Citizens of Aix en Provence greet an M10 tank destroyer of the 601st TD Battalion as the city celebrates its liberation.(rudeerude)

Citizens of Aix en Provence in France greet an M10 tank destroyer of the 601st TD Battalion as the city celebrates its liberation. The M-10, with a 3-inch (76.2mm) gun, was powered by twin GM six-cylinder, 375hp diesel engines. Based on the Sherman, a total of nearly 5,000 M10s were built in 1942.

601st TD

An M8 armored car sporting its 37-mm cannon and .50 caliber machine gun rolls onto the beach at the Bay of Pampelonne,Operation Dragoon. Ford and Chrysler developed the M8. More than 11,000 were used in Europe in support of infantry assaults.(rudeerude)

M8 armored car

A cast-body Sherman took a direct hit between the driver and machine gunner positions near Apt.