Somua
France
Somua was a French manufacturer of trucks, buses and military vehicles whose heavy-truck operation became a founding component of SAVIEM in 1955.
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- Models
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- Generations
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- Engines
Truck Models
KDB
Introduced 1930
The KDB was an early SOMUA forward-control heavy chassis for exceptional transport, marking the marque's interwar road-truck programme.
MCL
1935–1940
The Somua MCL was a tracked and wheeled military tractor family.
JL 12
Introduced 1946
The JL 12 re-established SOMUA's heavy road-truck production after the Second World War and began the standardized JL cab-over succession.
JL 15
Introduced 1946
The JL 15 developed SOMUA's post-war heavy range around a licensed Panhard-Lanova diesel and preceded the more powerful JL 17.
JL 17
1951–1955
The Somua JL 17 was a heavy forward-control road truck.
JL 19
1955–1959
The Somua JL 19 was a developed heavy truck later continued into SAVIEM lineage.
MTP
Production period unknown
The MTP was SOMUA's post-war construction-truck family, distinct from the JL road range and retained for demanding vocational operation.