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: M10 Tank Destroyer Heads To Battle Lines At Bir Marbott Pass East Of El Guettar In Tunisia 1943

: French M10 1944

: M10 February 1944 Italy

: M10 of the 712th Tank Battalion, 90th Infantry Division, Berle Luxembourg, 1944/45

: Early M10 GMC during overhauling

: M10 of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion in Sicily, 1943

: M10 named “Accident” of Company ‘A’, 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion – Saint Jean de Daye 11 July 1944

: 32nd Division M10 named “Hells Kitchen” on beach at Saidor Dutch New Guinea 1944

: Battle of the Bulge – Killed Colonel by his M10

: GI’s and German POW take cover by M10 28 February 1945

: Civilians leave for Allied lines as M10 enters Aachen, 1944

: M10 during IV Corps Maneuvers in Oregon 1943

: 632nd Tank Destroyer Battaliont crew on M10 in Saidor 1944, PTO

: M10 of the 5th Army firing at night, 20 February 1945

: M10s in Kwajalein

: 2nd Armored Division (“Hell on Wheels”) M10s firing across Roer River, 1945

: M10 during Allied invasion of Southern France, Operation Dragoon 15 August 1944

: 3-inch GMC M10 in Metz, France 1944

: 3-inch GMC M10 in Stavelot, Belgium 1944

: M10 fires at German tank in Orleans France, 1944

: M10 of the 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion with hedgerow cutting devices Olpe, Germany

: M10 named “Bessie” during Allied invasion of Sicily. USS LST-325 and LCT-153 beached in Sicily 10 July 1943

: M10s in Valente Italy 2 June 1944

: M10s fire at Germans Ardennes 26 January1945

: M10 heading to Clark Field passes Shell Oil Sign on Luzon 1945

: M10 from 32nd Division, 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion at Aitape, 1944 PTO

: M10 fires over Seine near Paris 23 August 1944

: M10 and Jeep entering Fresnes France 1944

: M10of the 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion near Courtil, Belgium 20 January 1945

: 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10 destroyers at Ford Plant in Detroit 1943

: M10 blasts German machine gun position in Rome 6 June1944

: Battle of the Bulge: M10 of 5th Armored Division near Sauer River Luxembourg

: Achilles crosses Savio River on Churchill Twaby Ark, Italy October 1944

: Wolverines of the 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion France

: Wolverine of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion in the Monte Terminale area of Italy during the campaign in the North Apennines. 3 March 1945

: M10 advancing in Acquafondata Area Italy 1944

: Knoked out 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10

: Dug in American tank destroyer M10 firing as artillery against Germans in Italy

: 1st Army M10 in action Aachen October 1944

: M10 And M4 Tanks On Production Line At Ford Plant 1943

: M10 Wolverine Free French 3rd Algerian Division In Omia Italy 1944

: 2nd French Armored Division M10 Wolverine, Halloville, France 13 November 1944

: M10 Wolverine 684th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Aachen October1944

: M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer In Italy

: 157th Infantry Regiment Supported By M10 Tank Destroyers Of A Company 645th Tank Destroyer Battalion Under Fire In Town Of Niederbronn France

: Camouflaged M10 Tank Destroyer And Harley Davidson In Percy France 08 1944

: M10 Wolverine 32nd Infantry Division 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion At Aitape

: M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyers On Production Line At Ford Plant 1943

: M10 Wolverine of the 773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, 90th Division Mainz Germany 1945

: 30th Infantry Division And 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion M10 Germany 1945

: M10 Tank Destroyers At Ford Plant In Detroit 1943

: M5 And M10 Wolverine of 2nd Armored Division In Tesey Sur Vire France 1944

: KO M10 Wolverine of 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion Übach Germany 1944

: Tank Destroyer passes WWI Memorial in Lonlay-l’Abbaye, 1944

: German M10 Wolverine

: M10 Tank Destroyer Test At General Motors

: Marine M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer Advance On Pto

: Captured M10 Wolverine

: US Tank Destroyer M10 GI With Bazooka Fontainebleau France 23 August 1944

: M10 Tank Destroyer Moves Into Artena Italy 1944

: Crew Of A Us Army Repair Unit Working On A Shell Damaged Tank Destroyer At An Ordnance Depot Near Anzio Italy 1944

: British M10 Achilles France

: M10 Tank Destroyer And Jeep Enter Fresnes France 1944

: M10 Moving Thru Hurtgen Forest 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion

: M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer of the 77th Infantry Division 632 Tank Destroyer Battalion Ormoc Leyte Philippines December 1944

: Destroyed M10 Tank Destroyer of 35th Infantry Division 454th Tank Destroyer Battalion Livarchamps Belgium Battle Of Bulge 1945

: German M10 With Crew

: M10 Wolverine of 32nd Infantry Division Tank Destroyers At Aitape New Guinea 1944

: M10 Wolverine

: M10 Wolverine And M4 Sherman of the 77th Infantry Division Leyte Island 1944

: M10, M4, Jeep And 2 1/2 Ton Truck 76th Infantry Division Speicher 1945

: M10 Wolverine 77th Infantry Division Leyte Island 1944

: M10 Wolverine With Hedge Cutter 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion Übach Germany 1944

: M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyers of 30th Infantry Division Magdeburg Germany 1945

: M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyers Head For Front In Tunisia 1943

: M10 St Fromond France 703 Tank Destroyer Battalion 3 Armored Division

The M10 Wolverine tank destroyer was a U.S. tank destroyer of World War II based on the chassis of the M4 Sherman tank fitted with the 76,2 mm (3″) Gun M7.
Technical specifications:

	M10	Achilles IIC
crew	5	5
lenght	6828 mm	7272 mm
hull lenght	5970 mm	5970 mm
width	3048 mm	3048 mm
height	2896 mm	2896 mm
combat weight	29570 kg	29570 kg
weight	27220 kg	27220 kg
ground pressure	0.958 kg/cm2	0.958 kg/cm2
armor / angle:	hull: 38 – 50 mm front, 19 – 25,4 mm sides and rear, 19,1 – 9,5 mm top, 12,7 mm bottom turret: 25,4 mm sides, rear: 25,4 mm, top: 19,1 mm mantlet: 57,2 mm	hull: 38 – 50 mm front, 19 – 25,4 mm sides and rear, 19,1 – 9,5 mm top, 12,7 mm bottom turret: 25,4 mm sides, rear: 25,4 mm, top: 19,1 mm mantlet: 57,2 mm
main armament	76,2 mm M7, 54 rounds. Elevation: -10° – +30°;	76,2 mm, Ordnance QF 17-pounder Mk V, 50 rounds. Elevation: -5° – +20°;
secondary armament	12,7 mm M2HB, 1000 rounds	12,7 mm M2HB, 450 rounds
engine:	Genaral Motors 6046, 276 kW at 2100 rpm, 12 cylinder, water-cooled, diesel 5484 cm³.	Genaral Motors 6046, 276 kW at 2100 rpm, 12 cylinder, water-cooled, diesel 5484 cm³.
transmission	5 forward and 1 reverse	5 forward and 1 reverse
fuel	727 l	727 l
fuel consumption (road / off road) per 100 km
tracks	T48, T49, T51, T54E1	T48, T49, T51, T54E1
tracks width	420,6 mm	420,6 mm
number of links per track
track contact
track base	2108 mm	2108 mm
max speed	51 – 40 km/h	51 – 40 km/h
range	320 km	320 km
grade	60%	60%
turning radius
trench crossing	2290 mm	2290 mm
vertical obstacle	610 mm	610 mm
fording	900 mm	900 mm
ground clearance	432 mm	432 mm
manufacturer	Ford Motor Company, Fisher Tank Arsenal	converted by Royal Arsenal: Woolwich, Nottingham, Ellesmere Port and Radcliffe