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

Direct hit

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

A Sherman with a 76mm gun sits amid the rubble of Nuremburg,Germany(rudeerude)