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What happened to tank destroyers?
Since World War II, gun-armed powerful tank destroyers have fallen out of favor as armies have favored multirole main battle tanks. However, lightly armored anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) carriers are commonly used for supplementary long-range anti-tank work.
When was the tank destroyer invented?
M10 tank destroyer
| 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10 | |
|---|---|
| Wars | World War II 1948 Arab–Israeli War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | U.S. Army Ordnance Department |
| Designed | 1942 |
What was the purpose of the Tank-Destroyer Force?
The tank-destroyer force was the Army’s response to the wild successes of German armor in Poland and France in 1939 and 1940. Panzer divisions would concentrate more than a hundred tanks on a narrow front, overwhelming the local anti-tank weapons of defending troops and rolling deep into enemy lines.
Were the US Army’s World War II tank-destroyers a waste of time?
The US Army’s World War II Tank-Destroyers: Waste of Time or Wonder Weapon? Maybe one of the most curiously successful failures in U.S. military history. During the 1940s, the U.S. Army developed a special weapon to counter the tanks of the German Wehrmacht.
How many high explosive rounds do anti-tank destroyers fire?
For every anti-tank round the tank-destroyers fired, they fired 11 high-explosive rounds. Doctrinaire officers complained that the M10s, vehicles in most respects similar to a tank, were being employed as if they were tanks.
What was the first modern tank to destroy a tank?
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. The Wolverine mounted a long-barrel high-velocity 76-millimeter gun thoughtto have good armor-piercing performance.