Microsoft Close Combat - Manual (Page 109)

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Marder III Self-Propelled Antitank Gun
M10 Tank Destroyer
Weight 29,938 kg (66,013 lb)
Maximum speed 48 km/h (29.8 mph)
Main gun 76.2 mm (3 in.)
Armor 12 mm to 37 mm (0.47 to 1.46 in.)
The Gun Motor Carriage M10 was a tank destroyer
based on the M4A2 (and later the M4A3) Sherman
tank. The top of the hull was flattened to lower the
profile, and lighter armor gave the M10 increased
mobility. Its open-topped turret carried a converted
76.2-mm antiaircraft gun. Between June 1942 and
December 1943, 7,000 M10s were built; they figured
prominently in the fighting in Normandy, where their
mobility and firepower were put to the test.
Weight 9,700 kg (21,340 lbs)
Maximum speed 42 km/h (26 mph)
Main gun 76.2-mm Pak 36
Armor 10 to 50 mm (0.4 to 1.97 in.)
The Marder III was one of several German self-
propelled artillery designs based on the Czech
LT-38 light tank chassis. Its 76.2-mm Pak 36
antitank gun was actually a captured Russian
FK296 gun modified to fire the German Pak 40
artillery round. The Germans built 344 of these
hybrid vehicles in 1942 and made 19 more by
modifying existing tanks. The Marder III first
served in the North African campaign in 1942.