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17 pounder guns

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Bucknall's letter about 17 pounders?

Hi all, The book I am reading mentions that General Bucknall of 30 Corps sent a letter direct to the War Office about the defects of the 17...

Thread by: Chris C, Dec 16, 2024, 4 replies, in forum: NW Europe
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WW2 propaganda film about 17-pounder

Hi all, Does anyone remember the title of a film I do remember watching, about a "date with destiny" in Tunisia for the 17-pounder gun? I seem to...

Thread by: Chris C, May 22, 2023, 3 replies, in forum: Books, Films, TV, Radio
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Automatic Braking on No.27 Artillery Trailer

I understand that the brakes on the No.27 Artillery Trailer, used as a limber for 25 pdr and 17 pdr guns, operated automatically on the slowing of...

Thread by: Don Juan, Nov 11, 2022, 6 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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Loops on top of 17-pounder anti-tank gun shield

Hi all, I was looking at this photo in the Canadian archives and realized I have no idea why there are these half-loops on top of this...

Thread by: Chris C, Sep 21, 2021, 4 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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Searching 17-pdr on Sword Beach

Hello, I'm just searching some informations about 17-pounder AT gun use in Sword Beach area during the D-day. I read an article who says that...

Thread by: 312, Apr 6, 2021, 15 replies, in forum: NW Europe
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17-pounder muzzle blast

Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has come across references to the 17-pounder muzzle blast amongst the Royal Artillery or any references to the...

Thread by: Chris C, Jul 31, 2020, 11 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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Award MiD Capt. George Arthur Paull 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery Arnhem

Major George Arthur Paull (268829) 2nd (Oban) Air Landing Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery 19th July 1909 - 1st August 1993 I was appointed...

Thread by: brithm, Jul 7, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Airborne
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Size of crew for 17-pounder towed gun?

Hi all, I was just wondering about how many gun numbers were assigned to the 17-pounder (towed). Wikipedia says "5-6" which is a little...

Thread by: Chris C, Mar 26, 2020, 6 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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Telescopes for the 17-pounder gun

Hi all, I noticed a difference in the copies I have of Archer manuals: in the 1946 handbook there is a reference to a No 51 LC telescope (LC?)...

Thread by: Chris C, Feb 17, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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17-pounder towed gun questions

First question - does anyone know whether the towed gun from a certain date was equipped with a dial sight etc for indirect fire? Second - did it...

Thread by: Chris C, Jan 19, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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17-pounder gun diagram?

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has seen a diagram of the 17-pounder gun identifying its various parts? Ideally for the Mk II, but I suppose...

Thread by: Chris C, Oct 19, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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M10 with 17-pounder question - date of R&D work?

Hi all, Does anyone know when precisely a 17-pounder was first fit into an M10 satisfactorily? I'm not talking about industrial production, but...

Thread by: Chris C, Mar 22, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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Some 17-pounder artillery term questions

I am a little puzzled over the use of a couple of phrases from 54 AT regiment's War Diary from a sort of practice shoot on a house in Bergen....

Thread by: Chris C, Dec 10, 2018, 31 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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Interim Artillery Pieces (4.5 Mk I, 18/25 pdr, 17 pdr Pheasant): What Happened to Them?

I am currently working on odd artillery types, and I have a question. There were times during the war (especially early) when development and...

Thread by: TTH, Aug 26, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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Valentine 17 pdr SPG [Archer]

I posted this on another forum and still haven't got a definitive answer, just some more food for thought. Thought I'd get some input from the...

Thread by: Orwell1984, Feb 15, 2017, 50 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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Ordnance Quick-fire 17-pounder gun

Picked up this picture and caption on the internet (World War II Daily: DDay to VEDay - Page 54) Pictured: Private W.G. Lourie examines a German...

Thread by: stolpi, Jan 28, 2017, 127 replies, in forum: Canadian
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Semi-automatic gear on 6 pounder and 17 pounder

I've read that both these guns had a semi-automatic gear, presumably to increase their rate of fire. Is anybody able to inform me how this...

Thread by: Don Juan, Jun 18, 2015, 12 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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183424 Captain James Francis SINCLAIR, MC, REME, att'd 73 A/T Regt RA

30 Corps 183424 War Substantive Lieutenant, Temporary Captain James Francis SINCLAIR, ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS attached 73rd...

Thread by: dbf, Aug 7, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: REME/RAOC
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Pounders and MM's.

This is going to sound very basic to some folks , Paul , Tom and Adam who are more aware of British guns . Can anyone please educate me as to the...

Thread by: James S, Apr 22, 2009, 10 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
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17 pounder APDS - & 17 pdr in general.

Extracts from a US report: U.S. Army Firing Test No.3 U.S. Army Firing Tests conducted August 1944 by 12th U.S. Army Group at Isigny, France....

Thread by: mollusc, Oct 21, 2008, 161 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment

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