Tank Destroyer: 3” Gun Motor Carriage M-10

Titles. 10:00:34 CU entrance sign: Camp Hood Entrance w/ railroad train of military equipment on flatcars moving in background. MCU rows of 3” Gun Motor Carriage M-10s. 10:00:50 Five crew members standing beside their vehicle among trees, introduced as to jobs. Climb in to demonstrate their jobs. 10:01:29 M-10 sitting next to M-4 tank; showing turret gun & 50 cal. machine gun. Driver & assistant close hatches. Interior views of driver installing periscopes; reverses procedure to exit tank. 10:02:59 MCU Tank destroyer leaving. Bouncing over dirt test track, down gullies, thru deep mud hole, climbing 28 % grade. On dirt road, across field, more roads POV alongside. 10:05:16 Into position, closing hatches, removing muzzle cover & connecting telephone system. Breech cover removed, looking up breech to inspect it. Removing locking pin, sighting & gun barrel raised and turret turned & barrel raised by cranking. 10:06:55 View from outside of turret turning. 10:07:05 Tank destroyer on to target range, thru mud & across slit trenches. 10:07:47 Assistant driver looking thru periscope; loading shell. Gunner aims, fires several times. Gun commander looking thru binoculars. CU of loading, firing & kicking up dust clouds. Hitting moving targets. 10:09:29 Steam engine of freight train towards & passing; flat cars w/ tarpaulins over two tank destroyers to each car. 10:09:59 The End. WWII; WW2; Army Training Film; Military; Home Front; Camp Hood, Texas; 1943; NOTE: Called Wolverine by British. British variant designated 17pdr SP Achilles was used by British, Canadian & Polish armies.