[DS] UK Tank Destroyers

2 posts · Sep 6 2001 to Sep 6 2001

From: Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@w...>

Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 21:08:12 +1000

Subject: Re: [DS] UK Tank Destroyers

From: "Glenn M Wilson" <triphibious@juno.com>

> Showing my complete ignorance, did the UK have TD designs? How were

1. 2 pdr and later 6 pdr AT guns mounted portee on trucks. Used in the desert,
under camouflage. Could re-locate easily between battles.

2. "Achilles" which is a US M-10 ( M-18? I forget) with the good 76mm
gun replaced by a vastly better 17 pdr firing APDS... best AT gun the western
allies had by a large margin.

3. "Archer" which was an obsolete but reasonably reliable Valentine tank

From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@m...>

Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 11:46:16 -0400

Subject: Re: [DS] UK Tank Destroyers

> At 9:08 PM +1000 9/6/01, Alan and Carmel Brain wrote:

Portees!

> 2. "Achilles" which is a US M-10 ( M-18? I forget) with the good 76mm

Actually they didn't have over head cover...

see http://www.magma.ca/~tracks/archer.htm

> Note that *all* of the above use a "lurk in ambush" mode of operation,

Best way for TD's to work.