| Full Name | Ordnance Quick-Firing (QF) 17-pounder 76.2 mm gun |
| Class | Equipment |
| Movement | 1* |
| Armor Value | 2 |
| Vs Infantry (RNG / FPR) | 5/4 |
| Vs Vehicle (RNG / FPR) | 8/12 |
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| Period | Early 1943-1945 |
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The UK rushed prototypes of this Quick-Firing (QF) 76.2 mm (L/55) towed gun to North Africa in early 1943 in response to the appearance of German Pz VI Tiger I tanks. It proved extremely effective, and continued to serve during WWII (and beyond) in anti-tank roles. During and after D-Day 1944, this gun equipped some tanks in British service--most notably the Sherman Firefly--that were highly effective against late-war, heavily-armored German tanks. The gun fired a variety of armor-piercing rounds, as well as high-explosive rounds for soft targets, but the latter tended to be a bit less effective than the 75 mm rounds available for the M4A1 Sherman. A crew of five or six operated the gun.