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17pdr SP M10 "Achilles"
Achilles nickname "Tiger" in Dutch service, 1950
Type
Self-propelled anti-tank gun
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Production history
Manufacturer
Fisher Tank Arsenal Grand Blanc, Michigan - converted by Royal Arsenal, Woolwich
No. built
1,100
Specifications
Mass
29.6 tonnes (65,000 lb)
Length
7.01 m (23 ft 8+1⁄4 in) including gun 5.97 m (19 ft 7 in) excluding gun
.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M2HB AA machine gun 420 rounds .303 (7.62 mm) Bren light machine gun[1]
Engine
General Motors 6046 diesel (twin 6-71) 375 hp (276 kW)
Power/weight
12.5 hp/tonne
Suspension
Vertical Volute Spring Suspension (VVSS)
Operational range
300 km (186 mi)
Maximum speed
51 km/h (32 mph)
The 17pdr SP Achilles (officially 17 pounder, Self-Propelled, Achilles) is a British variant of the American M10 tank destroyer armed with the British Ordnance QF 17-pounder high-velocity 76.2 mm (3-inch) anti-tank gun in place of the M10's considerably less powerful 3-inch (76.2 mm) Gun M7. A total of 1,100 M10s were converted to Achilles, making it the second most numerous armoured fighting vehicle to carry the 17-pounder gun, behind the Sherman Firefly tank.
The name "Achilles" was officially a designation applied to both the 3-inch gun and 17-pounder versions (as Achilles I/II and Achilles Ic/IIc respectively) but was little used during the Second World War; at the time, the vehicle was called 17pdr M10, or 17pdr SP M10, or even occasionally, "Firefly". It has since become identified almost exclusively with the 17 pounder version.
^Chris Henry, Brian Delf British Anti-tank Artillery 1939–45, Osprey p. 24.
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