Bofors 40 mm gun is a name or designation given to two models of 40 mm calibre
anti-aircraft guns
Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, ...
designed and developed by the Swedish company
Bofors
AB Bofors ( , , ) is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms concern BAE Systems. The name has been associated with the iron industry and artillery manufacturing for more than 350 years.
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Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun
The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. The g ...
- developed in the 1930s, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s
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Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70 - modernized replacement design of the 40 mm L/60, entering service in the 1950s
Other Bofors gun disambiguation pages
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Bofors 57 mm gun The Bofors 57 mm gun is a nickname or designation given to several types of guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors:
*, a 57 mm anti tank gun for the Swedish army during WW2.
* Bofors 57 mm Automatic Gun L/50, a 57 ...
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Bofors 120 mm gun
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