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{{Short description|Department of British military intelligence (historical)}}
{{Other uses|MI-10 (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2014}}
'''MI10''', or '''Military Intelligence, section 10,''' was a department of the British [[Directorate of Military Intelligence (United Kingdom)|Directorate of Military Intelligence]], part of the [[War Office]]. It was established in the middle of 1940<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hampshire |first1=E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35MVAQAAIAAJ&q=MI10 |title=British Intelligence: Secrets, Spies and Sources |last2=Macklin |first2=G. |last3=Twigge |first3=S. |date=2008-07-25 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-905615-00-1 |language=en}}</ref> and was responsible for weapons and technical analysis during [[World War II]] and early in the [[Cold War]].

Despite one source claiming that the group was merged into MI16 (scientific intelligence) when the latter was created near the end of the war,<ref>Michael Smith, ''The Spying Game'', Politico's Publishing, 2003 {{ISBN|1-84275-004-6}} p. 461</ref> it was in fact working all the way through 1961 at least, e. g. publishing military equipment recognition handbooks<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find an object {{!}} Imperial War Museums |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=&pageSize=30&media-records=all-records&filters%5BmakerString%5D%5BWar+Office.+M.I.+10%5D=on |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=www.iwm.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FO 371/140168 UK military operations in Muscat and Oman. Code BA file 1195 (papers 28 to 47) p.112 |url=https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fo/371/140168/n/112 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=www.agda.ae |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLkmAQAAIAAJ&q=%22MI+10%22 |title=The Tank |date=1960 |language=en}}</ref>

During the war department's three subdivisions had following responsibilities:

* MI10(a) was studying enemy [[Armoured fighting vehicle|AFVs]];
* MI10(b)—engineering equipment;
* MI10(c)—transportation, oil and military science.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hampshire |first1=E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35MVAQAAIAAJ&q=%22MI10(a)%22 |title=British Intelligence: Secrets, Spies and Sources |last2=Macklin |first2=G. |last3=Twigge |first3=S. |date=2008-07-25 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-905615-00-1 |language=en}}</ref>

The distribution changed after 1945:

* MI10(a)—weapons technology;
* MI10(b)—radar technology;
* MI10(c)—guided weapons and chemical warfare.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aldrich |first=Richard James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VX27AAAAIAAJ&q=%22M.I.10%22 |title=Espionage, Security, and Intelligence in Britain, 1945-1970 |date=1998 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-4956-9 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links==
*What happened to MI1 - MI4? [[MI5]] FAQ

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