The U.S. Army's WW2 M10 Tank Destroyer inside & out at Camp Hood TX (Restored 1944) 

Oh my goodness....I searched "tank destroyers of ww2" on a whim and never expected to find something like this. My family still has my grandfather's tank destroyer patches and pins, a uniform, plus his letters from both Camp Hood and overseas. I even found his tank license or certification (I forget the exact wording) from Camp Hood!! I'm tearing up at how incredible it is to be able to see, generations later, exactly where he was, filmed in the time he was there, and precisely what he was doing. I can't even tell you how important this will be to a lot of family members, thank you SO MUCH for uploading. I'll be sending to all of his half dozen children, fifteen grandchildren, and my grandmother.

Proud to say that my pop was part of an M10 crew in North Africa and Italy

My dad was assistant driver / radio operator in the m10 and then the m36 in WWII. He was part of the 899th tank destroyers, company “C”. They saw a lot of action in many key battles.

My father trained there, actually helped to build South Camp Hood during WWII. He was with the 630th TD Battalion, and they were converted to 3" towed guns before shipping out to Europe in May of 1944 (mid Atlantic on D-day). Fought from St. Lo to Hilden, Germany, mostly with the 28th ID. Saw combat in the Hurtgen Forest, and the Ardennes, as well as the Colemar Pocket, and the Ruhr Pocket. Wounded in April on the 630th's last day in combat before being pulled off the line. Recuperated in Paris, and came home in late 1945.

My dad was in Recon Company, 669th Tank Destroyer BN during WWII. It was attached to the 69th Infantry Division.

It was on a disabled M10 TD that Audie Murphy took over the 50 cal. machine gun ; in an act of conspicuous valor for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor; he repelled an attack by a German armored unit.

Notice that the two hatches (referred to in the field manual as "Doors"), cannot be opened with the turret facing forward. Notice that the rear profile of the turret and it's counterweights although look cool, were designed to allow the "doors" clearance to open. Luckily, the two front seat backs folded and they could escape through the turret.

The M10's gun was known as the 3" and from I've read, it was based on an old Navy cannon. The Sherman and M18 Hellcat's guns were known as the 76mm M1. The M1 76mm did have the same 76.2mm barrel diameter as the 3" but the M1's weight was a lot less due to using newer lightweight metals so the 76mm Sherman and M18 didn't need as big a counter-weight as the M10 needed. I don't think you could use 3" ammo in the M1 76mm and vice versa due to differences in the casing shapes.

I was at Hood in 76-77. I always wondered what it looked like 30 odd years before. Well, it was covered with a lot more brush then. Those 28% grades were pretty spooky in a M60A1 at night!

Never heard much about this tank destroyer before today. All you ever hear about is the M4 Sherman models. I didn’t know that we even had a dedicated tank destroyer before the Pershing. I need to brush up on my US Armored Vehicle History cuz it’s got a lot of holes!

Great video, informative, concise, filled with technical data, @ clear presentation. The comments by others is very well presented, and researched. The thing I personally, regret is I had an uncle who I was told served, in the armored corp. Before he passed, I never knew. Also he was one never to talk of his past, or even the present. To me he was a great individual, tho distant and mysterious person. Thank you very much everyone, who contributed to this excellent video.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Sounds like the same announcer as the one selling a '57 Plymouth Fury in a old advertisement.

My Dad was a gunner with the 823rd. Thanks for putting this up for us to see.

M10 is made for Speed and Power , but it wasn't made for Strength.

Amazing footage!!

May all we lost Eternally Rest In Peace. Least we forget Them. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Great tank, useful info! We are engaged in the development of the tank project. Thanks!

my dad served in ww2, korea and veitnam. In ww2 he drove tank destroyer his first encounter was in Tunisia he came up over a rise in the desert and there off in the distance was pattons men, my dad said Patton gave the order to fire, the sgt. said to patton but sir we dont know who they are, patton said sgt. i gave you a direct order to fire this weapon. my dad said when he came too, his crew were all dead he crawled out the back of what was left of his tank destroyer with a broken wrist and a concussion, in the hospital they told him this never happened in Tunisia you never was in tunisia, you suffered your injuries when you rolled your tank over in Italy. with a new tank destroyer and crew they were all over italy.in 1985 i found a photo of my dad standing on the left side of gen.ike i had the photo enlarged and put in a frame.2 years ago a friend and i went to a private ww2 museum in Natick ma. i brought the photo with me, in one of rooms was a man in his 90s answering any questions you might have, my friend said show him your photo of gen. ike so i handed him the photo he looked at it he did not say a word about gen.ike. he said look at that srg, next to ike. look at the 6 hash marks on his lower left sleeve each one represents 6 months of combat jesus christ he was in the thick of it from start to finish look at the campaign ribbons. i did not know any of this, my dad did not want to talk about what he did in ww2, one thing he did say is you can play with my metals all you want, but dont ever touch my campaign ribbons he died in 1978 of cancer his dress uniform was stolen by an ex brother in law.

Thanks Zeno!

Nothing seems to change at Ft Hood ( other than the name) . It looks just like when I was there 50 years ago.

Thank you, Supermen!

RIP for the driver- 3:42

To correct the text in the description, the U.S. 3" gun was approximately 75mm, not 90mm. The 90mm version of this vehicle was the M-36.

my great grandfather was in a tank destroyer in WW2. fought under patton in france and germany. he was at the battle of the buldge

The open top allows good vision, and made it very easy to get out of you are hit

USArmy stayed with the open top turret through the late 50's I know.Although I did not personally see them I have heard that tha Army used tthe twin 40MM Duster in Vietnam.The Duster was an open top turret mounted on the M41 series hull.It used the same hull components as the M41 but had twn 40mm guns mounted in an open tub.Designed,I was taught as a moblie AA unit,airplanes got too fast,so the Duster was repurposed as a infantry support weapon,

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" His mother was a mudder."

Remembering my friend Phil Bonelli 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion

6:45 2 minutes to traverse 360 degrees... deadly slow!

Sold!

To jg27 Komy The M-10 was equipped with bosses on the hull to ADD ARMOR if needed. The plates were made in different thicknesses. However, most of the kits were lost in transit. Not to worry, tank maintenance crews just cut plates from other knocked out vehicles. Patton ordered this to be done, and forbade tank crews from using sand bags which really degraded performance particularly in wet weather.

I have always wondered why the M-10 used manual turret traverse while the Sherman had a powered traverse. I would think a TD would need to be able to swing the turret quickly in order to shoot and scoot.

my dad was a driver of an m10 in WW2 in Europe.

anyone hear a high pitch during playback?

The M10 had some very serious deficiencies as a tank destroyer, it was basically a Sherman with a lot less armor and a somewhat better but not great gun. The Hellcat which came along a bit later however was hell on wheels!!

Definitely, one of the better looking TD's ever made.

There are many tank destroyers but this one is mine......

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No powered Turret and Gun Mount?

Purty kool.

To correct you on the gun it's actually a 76mm M7

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Wow, some of these comments are quite hostile. I hadn't expected that for such an interesting vehicle.

How successful were they?

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Looks like someone forgot to tell the m10 it can only go 32 mph..it looks like it's going 82 mph

My grandfather was in the Tank Destroyers in Europe, in the Battle of the Bulge, the Tank Destroyer that my Grandfather was in and one other Tank Destroyer were the only survivors , my Grandfather was behind enemy lines for some time in fact. The people/town that my Grandfather and other survivors lived with after the War ,would have my Grandfather and other survivors (it was less then 10 I believe)fly back to Europe and visit those towns and people that hidden while they were behind enemy lines Grandfather ,stated how Piper troops shot the other men that were in the other Tank Destroyers that surrendered

I have the feeling that the M10 wasn't very good for crew protection. Open top being exposed to snipers and thin armor. Also didn't it have a week gun that was the same as the M4 Sherman?

M10 motto "shoot and scoot" ..

Poor soaked driver. Lol

At 7.12 they make the m10 look massive inside Haha

So why are there two different triggers?

Buy your war bonds

Like most sites the people commenting have done little to no research. ARM CHAIR GENERALS/HISTORIANS abound. Early 76.2 mm AP (shaped charge 2600 fps)rounds had a secondary explosive that was actually interfering with penetration. This was corrected quickly. The HVAP round was a tungsten core high velocity round at 3400 fps, every bit as good as the British 17 pound 76 mm. Shaped charge AP rounds are not as dependent on velocity as the hardened core HVAP rounds. The Brits 17 pound 76 mm was good to 2900 fps. Even Sherman 75's were as good or better than 90% of what the Germans had until 1944. The up-gunned and up armored MK-IV's, Panthers, and Tigers were a real challenge, but all were slow by comparison with American armor). Only the MK-IV and variants were reliable in combat. The weight of the upgrades slowed the MK-IV to 12 mph cross country, by then improved Shermans would do 18 to 20 even when up-armored, and equipped with the 76. M-18 tank destroyers would do +50 mph on the road, better than half that cross country, and had a better than 3 to one kill ratio against Panthers. Shermans only, by themselves only, took on Tigers only three times during the entire war. The so-called five Shermans needed to knock out a Tiger or Panther is a myth that originates from the the fact that the smallest American armor unit was five tanks, tank destroyers etc. In one battle well over two hundred Panthers were destroyed at the cost of twelve Shermans and three Hellcats. On two well documented encounters M-36 (90 mm) tank destroyers knocked out Panthers at 4000 meters the maximum range of the gun sights. Most crews of the open top destroyers made (or had the maintenance crews make) covers for open turret. Some of the destroyers had convertible tops from the factory. The M-10 and some M-36 destroyers came with external bosses used to bolt on extra armor plate, or it could be welded on if needed. Patton ordered his maintenance crews to do just that to all his armor (Shermans, M-10s, and M-18s), and forbade the use of sand bags as they compromised speed and maneuverability especially in wet weather. American tank crews had the best surviveability of any other branch of the service, Army, Navy, or Air. So to all you ARM CHAIR types DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Otherwise your ignorance really shows.

M10 wolverine

My uncle Dee Booth Company A 776th TD Battalion WW2

I swear that ground looks familiar. Wasnt there a period movie about an infantry company or squad?? that was tasked to take out some panzers in light woods like this? -- I'm a bit surprised the narrator keeps calling it a 3" gun. That was the 75mm Sherman. M10s carried the 76.2mm gun. Not much difference I know. But still... The 76 had a higher velocity. Some Shermans were upgraded to fight panzers, but the HE round had a lower explosive yield than the 75mm. I dont know why. Anybody?

More room than an abrams

What I'd just like to know is this: Why did this tank not have a top? It's a war. Is this some kind of convertible tank?

I’m just wondering why the M10 in World of Tanks feels like a baby tank

Note the sloped armor of the hull and turret, transitioning away from the Sherman’s vertical armor ( exception bow/hull front). This for allowed thinner armor, and a lighter vehicle. Generally this vehicle could not survive a tank duel.

It was effective in combat even though it was topless lol

The Gun can penetrate the Frontal armor of a Panther, but can't pen the canvas muzzle cover ??

The driver's hatch could not be opened or closed while the turrent faces front, Brilliant design.

Fort hood

First team

More than 28 percent grade

Two diesel engines?

8:35 Why tap on the gunner's back if he could just say "Ready to fire!"

How could he be a good " Mudder " if he is a he?

That turret looks like a death trap in more ways than one.

Nice gun but very weak thin armour. Lots of m10's forced to battle the german big cats at a huge disadvantage.

My grandfather was on a US M10 tank destroyer during WW2. He graduated top of his class during Army MOS school. He was on top of the world invicible till he met the Germans on the battlefield and found out quickly the Germans were NO JOKE! He said he was no match to the Tigers and Panzers but it wasnt a tank that blew up his tank but a lone German attack plane strafed the tank and killed his whole crew but him.

in heroes and generals this tanks was so slow

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Last night in WTs GF Realistic battles i killed two of them plus an M-24 , one Sherman and one Lee in War Thunder while driving a T-34 mod 42 .

Open turret ?....what were they thinking ??

Ah yes. Firing a 75mm gun at a Tiger in a fancy Sherman...

From my personal point of view..the u.s m4E8 tge m10 wolverine and the brits Qf17 achillies and archer were just an upgunned m4 sherman tanks.not a wholely new design but more to as a stop gap design.their mission doctrine were SHOOT AND SCOOT!!not to shoot it out with the German tanks especially the Panzer and tigers!!the main problem with the M4 sherman tanks as we all know..it will light up the first time when hit!as the Famous German mockery of the m4 shermans: "IT WILL LIGHTS UP EVERYTIME LIKE THE BRITISH RONSON LIGHTER!!" If i was in a situation where i hv to choose between an m4 or a tiger to fight the war,I will 100% choose a tiger tank instead!!even if they add the Famous Russians Kv and T34-76/85 tank and the brits valentine and churchill tank in the list..i still chosed the tiger 100%!!

Wtf open top did anybody consider an airplane coming down out of sky and shooting up the crew of tank and what's worse is that the army ok'd it

Don’t know why they didn’t put that gun in a Sherman

Tiger food!

What joke of a tank

Whoever came up with this idea was a victim of wishful thinking. Do you really want to stumble upon a Tiger II in this thing? The sphincter phactor would have been off the scale. Bring plenty of clean underwear. On the plus side, 200 mile range and diesel fuel was smart.

An inferior design like the M36. No protection for the crew from the elements. German infantry liked this design in street fighting as it was easy to drop a grenade in it from a elevated position as they rolled by etc and wipe out the crew. All part off the flawed tank destroyer concept.

A MK VI TIGER CAN'T WITHSTAND A HIT FROM THE M10'S GUN. HA, TOTAL HORSE SHIT. THE M 10'S GUN WAS PROVEN INFERIOR AGAINST THE ARMOR OF THE TIGER.THE M10 WAS A JOKE. INFERIOR GUN, AND ARMOR. OPEN TOPPED TURRET.