MI10, or Military Intelligence, section 10, was a department of the British
Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the
War Office
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. It was responsible for weapons and technical analysis during
World War II
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.
The group was merged into MI16 (scientific and technical intelligence) when the latter was created near the end of the war, and MI10 became the section responsible for road intelligence.
[Michael Smith, ''The Spying Game'', Politico's Publishing, 2003 p. 461]
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