虎式坦克--被法國假情報坑出來的作品

熟悉歷史的人應該都知道，德國在戰前就有vk3001→vk3601 30噸中型坦克計劃，怎麼到了開戰全是些一號二號豆戰車，連三號四號都是少數裝備的武器。

一號坦克：誰說德國人腦袋是方的，我難道不是傾斜裝甲

二號坦克：你瞅啥？！法國戰役我才是主力，讓你們乳法一百年

三號坦克：別看我37mm小水管，在當年，我叫“戰鬥坦克”，專門“反坦克”

四號坦克：沒錯，我只是個支援步兵的憨憨

就是這群歪瓜裂棗們撐起了德國的門面，創造了橫掃歐洲的不敗神話，直到遇到這兩位

T34-76：聽說有人叫我？

kv1：什麼？我中彈了？？

直到這時，德國才想起我tm還有個3601計劃呢，雖然最後奔著4501去了，md是越來越重了。

六號坦克：叫爹！

欸！等下，剛剛不是一號二號三號四號這麼排，怎麼突然就六號了，五號去哪兒了？

五號坦克：爹在這兒，我是應付T34危機的應急產物，本期沒我啥事兒，你們接著嘮六號

沒錯，黑豹坦克是德國從設計到投產裝備最快的一款坦克，初期問題多多，一打就著，有時候自己開著開著都能著火，打火機應該是黑豹，謝爾曼表示已經被地攤文帶了這麼多年節奏背鍋這麼多年，今天我誓要平反。

其實德國重型坦克立項的前身，就是被法國忽悠的。

法國：WC，我都敗了咋還有我啥事兒？！

戰前三十年代，法蘭西才是名副其實的歐陸第一，法國的坦克技術也是世界一流，從大到小應有盡有。

法國：沒錯！祖上闊過！

FT17：我叫大坦克

fcm char 2C：請叫我小豆丁

而且偏偏這個時候，在1932年2月，在國聯主持下，國際裁軍會議在日內瓦正式開幕。參加會議的有蘇、英、法、美、德、意、日、中等59個國家的4000多名代表。

其中有一條規定是銷燬所有重於92噸的坦克，這條提議是法國提出的。這就很有意思了，這不是明顯的暗示別國，我法蘭西有卡著92噸重的一款坦克麼，鑑於法國已經有了夏爾2C這種70噸的巨獸，很難不讓人聯想法國還有什麼秘密坦克是超過92噸的怪物。

說者無意聽者有心，這可把德國嚇壞了，這特麼的我們才是拖拉機底盤，你法蘭雞都有92噸的坦克了，不行，我也要上重型“拖拉機”專案。

既然你雞不透露，那我就猜猜看，你已經有夏爾2c了，那後繼就應該是3c吧

德國：3C應該就是這樣吧，你憋著不讓看的秘密武器，哈哈哈 我猜到啦！我可太聰明瞭！

The German planners expected the French to resume development of improved heavy tanks。 German sources described a tank labelled FCM 3C， which matched the description of the FCM 2C bis， a converted FCM 2C with a 155 mm howitzer。 General Estienne had decided to revive the concept of FCM 2C， but in the form of a containment tank （Char d‘arrêt）。 Work in this area began in 1928。 In early 1932， they were implemented as a project Char BB。 The 60-ton tank developed by FCM should have had a pair of 75-mm long-barreled guns， armor 60 mm thick and a crew of 8 people。

An entirely notional tank was the “Heavy Tank D”。 This appeared in reference books after the 1932 French proposal at Geneva for an international agreement for the destruction of all tanks heavier than 92 tons。 Logically， such an agreement would only be needed if such tanks existed to be banned。 Germany had been told at Versailles not build battleships above a certain power and size， and since then her engineers and scientists produced a “pocket” battleship。

The World Disarmament Conference in Geneva in February 1932 was attended by the delegates of 55 countries ［nearly all independent states at the time］ was convened to consider reductions in armaments， with particular emphasis on offensive weapons。 The Geneva Conference attempted to classify weapons into offensive and defensive types and focused on the disarmament of offensive weapons。 The object was to finally outlaw or veto the use of predominantly offensive weapons。 To put it in a rather different form， a form which appealled to many people， it is to weaken attack at the expense of defence or to increase the power of defence by weakening attack。 To put the same thing in yet another form it is to make it more difficult for the invader to succeed and to limit the prospects of success of a knockout blow。 Deadlocked， the conference adjourned in the summer of 1932， and reconvened in February 1933， days after Adolf Hitler assumed power in Germany。 The attempt to prevent war by a reduction of offensive capabilities failed， leading to the rise to power politics。

Winston Churchill told the Commons on 29 June 1931 “We all respect the motives and the movements which have promoted these conferences， and we all admire the sentiments which have been expressed at them， but up to the present they have not done any good at all。 On the contrary， they have been a positive cause of friction and ill-will， and have given an undue advertisement to naval and military affairs。 They have concentrated the attention of Governments in all countries， many of them without the slightest reason for apprehension about or dispute with each other， upon all sorts of hypothetical wars which certainly will never take place。 The reason why these Disarmament Conferences are so fertile in provoking and promoting misunderstandings is because everyone pushes his own national point of view； everyone adopts a rather hypocritical formula of words to cover the national point of view while taking advantage of any criticisms to which the others are open。。。。

”I have often wondered since the Great War whether it could not have been prevented by more frank and open exposures of the real dangers which were largely apparent to many of those who knew what was passing。 We were restrained in those days by the fact that merely to talk about such matters’ created alarm and excitement。 This is undoubtedly a disadvantage， but it must be faced。 Before the War， silence was preserved under thick layers of civility and discretion， padded quilts of agreeably embroidered diplomacy， and these were used to muffle all sinister or discordant sounds until in quick succession there came crisis， clamour， mobilisation， censorship， cannonade， and our lives were wrecked。 Surely it ought to be our unceasing thought and effort not by any means to allow such a surprise to fall upon the populations of great countries again。“

Such a tank was not under consideration at that time， but its approximate characteristics had been included in ”Heigl‘s Taschenbuch der Tanks“ Volumes 1 & 2 published 1935 and page numbering continues from V1 to V2 （720pp + ads）。 Volume 3 was published 1938。 The book was very popular at the time， and was considered a reputable source。 Unfortunately， the authors filled it with a number of their own fabrications。 The 2C has the entry hatch to the rear and 3 ”grenade-ports“ at each side while the 3C has entry hetch at the front inside the track suspension and four ”grenade-ports“ to throw hand-grenades alongside the tracks to keep enemy infantry off the sides to avoid mounting the tank。

But in fact the 2Cs have three grenade-ports and a rear hatch on their starboard side， and four grenade-ports and a front hatch on their port side。 They aren’t even different configuration on different machines。 The Char 2C was very similer to the FCMfcm 1A， had massive size， up to 45mm armor， but had two 250hp engines giving it a top speed of 15km/h。 It weighed 76 tons。

The book ”The Fighting Tanks 1916-1933“ was published in 1933 and its authors were Major Ralph E Jones （Infantry， US Army）， Captain George H Rarey （Infantry， US Army）， and First Lieutenant Robert J。Icks （Infantry Reserve， US Army）。 It is edited by Phillip Andrews， and published by Duell， Sloan， and Pearce of New York。 Besides containing lots of interesting data （including the approximate numbers of tanks in the World‘s armies） and photographs， it had a diagram that showed the comparative size of several different interwar tanks， including the Char 3C。 Icks is usually （but not always） right on the money。 However the naming （or rather numbering）of the French FMC Char de Rupture tanks is a thing of wonderous mystery as different sources give a range of numbers from Char 1C （a different tank from the Char 1A） through to the Char 3C。 In the France section， the Char 3C is listed 81 tons。 ”Similar to 2C but 105 mm gun front turret， 75 mm rear。 Some tanks had tail pieces。 1929。“

General Kurt Lise， the head of the German Directorate of the Land Forces， also believed in the French ”Heavy Tank D“， a mythical vehicle with a crew of 15 men and four cannons。 On 30 October 1935， he proposed developing a medium tank mounting a 75 mm gun with a muzzle velocity of at least 650 m/s that could effectively combat such French tanks。 There was definitely a tank armed with a short 155 mm gun which is sometimes defined as a Char 2 Bis and sometimes as a Char 3C。 This was in fact a Char 2C modified with a completely new turret and a new commanders position behind the turret。 It possibly ceased to be a Char 2C after the mods and there was some confusuin as to what to call it。 There was only one built， in 1923。

”Achtung - Panzer！“ by Major-General Heinz Guderian reports the apparent major difference between the 2C and the 3C is that the 2C had a machine gun in the rear turret。 Guderian lists the 3C as having a 75 mm and a 155mm cannon。 Very impressive armament for an interwar tank created in 1928！ Not to mention it’s the dimensionally largest functional superheavy ever built， at a hefty 74 tons and 12m long， according to Guderian。

你看這說的有鼻子有眼的樣子，哈哈哈然而法蘭雞壓根兒就沒有什麼3C重坦，因為本來就是德國人想象出的東西，但因此德國就開展了一個可以有效對抗法國重坦的設計方案，根據計算這款坦克至少要重30噸以上，也就是Durchbruchswagen，DW專案。

A Long Incubation

The first mention of what would eventually become the Tiger series appears in a report from October 1935， at a time when Germany had barely started building the Panzer I。 General Liese， the head of the Heeres Waffenamt， the German Army Weapons Agency， stated that：

“The initial velocity of the 7.5 cm gun must be increased to about 650 meters/second to be effective against the Char 2 C, 3 C, and D. This type of increase requires the design of a completely new Panzer. Based on rough calculations, armor protection up to 20 mm thick (still not fully protected against 2 cm guns) would result in a weight of at least 30 tonnes. The head of the army recently spoke out against this type of tank. As a follow-up action, confirm that the development of a medium Panzer weighing about 30 tonnes with a 7.5 cm gun with increased capability can be dropped.”

It is notable that a 30 tonne tank was seen as a medium tank at the time， given that the newly built Panzer I weighed just 5 tonnes， while the first versions of the Panzer IV would go on to weigh 18 tonnes。 Nonetheless， it is important to note that this tank， armed with a 7。5 cm gun， was intended as a counter to enemy heavy tanks， most notably the French Char 2C and the Char 2C bis， incorrectly called the 3C in the document。

The weight of 30 tonnes was chosen because， as was brought up during a 1936 meeting on the development of an engine for this tank：

“a higher weight would hardly be allowable when considering the Pionier bridging equipment”

The 30 tonne Panzer development project was not dropped by the Army and reappeared in the documentation in December 1935， with the problem of the engine：

“Dipl.Ing. Augustin turned the discussion to the development of a 600 hp engine for the heavy Panzers and noted that his opinion was that 600 horsepower will not be sufficient and that indeed it would be more correct to immediately develop a motor capable of 700 hp.”

機翻下就是

第一次提到最終成為虎式系列的東西出現在1935年10月的一份報告中，當時德國剛剛開始建造Panzer I。德國陸軍武器局Heeres Waffenamt的負責人Liese將軍說：

"7.5釐米炮的初始速度必須增加到約650米/秒，才能對Char 2 C，3 C和D有效。這種型別的增加需要設計一個全新的裝甲車。根據粗略的計算，厚度達20毫米的裝甲保護（仍未完全保護2釐米火炮）的重量至少為30噸。陸軍首腦最近公開反對這種型別的坦克。作為後續行動，確認可以放棄開發重約30噸的中型裝甲車，配備具有更高能力的7.5釐米火炮。

值得注意的是，當時30噸重的坦克被視為中型坦克，因為新建造的Panzer I重量僅為5噸，而Panzer IV的第一個版本將繼續重達18噸。儘管如此，重要的是要注意，這輛裝備有7。5釐米火炮的坦克旨在對抗敵人的重型坦克，最著名的是法國的Char 2C和Char 2C bis，在檔案中錯誤地稱為3C。

之所以選擇30噸的重量，是因為在1936年關於為這種坦克開發發動機的會議上提出的：

"在考慮Pionier橋接裝置時，幾乎不允許更高的重量"

30噸重的裝甲開發專案沒有被陸軍放棄，並於1935年12月重新出現在檔案中，發動機問題：

"Dipl.Ing. Augustin將討論轉向為重型裝甲車開發600馬力的發動機，並指出他的觀點是600馬力是不夠的，實際上立即開發能夠達到700馬力的發動機會更正確。

圍繞著這個不存在的3C坦克，德國出了DW，最後戰爭爆發，德國人一看，尼瑪騙我，你法蘭雞根本就沒有什麼鬼的3C超重坦克，現有的2C又是個什麼傻坨坨，最後DW專案隨著戰爭推進的變化變成了VK3001，也就有了後來的VK3601，最後變成VK4501，才有了後來的六號虎式坦克。

所以虎式坦克這呆頭呆腦的四號坦克放大版的樣子，是因為立項太早，太tm早了。

六號坦克：我是那個年代的審美，你不懂~ 什麼？傾斜裝甲？不和你聊，你不懂審美~

虎式坦克因T34危機而生，它的亮相確實在1942年給蘇聯帶來了不小的震撼，全方位碾壓T3476的火力和防護，讓蘇聯也感受一把虎式危機，不過很快，它就被盟軍後繼優秀坦克蓋過了風頭，一如開場的T3476一般，不是我優秀，只是我生的是時候。