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
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
Sherman Firefly
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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 po
A Sherman Firefly during the Battle of the Bulge, 1944
Rear view of the Firefly at the Bovington Tank Museum showing the external radio "bustle".
Loading 17-pounder APCBC rounds into a Firefly
British Army Sherman Tulip on the left. Note the 17-pounder gun, countershaded to appear like the standard 75 mm gun seen on the center tanks.