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    Oct 01, 2019 3 minutes

    Tank Destroyer Achilles and M10: British Army Anti-Tank Units Western Europe 1944-1945 (Tank Craft), by Dennis Oliver. (ISBN 978-1526741905, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS; www.pen-and-sword.co.uk. Soft Cover, 64 pages, illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white, 2019, $22.95)

    In this heavily illustrated volume in the TankCraft series, Dennis Oliver focuses on the Achilles — the British variant of the American M10 — that was one of the most important Allied tank destroyers

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