This replica M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer is exhibited at the Remember 39-45 Museum in Thimister-Clermont Belgium. It is a replica made of wood. It is very well done and at first glance you believe you are looking at the real thing. The museum owner Marcel Schmetz did the carpentry work. He is very skillful. It took him three months.

This replica M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer is exhibited at the Remember 39-45 Museum in Thimister-Clermont Belgium.

The Remember Museum 39-45 is open the 1st Sunday of each month from 9am to 6pm or on appointment for groups of 10 people minimum. The visitors will have a guided tour in either English, French, Dutch, Wallon or German.

Location

The Museum is inside a large barn in a farm. Set your Sat-Nav to the village of Thimister-Clermont in Belgium and then select the road Les Beolles and the farm is number 4. Opposite the entrance on the other side of the road near the car park is a M4A4 Sherman Firefly tank that has had its 17pdr gun removed and replaced with a short barrelled 75mm gun to make it look like an American Army tank rather than a British Tank.

This restored M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer is exhibited at the Remember 39-45 Museum in Thimister-Clermont Belgium.

Specifications

The American army called the M10 Wolverine the 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10. The American G.I. soldiers just called it the TD during the war which was short for Tank Destroyer. It was the British that gave it the name M10 Wolverine. The 3-inch GMC M10 was based on a M4A2 Sherman tank chassis. It was powered by a General Motors 6046 conjoined twin 6-71s diesel engine that produced 375 hp. Its top road speed was 32 mph (51 km/h) and had an operational range of around 186 miles (300 km) before it needed to refuel.

It was produced in 1942 and was a solution to the problem of how to fit the larger 76.2mm (3-inch) gun onto a Sherman tank. The turret was open but the crew could use a canvas cover in poor weather conditions. There was no machine gun fitted to the hull or next to the main gun. A .50cal (12.7mm) Browning M2HB Machine gun was fitted on a mount on the back of the turret. Its sloping armour was thin. It ranged from 9mm to 57.2mm.

This restored M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer is exhibited at the Remember 39-45 Museum in Thimister-Clermont Belgium.

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