FH2最新消息 (2008-4-14 )
Old Friends by: Lightning14.04.2008 22:00 GMTHello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today we've got the second ingame preview of our Normandy theater, featuring the Panther tank. We're also showing some Italian armour that will make its appearance in the upcoming patch.
When the western Allies first encountered the German Panther tank in Anzio in 1944, they assumed it was another heavy tank which could not be produced in great numbers, quite like the Tiger tank. When they landed in Normandy, six months later, they were shocked to find that nearly half the German tanks were Panthers. Its 80mm thick sloped frontal armour was so strong that the regular Allied M4 Sherman tank was unable to penetrate it from virtually any range. Combined with its 75mm high-velocity gun, this made the Panther a very powerful tank.
The Panther in the screenshots is an Ausf. A, the most common variant in Normandy. As you can see, we made a version with and a version without sideskirts. The Panther was made by Toddel and coded by ctz. The map it's on is a work in progress version of Mr Cheese's Operation Charnwood, of which you've already seen an ingame screenshot in the February 27th update.
http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/screenshotsfh2/140408panther_01_sm.gif http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/screenshotsfh2/140408panther_02_sm.gifThe other items for today's news are the 2 new Italian tanks. Both tanks were made by Montoya for Forgotten Hope 0.7 and they were ported to Forgotten Hope 2 by Gunnie.
When Italy went to war in July 1940, its tanks were inferior to practically anything the British or Germans had. The Carro Armato M13/40, when introduced in October 1940, didn't change this. Although it was clearly a better tank than its predecessor the M11/39, it was poorly armoured, quickly caught fire when hit and had no radio. Nevertheless, over 700 M13/40s were shipped to North Africa to fight the British. Dispite all its shortcomings the only major difference between the M13/40 and its successor, the M14/41, was the engine. More than 2000 M14/41s were produced during the war.
http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/screenshotsfh2/140408m13-40_01_sm.gif http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/screenshotsfh2/140408m13-40_02_sm.gifDuring Operation Compass a lot of M13/40s were captured by the allies and because of the lack of armour in fighting shape on the allied side, they were pressed into service with British tank batallions. When the Germans advanced back into Libya in early 1941 many allied M13/40s ended up with the Australians in Tobruk. Some of these tanks had kangaroos painted on them to identify them as Australian.
http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/screenshotsfh2/140408m13-40_auss_01_sm.gif http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/screenshotsfh2/140408m13-40_auss_02_sm.gifTo help the Italian M13/40s a number of assault guns were produced, one of them being the Semovente L.40 da 47/32. This vehicle was based on the L6/40 chassis and first saw combat during the Battle of Gazala in 1942. Although inferior to its British counterparts, like most Italian tanks, it was capable of taking on the lighter British tanks. 280 Semovente L.40s were built.
http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/screenshotsfh2/140408semoventel40_01_sm.gif http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/screenshotsfh2/140408semoventel40_02_sm.gifThat's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update. Until then, feel free to visit our IRC channel and our public forums to discuss this update and other news. 消息來源
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今天要介紹幾台坦克
在1944年，當西方盟國在anzio首次遇到德國豹式坦克時，他們認為這只是另一種無法被大量生產的重型坦克，就像虎式坦克一樣。當盟軍在諾曼地登陸過後六個月，卻很驚訝地的發現，有將近一半的德國坦克都是豹式。而M4雪曼無法在任何距離貫穿它正面80mm後的裝甲。再加上75mm高射速坦克砲，這使得豹式變成一個非常強大的坦克。
當義大利在 1940年參戰以後, 它所擁有的坦克一直比英德兩國差; 即使Carro Armato M13/40 在1940年十月出現, 也無法改變現狀. 儘管如此, 它已經比之前的 M11/39好太多了. 即便沒有厚重的裝甲, 也容易著火及沒有無線電. 但依舊有超過 700輛 M13/40s被運往北非, 投入對英國的戰爭中. 它的接班者 M14/41 排除前輩的毛病, 在大戰中生產超過 2000輛以上.
在 Compass作戰以後, 盟軍俘虜不少 M13/40s, 並且在隨後加入坦克嚴重缺乏的英軍部隊之中. 當德軍在 1941年初回到 Libya以後, 許多 M13/40s改由澳洲部隊在 Tobruk使用. 部分 M13/40s被塗上袋鼠作為澳洲部隊的識別
作為 M13/40s 的支援車輛, Semovente L.40 da 47/32 突擊砲被大量的生產. 它基於 L6/40改造而來, 並且在 1942年的 Gazala戰役中首次參戰. 儘管它不如英軍同類型武器的性能, 正如同多數義大利坦克, 它依舊有能力對付英軍的輕型坦克, 所以 Semovente L.40 被生產了 280輛.
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