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1/35th scale Tamiya M10 IIC Achilles Tank Destroyer of the 93rd Anti- Tank Regiment, British 1st Infantry Division, Italy October 1944.

The 17pdr SP Achilles (officially 17 pounder, Self-Propelled, Achilles) is a British variant of the American M10 tank destroyer armed with the British Ordnance QF 17-pounder high-velocity 76.2 mm (3-inch) anti-tank gun in place of the M10's considerably less powerful 3-inch (76.2 mm) Gun M7. A total of 1,100 M10s were converted to Achilles, making it the second most numerous armoured fighting vehicle to carry the 17-pounder gun, behind the Sherman Firefly tank.

The 17 pounder was the anti tank gun that could let allied tanks and tank destroyers be able to tackle the German Panzer V Panthers and Panzer VI Tigers from long range. Best allied anti-tank gun of the war. The British mounted it on the Sherman tank and called it the Firefly and was very successful but also the length of the gun made the 17 pounder equipped Shermans the first target the Germans would go after because they knew it was bad news for them if they got going.








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