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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Major George Arthur Paull (268829) 2nd (Oban) Air Landing Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery 19th July 1909 - 1st August 1993 I was appointed...
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...
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?)...
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...
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...
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...
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....
I am currently working on odd artillery types, and I have a question. There were times during the war (especially early) when development and...
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...
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...
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...
30 Corps 183424 War Substantive Lieutenant, Temporary Captain James Francis SINCLAIR, ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS attached 73rd...
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...
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....
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