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SFC_Jeff_Button · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:54 am Post subject: Re: Patton Museum No 3 of 3

Is the forth picture a rather rare tank destroyer!!!!

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

Jeff I believe that is a M10 with a 3inch gun. I've seen this one and one at Aberdeen I think.

the_shadock · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:24 am Post subject: Re: Patton Museum No 3 of 3

Seems to me that it is a M10 Wolverine too.. but I realized that this tank is not as common as I thought.. I've found only 7 M10 GMCs/Achilles in Neil's AFVs in the USA. In France we also have a little number (at least 9, including a hull) of TD M10s.

Pierre-Olivier

Roy_A_Lingle · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:01 am Post subject: Re: Patton Museum No 3 of 3

Hi Folks!

We are lucky there are any M10 TDs still around. Like many of the AFVs fielded during the early to mid war years very few survived being replaced by newer vehicles (in this case the M18 and the M36), upgraded to newer versions (M36) and de-fanged for use as heavy prime movers for artillery, and finally the disbandment of the Tank Destoryer Command after the war.

My guess would be that by that time, most serviceable M10s were high on the list for use as range targets.

While it comes to numbers build, the M10 is not that rare, but when it come to numbers that surivived to this day, the numbers will be very rare. After all, back in 1945-46, who needed left over M10s?

Sgt, Scouts Out!

bsmart · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:45 am Post subject: Re: Patton Museum No 3 of 3

The other thing that limited the number of M10 survivors was the vehicles were converted to other uses during the war when they were no longer desirable as TDs. Some were converted to M36s and others to artillery tractors (I have seen a couple pictures of them towing 240mm Howtizers or 8" guns)

The M10 at Aberdeen was brought back from Italy where it's gun tube had been shortened to allow more flexibility in narrow streets. The collar was added as weight compensation to keep the gun balanced

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