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Old January 14th, 2004, 11:40 AM
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This is a post war tank but was inspired by the Tiger II so i was wondering any info?

it is the Somua SM

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Not much: Ordered in 1946, prototype tested 1951-53, no production, 100mm gun, that's it.

Hope this helps anyway.
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Andy - cheers. Wondering if anyone knows why it came about.
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It looks to me like the AMX 38. It was one of several variants like the AMX 50 that used hulls remincient of the German Panther or Tiger II that the French produced in the 1950's. The tracks also were similar but, the suspension was not interleaved.
The turrets were of the occillating (sp)type with automatic loaders. The AMX 50 used a 120mm gun. The 38, a 90mm. They were only produced in small numbers as prototypes and experimental models.
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I like its wheels...
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