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The SOMUA SM is a French experimental tank, developed in the immediate postwar years as an alternative to the AMX-50 being developed in parallel at the time. Despite it being the AMX which ultimately entered service, this won’t stop the SOMUA SM from joining the ranks of the French ground forces tree in the upcoming War Thunder update!
Briefly: The alternative design to the AMX-50, featuring heavier armor protection at the expense of mobility.
SOMUA SM, heavy tank, premium, France, IV rank.
Pros
- Excellent 100mm cannon
- Autoloading mechanism
- Good hull protection
- Premium bonuses
Cons
- Low armour protection for the turret
- High combat weight
- Average mobility
- Somua SM (Rank 4 France) - available after the next Major Update;
- 1000 Golden Eagles;
- Premium account for 7 days;
- Pre-order bonus: unique "Savate Boxer" decal;
- Pre-order bonus: unique "Savate Master" title.
In 1946, at the same time when AMX was given the order to develop what would eventually become the AMX-50 tank, SOMUA was instructed to come up with a competing design that would act as an alternative to the AMX.
Due to both companies being issued identical technical requirements by the French Army and taking much inspiration from the German “King Tiger” at the same time, both designs turned out to be very similar. In fact, SOMUA’s design stood out from AMX’s only in increased mass, coming as a result of heavier protection, and in its more simple running gear.
The SOMUA SM, as it became known, was presented for the first time to army officials in October 1951, albeit without its engine installed. At the same time, prototypes of the AMX-50 had already been tested. By 1953, SOMUA had completed the construction of its SM tank, subsequently conducting trials.
During testing however, several design issues were revealed. Because of this and the fact that the upgunned version of the AMX-50 with a 120mm gun was already available, the decision was made to cancel further work on the project. As a result, the SOMUA SM never left the prototype stage and the only constructed vehicle was scrapped shortly after the project’s cancellation.
In War Thunder, the SOMUA SM will be a new premium heavy tank awaiting commanders at rank IV of the French ground forces tree, following the release of the upcoming major update. Unlike its close relatives - the AMX-50 and Lorraine 40t - which share a similar general design, the SOMUA SM offers its future commanders a slower, but much more heavily armored platform, carrying the excellent French 100mm cannon.
As already mentioned, the SOMUA SM is fitted with the proven 100mm SA47 anti-tank cannon, present on a number of French machines at rank IV and therefore all too familiar to tankers. Furthermore, the SOMUA SM is also equipped with the same autoloading mechanism as found on the AMX-50, giving it an astonishing reload rate of just 4 seconds!
Some keen-eyed tankers may have already noticed an extreme resemblance in the SOMUA SM’s turret to that of the AMX-50. And indeed, your eyes are not playing tricks on you - the turret is similar in design and with the protection it offers to that of the AMX-50. On the other hand however, the hull of the SOMUA SM offers vastly better protection than that of the AMX-50, featuring a much thicker 150mm frontal plate, while the side and rear armor was also thickened.
Although the SOMUA SM offers improved protection while retaining identical levels of firepower as the AMX-50, these improvements do come at the cost of mobility SOMUA SM is fitted with the same 1,000 horsepower engine as the AMX-50, but its mass increased to 60 tons, the vehicle’s mobility decreased as a result. As such, the SOMUA SM can only reach a top speed of 40 km/h under ideal conditions, while its modest power-to-weight ratio of 16.6 hp/t will further limit its mobility in off road conditions.
The SOMUA SM will be obtainable through the purchase of a special bundle in our online store, arriving in the hangars of its prospective owners with the release of the next major update. In the meantime, make sure to stay tuned to the news in order not to miss out on the latest information concerning the next major update coming to the game. Until then, happy hunting tankers!
The War Thunder Team
Comments (223)
the people who design these maps should play them through before any players to find any faults tactical positions yes but unfair camping all game to sit and kill and profit is totally against war thunders rules of unfair behavior Karelia needs changing ,cargo port and Sweden should be high tier only ,Poland needs widening game area not just centralised,hills must be opened to game play to all modes instead of funnel kill zones.more defensive positions on maps are a must on open ground maps
Can you make the next devblog something big to get hyped for? top tier tank or jet or generally something hypable
Nice addition, Lets see how this tank goes around. Apologies for such self-entitled community talking trash about everything they dislike. Changes are okay.
Unless it goes against the health of the game and its future. The reason people dislike this addition is because they just made Top Tier for new players P2W and the first thing they release for new GB is a premium. Argue one might as much, but the exceeding costs at the top mean one has to either Grind SL or buy GE to transfer SL which is P2W
We want stock APFSDS to top tier vehicles back, no one wants the suffering to increase, spaded and stock vehicles are already too far from each other in performance, then this... unlocking a new vehicles is just becoming a pain in top tier instead of bein pleasant
Where is the aw129 mangusta or at least a decent stinger aam loadout ?? We pay a premium price and gaijin is just reluctant to give a pair of stinger to it, this game is losing it's relevance very fast with each update, We really need 1- Massive and deep br decompression 2- Fair and non abusive repair costs 3- A balanced and improved br system to EC, 4- Gaijin needs to open their minds to what players really want since they support the game so they need to be heard not ignored or hindered !!!!
As a supporter and beta tester i can't hide the fact that WT is going from downhill to free fall, after all the time and money i have invested into this game i must say i am VERY DISAPPOINTED AND UPSET with your decisions Gaijin!!! Your are hindering new players away and displeasing the current ones, You are losing loyal customers
Good to hear the p2w crowd get yet another post war vehicle with an op gun and reload to massacre German ww vehicles. Well done.
Ok, so last time i think my comment got removed but, since one of the swedish T18/B18 already has an option for equipping torpedos, so maybe we could have a use for them, so maybe we could have the swedish fleet .
Not Worth it.
No APDSFS, why shall I bother to buy this tank and grind French line??
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