For this week's look inside the Ordnance Training Support Facility, Mr. Tim Gilhool, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command Historian, discusses the M10 Tank Destroyer.
My late father-in-law was the driver of an M10 which went ashore on D-Day in support of Canadian troops (Juno beach). He was a member of J troop, 248 battery, 62nd Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. The regiment was issued with the M10 3 inch gun variant in early 1944. His M10 sustained damage in an allied minefield (not marked on his maps) forcing him and one other crew member to abandon the vehicle and coming under enemy fire from machine gunners but made it back to their lines without injury. Two days later with a replacement crew he was issued with an M10 Achilles, a British modified version mounted with a 17 pounder gun. This gun being more effective than the 3 inch gun resulted in the enemy targetting the Achilles in preference to the Wolverine. To make it difficult for the enemy to distinguish which was which, crews wrapped sacking around the barrel to hide the counterbalance weight that made it easy for the enemy to tell what was a Wolverine and what was an Achilles. He came through the war unscathed and was demobbed in July 1945, having served with the 62nd regiment since May 1939 when he enlisted. I hope you have found this interesting. Thx.
I’m a huge tank fan all the way back to the first tanks and I’ve never seen a wolverine in real life until now although I must admit it’s one of my favorite lower tier destroyers in world of tanks game lol
If memory serves, this was the vehicle involved in the feat of badassery that won Audie Murphy the Medal of Honor. A whole bunch of M10s had been knocked out when Murphy arrived on scene. He jumped up on one -- which was on fire, and still had its fuel and ammo load -- and used the turret .50-cal to hose down the approaching German troops, meanwhile calling artillery fire down on his own position (the Germans were that close). Only when the .50- cal ran dry did he get off the M10, which exploded behind him.🎉
My Dad's 242 Reg of 42nd Rainbow 🌈 Division, US Army, was literally saved in Jan. 1945, Alsace, by Co. B of the 827th Tank Destroyer battalion. The TD crews that arrived in the nick of time to blast the attacking Panzer Grenadiers were Black G.I.s fresh from training at Camp Nathan Bedford Forrest in Tennessee home of the KKK. The 827th crews literally saved the "bulge" from breaking through. Dad never forgot. It was not until 1948 that racial segregation in the US Army was ended, under President Harry S Truman...an old World War veteran, himself.
Wolverine was in my understanding, the British Lend-Lease and Canadian configuration, Yes / No? The US Used the 3" Gun I believe, possibly due to supply restraints and great restoration there, the Sar with Circle were invasion markings and was used by other Allied Forces (Not Just The Americans) in the Mediterranean and France-Through Europe. Not trying to be a smarty pants, just a question I guess.
IIRC the 3" and 76mm are the same gun just named different by the different powers. The Sherman having a 75mm it would roll better off the tongue to say the new was a 76mm (76.2 mm). There was a fair bit of tech sharing like the British engines for the USA P-51. There was a smaller 57 mm that was the 6 pdr that could use each other's ammunition because it was the same gun. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_6-pounder
My late father-in-law was the driver of an M10 which went ashore on D-Day in support of Canadian troops (Juno beach).
He was a member of J troop, 248 battery, 62nd Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.
The regiment was issued with the M10 3 inch gun variant in early 1944.
His M10 sustained damage in an allied minefield (not marked on his maps) forcing him and one other crew member to abandon the vehicle and coming under enemy fire from machine gunners but made it back to their lines without injury.
Two days later with a replacement crew he was issued with an M10 Achilles, a British modified version mounted with a 17 pounder gun.
This gun being more effective than the 3 inch gun resulted in the enemy targetting the Achilles in preference to the Wolverine.
To make it difficult for the enemy to distinguish which was which, crews wrapped sacking around the barrel to hide the counterbalance weight that made it easy for the enemy to tell what was a Wolverine and what was an Achilles.
He came through the war unscathed and was demobbed in July 1945, having served with the 62nd regiment since May 1939 when he enlisted.
I hope you have found this interesting. Thx.
My dad drove an m10 in ww2. 644th Co. C.
My dad was a tank commander in the 703d during the bulge serving with the 325 gir of the 82d airborne
I’m a huge tank fan all the way back to the first tanks and I’ve never seen a wolverine in real life until now although I must admit it’s one of my favorite lower tier destroyers in world of tanks game lol
The platform that Audie Murphy used to hold his famous one man stand. The one he used was on fire. He mowed down a lot of men with the 50 cal.
If memory serves, this was the vehicle involved in the feat of badassery that won Audie Murphy the Medal of Honor. A whole bunch of M10s had been knocked out when Murphy arrived on scene. He jumped up on one -- which was on fire, and still had its fuel and ammo load -- and used the turret .50-cal to hose down the approaching German troops, meanwhile calling artillery fire down on his own position (the Germans were that close). Only when the .50- cal ran dry did he get off the M10, which exploded behind him.🎉
My Dad's 242 Reg of 42nd Rainbow 🌈 Division, US Army, was literally saved in Jan. 1945, Alsace, by Co. B of the 827th Tank Destroyer battalion.
The TD crews that arrived in the nick of time to blast the attacking Panzer Grenadiers were Black G.I.s fresh from training at Camp Nathan Bedford Forrest in Tennessee home of the KKK. The 827th crews literally saved the "bulge" from breaking through.
Dad never forgot. It was not until 1948 that racial segregation in the US Army was ended, under President Harry S Truman...an old World War veteran, himself.
Awesome.. thanks 🇳🇿
Well done , l cant help but notice the it has an unusual gun mounted
Wolverine was in my understanding, the British Lend-Lease and Canadian configuration, Yes / No? The US Used the 3" Gun I believe, possibly due to supply restraints and great restoration there, the Sar with Circle were invasion markings and was used by other Allied Forces (Not Just The Americans) in the Mediterranean and France-Through Europe. Not trying to be a smarty pants, just a question I guess.
IIRC the 3" and 76mm are the same gun just named different by the different powers. The Sherman having a 75mm it would roll better off the tongue to say the new was a 76mm (76.2 mm). There was a fair bit of tech sharing like the British engines for the USA P-51. There was a smaller 57 mm that was the 6 pdr that could use each other's ammunition because it was the same gun. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_6-pounder
Yeah, yeah, but how do you adjust track tension?
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does anyone know what that sleeve on the barrel is for? was this some experiment or a post war repair or..
I suspect that its extra metal for balancing the gun. Not sure on that. It doesnt have the right shape for a fume extractor.
The fastest tank destroyer in low tier US
Wolverine!!!
can this be viewed by the public?
Inside look outside.
Talk slower please