M10
Achilles Tank Destoyer
The 17pdr
SP Achilles (officially 17
pounder, Self-Propelled, Achilles)
is a British variant of the American M10 tank
destroyer armed
with the British Ordnance QF 17-pounder high-velocity
76.2 mm (3-inch) anti-tank gun in
place of the M10's considerably less powerful 3-inch (76.2 mm)
Gun M7.
A total of 1,100 M10s were converted to Achilles, making it the second
most numerous armoured fighting vehicle to carry the 17-pounder gun,
behind the Sherman Firefly tank.
An
early and late turret
Three
variations of the 76mm gun and a 17pdr gun
Elements
for a top-down swivel barrel.
The model is in 1/56 scale
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