Did US M10's ever wear the TD symbol(panther chewing on a tank) in combat? I've been looking in books and on the internet and can't find any photographic evidence of such.

Hey Bret,
I haven't seen any photos of the TD symbol on an M10 anywhere on the Net either.
According to Wikipedia, the symbol was never "officially" adopted by the U.S. Army.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_destroyer_battalion

Some of the M10's at the TD School at Ford Hood, Texas had a Black Panther painted on the rear of their turrets.
These markings are available in AFV Club's M10 kit.
I don't know if any decal manufacturers make them in 1/48th or 1/35th scale.
Cheers

jjumbo

There are some in the Tamiya 1/48 M20 kit (which I just bought), so I have the logos.

There were 63 TD battalions at the end of the war, each having 3 companies of 12 TDs, I suppose it's possible ONE of those TDs had the logo painted on it. I just wondered if anyone had seen a photo.