Somua, an acronym for Société d'outillage mécanique et d'usinage d'artillerie, was a French company that manufactured machinery and vehicles. A subsidiary of Schneider
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Somua, an acronym for Société d'outillage mécanique et d'usinage d'artillerie, was a French company that manufactured machinery and vehicles. A subsidiary of Schneider
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is a France global company. It was founded in 1836 by two brothers, Eug?ne I and Adolphe Schneider.In the first part of the 20th century, Schneider et Cie associated itself with Westinghouse Electric Corporation who were a major international electrical group at the time.... , Somua was based in Saint-Ouen
Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis
Saint-Ouen is a commune in France of the Seine-Saint-Denis located in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. This ?le-de-France town is located 6.6 km from the Kilometre Zero.... .
Arguably the most famous product in Somuas history is their 20-ton World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers.... tank, the Somua S-35
Somua S-35
The SOMUA S35 was a France cavalry tank of the Second World War. Built from 1936 until 1940 to equip the armoured divisions of the Cavalry, it was for its time a relatively agile medium-weight tank, superior in armour and armament to both its French and foreign competitors, like the contemporary versions of the German Panzerkampfwagen III.... .
