First Army, which had fought at the Battle of Hannut (12–14 May) with its SOMUA S35 cavalry tanks. Many of the tanks of the 1ère Division Légère Mécanique...
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13e Dragoon Regiment. 1936: Mechanized as an armoured regiment, receiving Somua and Hotchkiss tanks. 1940: again disbanded, after losing 90% of its strength...
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according to sources) Somua S35 which was considered by many to be the premier medium tank at the beginning of the war. In addition to the SOMUA S35s there were...
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Schützenpanzerwagen U304(f) French Somua MCG/MCL - Le.Zgkw. S307(f) French Somua MCG/MCL - Mittlerer gepanzerter Zugkraftwagen S307/303(f) French Somua MCG/MCL - Mittlerer...
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Mécaniques (mechanised light divisions) of the cavalry, equipped with the SOMUA S35. The First and Second DCR had 69 Char B1s each; the Third 68. The 37th...
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very large castings to form gun mantlets, turrets and eventually, with the SOMUA S35, entire tank hulls. The widespread use of casting was copied by the...
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trucks with the Latil forward control cabin used the D615 H engine from Somua and changed the denomination from H14/H16 to SA1. The D615 H was a 9,350...
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in favour of the VK 45.01 project. Combat experience against the French SOMUA S35 cavalry tank and Char B1 heavy tank, and the British Matilda II infantry...
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as infantry support vehicles and French tanks were slow (except for the SOMUA S35) compared to their German rivals, enabling German tanks to offset their...
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a more reliable and powerfully armed new armoured car, the AMR Gendron-SOMUA. For Renault, the entire AMR project had been a financial disaster. On 16...
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