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 think your dad-in-law probably had an Achilles from the get go. They came ashore in the afternoon and rushed forward to help the Canadian infantry out and fought hard for the next few days. Glad that he was there and got through it all.
Thanks for your reply. We met with another crew member of the M10 who was then in his late 80s who confirmed it was an M10 equipped with a 3 inch gun. He also said how surprised he and my late father in law were when they were issued with an Achilles after they hit the mine in July, as they weren't aware that they were being issued as replacements at that time. He said that it having a 17 pounder wasn't a problem for them as they had trained on that gun as part of their general training in the regiment and soon adapted to the modifications required to the gun when fitted into the vehicle and the setting of the fuses on the shells used in the 17 pounder. @@vincnetjones3037
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
@@johjoh978 It was a counter balance which gave the Germans the clue that it was equipped with a 17 pounder gun and not a standard 3 inch as fitted to the Wolverine and as a consequence they would concentrate their fire on an Achilles when they spotted one, knowing that the 17 pounder was more destructive than most other tank busters and tanks. When the British crews realised this they started to wrap the barrel with barbed wire which then had sacking wrapped around that to give the impression of it having a barrel without a counter balance. I suspect that some British crews just removed it and put up with the effects of firing without one being fitted but I bet they would have had to hang for dear life when the gunner pulled the lanyard. I learnt all I know of how an Achilles performed from an old crew member of my late father in law shortly before he died in 2012 and he filled in a lot of the gaps in my knowledge of the Achilles plus many stories of he and my late father in law's exploits from D-day through France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. I also copied the pages of the diary he kept from D-day to the end of 1944.
703rd...... killed 10 enemy vehicles for every tank they lost........... where is any proof of this. I'm in no way showing disrespect for this unit and what they did in WW2, but the figures seem to be ??
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 think your dad-in-law probably had an Achilles from the get go. They came ashore in the afternoon and rushed forward to help the Canadian infantry out and fought hard for the next few days. Glad that he was there and got through it all.
Thanks for your reply. We met with another crew member of the M10 who was then in his late 80s who confirmed it was an M10 equipped with a 3 inch gun. He also said how surprised he and my late father in law were when they were issued with an Achilles after they hit the mine in July, as they weren't aware that they were being issued as replacements at that time. He said that it having a 17 pounder wasn't a problem for them as they had trained on that gun as part of their general training in the regiment and soon adapted to the modifications required to the gun when fitted into the vehicle and the setting of the fuses on the shells used in the 17 pounder. @@vincnetjones3037
My dad was a tank commander in the 703d during the bulge serving with the 325 gir of the 82d airborne
My dad drove an m10 in ww2. 644th Co. C.
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
I love the way he points to the tank (in case we can't see it)
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 father was tank commander 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion from the beginning with M 3 Tank Destroyer in Africa and Italy
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
Well done , l cant help but notice the it has an unusual gun mounted
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.
Awesome.. thanks 🇳🇿
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.
@@johjoh978 It was a counter balance which gave the Germans the clue that it was equipped with a 17 pounder gun and not a standard 3 inch as fitted to the Wolverine and as a consequence they would concentrate their fire on an Achilles when they spotted one, knowing that the 17 pounder was more destructive than most other tank busters and tanks. When the British crews realised this they started to wrap the barrel with barbed wire which then had sacking wrapped around that to give the impression of it having a barrel without a counter balance. I suspect that some British crews just removed it and put up with the effects of firing without one being fitted but I bet they would have had to hang for dear life when the gunner pulled the lanyard. I learnt all I know of how an Achilles performed from an old crew member of my late father in law shortly before he died in 2012 and he filled in a lot of the gaps in my knowledge of the Achilles plus many stories of he and my late father in law's exploits from D-day through France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. I also copied the pages of the diary he kept from D-day to the end of 1944.
Yeah, yeah, but how do you adjust track tension?
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can this be viewed by the public?
Wolverine!!!
The fastest tank destroyer in low tier US
Inside look outside.
703rd...... killed 10 enemy vehicles for every tank they lost........... where is any proof of this. I'm in no way showing disrespect for this unit and what they did in WW2, but the figures seem to be ??
Anti tank guns or artillery kill tanks.... not tanks.
Talk slower please