French Medium Tank Somua S35 - Tamiya 1/35 Scale Model

The SOMUA S35 was a French Cavalry tank of the Second World War. It was manufactured from 1936 until 1940 to equip armoured divisions of the Cavalry. For its day it was a relatively agile medium-weight tank, superior in Armor and armament to both its French and foreign competitors, such as the contemporary versions of the German Panzerkampfwagen III. It was constructed from well-sloped, mainly cast, Armor sections, that however made it expensive to produce and time-consuming to maintain.