炮塔中装备了上述的T91 76mm高威力炮。原本的T37的计划由于朝鲜战争的原因被取消了，而T41第二阶段（由于朝鲜战争的原因，自动装填的第三阶段就从来没造过）也被改动。它的炮塔内部的布局进行了改动，把炮塔上的机枪弄掉了，还增加了炮塔座圈的大小。这个由底特律兵工厂重新设计的版本被重新命名为T41E1，在1950年的1月，凯迪拉克收到了要建造100辆T41E1的合同。这合同在后来由于朝鲜战争的原因被推后了，也就导致了对这辆车的进一步改造，这就是M41华科猛犬的来头了，当然这都是后话。

The T41, like the T37, had a crew of four men. It had the same nominal armor, the turret just looked a bit different. Its T91 gun was capable of 12 round per minute (as mentioned, the Stage II had a loader), the elevation was -9/+20 as well. The engine and performance was the same too, but the vehicle weighed 23,4 tons, resulting in slightly worse power-to-weight ratio.
T41与T37类似，乘员为4人。纸面数据上的装甲是一样的，但是炮塔看起来有点不一样。T91炮的射速地12发/分钟（如上述，第二阶段的车有个装填手），俯仰角也是-9°/+20°。引擎以及各项参数都一致，但是车重为23.4吨，导致了推重比有所下降。 

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R.P.Hunnicutt: A History of the American Light Tank Vol.2 – Sheridan