The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, [3][4] see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.

2023年1月17日 · For anti-aircraft guns, the standard is arguably the 40mm Bofors. It packed a punch – about two and a half ounces of high explosives as used by the United States. But this wasn’t an American-designed weapon.

2022年1月24日 · Anti-aircraft guns when first introduced didn’t focus on hitting aircraft with precise accuracy and instead relied on sheer volume to bring down planes. This was the case with the Bofors 40 mm, which was designed in the 1930s and is so effective that it is still in use today.

Bofors 40 mm gun is a name or designation given to models of 40 mm calibre automatic anti-aircraft guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/43 - developed in the 1930s with market entry …

U.S. 40mm Bofors Anti-Aircraft - WWII: The 40mm Bofors was arguably the most successful weapon of its type. The initial design was the result of a collaboration between the German firm Krupp and the Swedish company AB Bofors during the years immediately following WWI.

The Swedish-designed rapid-fire Bofors 40-mm gun was the most widely used antiaircraft weapon of World War II. In the 1939–45 conflict, the Bofors was in the arsenal of most Allied and Axis nations and in all theaters of the war.

The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.

Since that date, Bofors guns have been placed on virtually all combatant ships and on most non-combatant vessels large enough to support the weight of a 40mm assembly. In defense against low-flying enemy aircraft, the 40mm has had the task of spanning the relatively large gap between the 20mm AA gun and the larger 3" and 5" DP guns.

After integrating the Kerrison Director fire control system, the resulting QF 40-mm Mark III "Bofors" anti-aircraft guns quickly became the standard light anti-aircraft weapon of the British Royal Army.

In 1941, Canada acquired the Swedish-designed 40mm Bofors Light Anti-Aircraft (Bofors gun) to replace obsolete WW1 artillery. Deployed for light anti-aircraft defence and as a multipurpose gun against land targets, the Bofors gun earned a reputation for accuracy and reliability.