The first proper tank-destroyer was the M10 Wolverine, which featured the hull of the M4 Sherman tank and a new pentagonal turret. General Motors and Ford produced 6,400 M10s.

For Tank Chats #137, we delve into the story of the Achilles, a British adaptation of the American M10 tank destroyer. We explore its upgraded firepower, battlefield role, and the impact it had in ...

Two tank destroyers and six tanks, including the M10 tank destroyer Anderson was the tank commander on, were knocked out in the fighting around Grosshau on Nov. 25, 1944.

There were also M10 tank destroyer vehicles, armed with a 75mm or a 90mm gun. These had a tank chassis but had less armour than a tank.

The M36 Jackson was America’s answer to Germany’s fearsome tanks during World War II. As the final and most powerful U.S. tank destroyer of the war, the M36 was equipped with the devastating 90mm M3 ...

World War II was not quite the end of the line for U.S. tank destroyers. The M36 Jackson and its 90-millimeter gun were hastily called back for use in the Korean War five years later to counter ...