A 17 PDR Brass shell case (dated 1942)
The British fitted their 17-pounder anti-tank gun—which could knock out Tigers and Panthers with a frontal shot—to create the Sherman Firefly (though the 17-pounder lacked a high-explosive.
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The Ordnance Quick-Firing 17-pounder was a 76.2 mm gun developed by the United Kingdom during World War II. It was used as an anti-tank gun on its own carriage, as well as equipping a number of British tanks. Used with the APDS shot, it was capable of defeating all but the thickest armour on German tanks. It was used to "up-gun" some foreign-built vehicles in British service, notably to.
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The 17-Pounder By Jason Rahman May 2020. In a previous. one of which was a 3-inch gun firing a 17-pound shell at 2700 feet per second. It was this design that was chosen as the replacement for the 6-pounder. Before a new gun was designed the possibility of modifying an existing gun to meet the request was mulled over, but due to the.
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However, the 17 pounder was long and heavy. It therefore needed much reworking and compromises to have it installed in a turret, and intermediary solutions had to be found. By 1944, the Archer used it, as well as the Achilles (M10 Wolverine), the Challenger, and later the Comet. 17 Pounder ammo rounds being loaded by the crew of a Sherman Firefly.
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The British 17 pdr and US 76mm were both of 76.2mm calibre, the German 88 and Russian 85 were, well of 88mm and 85mm! This is complicated by the fact that there were two very different 88mm tanks guns: the L/56 in the Tiger 1, and the much more powerful L/71 in the Tiger 2, Elefant, Jagdpanther. Penetration of each at 1,000 yards, striking at.
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The 17 Pounder is also in service with the Australian Army and participates after the Second World War in the Korean War where he participates in the destruction of enemy bunkers.. Commonwealth Denomination: Ordnance QF 17 Pounder. Caliber: 76,2 mm Shell weight: 2,9 kg. Effective firing range: 900 m Maximum firing range: 4,600 m. Elevation.
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The 17-pounder turret was rated as in between the 76mm and 90mm tanks in terms of force of effort required, and with the least amount of free play. Test 13: Gun balance. "17 pounder is balanced with the chamber unloaded and counterweight in place. It is approximately 350 inch-pounds out of balance with a round of APCBC in the chamber.
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The Ordnance Quick-Firing 17-pounder (or just 17-pdr) [1] was a 76.2 mm (3 inch) gun developed by the United Kingdom during World War II. It was used as an anti-tank gun on its own carriage, as well as equipping a number of British tanks. It was the most effective Allied anti-tank gun of the war.
17pounder AP shot in armour A 17pounder solidshot firml… Flickr
The mass of the shell was 17 pounds (7.7 kg), which gave the gun its name. The muzzle velocity was set at 823 m/s, more than the AA gun. The final figure was even greater: 908 m/s for the AP shell and 1200 m/s for subcaliber ammunition. This high muzzle velocity was attained with a 55 caliber barrel and a very large casing.
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Most had the M3 75mm gun, or the M1A1 76mm gun, but many were also equipped with the British 17 pounder, the M3 90mm, 3-inch AT gun, and the M2/M4 105mm howitzer. I will cover each below. The M3 75mm gun: When it first saw combat, it was a great tank Gun
타이거 전차의 전면 장갑과 영국군 17 파운드포 76.2mm APDS 포탄 Tiger Tank front Armour & UK Army 17 Pounder Gun 76
ML is short for "Muzzle Loading". PR is short for "Pounder", e.g. 20 Pounder can be shortened to "20-PR". pdr is also a common shortening of "pounder", e.g. 17pdr. QF is short for "Quick Firing", indicating the weapon is breech-loaded with the propellant in a cartridge case which also made the breech seal, allowing faster loading and firing.
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The Ordnance QF 17-pdr anti-tank gun was a vast upgrade from the preceding QF 2-pdr and QF 6-pdr gun designs (each system was so-named based on the weight of their respective projectiles). The QF-17 relied primarily on a new Armor-Piercing, Discarding Sabot (APDS) round that improved basic penetrative abilities of British ammunition and this.
Ordnance Quick Firing 17 pounder DSC_0980 The 17pdr was a… Flickr
The Sherman Firefly was essentially a standard M4 Sherman tank but with a longer and more powerful Ordnance QF 17-pounder main gun in place. The 17-pounder was the most powerful gun the British.
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Sherman Firefly The Sherman Firefly was a medium tank used by the United Kingdom and some armoured formations of other Allies in the Second World War. It was based on the US M4 Sherman but was fitted with the more powerful British 76.2 mm (3.00 in) calibre 17-pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon.
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The Ordnance Quick-Firing 17-pounder (or just 17-pdr) [note 1] was a 76.2 mm (3 inch) gun developed by the United Kingdom during World War II. It was used as an anti-tank gun on its own carriage, as well as equipping a number of British tanks. Used with the APDS shot, it was capable of defeating all but the thickest armour on German tanks.
WW1 era? Artillery 17 Pounder shell complete with fuse in Carrickfergus, County Antrim Gumtree
The Sherman Firefly was a British variant of the famous Sherman tank, equipped with the equally famous 17-pounder. It came out in time for the Normandy landings, and until the 76mm M1 armed US Sherman came in, was one of the few tanks capable of taking out the Tiger I from the front. In recognition of this, German tank and anti-tank gun crews.