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Reference code
STERN 2/35/2
Title
Drawing of the mountings for a 17 pounder gun, 27 Jun 1942
Date(s)
- 1942 Jun 27 (Creation)
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Item
Scope and content
Drawing of the mountings of the Ordnance Quick Fire 17 pounder gun Mark I (anti-tank), showing recoiling parts (gun, slipper, buffer cylinder and recuperator cylinder) and the Ordnance Quick Fire 17 pounder gun Mark II (tank), showing recoiling parts (gun, buffer piston and recuperator pistons), by Cdr R H Stokes-Rees, Superintendent of Gun Design, Armaments Design Department, Ministry of Supply.
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Existence and location of originals
Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.