In the Pacific, US Army M10s were used for traditional infantry-support missions and were unpopular due to their open topped turrets. Later in the Battle of Normandy the M10's gun proved to be ineffective against the frontal armor of the numerous German Panther tanks encountered and by the fall of 1944 the improved 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage M36 was beginning to replace it, though it remained in service until the end of the war. The heavy chassis did not conform to the tank destroyer doctrine of employing very light, high-speed vehicles, thus it began to be supplemented by the 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 early in 1944. In its combat debut in the North African campaign, the M10 was successful as its M7 3-inch gun could penetrate most German tanks then in service at long range. The M10 were, numerically, the most important US tank destroyer of World War II. Motto of the Tank Destroyer Command during World War II Hobby Master HG3412 US M10 Tank Destroyer - 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Italy, 1944 (1:72 Scale) "Seek, strike and destroy."
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