The National Interest

The US Army’s World War II Tank-Destroyers: Waste of Time or Wonder Weapon?

As a result, half of the battalions converted to towed, 76-millimeter M5 guns similar in effectiveness to the M10’s own gun. These supplemented the companies of lighter 57-millimeter guns integrated ...
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Last living member of battalion recalls WWII for fellow soldiers’ descendants

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Descendants of the 661st Tank Destroyer Battalion visited central Ohio this week to hear from the last living member of their fathers’ unit: Columbus resident Marvin Brown.
The National Interest

The US Army’s World War II Tank-Destroyers: Waste of Time or Wonder Weapon?

During the 1940s, the U.S. Army developed a special weapon to counter the tanks of the German Wehrmacht. Most of these vehicles had the hull of a Sherman tank and a turret with a long-barrel cannon.