JAN 10TH | 2018
Like the Palmaria, the Centauro 155 is an Italian self-propelled gun, but where the Palmaria boasts tracks and a very long cannon, the Centauro trades some firepower on mobility, being built on a rather agile and fast Centauro platform.
The history of the Centauro program goes back to the late 80s and very early 90s, when the Italian military issued a request for a tank destroyer with firepower equal to the older Leopard 1 main battle tank (and its Italian derivate, the OF-40). Both vehicles carry advanced versions of the British Royal Ordnance 105mm L7 rifled cannon and it was that weapon caliber that was selected for the tank destroyer project.
2018年1月10日
半人马座155和帕尔玛利亚一样是一种意大利自行火炮，但帕尔玛利亚以大长根加农炮著称，半人马座则为了机动性牺牲了部分火力，成为一个具备相当敏捷性和快速性的火力平台。
半人马座项目的历史可以追溯到上个世纪80年代末90年代初，当时的意大利军方需要一款和豹1（以及它的意大利派生兄弟OF-40）相配合的坦克歼击车。为坦克歼击车选定的火炮口径是和以上两种战车装配的L7线膛炮相同的105毫米口径。

Another important demand was increased mobility for the entire platform. Experiments and evaluations eventually led to the decision to make the tank destroyer a wheeled vehicle with a turret mounted 105mm rifled gun (105mm low-recoil OTO Melara). The vehicle eventually entered production and service in 1991 under the designation of B1 Centauro and to this day well over 500 vehicles based on the Centauro platform have been built (including the Freccia IFV). Most of them are serving with the Italian military, but some were exported to Spain (84), Jordan (141) and Oman (9). The Jordanian Centauro vehicles, however, come from Italian surplus.
There are (for now) four Centauro variants available in Armored Warfare:
Centauro 105 (or the classic B1 Centauro)
Centauro 120 (B1 Centauro, re-armed with a 120mm gun)
Centauro 155 (a self-propelled gun on Centauro chassis)
DRACO (a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in real life, a tank destroyer in Armored Warfare)
另一个重要需求是为整个平台提升机动性。各种实验和评估使这辆坦克歼击车成为一个炮塔装备105毫米线膛炮（低后坐力OTO Melara)的轮式车辆。该车最终在1991年以B1半人马座的命名开始生产和服役。到今天，共计制造了超过500辆半人马座平台的车辆（包括Freccia IFV）。它们的主要用户是意大利军队，不过也有一些被出口到西班牙（84）、约旦（141）、阿曼（9），其中约旦得到半人马座是捡意大利军队的漏。
半人马座有4中变型：
半人马座105（经典的B1型）
半人马座120（C1）
半人马座155（自行火炮）
天龙座（现实里的自行防空炮，AW里是坦克歼击车）

The Centauro 155 (also called “Porcupine”, or Centauro 155/39LW) is a prototype self-propelled howitzer built on the Centauro chassis. As its name suggests, it’s armed with a lightweight FH-70 155mm L/39 gun, co-developed by Vickers, OTO Melara and Rheinmetall from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s as a unified future howitzer for the NATO forces. The development of this howitzer is an interesting story of its own, taking more than fifteen years with the United States (originally also a party of the program) splitting away due to disagreements and going their own way. The FH-70 (named after the year it was supposed to be fielded) eventually came into service in 1980.
The gun is automatically loaded and installed in an unmanned turret. Its maximum depression is -5 degrees, its maximum elevation is +75 degrees and it is, thanks to its advanced Fire Control System, capable of 4 round simultaneous impact fire (it can fire up to four rounds in the air in such trajectories that they all impact at the same time). Its standard rate of fire is around 8 rounds per minute and it fires all kinds of 155mm NATO standard rounds (weighing 40-50kg), including the VULCANO guided shell.
半人马座155（也叫做“豪猪”，或半人马座155/39LW）是在半人马座底盘上制造的自行榴弹炮试验车。如它的名字所表明的那样，它扛着一门轻型FH-70 155mm L/39榴弹炮，该炮是与维克斯、OTO Melara和Rheinmetall从20世纪60年代中期到20世纪70年代末共同研发的，作为北约部队统一的未来榴弹炮。这门榴弹炮的发展是个有趣的故事，这门炮在研发过程超过15年的时间后因为分歧与美国无缘。这门炮最终服役是在1980年。
这门炮装备在无人炮塔上，它的最低俯角是-5度，最大仰角是75度。由于它先进的火控系统，能够同时形成4个弹着点（连续发射4发炮弹，这些炮弹同时命中）。标准射速是每分钟8发，可以发射各种155毫米北约标准弹药（重40-50公斤），包括VULCANO制导炮弹。

The maximum range is around 30 kilometers but it can be, using rocket-assisted ammunition, improved to up to 60 kilometers. Naturally, there are some limitations to the system as well compared to much larger SPGs equipped with the same caliber. It’s worth noting that, in real life, it takes three minutes for the vehicle to become ready to fire from full stop and the turret traverse is limited to 15 degrees to each side in order for the recoil not to cause unacceptable chassis stability loss. The vehicle also carries only 15 shells in total and relies heavily on ammunition carriers travelling with it – this limitation is, in fact, something intentionally introduced to the design and compensated by making it quite easy to reload the ammunition to the automatic feed – it takes the crew mere 10 minutes to fully reload the vehicle with ammo from outside, providing they are helped by the accompanying soldiers – after all, due to its unmanned turret nature, the Centauro 155 only has two crew members: the driver and the commander (who also targets the gun). The driver is sitting in the front while the commander is sitting under the turret, right next to an ammunition rack. They both have cutting edge electronics at their disposal (including the option to connect to a battlefield management system), making the Porcupine fully prepared for the 21st century combat.
最大射程约30千米，使用火箭增程弹时可以提高到60千米。当然，这个系统与那些同样口径却更大的自行火炮相比还是有局限性的。现实中，这门炮需要三分钟时间才能从完全完全停止状态下开火，炮塔每侧转向角度不超过15度，一旦超过就会使底盘丧失稳定性。这辆车备蛋只有15发，非常依赖伴随作战的弹药补给车——作为补偿，这辆车拥有快速弹药重装的系统，只需要10分钟就可以完成弹药重装，工作全部由伴随作战的外部士兵完成。由于无人炮塔的设计，这辆车只有两个乘员：驾驶员和车长（也是射手）。驾驶员坐在前面，车长坐在炮塔下面，身边就是弹药架。两人都可以操作尖端的电子设备（包括连接到战场管理系统的选项)，这使得豪猪为21世纪的战斗做好了充分的准备。

The vehicle only weighs 25 tons in total (much less than other self-propelled guns equipped with a comparable gun), making it quite mobile. It’s powered by a 520hp IVECO MTCA diesel, allowing it to go as fast as 100 km/h – the vehicle can easily keep up with the Centauro/Freccia IFVs (it’s worth noting that the B1 Centauro only weighs 1 ton less). It is also sufficiently agile thanks to its double-axle steering system – the first and second axles both steer the vehicle, improving its turning radius considerably.
The armor, however, is not very thick, resulting in only very limited protection levels – after all, the vehicle’s not supposed to find itself in direct combat. The unmanned turret is practically unprotected and the hull offers only limited protection against armor-piercing heavy machinegun bullets and (frontally) small autocannon rounds.
A mock-up of the Centauro 155 was shown during a June 2011 military parade in Italy and the prototype was unveiled during the 2012 EUROSATORY expo with the intention to present it to the Italian army as an interesting, mobile counterpart to the heavy Panzerhaubitze 2000, also used by the Italians. It attracted a lot of public attention, but apparently not enough to get it accepted in service or mass-produced and it remained in prototype stage.
这辆车总重只有25吨（相对于其他配备同样火炮的自行火炮轻得多，因此十分具有机动性。这辆车由一台520马力IVECO MTCA柴油机驱动，允许以100千米每小时的速度行驶——可以轻易跟上半人马座/Freccia ifv。由于它的双轴转向系统，这辆车也足够灵活——第一和第二轴都能够引导车辆，大大改善了转弯半径。
不过，这辆车的装甲自然不是很厚实，防御能力很有限——毕竟，这辆车就不应该让自己在战场上直接被发现。无人炮塔实际上没有防护，车体防护也很有限，只能抵挡重机枪的穿甲子弹以及小型机炮炮弹（车体正面）。
半人马座155的模型在2011年6月的意大利阅兵上展示过，试验车在2012年防务展上亮相过。意大利军队对它有一定的兴趣。这款自行火炮吸引了大量的公众关注，但显然还不足让它服役或者量产，目前还停留在原型阶段。

In Armored Warfare, the Centauro 155 is the only Tier 10 Self-Propelled Gun in the game. It is rather unique – for its class it is fairly mobile, especially when going forward on hard surfaces, allowing it to perform tactical relocations rather quickly and to always stay in solid positions. It can even outrun some enemy vehicles should they slip past your teammates.
It also has a rather interesting development history – early in the Armored Warfare development, it started as a Tank Destroyer and quickly became infamous for its massive damage per shot, allowing it, in some cases, to destroy even high level targets with a single round. After several attempts to re-balance it, it was removed from the game and overhauled to become a Tier 10 Self-Propelled Gun to better reflect its real-life counterpart.
As a SPG, it is – for the moment – restricted to the PvE mode. We are, however, running a number of internal experiments with the SPG class in order to determine whether it would be possible to return it to all the Armored Warfare modes in a heavily modified form. It is, however, too early to tell and for the foreseeable future, the Centauro 155 will stay restricted to the PvE mode. And on that terrible disappointment, it’s time to conclude today’s Vehicles in Focus article.
We’ll see you on the battlefield!
在AW中，半人马座155是唯一的10级自行火炮。它是相当独特的——火炮类中这辆车相当具有机动性，特别是在坚硬地表上前进之时可以快速执行战术转移，并始终保持稳固的位置。它甚至能够跑过一些越过我军战线来偷袭的敌军。
这辆车有一段相当有趣的发展史——在早期的AW中，它是一辆坦克歼击车，很快就因为其单发的巨大杀伤力而闻名，某些情况下它甚至能够单发秒杀敌军。所以这辆车就被锉刀了，被彻底改造为一辆10级自行火炮以更好的反映现实中的样子。
作为一辆自行火炮，它暂时被限制在PVE模式中。不过，我们正在对自行火炮进行内部测试，以确定是否可以在进行一种重大修改后将这类车辆重新投放其他模式。现在做结论还为时尚早，目前半人马座155只会出现在PVE模式中。
战场见！

好怀念以前可以用SPG打全球的时候

接上面几层：自己打得爽的时候被对面反掉，反对面火炮时经常得到处躲炮弹