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The 17pdr SP Achilles (officially 17 pounder, Self-Propelled, Achilles) is a British variant of the American M10 tank destroyer armed with the British Ordnance QF 17-pounder high-velocity 76.2 mm (3-inch) anti-tank gun in place of the M10's considerably less powerful 3-inch (76.2 mm) Gun M7.
The M10 tank destroyer, formally known as 3-inch gun motor carriage M10 or M10 GMC, was an American tank destroyer of World War II. After US entry into World War II and the formation of the Tank Destroyer Force, a suitable vehicle was needed to equip the new battalions. By November 1941, the Army requested a vehicle with a gun in a fully ...
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Often referred to by the post-war nickname "Firefly", but during WWII this nickname was also used for the 17pdr M10. Lee and Grant – M3 Lee medium tank; 3in SP M10 – M10 tank destroyer; 17pdr SP M10 – M10 tank destroyer equipped with a British 17-pounder gun; Stuart tank (nicknamed "Honey") – M3 Stuart light tank; Locust – M22 ...
The Tank Destroyer Command eventually numbered over 100,000 men and 80 battalions each equipped with 36 self-propelled tank destroyers or towed guns. The first US tank destroyer was a 75 mm gun on a half-track chassis M10 tank destroyer. Only a few shots were expected to be fired from any firing position. Strong reconnaissance elements were ...
M10 tank destroyer, 3-inch gun motor carriage, tank destroyer (6,706; USA) M11/39 medium tank (100; Italy) M12 155 mm gun motor carriage (100; USA) M13 multiple gun motor carriage half-tracked AA gun (1103; USA) M13/40 medium tank (779; Italy) M14/41 medium tank (939; Italy) M15 combination gun motor carriage half-tracked AA gun (2332; USA)
An American-made turreted tank destroyer initially armed with the 3-inch Gun M7 and modified to the standard British 17-pounder anti-tank gun. Its angular welded steel hull used many components of the M4A2. The M10 was issued to Canadian anti-tank units in NW Europe. 17pdr SP Achilles: More commonly known today as the M10 Achilles, was a ...
M10 tank destroyer of 7th Anti-Tank Regiment The 7th Anti-Tank Regiment was partially equipped with M10 tank destroyers from 1944. The regiment also received a single 17pdr SP Achilles , a variant of the M10 armed with the more powerful Ordnance QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun.