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欧洲的教训 第二次世界大战在欧洲爆发后,虽然美国没有马上参战,但却促使美国各军种迅速走向战时体制。在这种情况下,美国装甲部队开始紧急研制轻中型坦克。 在中型坦克方面美国装甲部队首先研制了作为过渡型号的M3坦克,在此基础上,生产了美国最重要的M4谢尔曼式坦克。轻型坦克则是以M2为基础,发展出M3型轻型坦克。 相对于中轻型坦克的开发,研制什么样的重型坦克一直是个问题。1940年5月德军坦克横扫整个西欧。德国坦克在战场上杰出的表现让美军迅速确立了重型坦克的标准。 这时美国装甲部队希望能按照德军装甲部队中以3号坦克为主力、4号坦克提供火力支援的布局,生产能为M3和M4中型坦克提供强大火力支援的重型坦克。
Lessons from Europe After the outbreak of World War II in Europe, the United States did not immediately enter the war, but it prompts the United States to move quickly to the wartime system. In this situation, the U.S. armored forces started to urgently develop light and medium-sized tanks. In medium-sized tanks, the U.S. armored forces first developed the M3 tank as a transitional model and, on that basis, produced the most important M4 Sherman tank in the United States. Light tanks are M2-based, the development of M3 light tanks. Compared to the development of light tanks, what kind of heavy tanks developed has always been a problem. 1940 May German tanks swept across Western Europe. The outstanding performance of German tanks on the battlefield has allowed the U.S. military to quickly set the standard for heavy tanks. At this time, the U.S. armored forces hoped to provide heavy-duty tanks capable of providing strong fire support for M3 and M4 medium-sized tanks in accordance with the layout of the No. 4 tank and the No. 4 tank providing fire support according to the German armored units.