I need help, which is the name of this tank?

somebody knows the name? ty


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the chasis looks similair to the M18 Hellcat (not saying it is jsut similair), the turret not so much

 

No, that is postwar French. AMX-something. I'll find out what it is and edit this post...

 

As Panzerman mentioned, it is a French tank, which to some extent was inspired by the Panther. Looksa bit like the AMX 50, but the frontalarmourseems wrong.

 

That is definately a WWII US M18 Hellcat.

 

It has eight road wheels instead of five and the turret armour is completely different. This tank actually came up somewhere on this forum before, in a discussion about postwar French tanks influenced by the Panther. If only I could find it somewhere...

 

Sturm it cant be the hellcat, look at the turret it looks nothing like the picture on the top. Also the gun has fins at the end on the barrel, which the hellcat does not have. The turret does not look like any American WWII era turret.

 

could be a AMX 13 french design from the 60 , also came in 8 wheels
hard to said without a side view ,it had a big overhang at the back ,
an israeli tankist might know , they had quite a fews .

 

The superstructure is wrong for the AMX 13, and there are too many road wheels.

 

It is a Somua SM.
There was just one prototype build in 1951, carrying a 100 mm gun.

 

GJ

thats the 2nd picure in google images search sor souma sm

 

And I had been seearching for AMX :roll:. Bugger all. Thank you Castelot!

 

Oops.The only pic that loaded for me was the Hellcat pic.I thought that was the vehicle in question.Can someone post a pic of the first vehicle?I won't be able to sleep until I see it.

 

Can you see it now?

 

As Castelot wrote:
http://www.chars-francais.net/archives/somua_sm.htm
HTH

 

Look at this post from a time ago...

http://www.fun-online.sk/forum/viewtopi ... highlight=

 

Yup.I see it now.Badass looking tank.Thanks.

 

It could be I think i've seen some pictures of it with the israelis in the 6 day war but im not sure.