M10 GMC (China)
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Description
The ␗3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10 is a rank II Chinese tank destroyer with a battle rating of 3.7 (AB) and 3.3 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision". This Chinese vehicle is identical to the US M10 GMC.
General info
Survivability and armour
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Mobility
| Game Mode | Max Speed (km/h) | Weight (tons) | Engine power (horsepower) | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Reverse | Stock | Upgraded | Stock | Upgraded | ||
| Arcade | 53 | 6 | 29.9 | 582 | 782 | 19.46 | 26.15 |
| Realistic | 49 | 5 | 363 | 410 | 12.14 | 13.71 | |
Armaments
Main armament
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Machine guns
Offensive and anti-aircraft machine guns not only allow you to fight some aircraft but also are effective against lightly armoured vehicles. Evaluate machine guns and give recommendations on its use.
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Powerful gun, stock shell can penetrate virtually any opponent it encounters, even the Tiger H1 when aiming carefully. Straight trajectory and good accuracy makes it a nice long-range gun.
- Good top speed allows it to get to positions in time.
- The huge, V-shaped gun mantlet can bounce / absorb quite some shells sometimes (eg. 75mm M3 and 76mm F-34 / Zis-5). Also the large gun breech behind it often absorbs incoming fire, protecting the turret crew.
- Good gun depression of -10° adapts almost all terrains.
- Powerful roof-mounted M2 Browning can damage light vehicles or low flying aircraft well.
Cons:
- Very poor turret traverse speed combined with its rather sluggish hull traverse "locks" it as a long range sniper for most players. Close quarter combat is super hard and great situational awareness is required, as it often cannot get its gun on target in time.
- Base armor is quite thin, can get easily penetrated by common opponents like the Pz.IV F2 or the US M10.
- Open topped, vulnerable to aircraft strafing
- Poor reverse speed can sometimes get the player killed.
History
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Media
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See also
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- reference to the series of the vehicles;
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External links
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- encyclopedia page on the tank;
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| China tank destroyers | |
|---|---|
| PLA | |
| Gun vehicles | PLZ83 · PLZ83-130 · PLZ05 · PTZ89 |
| Missile vehicles | AFT09 |
| ROC | |
| Missile vehicles | CM25 |
| USA | |
| Gun vehicles | ␗M8 HMC · LVT(A)(4) (ZiS-2) · ␗M10 GMC · ␗M36 GMC |
| Missile vehicles | ␗M113A1 (TOW) |
| USSR | |
| Gun vehicles | ␗SU-76M · ␗ISU-152 · ␗ISU-122 · ␗SU-100 |
