Somua SM

Somua SM

Somua SM

France

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
7.7	7.7	7.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Heavy tank

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

Description

The Somua SM is a premium gift rank V French heavy tank with a battle rating of 7.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Raining Fire".

General info

Survivability and armour

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Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	___ mm	___ mm Top ___ mm Bottom	___ mm	___ - ___ mm
Turret	___ - ___ mm Turret front ___ mm Gun mantlet	___ - ___ mm	___ - ___ mm	___ - ___ mm
Cupola	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm

Notes:

Mobility

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Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	54	7	60	_,___	1,908	__.__	31.8
Realistic	51	6		_,___	1,000	__.__	16.67

Armaments

Main armament

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100 mm SA47 L/58					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	50	-8°/+15°	±180°	N/A	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Realistic					__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
100 mm Obus de rupture	APCBC	273	270	257	242	228	215
100 mm Obus explosif	HE	18	18	18	18	18	18

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
100 mm Obus de rupture	APCBC	1,000	15.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	48°	63°	71°
100 mm Obus explosif	HE	1,000	14.8	0.1	0.5	1,400	79°	80°	81°

Ammo racks

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	6th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
50	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__

Machine guns

7.5 mm MAC 31
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Coaxial	4800 (150)	1350	N/A	N/A

The small caliber of the MAC 31 machine gun makes it largely ineffective against all armoured vehicles but the ones with an open compartment. It still can be used to ping targets as a rangefinding help.

Usage in battles

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Modules

Tier	Mobility		Protection	Firepower
I	Tracks		Parts	Horizontal drive
II	Suspension	Brake System	FPE	Adjustment of Fire
III	Filters		Crew Replenishment	Elevation Mechanism
IV	Transmission	Engine
This is a premium vehicle: all modifications are unlocked on purchase

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Same great gun that's found on the AMX-50 and Lorraine
• Equipped with a huge 9-shell auto loader, making this one of the best tanks to attack multiple enemies at once
• Due to the immense auto loader, this tanks is just as deadly as the AMX-50 and Lorraine when it flanks or ambushes unsuspecting enemies
• Good overall frontal armour, the upper turret and upper plate are basically immune to all conventional rounds
• The strong upper turret coupled with the 8 degrees of gun depression makes this tank great at hull-down fighting and cresting ridge lines
• Quick and manoeuvrable for a heavy tank
• 5-man crew makes this tank highly survivable
• Can effectively brawl and snipe when necessary

Cons:

• Absolutely huge tank, is longer, wider, and taller than the Tiger II - very hard to find proper concealment
• The neck of the turret is weakly armoured, a prime weak spot that's hard to effectively hide
• The lower plate is as weak as British lower plates, any APHE shell that enters here will likely knock out the whole crew
• Will face a lot of enemies that fire APDS and HEAT, the upper turret and upper plate just can't absorb those kind of shells
• Terrible side armour, side-scraping or angling the tank is extremely hazardous
• Is much slower than the Lorraine and AMX-50
• Mediocre elevation angles thanks to the inherent nature of oscillating turrets

History

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Media

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See also

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• reference to the series of the vehicles;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] SOMUA SM: Heavy Weight Fighter

France heavy tanks
B1	B1 bis · B1 ter
2C	2C · 2C bis
ARL-44	ARL-44 (ACL-1)
AMX-50	Somua SM · AMX-50 Surbaissé · AMX-50 Surblindé
USA	▄M4A3E2