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发表于 2009-1-23 19:35:38
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原帖由 风林火山 于 2009-1-23 11:54 发表 
谢尔曼坦克？那不是“朗森打火机”么？ ——一打就着，每打必着
有个美国老兵写了一本书叫死亡陷阱，讲的就是这坦克，据说有一美国装甲兵后来回忆了这样一件事：他驾驶的谢尔曼对德军虎式坦克在近距离连开3炮命中炮塔，都被弹走了。然后一个德国军官从炮塔里钻出来用手帕擦了擦塔身，然后笑着向他挥挥手又钻进去了，真是莫大的讽刺。
不能否认在北非战局中谢尔曼发挥了重要作用，但1944年的欧洲战局已非1942年可比，而谢尔曼没能跟上时代的步伐，落伍了。然而美国的官老爷们居然对此视而不见，不知为何？往往一辆豹式能摧毁好几辆谢尔曼。
起初易着火主要是弹药储藏方式和保护的问题。后来逐步解决了。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_Sherman
Early Sherman models were prone to burning when struck by high velocity rounds. The Sherman gained grim nicknames like "Tommycooker" (by the Germans who referred to British soldiers as "Tommys"; a tommy cooker was a World War I era trench stove). With gallows humor, the British called them "Ronsons", after the cigarette lighter with the slogan "Lights up the first time, every time!", while Polish tankers referred to them as "The Burning Grave". This vulnerability increased crew casualties and meant that damaged vehicles were less likely to be repairable. US Army research proved that the major reason for this was the use of unprotected ammo stowage in sponsons above the tracks. The common belief that the use of gasoline (petrol) engines was a culprit is unsupported; most World War II tanks used gasoline engines and petrol was unlikely to ignite when hit with armor piercing shells. At first a partial remedy to ammunition fire was found by welding one-inch thick applique armor plates to the vertical sponson sides over the ammunition stowage bins. Later models moved ammunition stowage to the hull floor, with additional water jackets surrounding the main gun ammunition stowage. This decreased the likelihood of "brewing up". |
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