Ordnance QF 17-pounder gun

GPTKB entity

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