langs: 9 февраля [ru] / february 9 [en] / 9. februar [de] / 9 février [fr] / 9 febbraio [it] / 9 de febrero [es]

days: february 6 / february 7 / february 8 / february 9 / february 10 / february 11 / february 12

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Tank / Tank

#1 SOMUA S35

The SOMUA S35 was a French 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 its French and foreign competitors, such as the contemporary vers

• ... allow production for Japan. When Japan became a belligerent through the Attack on Pearl Harbor , on 9 february 1942 it was decided that France would produce 250 SOMUA S40s for the Japanese Imperial Army , the f ...