- For PC
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- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
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)
yea so why exactly should i buy this after you spat in my face by removing stock sabots from all top MBT's? it was bad enoug before, but you just decided to make it worse whitout ever asking if the Playerbase wants it.
Get some skill and you can play just fine. Stop whining about irrelevant things on a devblog. Noone likes people like you. Look at the Dozer guy.
EasternRays, *irrelevant
Can't wait to buy this one and then get spat in my face when i unlock the top tier vehicles with dumb repair costs and stock heat shells
Haha you're so funny, you know if you would want to play French top tier you would start with HEAT-FS in stock? Because all French tanks started like this before last update mate. French tanks bot buffer with APDS-FS on I tier of modifications just so u know... But yeah, critize it even when it helped France ;)
Andou_BCFreedom, Except it didn't. No french tank have APFSDS as first tier modification. AMX-10 and AMX-30's get it as second tier, while AMX-32 and AMX-40 still have to go all the way to tier 4 mods with HEAT-FS. French tanks are still just as screwed as they were before.
Cool, can you please let us know when we can have stock APFSDS back?
Never
Stubborn and arrogant as they are, they won't make them come back for the sake of pride and control. Look how they already tweaked the shell ecomoy to attempt to calm players down after spitting on them. " Look we know we f*cked you, here's the lube now ". They simply won't admit they are wrong but instead will wait for the playerbase to get used to it and spend GE on mods which were free.
Will it have stock HEATFS ?
No. Stock Shrapnel. Equally useless.
Conte_Baracca, it could always be worse, it ain't stock he lmao.
if you want to play the amx-50 without the absurd repair cost you must buy this premium )))))))))))))))))))))))))
That’s sad, especially since amx-50 is moderately good at its br
Machin_10, You have liked this comment already
Only cheap vehicle to repair in the French TT ....
Yea it's premium or say goodbye to your hard earned silver lion, it really looks like a scam do not encourage gaijin greed!
This tank have a Panther face LOL.
Panther x tiger 2 hybrid isn't real, it cant hurt you *Souma SM exist*
Yes, it is normal, it was inspired by Tiger II
give back stock APFSDS to top tier tanks
That's nice so when will China have its tech tree fixed with RADAR SPAA you STILL haven't given it and when will APFSDS be stock? I guess never :)
That's cool and all but we're waiting for you to revert the top tier ammo changes.
And their repair prices that make non premium player losing all their sl just playing hard earned vehicules. You grind all your live for them then boom, they make repair price extremly expensive, do not support gaijin greed!
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