Ordnance vs AGF: Pershing Part 2
Дата: 01.06.2014 20:04:03
S842, on Jun 01 2014 - 15:02, said: There is no research showing equivalency of the 76mm and 17
pounder. The 17 pounder was substantially better than the
American 76 mm and about equal to the 90 mm in penetration .
Rather than post up the statistics, I will let you do some
investigation of your own. But logically, British would not
have gone through the trouble of installing the 17 pounder, rather
than the available 76 mm, if there was not a great
advantage. Nor would the Americans have re-gunned 100
Shermans to the 17 pounder (following the Battle of the Bulge),
as they already had 76mm gunned Shermans. Penetrative
powers of the various guns will change substantially with the type
of ammunition, its quality, and if one is test firing on
un-sloped or sloped RHA.The_Chieftain: You bring up two different points here. The first is
"why did the US order conversion of four score tanks to 17pr?"
The honest answer is "I don't know" and.I have not seen any
documentation explaining it. The only two reasons which make sense
are either field trials or politics. There was no practical reason
to introduce such a small.sample of foreign (as in non-standard)
equipment and supplies. Certainly nothing which would indicate.a.US
conclusion that 17pr was particularly superior to 76mm. The
second question is "why did the UK not.accept 76mm Shermans (except
for a few specific instances) and instead.built Fireflies."
Several reasons come to mind, but, again, I have not seen any
documentation on the matter and will defer to the Brit researchers.
Two which immediately.come to mind are commonality with other
British systems, and the fact that Firefly could enter service
faster than 76mm tanks could be made available. There may also have
been a philosophical difference. The US procurement system did not
like half-measures, not did they like less accuracy even at the
cost of greater punch. The British may have balanced that
differently.
Ordnance vs AGF: Pershing Part 2