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Souma S-35 Cavalry tank
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| BUF panzers surprised by a mystery tank. |
The colour scheme of this tank wouldn't look out of place on the battlefields of WH40K. But is based on the one at the Bovington Tank museum so I assume is a 'real' period design.
The Souma S-35 cavalry tank was designed by the Souma firm. This a was a modern tank design appearing at the beginning of 1935 and fitted with 47mm Sa35 gun (with over 100 rounds) and two 7.5mm Reibel machine guns. With a top speed of 29.2 mph on road and 14.3 mph cross country. With 40mm frontal armour. Making it a well armoured, armed and a fast tank. At the beginning of WWII over 260 were in service with the French army. Its limiting factor was a crew of only three, meaning the commander had to multi-task.
It would have made a welcome addition to any of the warring factions in a VBCW.
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| The colour scheme is based on the one from Bovington Tank museum |
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| Souma S35 from Bovington Tank museum. |
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| Renault Type UE Chenillette Supply Carrier from Bovington tank Museum |
Haha, right, you can take this one to Epic 40K with no regrets :D
ReplyDeleteNo, seriously, pretty nice. You are mustering quite an armoured force!
Cute tank with an unusual camouflage. But we wonder why in reality the French tank was painted with such a yellowish tone, that it would seem more suitable for the desert (or for an alien planet in Warhammer 40K) than for European terrain...
ReplyDeleteKinda reminds me of the german vehicle scheme with dunkelgelb (Dark Yellow) and... OHHH if you wanna have some fun, look into the controvesy and debates about that.. and how not only does pretty much every paint company have there OWN version of that colour, but even restorors of real tanks variy the colour..
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