| Full Name | Self Propelled 17pdr, Valentine, Mk I, Archer |
| Class | Heavy Vehicle |
| Movement | 5 |
| Armor Value | 3 |
| Vs Infantry (RNG / FPR) | 5/4 |
| Vs Vehicle (RNG / FPR) | 8/12 |
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| Period | Late 1944-1945 |
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This British self propelled anti-tank gun featured an Ordnance Quick-Firing (QF) 17 pounder (76.2 mm L/55) gun in an open-topped fixed structure on a Valentine infantry tank chassis. It also carried a .303 (7.7 mm) Bren light machine gun. Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. designed this vehicle and manufactured 655 of them between March 1943 and May 1945. British and Commonwealth forces used the type in North-West Europe and Italy beginning in October 1944, and they served into the 1950s. This vehicle was unusual in that its gun faced the rear of the chassis instead of the front. The rear mounting combined with its low silhouette made the Archer an excellent ambush weapon, allowing its crew to fire, then drive away without turning round. A crew of four operated the vehicle, and it had a top speed of 20 mph.