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
Comet (tank)
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The Comet tank or Tank, Cruiser, Comet I was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War, during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. The Comet was developed from
Ordnance QF 17-pounder
…version of the 17-pdr barrel. While the resulting 77 mm HV proved to be a successful anti-tank gun, during the Second World War, it was used only on the Comet (A34) tank. The British Army also converted some of their US-produced M10 tank destroyers, replacing the US 3-inch (76 mm) M7 gun with the 17-pounder; the resulting…
A Comet tank at Tankfest 2023 at The Tank Museum.
A Comet's crew loading ammunition into their tank.
Leyland Comet Mk I Model B in Joensuu, Finland in 1982
Comet tanks of the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, crossing the Weser at Petershagen, Germany, 7 April 1945