601st Tank Destroyer Bn, 3rd Infantry Div,  Southern France, August 1944

634th Tank Destroyer Bn, 1st Infantry Div,  Aachen Germany, October 1944

A Company, 703rd Tank Destroyer Bn, 3rd Armored Div,  Normandy July 1944

America's first tank destroyer, the M10 was mounted on a Sherman hull and had an open-topped turret carrying a 3-inch (76.2mm) cannon capable of penetrating 8.8cm of armor at 1,000m distance. Due to the need for high mobility, the M10 wore relatively thin armor plating. However, auxiliary armor could be added easily using the bolts located on the turret and hull. Facing a baptism of fire against the Germans in Tunisia in 1943, the M10 Tank Destroyer went on to serve in Italy, Western Europe and the Pacific.