SOMUA MCG

After France's surrender, many SOMUA MCG and half-tracks were captured by the Germans and put to use in the German Army. Some were used as artillery tractors. Most were converted by Major Alfred Becker's workshop (Baustokommando Becker) into armoured half-tracks. These were used to fill a variety of roles in the 21st Panzer Division, when it was reformed after its destruction in North Africa campaign. Variants of these included an armoured rocket launcher with an 8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer, a self-propelled mortar mounting an 8 cm Reihenwerfer multiple mortar array and a tank destroyer version with a 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun. Greece acquired 48 Somua MCG5 half-tracks and used them to tow 85 mm guns and 155 mm howitzers. An unknown quantity also went to Turkey. == Gallery ==

File:Somua MCG-4 artillery tractors on the military parade in 1939.jpg Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-297-1701-18, Nachschub per Eisenbahn, Somua-LKW.jpg Somua MCG recovery in Lussinpiccolo 1943.jpg|Somua MCG recovery in Lussinpiccolo 1943 File:Somua MCG with PaK 40 in north italy.jpg|SOMUA MCG with PaK 40 in north Italy. File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-300-1863-30, Riva-Bella, Waffenvorführung Panzerwerfer.jpg| Armoured SOMUA MCL modified by Alfred Becker for use by the Wehrmacht == Greek Made SOMUA MCG by Tangalakis SA. ==

The Greek army received 48 vehicles purchased from France in 1936. To save money, a complete vehicle was ordered as a model and the rest were ordered without a body, where they were manufactured in Greece by the company P. Tangalakis SA. Later known as Temax. They were used for the 48 disc Schneider 85mm/25 long guns. File:Tagkalakis SOMUA MCG produced.jpg|Tangalakis SOMUA MCG production File:Tagkalakis SOMUA MCG.jpg|SOMUA MCG made by Tangalakis in Greece ==See also==