Tank Destroyer, Achilles and M10: British Army Anti-Tank Units, Western Europe, 1944-1945

The Achilles armored tank destroyer shaped Allied armored battles across Western Europe and beyond.

In this heavily illustrated volume in the TankCraft series Dennis Oliver focuses on the Achilles – the British variant of the American M10 – which was one of the most important Allied tank destroyers of the Second World War. It played a key role in the armored battles fought on the Western Front, in particular in France, the Low Countries, Germany and Italy.

Built on an adapted Sherman chassis,...