IA1节译：黎曼鲁斯战斗坦克及其常见改型
LEMAN RUSS EXTERMINATOR
黎曼鲁斯根除者
The Exterminator assault tank is a common variant of the standard Leman Russ tank, replacing its battle cannon with a twin-linked autocannon. Generally equipped with multiple heavy bolters mounted in sponsons and the hull for extra firepower, the Leman Russ Exterminator can lay down a withering hail of shells that tears apart anything that gets within its crew's gun sights. In particular by surrendering its anti-tank effectiveness for increased anti-infantry firepower, the Exterminator comes into its own when deployed to face a lightly equipped mass of enemy troops such as Ork mobs or Tyranid swarms.
根除者型突击坦克是标准型黎曼鲁斯坦克的常见改型，其将原有的战斗炮替换为了一门双联自动炮。黎曼鲁斯根除者通常还会在侧面炮廊和车体上安装多门重爆弹，以获取额外火力；它能释放出一阵猛烈的弹雨，撕碎进入乘员火炮瞄准镜内的一切事物。尤其值得注意的是，通过放弃反坦克效能来提升反步兵火力，在面对诸如欧克兽群或泰伦虫群等轻装备部队集群时，根除者能够大显神通。
As with most Leman Russ designs, different patterns of the Exterminator are known to exist. The Gryphonne IV pattern turret, distinguishable by its heavily armoured gun mantlet guard and additional armour plates bolted onto the turret's sides, has twin autocannon with recoil dampeners which are just visible where the mantlet ends. It also lacks any kind of muzzle brake or flash suppressor.
就像大多数黎曼鲁斯车系坦克一样，已知根除者也存在不同型号。Gryphonne四号型炮塔的特点是厚重的装甲炮盾与螺固在其侧面的额外装甲板，双联自动炮的后坐力减震器也仅可见于炮盾末端；而且该型号炮塔也没有任何种类的炮口制动器和消焰器。
As well as bristling with rapid firing weapons, the Exterminator is also slightly faster than a standard pattern Leman Russ battle tank, the reduced size of its main weapons allowing for a higher top speed. Astute tank company commanders who recognise this advantage will often include at least one Exterminator in a reconnaissance role, and Exterminators are often attached to regimental reconnaissance companies to add heavy firepower without overly affecting a reconnaissance company's all important speed and mobility. The theory being that the heavier firepower and armour of an Exterminator assault tank will give the vehicles a vital edge in their initial engagement with forward or screening enemy units.
除了密集安装着速射武器之外，根除者的速度也略快于标准型黎曼鲁斯战斗坦克，而且尺寸较小的主武器也令其具备了更快的最高时速。那些意识到这项优点的精明坦克连队指挥官们，通常会将至少一辆根除者纳入侦查部队；根除者也经常被配属到装甲团的侦察连队，并能在不过度影响到侦察连极其重要的速度与机动性的情况下，为其增添重型火力。这种策略内含的理念是：在最初的交战中，凭借更强悍火力与更厚重的装甲，根除者突击坦克能够向前挺进或阻挡住敌军单位，为己方载具提供重要优势。
The versatility of the Exterminator assault tank has seen it fulfil many roles within an Imperial Guard armoured regiment, its rapid firing weapons, for example, are often used as a stopgap measure for anti-aircraft defence. Whilst lacking the elevation and advanced targeters to fulfil this role effectively, when needed tank commanders have used Exterminators to throw up a wall of fire against enemy air attacks with some success. Most commanders would still look to Hydras to provide such cover but they are not always available, therefore other means must be utilised as necessity dictates.
根除者突击坦克的多面性，令其在帝国卫队装甲团中担任着诸多角色，例如其速射武器就经常被用作防空的权宜手段。尽管缺乏有效承担此类职责的仰射角和先进瞄准器，但在需要时，坦克指挥官们也曾利用根除者坦克们组成过密集的火力弹幕，以此来抵御敌方空袭，并取得了一些成功。虽然大多数指挥官仍会向九头蛇防空炮寻求此类掩护，但他们并非总能得到，因此在必要之时，就必须采取其他手段。
LEMAN RUSS VANQUISHER
黎曼鲁斯胜战者
The Vanquisher is a more sophisticated version of the basic Leman Russ battle tank. Once a more common sight wherever the Imperium's armies fought, it is becoming increasingly rare as the skills and technology required for the construction of its long battle cannon were lost when the Forge World of Tigrus was overrun by Ork Warlord Arrgard the Defiler in M35.
胜战者是更为复杂的黎曼鲁斯战斗坦克改型，在昔日的人类帝国战场上。胜战者也曾更为常见过，但随着提格里斯铸造世界在M35被兽人军阀——阿嘎尔德攻陷，铸造其长管战斗炮所需的工艺和科技遗失殆尽，它变得愈发罕见。
Such is the power of its gun and the sophistication of the weapon's ammunition there is no known armour a Vanquisher cannon cannot penetrate, even the thick armour of Titans has been known to have been punctured by a direct hit. Those Vanquishers that remain in service therefore are carefully maintained and only granted to tank crews who have demonstrated they can perform their duty unflinchingly against some of the most heavily armoured enemies the armies of the Imperial Guard face.
胜战者加农炮的力量与弹药的（杀伤）水平都极其优秀，以至于其能够击穿已知的任何装甲，哪怕是泰坦的厚重装甲，也能被一发直接命中目标的胜战者炮弹所击穿。因此那些仍在服役的胜战者坦克被仔细地维护着，只有那些在面对着帝国卫队（所遭遇过的）某些装甲最为厚重的目标，也能毫不犹豫履行自己职责的坦克成员们，才会被托付此类载具。
The Vanquisher has developed a fearsome reputation amongst the Imperial Guard tank regiments that are lucky enough to field them. The gun's high level of accuracy, long range and high first-hit kill ratio make it the anti-tank weapon of choice for most commanders. Many of the Imperium's foes have come to recognise the danger a Vanquisher represents, and they quickly become high priority targets for enemy tank crews and heavy weapons.
在那些幸运到足以使用它们的帝国卫队坦克团中间，胜战者发展出了可怖的名声。其火炮高度的精准性、远射程和初次开火的高击杀率，使之成为了大多数指挥官的反坦克武器之选。帝国的很多敌人都已经开始认识到胜战者坦克的危险性，此类载具很快就成为了敌方坦克乘员和重武器的高优先度目标。
Those Imperial Guard regiments equipped by certain Forge Worlds are now starting to field small but increasing numbers of Vanquishers again. Since the loss of Forge World Tigrus, the Tech-Priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus have made strenuous efforts to reproduce surviving Vanquisher cannons, meeting with limited success. Although progress has been slow and fraught with difficulty, both Gryphonne IV and Stygies VIII have been able to resurrect their own versions of the Vanquisher cannon.
由特定铸造世界提供装备的那些帝国卫队团，现在开始再度配备胜战者——数量虽少，但一直在增长。自从失去提格里斯铸造世界后，机械修会的技术神甫们对现存的胜战者加农炮进行了艰难复制，取得了有限的成功。虽然进度缓慢且困难重重，但Gryphonne四号和黄泉八号都已经能够重新制造出自己版本的胜战者加农炮。
The Stygies VIII Vanquisher utilises a version of the Vanquisher cannon that, whilst lacking the immense length of the Gryphonne IV guns to generate shell velocity, utilises a slightly smaller calibre shell with no barrel rifling. Secret knowledge, jealously guarded by the Adeptus Mechanicus Tech-Priests of Stygies VIII, has been used to incorporate better gun stabilising and recoil dampening after each shot to counteract the worst effects of the weapon's violent kick, and tank crews report that the increased velocity from the smoothbore gun aids accuracy with the first shot, but due to increased barrel movement does not aid follow-up shots. Work is believed to be under way on Stygies VIII to rectify this, but given the sometimes decades or even centuries long approval process all adaptations to existing STC designs must endure, this is not expected to happen any time soon.
虽然缺乏Gryphonne四号版本用于产生炮弹加速度的极长炮管，黄泉八号的胜战者加农炮使用着口径较小的炮弹，且没有膛线。黄泉八号还利用自己秘密知识（这些资料都被当地的技术神甫们满怀猜疑地守护着），为炮管整合进了更好的稳定器和反冲阻尼器，用于在每次射击之后抵消掉武器猛烈后座力的最坏影响；坦克成员们报告称，滑膛炮所提升的（弹体）速度有助于（增加）第一次射击的精度，但炮管活动的增加不利于后续射击。据信，黄泉八号正在进行纠正这一缺陷的工作，但考虑到对于现有STC设计的一切调整，都必须忍受有时长达数十年甚至数个世纪的审批过程，人们预计这项工作不会很快被完成。
LEMAN RUSS ERADICATOR
黎曼鲁斯灭除者
Unlike the Vanquisher, the Leman Russ Eradicator pattern is still constructed on a wide number of Forge Worlds across the Imperium —those built on Forge World Agripinaa being particularly favoured due to their reliability and the accuracy of their main weaponry. It is a popular variant of the Leman Russ battle tank, particularly amongst Cadian regiments who used it in large numbers in the battle for Khai-Zhan, an Agri World approximately one hundred light years from the Eye of Terror that had turned against the Emperor's light.
不同于胜战者，人类帝国各处的众多铸造世界们仍在生产黎曼鲁斯灭除者——由于其可靠性与主武器的精准性，铸造世界Agripinaa所制造的灭除者尤其被偏爱。这种黎曼鲁斯坦克改型广受欢迎，卡迪亚卫军团尤其如此，他们曾在Khai-Zhan之战中大量使用过此类载具——那颗农业世界背弃了帝皇圣光，它距离恐惧之眼大约一百光年。
Best suited to urban battlefields and supporting infantry fighting in dense terrain, the Eradicator's powerful Nova cannon fires heavy high-calibre shells. Due to the unstable nature of these shells' highly reactive core, Imperial Guard commanders expect a small percentage of their own force to be wiped out due to the shells prematurely exploding whilst being loaded into a Nova cannon. This rate of attrition is considered acceptable given the amount of damage the weapon can unleash upon the enemy if successfully fired, which is more than capable of blasting apart barricades and any enemy infantry and vehicles which may be sheltering behind them.
灭除者强悍的新星加农炮能发射大口径炮弹，最适用于城市战场，以及支援在密集地形中作战的步兵单位。这些炮弹的高反应性核心并不稳定，所以帝国卫队指挥官们认为：由于这些弹药被装填进入新星加农炮时（可能发生）的提前爆炸，自己的部队会因此而少量减员。但考虑到这种武器成功开火后能对敌人释放出的伤害，这些（部队）损耗率也就被认为是可接受的——毕竟新星加农炮不仅能炸开路障街垒，还能炸碎可能躲在其后的任何敌军步兵和载具。
Although it does not possess the long range of the Leman Russ Vanquisher or the Exterminator, its crew can still engage targets at a much greater distance than the Leman Russ Punisher, for example. It is also capable of engaging much more heavily armoured vehicles than some other Leman Russ variants, particularly those developed more recently. It doesn't however enjoy the benefits of additional rear armour which more recent patterns have been fitted with, a questionable oversight for a vehicle which is often found fighting within the streets of urban battlefields where attacks can come just as easily from behind as well as to the flank or front.
尽管灭除者并无胜战者和根除者的远射程，但其车组乘员们的进攻距离仍旧比其他型号——例如黎曼鲁斯惩戒者的要远得多。而相比于其他某些黎曼鲁斯改型——尤其是新进才发展出的那些，灭除者也能够与装甲远为厚重载具交战。不过，灭除者也并未安装额外的后部装甲——这是那些新进型号已经配备上的；对于一种经常在城区街道上作战的载具而言，这是一项可疑的疏忽，因为在城市战场中，敌人能够轻易从后方、侧方或前方发起进攻。
LEMAN RUSS PUNISHER
黎曼鲁斯惩戒者
A relatively recent addition, the Leman Russ Punisher is based upon the standard Leman Russ pattern but with a number of modifications which allow it to fulfil a vital heavy anti-infantry role that some would say has long been lacking in Imperial Guard regiments. Like the Leman Russ Executioner and the Demolisher, it is more heavily armoured to protect against attacks at close range, but where the Demolisher has been created to smash apart enemy fortifications at range, the Leman Russ Punisher is most effective at destroying enemy infantry close up especially during attacks mounted by massed horde armies such as those of the xenos Orks or Tyranids.
黎曼鲁斯惩戒者是相对新进的型号，它基于标准型黎曼鲁斯坦克建造而成，但也进行了诸多改进，以成为重要的重型反步兵载具——某些人说 帝国卫队团中长期缺乏此类单位。就像黎曼鲁斯处决者与粉碎者那样，惩戒者配备了更为厚重的装甲，以抵御近距离攻击；但粉碎者是从远距离击碎敌军要塞工事，惩戒者则是在近距离毁灭敌军步兵时最有效，尤其是诸如欧克兽人或泰伦异形之类的大规模集群部队。
With the tremendous rate of fire of its Punisher gatling cannon, the tank's crew can scythe through enemy numbers with devastating effect, potentially breaking a charge or, at the very least, thinning down enemy numbers sufficiently for those following behind to deal with. This makes the Leman Russ Punisher predominantly an infantry support vehicle and squadrons of them will often be placed at the head of an advancing Imperial Guard force to clear the way ahead.
凭着惩戒者转膛炮那可怖的开火速率，乘员们能以毁灭性的效率减少敌军（步兵）数量；这种进攻可能会打断一次冲锋，或至少能令敌军减员到足以让己方后续部队将其解决。因此黎曼鲁斯惩戒者主要担任步兵支援载具的角色，前进中的帝国卫军部队经常以惩戒者中队打头阵，以清理出前方的道路。
As the army's frontlines relentlessly advance however resupply can prove hard to come by, so Punisher crews will often strip out all non-essential equipment inside their vehicle to cram as much ammunition as possible onboard before setting off. This enables them to remain in battle much longer than would be expected especially given the well-deserved trigger-happy reputation most Punisher crews enjoy. There is though a fine line beyond which the Punisher's effectiveness diminishes as, having sacrificed the Leman Russ' renown anti-tank capability for anti-infantry firepower, once an enemy's armour catches up with its infantry the Punisher may quickly find itself outgunned and vulnerable.
不过，随着部队前线的无情推进，补给也会变得难以跟上，所以在出发前，惩戒者坦克的乘员通常会移除载具内的所有非必要设备，并尽可能多地装载弹药。这将确保他们持续战斗的时间能比预期中要长的多——尤其是考虑到大多数惩戒者乘员都享有着当之无愧的好战名声。不过，只要超过了那条很细微的界限，惩戒者的效能便会下降；由于牺牲了黎曼鲁斯车系著名的反坦克能力以换取反步兵火力，一旦敌军的装甲部队赶上了自己的步兵同伴，惩戒者很快就会发现自己是脆弱且处于火力劣势的。
LEMAN RUSS DEMOLISHER
黎曼鲁斯粉碎者
Although the big guns of the Imperium are highly effective, few Imperial Guard commanders are willing to hold their regiments in reserve for too long whilst an artillery barrage of an enemy's fortifications is undertaken. However should the order to attack be given too soon then frontline troops will often be faced by a foe still heavily dug-in and well protected. At some point in the Imperium's distant past, the Leman Russ pattern was modified to provide a solution for this and the Demolisher was created.
虽然帝国的大型火炮极为高效，但当炮兵部队轰炸敌军要塞时，很少有帝国卫队指挥官愿意让自己的部队原地待命。不过，倘若进攻命令下达过快，当前线部队赶到时，其面对的敌人往往还躲在战壕深处，防御充足。在人类帝国遥远过去的某个时刻，黎曼鲁斯坦克被进行了改造以解决此类问题，粉碎者应运而生。
The Leman Russ Demolisher is a heavily armoured, mobile siege tank built for one role, that of line breaking. Designed to move up to within close range of an enemy stronghold or other fortification, and often whilst under heavy fire, its Demolisher cannon can blast apart all but the most heavily reinforced structures, creating an opening infantry and other armour can surge through to attack those inside who have somehow managed to survive its devastating barrage.
黎曼鲁斯粉碎者是装甲厚重的移动式攻城坦克，它被建造的目的就只有一个，那就是突破战线。粉碎者被设计用于移动到敌军据点或其他工事的近距离范围内，而且通常是顶着猛烈的炮火；其装备着的粉碎者加农炮能炸开几乎最为坚固的建筑物，创造出一道缺口，供步兵和其他装甲单位冲入其内部，消灭那些从毁灭性炮击中幸存下来的敌人们。
LEMAN RUSS EXECUTIONER
黎曼鲁斯处决者
Originally developed during the Dark Age of Technology, to the tech-savants of the 41st Millennium the Executioner is a shining example of the heights to which Mankind rose during that glorious period of scientific achievement. One of the oldest variants of the standard Leman Russ battle tank, ancient records stored within Adeptus Mechanicus archives on Mars indicate that during the Great Crusade the Imperial Army fielded entire armoured regiments of Executioners; those days, however, are long gone and over the thousands of years since, knowledge of its plasma weapon technology has been irrevocably lost.
处决者坦克最初是在黑暗科技时代被开发出的，对于第41个千年的技术学者们而言，它是一件闪耀的案例，标志着人类在科学成就的光辉时代所达到的高度。处决者是标准型黎曼鲁斯战斗坦克最古老的改型之一，储存在火星技术修会档案馆中的古老记录表明：早在大远征时代，帝国军便部署过完整的处决者坦克装甲团；但自从关于其电浆武器的技术知识不可挽回地遗失之后，那些岁月便已逝去数千年之久。
The Executioner is now rarely seen within the armies of the Imperium, with only Ryza still manufacturing it for issue to the Imperial Guard. Renowned within the Adeptus Mechanicus for its knowledge of the mystical arts of plasma reactor and magnetic containment field construction, the Forge World's own Skitarii regiments are almost exclusively equipped with Executioners, harking back to its heyday so long ago.
时至今日，在帝国的大军中，处决者坦克成为了罕见的装备，因为只有瑞扎仍在制造此类载具供帝国卫队使用。在机械修会内部，瑞扎因其关于电浆反应堆和磁力抑制场建造的神秘艺术而闻名，该铸造世界的护教军部队几乎只配备处决者坦克，这番场景令人们回忆起很久之前的（帝国）鼎盛时代。
Like its smaller cousins, the tank's plasma destroyer cannon is a temperamental but ultimately devastating weapon of war. It is especially effective against heavily armoured infantry, its pulsed plasma bursts incinerating the Emperor's enemies in a focussed beam of incandescent light which burns with the fury of the sun. During short engagements the plasma cannon comes into its own, but over protracted fire fights the weapon is less reliable, the time required to recharge its photonic fuel cell often putting the vehicle and its crew at risk during the fast-paced frenzy of battle.
就像自己的小号亲族们那样，电浆毁灭炮是喜怒无常但也极具毁灭性的战争武器。它在对付重甲步兵单位时尤为高效，脉冲电浆体会聚集成一道白炽的光束，以恒星怒火般的温度烧焦帝皇之敌。在短期交战中，电浆炮能够大显神通，但在长时间的交火中，它就会变得不那么可靠；在快节奏的猛烈战斗中，光子燃料舱充能所需的时间常常会令载具及其乘员都处于危险中。
Given the ferocious temperatures generated by the plasma cannon when it is fired, the Ryza pattern turret incorporates emergency vents to disperse the heat from each shot. These are positioned on the forward turret sides, with the crew further screened by protective heat shielding. This is enough to save them in the event of a minor breach in the cannon's containment field, allowing them time to escape. If the worst should happen however, a catastrophic containment field failure can result in the destruction of the entire vehicle and a large area around it.
考虑到电浆炮开火时产生的高温，瑞扎型炮塔被整合进了紧急散热口，以分散每次射击产生的热量。散热口位于炮塔前端侧面，隔热屏障则进一步保护着乘员们。当电浆炮的磁力抑制场出现微小裂隙时，这些安全措施足以拯救乘员，让他们有时间逃跑。不过，倘若出现了最糟糕的情况——抑制场出现了灾难性的故障失灵，那整辆载具及其周边的大片区域都将被摧毁。
To reduce this risk many Ryza pattern Executioners incorporate a chemical coolant system towards the rear of the turret comprising twin coolant feed lines. These run across the top of the turret to the weapon, but are exposed and can be severed by enemy fire, making the emergency cooling system less than reliable, and is a factor contributing to a green tank crew's willingness to abandon an Executioner at the first sign of any problems. Any crewman bailing out of his tank, however, faces severe punishment, if not immediate death, from the regiment's Commissars if his crime is discovered!
为了减少此类风险，很多瑞扎型处决者坦克都在炮塔后端安装一套化学冷却系统，其中包括了两条冷却剂进料管线。管线从炮塔顶端延伸到武器处，但敌人的炮火能切断这些暴露在外的管路，这使得紧急冷却系统不那么可靠，也导致处决者只要一出现任何问题的初期迹象，乘员们便会弃车逃亡。但是，倘若他们的罪行被发现，所有逃出坦克的乘员们即便未被团部政委立刻处决，也会遭受严厉的责罚。
