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Bookmark or Share- Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - WikipediaThe 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.
- Bofors - WikipediaAB Bofors (UK: / ˈ b oʊ f ə z / BOH-fərz, US: / ˈ b oʊ f ɔːr z / BOH-forz, [1] [2] Swedish: [buːˈfɔʂː]) [check vowel length] is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems.
- Bofors 40mm L/60 - Forgotten WeaponsThe Bofors 40mm gun was first developed in the early 1930s, in response to a 1928 request by the Swedish Navy for a ship-mounted anti-aircraft weapon. The firm developed automatic guns in caliber ranging from 20mm to 57mm, but the 40mm because a tremendous commercial success.
- Bofors scandal - WikipediaThe Bofors scandal was a major weapons-contract political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and several other members of the Indian and Swedish governments.
- A Gun That Fought For All Sides | Naval History Magazine ...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 U.S. Army had a large number of them, and they were the U.S. Navy’s most widely used shipboard gun.
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