17 pounder anti-tank gun

[John McGillivray]

There was an AP shot for the 3.7” AA gun. (see below). The 3.7” gun was also developed into an anti-tank gun known as the 32 pounder. However, only two of the towed guns were built. The 32 pdr was also mounted in the Heavy assault Tank, Tortoise (A39)

There is a bizarre reference to the use of the 3.7” AP Shot in the Anti-aircraft role in the history of the 2nd Cdn HAA Regt. As followers:

“There was once, during the stay at Dunkirk, the suggestion that two troops (E and A) should also take on AA duties; these troops deployed radar and command posts accordingly. The purpose was mainly to help the Bofors guns get on target, and it was suggested that one gun of each HAA troop would fire AP shot every ten seconds and then the Bofors guns could fire along the line of that tracer. To everyone's great relief, this, scheme was soon forgotten, and there quickly faded from mind the mental images of great lumps of shot falling through the roofs of neighbouring command posts or crashing into friendly French villages. The AA role was left to the Bofors gunners alone,…”