Somua SM
France·
Heavy Tank·HT supportA French heavy tank, presented as an alternative for the AMX 50 at a design competition. Development started in 1946; however, the prototype was not ready until October 1951. German tank-building technologies were applied in the development of the vehicle: it was equipped with a 100-mm gun with a magazine-system autoloader installed in an oscillating turret. The tank underwent trials from January through July 1953, during which it did not show any promising results. Consequently, the project was discontinued in favor of the AMX 50.
Armor thicknessMeasured
Nominal plate thickness straight from the game client. Click any plate to highlight it on the 3D model and focus the camera on it.
Hull
All 8 plates
Turret
All 9 plates
Specifications
- DPM
- 1,957
- Damage
- 300
- Penetration
- 232 mm
- … at 500m
- 205 mm
- Reload time
- 37.00 s
- Clip size
- 5
- … clip damage
- 1,500 / 9.0s
- … intra-clip
- 2.25 s
- Rate of fire
- 6.52/min
- Aim time
- 2.40 s
- Dispersion
- 0.400 m
- … moving
- 0.200
- … tank traverse
- 0.200
- … turret traverse
- 0.140
- … after firing
- 4.0
- Damage vs. modules
- 135
- Caliber
- 100.0 mm
- Shell velocity
- 1,000 m/s
- Max range
- 720 m
- Ammo capacity
- 60
- Potential damage
- 18,000
- Shell cost
- 1,030 cr
- Top speed
- 37 km/h
- Reverse speed
- 20 km/h
- Power/weight
- 12.50 hp/t
- Tank traverse
- 32.0 °/s
- Turret traverse
- 26.0 °/s
- Effective top speed
- … hard
- 37.0 km/h
- … medium
- 37.0 km/h
- … soft
- 23.8 km/h
- Effective traverse
- … hard
- 32.0 °/s
- … medium
- 29.5 °/s
- … soft
- 18.3 °/s
- Gun elevation
- 15 °
- Gun depression
- 10 °
- Gun traverse range
- 360°
- Terrain resistance
- … hard
- 1.20
- … medium
- 1.30
- … soft
- 2.10
- Hull armor
- 140 / 90 / 70
- Turret armor
- 120 / 60 / 60
- Health
- 1,450
- Engine health
- 260
- … repaired
- 129
- Track health
- 240
- … repaired
- 180
- … repair time
- 6.86 s
- Ammo rack health
- 240
- … repaired
- 160
- Fuel tank health
- 200
- … repaired
- 70
- Total weight
- 56,000 kg
- Stationary camo
- 4.10 / 0.51%
- Moving camo
- 2.05 / 0.25%
- View range
- 370 m
- Fire chance
- 20%
360° traverse
Commander
GunnerLoader
Driver
Radio Operator
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