Destroyed Tank Destroyer

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Germans I believe of the 21st Panzer Division go over a 17 pounder, Self-Propelled, Achilles on the field, it is Chelsea of C Troop, 245 Battery, 62nd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA (Royal Artillery), British I Corps was knocked out southeast of Escoville (east of Caen) on 18 June 1944.  The symbol on the rear hull is the marking for the British I Corps

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Another Destroyed  Achilles , Normandy  21 June 1944, believe this one is from the 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, a XXX Corps troop unit.

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A thoroughly destroyed Achilles , the narrative that came with photo though we would think it's statement of being from the 7th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers is in error, Tank Destroyers were not organic to Infantry Battalions, same like in the American army right. No this Achilles wa no doubt from one of those Royal Artillery Anti Tank units and was in support of the 7h RWF Bn. For a Stug III in this unit Schwere Heeres Panzerjäger-Abteilung 559, it was only one company that was equipt with the Jagdpanther, the rest of the battalion's companies had either Stugs or the Panzerjaeger IV.

 

This M10 Achilles belonged to 7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers and was knocked out by a StuG III of schwere Heeres Panzerjäger-Abteilung 559 in Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands on 26 October 1944. The M10 was supporting its troops from the same unit who were clashing with Fallschirmjägers in the town when a StuG III appeared and engaged the British tank destroyer in a duel which ended in the German’s favor, with the M10 getting hit in front of bridge over the Dommel River on Kruisstraat. Despite this, the British crew all managed to bail out and even had time to spike the main gun with a grenade. The StuG meanwhile fired at the M10 repeatedly until it burst into flames, the fire then spreading to and burning down buildings on Kruisstratt and Karrenstratt. Hertogenbosch itself was liberated a few days later by elements of the British 53rd Infantry Division.
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