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 its time a relatively agile medium-weight tank, superior in armour and armament to its French and foreign competitors, such as the contemporary versions of the German Panzer III medium tank.

Possibly the best medium tank in 1935, the Somua S35 was designed as a cavalry tank, fast and well armed, well protected.

2018年8月19日 · The Somua S35 was a French tank which served during World War II. Although the tank was produced in limited numbers from 1935 to 1940, its solid firepower, armor, and agility made the S35 tanks one of the best of its time.

2020年3月28日 · In the later years of World War Two, Yugoslav Partisans modified a single French-made SOMUA S35 by adding a British 6-Pounder gun.

2019年9月5日 · Testifying to the French advantage is the Somua S35, a plump, cute tank which was one of the best tanks in the world in 1940. Hundreds went into action in May 1940, but to little avail.

2016年10月12日 · SOMUA S35 (“S” stands for SOMUA) was a French pre-war medium tank that was intended to serve as a cavalry cruiser tank for the French Army. It was first produced in 1935 and entered service the following year.

2019年5月31日 · The SOMUA S35 design was a fast and powerful tank for its time - considered by many to be the best medium tank of the 1930s and the best combat tank on the battlefields of 1940. It certainly was the finest French Army tank of the war.

The Somua S-35 was a French medium tank that saw service in the early stages of World War II. It was one of the most advanced and effective tanks of its time, but it suffered from several drawbacks that limited its performance and availability.

SOMUA S-35 History: In June 1934 the French Army issued specifications for a Automitrailleuse de Combat (AMC) for the cavalry, then called the Division Legere Mecanique. It would give the Army a mobile long-range weapon capable of launching ‘brutal surprise attacks’, a French version of the German blitzkreig.

2010年5月16日 · The SOMUA S35 was the most potent of the French tanks of 1940, and arguable one of the best tanks in Western Europe. Its armour and armament was more than a match for the German Pz Kpfw III and Pz Kpfw IV, but it was marred by the one-man turret which forced the commander to not only command the vehicle, but also load, aim and fire the gun.