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SOMUA S-35 was a French Cavalry tank of the Second World War. Built from 1936 until 1940 to equip the armoured divisions of the cavalry. Tank was a highly maneuverable, well armoured and well-armed with an all-cast turret 56 mm thick.
Production: 430 tanks. Main gun: 47 mm SA 35.
German designation: Panzerkampfwagen 35-S 739(f).
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- Cavalry tank Somua S-35 82
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- Char Somua S-35 number 56
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- Somua S35 tank 36
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- Somua S-35 M10641 with the roundel on the front of the hull
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- Somua S35 tank France 1940 rear view
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- Somua S-35 36 World War II tank
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- Abandoned French Somua S35 tank
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- German Somua S-35, Panzerkampfwagen 35-S 739(f), number 611
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- Somua S-35, number 10 M10640
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- Somua S-35 tank, number 70
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- Somua S-35 tank on trailer
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- Knocked out Somua S35 tank
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- Captured Somua S35 tank
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- German Somua S-35 (Panzerkampfwagen 35-S 739(f)) of 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
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- German Somua S-35, Panzerkampfwagen 35-S 739(f), in Yugoslavia 1944
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- Somua S-35 number white 54 on trailer
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- German Somua S-35, Panzerkampfwagen 35-S 739(f), number 111 Panzer-Regiment 204
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- Somua S-35 54
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- Somua S-35 Phalempin Belgium 1940
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- Abandoned Somua S35 tank
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- Knocked out Somua S 35
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- Abandoned Somua S35 tank M10754
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- Somua S35 tank 50307 after capture by German forces in France, Summer 1940
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- Somua S35 tank France 1940
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- destroyed Somua S35 tank
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- Detail of the turret of D2 tank coded “White C”
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- Somua S35 tank M884
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- Somua S35 with balkenkreuz
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- Somua S35 tank 5
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- German troops pose next to a captured anddamaged Somua S-35
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- Detail of the turret of Somua S 35 tank
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- Somua S35 tanks
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- Abandoned Somua S35 tanks coded “White 59”, “77” and “88”
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- Somua S35 tank number 52
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- An abandoned Somua S35 tank number 01 in 1940
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- French Char Somua S-35 medium tank
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- Somua S35 tanks 1940
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- Somua S35 tank 2
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- French Somua S-35 tank 1940
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- Somua S-35 tank in german service
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- French-built Somua S-35 101 in german service
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- Char Somua S-35
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- Char 1935 S tank
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- Somua S 35 with the roundel on the rear of the hull
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- Somua S35 german
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- Char S-35 Somua tank
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- Somua S-35 french cavalry tank
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- Somua S-35 number 421 Panzerkampfwagen 35S 739 (f)
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- German troops pose next to a captured anddamaged Somua S-35 1940
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- Somua S-35 in german service, Panzerkampfwagen 35S 739 (f)
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- Somua S-35 in german service, Paris 1941, Panzerkampfwagen 35S 739 (f)
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- Somua S35 II03 wehrmacht service, Panzerkampfwagen 35S 739 (f)
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- Somua S 35 in german service
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- S-35 Somua tank France 1940
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- Somua S35 french medium tank
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- Char de cavalerie Somua S35 coded “white 70”
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- Somua S-35 tanks abandoned at the side of the road somewhere in France after the german attack in May 1940
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- Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch and Somua S35 1941
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- French Somua S 35 tank
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- Somua S-35 wehrmacht service
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- Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch and Somua S35
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- Somua S 35 tank photo
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- Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch and Somua S-35 tanks
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- Somua S-35 in german service
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- Somua S35 german tank
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- Somua S 35 in german service, Panzerkampfwagen 35S 739 (f) 7
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- Somua S 35 in german service, Panzerkampfwagen 35S 739 (f) 3
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- Somua S35 tactical number 40 captured intact
SOMUA S-35 was a French Cavalry tank of the Second World War. Built from 1936 until 1940 to equip the armoured divisions of the cavalry. Tank was a highly maneuverable, well armoured and well-armed with an all-cast turret 56 mm thick.
Production: 430 tanks. Main gun: 47 mm SA 35.
German designation: Panzerkampfwagen 35-S 739(f).
Specifications
crew |
3 |
hull armor |
front and sides: 40mm, top and bottom: 20mm |
turret armor |
front: 55mm, sides and rear: 45 mm, top: 28mm |
main armament |
47 mm SA35 L/31, 118 rounds, elevation: -18° – +18° |
secondary armament |
7,5 mm mod 31, 1250 rounds |
combat weight (kg) |
19500 |
length (mm) |
5380 |
width (mm) |
2120 |
height (mm) |
2630 |
wheel base (mm) |
1690 |
track contact (mm) |
3620 |
ground pressure (kg/cm2) |
0,85 |
engine |
Somua 8-cylinder, liquid-cooled, 12666 cm3, 190 hp at 2000 rpm |
transmission |
5 forward, 1 reverse |
fuel capacity (l) |
510 (100 + 410) |
fuel consumption (l) (road / off road) |
170 |
range (road km/ off-road km) |
260 / 130 |
max speed (road/ off-road km/h) |
40 / 32 |
tracks width x pitch |
360 mm x 75 mm or 360 mm x 105 mm |
number of links per trac |
144 (early) or 103 |
ground clearance (mm) |
420 |
trench crossing (mm) |
2130 |
vertical obstacle (mm) |
750 |
fording ability (mm) |
1000 |
climbing ability (degrees) |
32-40 |
turning circle (mm) |
12000 |
Reference
- Captured French Tanks Under the German Flag – Werner Regenberg, Horst Scheibert – Schiffer Military History 1997
- Panzer III vs Somua S 35 Belgium 1940 – Steven J. Zaloga, Osprey Duel 63
- Somua S 35 – Trackstory 1
- French Tanks of World War II (2): Cavalry Tanks and AFV’s – Steven J. Zaloga – Osprey NEW VANGUARD 213
- Panzer Tracts No. 19-1: Beute-Panzerkampfwagen Czech, Polish and French Tanks Captured from 1939 to 1940 – Thomas L. Jentz and Werner Regenberg
- Les véhicules blindés français 1900-1944 – Touzin Pierre (french)
Plastic model kits
1/35: Heller 81134 Somua S35
1/35: Tamiya 35344 SOMUA S35
1/72: Heller 79875 Somua S35; 40 parts