Description:
M10 GMC US Army Tank Destroyer 70th Anniversary Normandy.
The M10 was the first fully-tracked and turreted American tank destroyer of World War II, and served as the backbone of American and British tank destroyer forces, serving as a building block for the later and more potent M36 Jackson and M18 Hellcat. Built on an M4 Sherman hull and equipped with a 76mm main gun, the M10 was, by design and necessity, more lightly armored than its tank counterparts. Trading weighty armor in exchange for speed and agility, M10s were employed to hunt, outmaneuver, and destroy enemy armor as a counter to German Blitzkrieg tactics of the day. By war's end over 5,000 M10 and M10A1 variants were produced.
Features:
1/35 Scale Plastic Model Kit. Detailed road wheels and suspension system. Detailed transmission. Detailed driver's station. Detailed radio operator's station w/radio set. Positionable crew hatches. Ammunition racks with ammo tubes. Grouser racks on the rear hull sides. Choice of photo-etch or styrene light guards. Nicely detailed M7 76.2mm main gun in open-top turret. .30 caliber and .50 caliber machine guns on turret-top pintles. Nice selection of external stowage gear and pioneering tools. Markings provided for eight examples.
