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The Ordnance Quick-Firing 17-pounder (or just 17-pdr) was a 76.2 mm (3 inch) gun developed by the United Kingdom during World War II. It was. The HE shell initially developed for the 17-pounder lacked power. Due to the high-powered cartridge, the shell walls had to be thicker to stand the stresses of firing, leaving less room for explosive..
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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 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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Main article: QF 17-pounder (76 mm) Shell parameter names are: Shot Mk.6, Shell Mk.1, Shot Mk.4, Shot Mk.8, Shot SV Mk.1, 17pdr Shell SS Mk.1 Category: Ammunition tables This page was last edited on 23 October 2023, at 15:44.
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In late 1944, with the creation of an effective high-explosive shell for the 17-pounder gun, British units started to receive two Fireflies per troop. By February 1945, some 2,000 Sherman Fireflies had been built and British, Commonwealth and Polish armoured units were equipped with a 50/50 mix of 75 mm and 17-pounder-armed Shermans.
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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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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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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
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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.
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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 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.
A 17 PDR Brass shell case (dated 1942)
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 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.
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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 17-pounder used two types of anti-tank ammunition. APCBC (Armour Piercing, Capped, Ballistic Capped) ammunition could penetrate 140 mm of armour at 457 metres and 131 mm at 914 m at a 30 degree angle.. Reducing the size of the propelling charge for the HE shell allowed the use of a thinner-walled and more powerful shell. The 17-pdr.
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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.
