Hi, folks!
I mainly wanted to try out the poll feature here, but thought a vote for your favorite tank killer might be interesting.
For you armor nuts out there, which is your favorite tank destroyer? I mentioned “tracked” in the title, because I’m sure Blackwolf would’ve been disappointed that I’ve listed no aircraft!
Here’s the list of candidates. Sorry if I’ve left off anybody’s favorite!
woohoo I’m tied for 3rd, where’s the m-18 hellcat. not that I woulda voted for it but you only got 1 US piece there. and what about the jagdpanzer IV. but you have to admire the hetzer. low profile, well armored and armed.
Where’s the M-36? Is, the U.S. Tank Destroyer sufficiently armed to deal with the Tigers and Panthers, and its not even in the list? Oh well, I just chose another.
The M-18 had a 76mm gun compared to the M-10’s 3in (76.2mm) The 3in was woefully underpowered and inferior to the M-18’s 76mm for anti-tank roles so it was replace by the 17pdr (Achillies) and later a 90mm gun in the M-36 GMC. The M-18 had a far superior chassis with torsion bar suspension while the M-10 used the M4A2 VVSS chassis and was a very effective “stopgap” tank killer.
BTW: M-36 90mm GMCs were still serving as late as 1993 in the Croatian army.
Won’t even bother comparing the sorry M-5 3in GMC based on the Cletrac. [xx(]
Tigerman
Yeah, I was a bit suspiscious of the Su-152 as a dedicated tank destroyer myself, but it was on a list of Russian “tank destroyers” I was checking out trying to put this poll together, so I included it. Isn’t that the same gun as used on the KV-II?
Also, I think I’ve seen a pic of a Panther with a garage door-sized hole in the side, with the caption explaining the remodeling was courtesy of an Su-152.
Claymore
Ah yes, Jagermeister. I vaguely remember it well.
Good info on the allied tank killers!
The Japanese Ground Self Defense Force used some M-36s, too.
Hi J-Hulk. I’m not sure it had the same gun as the KV II, but my guess is it did. I would love to see that picture if you can find it. The SU 152 must have been 10 yards away! Lol [:D] I’m kinda wondering if the SU 122 was also a SPG with 122mm howitzer. Guessing it is also. [;)]
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