The SOMUA S35 was a French cavalry tank of the Second World War. Built from 1936 until 1940 to equip the armoured divisions of the Cavalry, it was for...
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The Gendron-Somua AMR 39 was a prototype French armoured car. 12 years after the end of World War I, the French fleet of armoured cars was still made...
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within a year: the SOMUA design resembled a cross between the SOMUA S40 and the Sau 40 self-propelled gun; it was basically a SOMUA S35 with better climbing...
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several companies submitted one or more competing proposals. In September 1938, the ARL company was granted a development contract for the char maximum...
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moment the French Cavalry no longer itself intended to use the type (but the SOMUA S35 instead) and advised that priority should be given to the Belgian order...
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built at a rate of three per month and the SOMUA S35 even yet having to enter mass production. On 26 June 1938 the tanks were individually named after great...
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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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Guerre, Blindés & Matériel, N° 86, p. 22-31 Stéphane Ferrard (2010). "Les SOMUA de l'Ombre (II) — Le SARL 42, char de la clandestinité", Histoire de Guerre...
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was already in development in this weight class. As a result, in February 1938 the specifications were again radically changed, and now called for a superheavy...
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armoured car, the AMR Gendron-SOMUA. For Renault, the entire AMR project had been a financial disaster. On 16 November 1938 he begged the government to...
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