Comments on: Somua S35 Development In Occupied France

By: Harverato

Harverato — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 10:29:39 +0000

I could really see this working as a tier IV premium med.

By: Mana Wolvenworks

Mana Wolvenworks — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 03:29:21 +0000

I just knew De Gaulle is a frickin giant O_O

By: Anlushac11

Anlushac11 — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:11:40 +0000

Like it, would drive. Surprised with the larger turret ring they didn’t try to put a low velocity 75mm in the turret.

By: Madner Kami

Madner Kami — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 16:55:32 +0000

In reality? Definitly. Pz IIIs and IVs as well as german anti-tank artillery during Case Yellow were pretty much helpless against the rather large B1s already. Add odd armor layout, reduce size and remove the one big weakness in the armor (radiator on the side of the B1) and you’ve got a really scary vehicle for the Germans. Not quite, but close to T-34-levels of scary.
Ingame, however, you’d be in the same position as the B1. Competently driven, it’s a beast on it’s tier, gets into severe trouble when not top-tier and be hopelessly outmatched when you’d get into T+2-battles (which you gladly don’t in the B1). The gun is part of this pattern, as even in it’s own tier you produce enough bounces already (although the high RoF and good accuracy help to compensate tremendously). Just as in reality, ingame there’s a huge tech-leap at around T4 to T5, where suddenly short-barreled weapons and 60mm of armor are not the thing heavy tanks are made of, but lights.

By: Madner Kami

Madner Kami — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 16:39:19 +0000

Early japanese slow? Well, they aren’t the fastest of the bunch, but decent mobility is one of their many middle-of-the-line advantages.

By: Madner Kami

Madner Kami — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 16:37:37 +0000

Questions are: Did the Germans recover those turrets, when they occupied Vichy France and what happened to the already produced Lorraine 37/44? Also, what happened to the people working on those projects? I mean, blueprints are easy to hide, but tanks?

By: Mr_Ekshin

Mr_Ekshin — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:31:17 +0000

I’ve had my captured German S-35 for over 3 years now.

I love the little bastard. When tier 4 tourney points require one tier 3 in the mix, I’ve taken it and made a difference.

It has the fastest natural aim time in the game, bounces machine-gun fire, and then goes “Pop, pop, pop” at the little Pz-1C’s as they are reloading.

I have a 63% win rate on it. Not that the S-35′s that great, but it’s too slow to YOLO to the front and die. I end up picking up the scraps of battle. “Damn, I ALMOST made it to the enemy base this time, but now I have to go back and reset. Maybe next time…” :D

It looks like it was made by a refrigerator company. I call it the “Frigidaire Tank”.

They very much could pop these turrets on with an SA-37 gun, and create an S-35 FCM for tier 4. It would play like a Japanese medium. Slow, poor armor, mediocre turret, and a great gun.

I want one. I would hug it and squeeze it and call it George. :D

By: EvyL-SEA

EvyL-SEA — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 13:36:16 +0000

I get this feeling that the early Pz III’s would still have a hard time slugging Somuas when it receives its hax upgrades. the 47mm I think it shares with the B1 bis is enough at 1930-1940, right?

By: Silentstalker

Silentstalker — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:25:36 +0000

It’s not a translation, I just wrote it to make some sense.

By: BeerDone

BeerDone — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:53:22 +0000

“…the idea to put at least a loader in the new turret was very actual.”

That’s not the best translation of the original sentence, I feel. In this sense, it describes a degree of importance, not just the existence of a problem. More appropriate would be “highly regarded,” perhaps, as it corresponds to the degree of acceptance such project was given.