M10 Tank Destroyers) Last Update : 18 July 2021
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Surviving M10 Gun Motor Carriage (M10 Tank Destroyers) Last update : 18 July 2021 Listed here are the M10 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage tank destroyers that still exist today. The Wheatcroft Collection, 2018 - https://www.facebook.com/2348619585363508/photos/pcb.2575778932647571/2575778672647597 The Wheatcroft Collection, 2018 - https://www.facebook.com/2348619585363508/photos/pcb.2575778932647571/2575778672647597 Two M10 GMCs – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK) Pierre-Olivier Buan, March 2019 M10 GMC – Saumur Tank Museum (France) Serial Number 3003, built by Fisher in April, 1943. This vehicle is completely empty, missing its engine and all the internal equipments (France AFVs register) Pierre-Olivier Buan, June 2012 M10 GMC "Siroco" – Saumur Tank Museum (France) – running condition Serial Number 629, built by Fisher in January, 1943 Pierre-Olivier Buan, March 2019 M10 GMC "Saumur" – Ecole d'Application de l'Arme Blindée Cavalerie, Saumur (France) Serial Number 939, built by Fisher in February, 1943 (France AFVs register) Pierre-Olivier Buan, June 2007 - http://the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France/bayeux_outside/index.html M10 GMC – Battle of Normandy Museum, Bayeux (France) Serial Number 1622, built by Fisher in April, 1943 (France AFVs register) Pierre-Olivier Buan, June 2013 M10 GMC – Omaha Overlord Museum, Colleville-sur-Mer (France) Serial Number 1569, built by Fisher in April, 1943 (France AFVs register). Some photos of the restoration here : http://the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France/tdm10_paratrooper/index.html http://www.anciens-cols-bleus.net/t2805p20-dissolution-de-l-amicale-des-anciens-du-rbfm M10 GMC – French Marines School, Lorient (France) https://www.facebook.com/120624024751679/posts/2004689376345125/ https://www.facebook.com/120624024751679/posts/2004689376345125/ M10 TD restoration project – Christian Dours Collection, near Chartres (France) Serial number seems to be 7730. Former Achilles being restored as an US M10 Tank Destroyer Pierre-Olivier Buan, April 2008 M10 GMC – 2ème Régiment de Dragons (NBC Defense Regiment), Fontevraud (France) Pierre-Olivier Buan, May 2017 M10 GMC – Fort du Hackenberg, Veckring (France) Serial Number 6691, built by Fisher in September, 1943 Pierre-Olivier Buan, August 2012 M10 GMC "Porc Epic" – Illhaeusern (France) Original 8ème Régiment de Chasseurs d’Afrique tank destroyer, knocked out at this location on 25 January 1945 (France AFVs register) Pierre-Olivier Buan, December 2018 M10 GMC "Souffleur II" – MM Park, La Wantzenau (France) – running condition Serial Number 733, built by Fisher in January, 1943 (France AFVs register) Pierre-Olivier Buan, June 2014 M10 GMC – Private collection, southern France – running condition Serial Number 3845, built by Fisher in July, 1943 https://forum.ioh.pl/viewtopic.php?p=230839 M10 GMC – Museo la Battaglia di Monte Cassino, Monte Cassino (Italy) This tank served in the Italian army after 1945 Pierre-Olivier Buan, August 2012 M10 GMC – Sacrario Caduti di Montelungo (Italy) Serial Number 6143, built by Fisher in July, 1943. This tank served in the Italian army after 1945, the original diesel engine was replaced with a radial one https://www.facebook.com/TankMuseumjo/posts/2903890943272855 M10 GMC – Royal Jordanian Tank Museum (Jordan) Serial Number 305, built by Fisher in November, 1942. Formerly part of a private collection in Bordeaux, France Blair Yu, March 2013 - http://blair-military.blogspot.fr/2013/03/m10-wolverine.html M10 GMC – Armor Academy and military base, Camp HuKou, HuKou (Taiwan) This tank shows all the signs of having formerly been a HMC with the Japanese Type 91 howitzer. The wider aperture cut in the mantlet to accommodate the howitzer has been plated over and either a plain tube or a 76mm gun M1 (from an M18?) installed (“Costas_TT”) 玄史生, November 2011 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M10_Tank_Destroyer_Right_View_in_Hukou_Camp_20111105.jpg M10 GMC – Armor Academy and military base, Camp HuKou, HuKou (Taiwan) The gun and mantlet are fake. This tank could have formerly been a HMC with the Japanese Type 91 howitzer, reconverted back to M10 TD configuration for display purposes Jonathan Bernstein, July 2021 M10 GMC – Fort Lee U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, VA (USA) Serial Number 6196, built by Fisher in August, 1943 (USA AFVs register). Previously displayed in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Used by US forces in Europe between 1944 and 1945. After the war, it was turned over to the Italian Army and used for several years, and then donated to the Ordnance Museum in 1967, according to the Ordnance Museum Guide CD. The Ordnance Museum Guide CD (and the draft 1990s Official Ordnance Museum Guidebook) claims that “the 3-inch gun on this, and other Italian M10s, were shortened by the Italian authorities and a counterweight collar was added to restore balance.” However, only two other similar Italian examples (in Cassino and Monte Lungo) have been found (out of many others in Italy without shortened barrels), and it appears more likely that the shortened barrel and collar is the result of demilitarization (USA AFVs register) Marc Sehring, December 2015 - https://www.facebook.com/marc.sehring/posts/10208182439621990 M10 GMC – Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles, Nokesville, VA (USA) Serial Number 1712, built by Fisher in April, 1943 https://www.facebook.com/NationalArmorandCavalryMuseum/photos/pcb.1907462455984683/1907460605984868/ M10 GMC "Hitlers Nightmare" – National Armor and Cavalry Museum Fort Benning, GA (USA) Serial Number 7341, built by Fisher in October, 1943 (USA AFVs register). The vehicle is currently stored and is not publicly visible “armyjunk”, June 2013 - http://cdsg.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1445#1445 M10 GMC – General George Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY (USA) Serial Number 6865, built by Fisher in September, 1943 (USA AFVs register) ''TankRat'', May 2009 - http://picasaweb.google.com/jcmichie/FortHood4thIDTexasMuseum#5338372808306402162 M10 GMC – 4th Infantry Division Museum, Ft. Hood, TX (USA) Lorén Hannah, February 2014 - http://www.vgbimages.com/AFV-Photos/Fort-Bliss--Old-Ironsides-Museum/n-DqwZtm/i-fXrJ4GT M10 GMC – Old Ironsides Museum, Fort Bliss, TX (USA) Serial Number 6412, built by Fisher in August, 1943. It was previously displayed at 1st Armored Division Museum Baumholder, Germany (USA AFVs register) Pierre-Olivier Buan, July 2012 M10 GMC wreck – Meucon Military Camp (3rd Marines Infantry Regiment) near Vannes (France) Serial Number 529, built by Fisher in December, 1942 Unknown source First M10 GMC wreck – 2nd Dragoon Regiment, Fontevraud (France) Unknown source Second M10 GMC wreck – 2nd Dragoon Regiment, Fontevraud (France) Pierre-Olivier Buan, May 2011 - http://the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France/moulietsetvillemartin/tdm10_mouliets/ Pierre-Olivier Buan, May 2011 - http://the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France/moulietsetvillemartin/tdm10_mouliets/ M10 GMC hull and turret – Private collection, Mouliets et Villemartin (France) Serial Number 819, built by Fisher in January, 1943 http://www.wayph.com/fagg-reef-la-union/ Six M10 GMC wrecks – dumped off Fagg Reef near San Fernando, La Union Luzon (Philippines) At the end of the war at least five American M10A1 tanks were dumped in deep water on Fagg Reef, off San Fernando (La Union) (www.pacificwrecks.com) I’m looking for photos of those vehicles : M10 GMC – Private collection, La Louviere (Belgium) M10 GMC wreck – Private collection, near Nîmes (France) M10 GMC wreck – Saint-Cyr Coetquidan Military Schools, Bellevue-Coëtquidan (France) and any vehicle that I forgot…. This document is a compilation of photos published on the web. I would like to thank especially Rafał Białęcki, who deserved the most of the job on this document, and also the people who took these photos and put them on their websites, or sent them to me, and those who helped me doing these lists (particularly people of the AFV News Discussion Board). For any question, you can email me at [email protected] The surviving 17 pounder, Self Propelled, Achilles tank destroyers (British version of the M10 GMC) are listed here : http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Achilles.pdf Main page : http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers.html.