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.

The 17pdr SP Achilles (officially 17 pounder, Self-Propelled, Achilles) is a British variant of the American M10 tank destroyer armed with the British Ordnance QF 17-pounder high-velocity 76.2 mm (3-inch) anti-tank gun in place of the M10's considerably less powerful 3 …

Split trail carriage, with gunshield. 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.

2012年10月1日 · It’s full nomenclature is Ordnance, Quick Firing, 17 pounder Anti-Tank Gun, Mk I (Carriage Mk I or II). The gun has been commonly adjudged to be one of, if not the best, Allied anti-tank artillery pieces of World War II.

The self-propelled 17-pdr, Valentine, Mk I, Archer was a British tank destroyer [2] of the Second World War based on the Valentine infantry tank chassis fitted with an Ordnance QF 17 pounder gun. Designed and manufactured by Vickers-Armstrongs, 655 were produced between March 1943 and May 1945.

2016年8月6日 · OQF 17-pdr Mk.I, the most numerous variant, at the Gorohovets proving grounds. Two experimental OQF 17-pdr guns were ready by September of 1942. Two versions of the gun were submitted for trials. The first, Mk.I, was a towed gun. The second, Mk.II, was designed as a …

2008年10月21日 · The 17pdr guns were fired by two superior British enlisted gunners. The 76mm gun was fired by two officers with considerable test firing experience. Forty-two (42) rounds of 17pdr SABOT were fired and only 57% [24 rounds] were hits.

2009年1月1日 · In August 1943 the mounting of the 17pdr in a Sherman turret was pressed forward urgently as well as the mounting of 17pdrs in the M10. Firing trials of 17pdr mounted in the Sherman were completed in December 1943 and the first 20 vehicles were converted in January followed by the M10 in March.

119mm @ 1000m @ 30°. The 17 pounder was developed to counter the threat posed by heavy German armour. This threat was recognised even before its predecessor the 6 pounder was introduced. In a rush to get the gun into action, the early versions were mounted 25 pounder carriages and these were known as 17/25 pounders.

The Ordnance Quick-Firing 17Pdr. was a 76.2mm (3 inch) anti-tank gun. It was the most effective Allied anti-tank gun of the war. Used with the APDS shot it was capable of defeating all but the thickest armour on German tanks. It was fitted to several British tanks including A30 Challenger and the Sherman Firefly.