Why Trooper Alec McKillop fired five shots at five German Panthers on June 14, 1944 — and destroyed them all[...] ...
After early tank failures, Britain’s engineers fought to recover lost ground. The 17-pounder-armed Firefly gave Sherman crews ...
During World War II, the British-designed 17-pounder anti-tank gun mounted in the Sherman Firefly offered the Allies a potent threat to the heavily‐armoured German Panther and Tiger tanks. The British ...