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Ordnance QF 17-pounder gun
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Ordnance_QF_17-pounder_gun
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:surface-to-air_missile
gptkbp:armament
gptkb:APDS
gptkb:APCBC
HE
gptkbp:barrelLength
4.2 m
gptkbp:caliber
76.2 mm
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew
6
gptkbp:designedBy
gptkb:Royal_Ordnance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Ordnance QF 17-pounder gun
gptkbp:introduced
1942
gptkbp:manufacturer
gptkb:Royal_Ordnance_Factories
gptkbp:muzzleVelocity
1,200 m/s (APDS)
884 m/s (APCBC)
gptkbp:nickname
Seventeen Pounder
gptkbp:notableEngagement
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkb:Battle_of_Villers-Bocage
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Reichswald
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:Comet_tank
gptkb:Challenger_tank
gptkb:Sherman_Firefly
gptkb:Achilles_tank_destroyer
gptkb:Archer_tank_destroyer
gptkb:Centurion_tank
ability to defeat German heavy tanks
gptkbp:range
10,500 m
gptkbp:rateOfFire
10 rounds per minute
gptkbp:replacedBy
Ordnance QF 20-pounder gun
Ordnance QF 6-pounder gun
gptkbp:totalProduced
over 11,000
gptkbp:type
gptkb:surface-to-air_missile
artillery
self-propelled
towed
gptkbp:usedBy
gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkb:Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West
Commonwealth forces
Soviet Red Army (limited use)
gptkbp:usedDuring
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:usedIn
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:North_Africa
Burma
gptkbp:weight
2,945 kg
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:QF_75_mm_gun
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7