The 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion was a battalion of the United States Army active during World War II. It was the first of the newly formed tank destroyer battalions to see combat, and the only one
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The M3 Gun Motor Carriage was a United States Army tank destroyer equipped with a 75 mm M1897A4 gun, which was built by the Autocar Company during World War II.
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
…and landed in North Africa as part of Operation Torch. The battalion then saw service in the Tunisia Campaign as an independent unit, equipped with M3 Gun Motor Carriage and M6 Fargo tank destroyers. On 23 March, it was engaged at the Battle of El Guettar, where it broke up an attack by strong elements of the 10th Panzer…
M3A1 GMC on display at the American Heritage Museum in Stow, Massachusetts, USA.
An M3 GMC manned by African-American soldiers.
Two British M3 GMCs used for indirect fire in Italy, 18 February 1945.