The Bofors 152 mm kanon m/42 is a

naval gun Naval artillery is artillery mounted on a warship, originally used only for naval warfare and then subsequently used for more specialized roles in surface warfare such as naval gunfire support (NGFS) and anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) engagements. T ...

for use on ships. It was initially used aboard

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s and

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s including the Swedish and the Dutch , after

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. The last active ship to use the gun was the

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cruiser and was the largest naval gun still in active service prior to the commissioning of in October 2016, which is armed with the 155 mm Advanced Gun System. The 152 mm gun was first designed in 1939 by

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for the ''Koninklijke Marine'' cruiser ''Kijkduin'', eventually named . After the

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in 1940 these artillery pieces were confiscated by the Swedish Government and placed on the Swedish cruiser .

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* Tony DiGiulian
Netherlands 15 cm/53 (5.9") Sweden 15.2 cm/53 (6") Model 1942
Bofors naval guns Naval guns of the Netherlands Naval guns of Sweden World War II naval weapons Artillery of Sweden 152 mm artillery Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1943 {{artillery-stub