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The Ordnance Quick-Firing 17-pounder (or just 17-pdr) [note 1] was a 76.2 mm (3 inch) gun developed by the United Kingdom during World War II. It was used as an anti-tank gun on its own carriage, as well as equipping a number of British tanks.
The Sherman Firefly was a medium tank used by the United Kingdom and some armoured formations of other Allies in the Second World War.It was based on the US M4 Sherman but was fitted with the more powerful British 76.2 mm (3.00 in) calibre 17-pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon.
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.
The gun was developed by the Royal Ordnance Factories. As fitted to the Charioteer, it ran through two models: Model A without a fume extractor. Model B with a fume extractor. The L7 105 mm tank gun was developed from the 20 pounder. In 1954, the original version of the 105 mm was made by re-boring the tube of a 20 pounder barrel. [2]
The Polsten gun was used on armoured vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft guns that were based on the Cromwell/Centaur tank and for the Skink anti-aircraft tank. The Polsten was also mounted on British LVTs and on early models of the Centurion tank, not coaxially with the main gun but in an independent mount on the left hand side of the turret ...
20 mm akan m/40 (Bofors 20 mm automatic gun L/70 model 1940) Sweden: World War II - Cold War 20 mm (0.79 in) 20 mm akan m/45 (Bofors 20 mm automatic gun L/70 model 1945) Sweden: Cold war 25 mm (0.98 in) 25 mm akan m/32 (Bofors 25 mm automatic gun L/64 model 1932) Sweden: Interwar - Cold war 25 mm (0.98 in) 1-inch Nordenfelt gun United Kingdom
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The "best allied gun", whatever that means, is a very different question. The 17-pounder would be a poor contender for best general-purpose tank gun or field gun, but that was not the original question. DMorpheus 17:50, 26 September 2007 (UTC) One correction -- the 90mm US gun was used in combat against tanks -- in the Ardennes offensive.