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What kind of tank? An M-10?

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  • Member since
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  • From: The Great North Woods, Maine
What kind of tank? An M-10?
Posted by Chazzer on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:36 AM

Hey guys. What kind of tank is this? An M-10?

 

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Posted by T26E4 on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:57 AM

That's an M10 3" Gun Motor Carriage (Most US military nomenclature did not use hyphens). 

Officially, it's a self propelled tank destroyer and not a "tank" per se.

It's an earlier production variant as evidenced by the so-called "duckbill" turret counterweights. 

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  • From: San Antonio
Posted by MAJ Mike on Monday, June 13, 2011 8:35 AM

Yes.

Not a tank in that its not armored to resist anything other than shell fragments and small arms fire,  As T26E4 said, the M10 is more like self-propelled artillery.  Same concept as a Marder I for the Germans.

 

 

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Posted by Chazzer on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 6:45 AM

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