• Aktiebolaget (AB) Bofors-Gullspång. A leading Swedish steel producer by the early 1870s, when steel began to be used for gun manufacture in Sweden, Bofors initially...
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    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...
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    The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70, (Bofors 40 mm L/70, Bofors 40 mm/70, Bofors 40/70 and the like), is a multi-purpose autocannon developed by the Swedish...
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  • company Bofors: Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/43 - developed in the 1930s with market entry in 1934, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s Bofors 40...
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    manufacturer AB Bofors (since March 2005 part of BAE Systems AB), designed in the late 1960s as a replacement design for the twin barreled Bofors 57 mm Naval...
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    Swedish arms company Bofors was signed for supply of 410 155 mm Howitzer field guns. 16 April 1987 - Swedish Radio alleged that Bofors paid kickbacks to...
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    The Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun was an anti-tank gun designed by Swedish manufacturer Bofors in the early 1930s originally for Swedish use. It was exported...
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    The Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun system is a lightweight multi-purpose naval cannon. It fires programmable Bofors 40 mm 3P all-target ammunition to engage ships...
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  • The Bofors Gun is a 1968 British drama film directed by Jack Gold and starring Nicol Williamson, David Warner, Ian Holm and John Thaw. It was written by...
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    Tridon 40 mm TriAD Archer SP Artillery FH 77 Howitzer Bofors 57 mm & Bofors 40 mm Naval guns Bofors Bonus Anti-armour artillery shell. XM982 Excalibur Ammunition...
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  • The Bofors 57 mm gun is a nickname or designation given to several types of guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: Bofors 57 mm anti-tank...
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  • The Bofors 120 mm gun is a nickname or designation given to several types of guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: Bofors 120 mm Automatic...
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    Originally designed and manufactured by the Swedish defence firm of Bofors Defence (now Saab Bofors Dynamics, since 2000). It uses the RB 70 missile, which is...
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  • the Celsius Group, by that time the parent owner of Bofors. In September 2000, SAAB sold their Bofors Weapon Systems, which produced the autocannon and...
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    Haubits FH77 (redirect from Bofors howitzer)
    Swedish 155 mm howitzer, developed and manufactured by Bofors. It is also colloquially known as the Bofors gun in India. There were several versions, the original...
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    Bofors 120 mm Automatic Gun L/46, most commonly referred to as either Bofors FAK 120 or Bofors TAK 120 depending on the configuration (field gun vs naval...
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  • endphase-guided projectile fired from a 120 mm mortar currently manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics. STRIX is fired like a conventional mortar round. The round contains...
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    Bofors 105 mm Coastal Automatic Gun L/54 (full English product name: Bofors 105 mm Automatic Gun L/54 In Turret For Coastal Defence), was a Swedish fully...
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    RBS 56 BILL (redirect from Bofors BILL)
    Swedish manportable SACLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile developed by AB Bofors. Development began in 1979 and BILL entered production in 1985. The Swedish...
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    Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50 (full English name: Bofors 120 mm Automatic Gun L/50 In Naval Twin Turret), also known as Bofors 120 mm gun model...
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    predominantly by the latter. The Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/60 is at its core a scaled up version of the famous Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70, but...
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    infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) is fitted with a turret from Bofors equipped with a 40 mm Bofors autocannon. Export versions are fitted with Hägglunds E-series...
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  • Automatkarbin 4 (redirect from Bofors AK4)
    The Automatkarbin 4 (Ak 4; lit. 'Automatic Carbine 4') is a license-built Swedish version of the West German Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle. It was adopted...
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    BONUS (Bofors Nutating Shell) or ACED (Anti-Char à Effet Dirigé) is a 155 mm artillery cluster round co-developed and manufactured by Bofors of Sweden...
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    Bofors 75 mm and Bofors 80 mm were two closely related designs of anti-aircraft and general-purpose artillery. Less well known than the 40 mm quick-firing...
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    compared with 2830 for the Bofors. The success of the pompom in action was more than offset by the proved qualities of the Bofors in the hands of a number...
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    they decided to adopt the Bofors 40 mm and a twin barrel Vickers 2-pdr (40 mm) on a modified naval mount. The air-cooled Bofors was vastly superior for...
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    Morris CDSW (redirect from Bofors Tractor)
    two weapons. It was also used, with a modified body, for hauling the 40mm Bofors in the Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) regiments. A version equipped with a crane...
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  • acquired Bofors Weapons Systems (the heavy weapons division), while Saab retained the missile interests. BAE Systems acquired UDI and its Bofors subsidiary...
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    The Bofors 75 mm Model 1934 was a mountain gun produced in Sweden by Bofors and sold abroad widely. The Model 1934 was used by Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands...
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