S-35 is a Yugoslavian Tank unit in the Steel Division II Nemesis pack, Raid on Drvar.
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A French-designed medium tank, the SOMUA S35 was the finest armored fighting vehicle the French Army possessed in 1940. Introduced in 1936, it had a crew of three, and carried the SA 35 L/27 47mm main gun and one MAC 31 7.5mm machine gun, with a cast armored hull and respectable engine power. It was superior to German tanks during the Fall of France, but strategic mistakes committed by the French command nullified this excellent cavalry tank's advantages.
Due to deficiencies in industrial capacity, Germany was forced to press captured enemy materiel and vehicles into service, from cars to tanks. Captured S35 were allocated to Wehrmacht divisions, serving on both the Western and the Eastern fronts. Designated Panzerkampfwagen 35-S 739(f), they received a number of modifications and proved to be an effective tool, though rapidly outclassed by newer designs.Various German armored formations were equipped with captured SOMUA 35s. Some of these tanks were captured by Yugoslavian Partisan forces.