Post by Keith Heitmann on Oct 24, 2003 9:15:09 GMT -5
FEATURES
* Fully detailed interior & exterior.
* Movable gun elevation & suspension.
* Includes various accessories.
* Selective open or closed hatches.
* Includes flexible tracks.
DESCRIPTION
An anti-tank vehicle, having good mobility and satisfactory firepower was urgently needed in the early 1940's. the design and development was rushed and accepted in September 1942 and put into production. The 76mm Gun Motor Carriage M-10 featured a M4A2 medium hull with semi-open turret, flattened top of the hull, and reduced armor to save weight.
It was propelled by a GM6046 12 cylinder, twin diesel inline engine. Standard M4 series vertical suspension(VVSS) with 12 road wheels was used. The main armament was a 76mm M7 gun on M5 mounting that can fire up to 15 rounds per minute. The pentagonal turret can rotate 360 degree and the rise can vary between 10 and +30. total of 54shells could be transported and it used armor perforating shells(AP), high explosive(HE) or smoke-producing rounds. A .50 caliber 12mm machine gun mounted on the back of the turret for close range protection. With a crew of five, the fully equipped M-10 weighed 330 tons and approximately 5000 units were produced.
