somua mcl

[emanuel morales]

any blueprint, drawing or anyting????????


cheers

[David Lehmann]

Hello,

Are you interested in the French models ?

SOMUA MCL5 and MCL11 artillery tractors
15 pieces of this halftracked artillery tractor used by the French army in 1939. The tractor towed the 155mm GPF field guns.
Weight : 8.50t for the MCL5 and 9.96t for the MCL11
Length : 5.62m for the MCL5 and 5.40m for the MCL11
Width : 2.08m for the MCL5 and 1.95m for the MCL11
Height : 2.33m
Maximum speed : 31 km/h (4 cylinders, 4712 cm3, 60 hp)

SOMUA MCL5 tank towing / recovery tractor
The French army used 148 pieces of this halftracked tractor in 1940 in tank repair/recovery units.
Weight : 10.9t (live load 2.5t)
Length : 5.48m
Width : 2.10m
Height : 3.00m with crane
Maximum speed : 31 km/h (4 cylinders, 6558 cm3, 90 hp at 2000 rpm)

Or more in the German use and conversions ?

Somua MCL S303 (f)
• Zugkraftwagen Somua MCL S303 (f)
• 8cm Schwerer Reihenwerfer auf SPW Somua S303 (f), 20x 81mm Brandt mortars on a single mount (16 produced)
• 8cm Vielfachwerfer auf SPW Somua S303 (f), mounting 2 racks of 80mm rockets – the vehicle carried 232 HE and 56 smoke rockets (6 produced)

Check your mail for a few photos ... some sideview plans are also available in the big book of Spielberger.

Regards,

David