• Thumbnail for Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun
    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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    being replaced by the Bofors 40 mm gun and later, by 35-mm anti-aircraft pieces produced in Switzerland. The original 37 mm gun was developed by Rheinmetall...
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    the Pak 36, with another 6,000 examples produced for export and the design being copied by the Soviet Union as the 45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) and...
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    new gun together with Bofors of Sweden. Krupp had the majority ownership in Bofors since 1921. The original design was a 75 mm model. During the prototype...
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  • anti-aircraft gun 37 mm Gun M3, an American World War II anti-tank gun 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43, a German World War II anti-aircraft gun 3.7 cm PaK 36, a German...
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    discarded. The 37 mm was a popular caliber of anti-tank guns in the 1930s; other anti-tank guns of the same caliber included Swedish Bofors gun, Czechoslovakian...
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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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  • British 127 mm gun Bofors 37 mm: Swedish 37 mm light antitank gun Bofors 40 mm gun: Swedish 40 mm antiaircraft gun Bofors Model 29: Swedish 75 mm antiaircraft...
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  • from French) 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun (captured from British) 2.8 cm sPzB 41 PaK 36 (37mm) 3.7 cm kanon PÚV vz. 34 Bofors 37 mm (M1934/36) – captured...
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    for Sweden, and was armed with a Bofors 40/70B cannon (a dedicated armored fighting vehicle variant of the Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70) in a two-man...
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    the German Pak 36 at 327 kilograms (721 lb), 37 mm gun M3 at 912 lb (414 kg) or 37 mm Bofors at 370 kg (820 lb), although the Soviet 45-mm was about the...
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  • 20 mm twin AA gun ZU-23-2 – 23 mm twin AA gun Oerlikon GDF – 35 mm twin AA gun Bofors 40 Mk.3 Bofors 57 Mk.3 Towed field artillery 105 K 34 – 105 mm towed...
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    these large-calibre automatic guns. Weapons such as the Oerlikon 20 mm, the Bofors 40 mm and various German Rheinmetall autocannons would see widespread use...
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    with a single Hazemayer Bofors mount, although some of the later ships instead had the lighter and simpler Mk V twin Bofors mount. This was normally...
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  • 20 Bofors 40 mm guns in 10 "Buster" self-contained twin mounts and 28 Oerlikon 20 mm cannon in 14 twin mounts. This was arranged as seven twin Bofors and...
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    3.7 cm SK C/30 (category 37 mm artillery)
    fully automatic Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun. The C/30's muzzle velocity was, on the other hand, about 12-15% higher than the Bofors; this slightly eased...
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    Ordnance QF 2-pounder (category 40 mm artillery)
    truck. The 40 mm 2-pounder could outperform[citation needed] a typical 37 mm piece, such as the German 3.7 cm PaK 36 or the Bofors 37 mm, and significantly...
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    replaced with 40 mm Bofors and 20 mm Oerlikon guns within 18 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Initially, this was four 40 mm in two twin mounts...
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    Other features of the tank were also quite radical. The rifled gun, a Bofors 105 mm L74 with a barrel length of 62 Calibers, was able to use the same ammunition...
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    and the Wehrmacht fielded the even larger 7.5 cm Pak 41 and 8.8 cm Pak 43. While the early 37-mm anti-tank guns were easily concealed and moved, the...
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    through the addition of two 40-millimeter (1.6 in) Bofors quadruple mount AA guns as well as six 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon dual AA gun positions. This addition...
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  • 120 mm thick and with sloped armor. The main armament would likely have been a Hungarian built heavily modified anti-tank version of the 80 mm Bofors AA...
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    8 x 75 mm Bofors, 2-4 x 103 mm Bofors or 1 x 180 mm Bofors rocket could be carried per drop tank hardpoint via a dedicated pylon Rockets: 75 mm (3.0 in)...
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  • M1910; Anti Aircraft Guns 12 M38 Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon 16 37mm Rheinmetall-Borsig (Flak 18), 40mm (Bofors M36) anti-aircraft cannon 8 7.5 cm Krupp...
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    40M Nimród (category 40 mm artillery)
    armament consisted of a Hungarian license-built Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun, in Hungarian service designated as 40 mm 36M (model of 1936), a gravity fed gun which...
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    did the Bofors 37 mm developed in Sweden, and used by many early Second World War combatants. The British Army accepted for service the (40 mm) Ordnance...
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  • position) Vickers Mark E (26) (Modified, equipped with 37 mm Puteaux SA-18 or with 37mm Bofors) BT-5 and BT-7 (captured) T-26 (captured) T-28 (captured)...
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  • BT-42 7.5 cm Pak 40 5 cm Pak 38 Bofors 37 mm 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun 76 mm regimental gun M1927 76 mm divisional gun M1902 76 mm divisional gun...
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    1-inch guns were replaced with 40 mm Bofors and 20 mm Oerlikons. In some ships, mount 52 was replaced by a quadruple 40 mm mount, and mount 53 became a single...
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  • 1917 Schneider Obice da 149/12 Cannone da 65/17 modello 13 3.7 cm Pak 36 Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun 2 cm Flak 30 7.5 cm Flak. L/60 8.8 cm Flak 18 Breda...
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