American M10 Td With 17 Pounder In British Service

[halfyank]

I'm a modeler and there is a bit of debate on this vehicle. British military equipment always had a name, and not just a number. Lee, Grant, Stuart, Sherman, were all started by the British to describe American lend equipment. One vehicle was the M10 tank destroyer. Supposedly it was named the Wolverine in British service. Except there was also an M10 armed with the excellent 17 pounder anti tank gun. Many people believe it was called the Achilles.

Can anybody verify from personal experience if British troops ever refereed to this tank destroyer as Achilles, or just 17 pounder Wolverine, or what?

[redcoat]

Originally posted by halfyank@Jun 1 2005, 07:31 PM
British military equipment always had a name, and not just a number. Lee, Grant, Stuart, Sherman, were all started by the British to describe American lend equipment. One vehicle was the M10 tank destroyer. Supposedly it was named the Wolverine in British service. Except there was also an M10 armed with the excellent 17 pounder anti tank gun. Many people believe it was called the Achilles.

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The name Wolverine was given to unmodified M10 tank destroyers with the US 3inch gun in British service.
The name Achillies was given to M10 tank destroyers modified with the British 17 pdr gun.

http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/tank_destr...kdestroyer.html

[halfyank]

Thanks Redcoat for the site. I actually use it all the time, and I know what it has to say about the name Achilles. I also have other sources though that say it was never really called that, at least not during the war. I was hoping some vet here, Sapper perhaps, could say if they ever called it that during the war.

[redcoat]

Originally posted by halfyank@Jun 3 2005, 05:46 PM
I also have other sources though that say it was never really called that, at least not during the war.

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Must be honest I don't know any vets who used any marks of the M10 in WW2.
However it must be noted that the names Wolverine and Achilles were the names assigned to these tanks by the War Office, they weren't nick-names.
The names would have to have been used officially in some way at least, in order to stop any confusion over ammo.