Tank Destroyer - 3” Gun Motor Carriage M-10

Tank Destroyer - 3” Gun Motor Carriage M-10 Sign: Camp Hood. Line of tank destroyers. 5 man crew standing in front of vehicle, named & into machine to demonstrate. 06:45:28 Turret turned. 50 cal. machine gun pointing rearward w/ gunner maneuvering. Driver & assistant close hatches. 06:46:10 Int. w/ driver & assistant sitting down & installing periscopes. Shows reversed procedure to exit. 06:46:59 Ext. & beginning to leave. Tank destroyers w/ gun pointed rearward over obstacle course of steep drops,climbs, thru trees & dust. Thru water ditch. Up 28% grade. along road at 32 mph thru dust. 06:48:51 POV from along side speeding tank over road, across dirt track next to highway. Into position. 06:49:27 Stop & men close hatches, muzzle cover removed & gunner into position w/ headset. Loader checks breech & bore & gunner checks firing mechanism; removes locking pin, sight cover. Gunner w/ two arms cranking to raise & turn gun. 06:51:25 Onto target range thru mud, over rough countryside & slit trenches w/ tracks in CU. Int. w/ assistant driver coordinating. Firing button on elevating wheel pushed. MCUs of various crewmen & equipment during firing. Recoil raising dust cloud. Crewman w/ binoculars. 06:53:59 Steam freight train toward & past camera w/ long line of freight cars loaded w/ tank destroyers under canvas. The End. WWII Homefront; Military Equipment Training Film;