120 mm BAT recoilless rifle
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The L2 BAT was a 120 mm calibre recoilless anti-tank rifle used by the British Army. It was also produced in the MOBAT version without a gun shield, and the ConBAT version with a new spotting rifle at
A Wombat at Imperial War Museum Duxford
L6 Wombat being prepared for firing during winter training
Royal Marines Wombat outfitted Snow Trac on patrol in Norway
Ordnance QF 17-pounder
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The Ordnance Quick-Firing 17-pounder or just 17-pdr, was a 76.2 mm gun developed by the United Kingdom during World War II. Used with the APDS shot, it was capable of defeating all but the thickest ar
120 mm BAT recoilless rifle
…some TA battalions such as 5th Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment BAT was developed from the wartime Ordnance, RCL, 3.45 in, replacing it and the Ordnance QF 17-pounder to become the standard anti-tank weapon of the Army in the post-World War II era. The BAT and MOBAT were used until anti-tank guided missiles, such as…
17-pounder in Batey ha-Osef museum, Israel
'Pheasant' 17-pdr anti-tank gun in action at the Battle of Medenine, Tunisia, 11 March 1943
17-pounder SP Achilles of the Battle of the Bulge in La Roche-en-Ardenne.
Muzzle brake Ordnance QF 17 pounder