"Gun Motor Carriage M10 " Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Apr 2017 9:54 p.m. PST |
"Unlike many tanks, few tank destroyers arrived in the USSR within the Lend Lease program. The Gun Motor Carriage T48, or SU-57, built on the chassis of the M3 halftrack, was the only exception. Initially, they were built by the Americans for a British order, but the British barely used them. The USSR gave them a completely different reception: they were used actively and showed themselves as an effective anti-tank measure. As for tank destroyers on a tank chassis, the only Western vehicle that was accepted into the army was the Gun Motor Carriage M10, known widely under the British nickname "Wolverine".
One Chassis with the M4A2
The story of how the Red Army GBTU found out about the GMC M10 is somewhat comical. The first information about this vehicle came not from an intelligence report, but a letter about the use of M4A2 medium tanks. On March 15th, 1943, Deputy Chief of the Engineering Department of the People's Commissariat of External Trade, Colonel Khryaev, sent a letter to the GBTU. It informed the directorate that the Americans distributed a note regarding the use of the blocking button of the main friction clutch. The M4A2 tank manual had a mistake in it, which led to breakdowns. This is the first letter that mentions a "M-10 tank destroyer"…"
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Marc33594  | 28 Apr 2017 7:10 a.m. PST |
A total of 52 M10s were shipped to Russia via lend lease. |
| shaun from s and s models | 29 Apr 2017 2:14 a.m. PST |
30 t48's went to the indian army |
| Mobius | 29 Apr 2017 7:29 a.m. PST |
The M4A2 tank manual had a mistake in it, which led to breakdowns. Roll a '6' and your M4A2 breaks down. |
| Tango01 | 29 Apr 2017 10:25 a.m. PST |
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