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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Gun L/70 Bofors 25 mm Automatic Gun L/64 Bofors 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun L/45 Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/43 Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 Bofors 40 mm...
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The Bofors 57 mm anti-tank gun was an anti-tank gun that was designed by Bofors during the mid 1940s and was designated the 57 mm Pvkan m/43. The gun was...
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units accordingly. The anti-tank guns of the 1920s and 1930s were of small caliber; nearly all major armies possessing them used 37 mm ammunition (the British...
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The 37 mm gun M3 is the first dedicated anti-tank gun fielded by United States forces in numbers. Introduced in 1940, it became the standard anti-tank gun...
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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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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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most predominant anti-tank weapons at the start of World War II in 1939 included the tank-mounted gun, anti-tank guns and anti-tank grenades used by the...
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anti-tank gun and a tank gun, although they both fired 2 lb (0.91 kg), 40 mm (1.6 in) projectiles. The first gun to be called a pom-pom was the 37 mm...
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The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout...
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and, overall, 37 mm caliber anti-aircraft cannon fell into gradual disuse, being replaced by the Bofors 40 mm gun and later, by 35-mm anti-aircraft pieces...
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The Royal Cannon Foundry 47mm anti-tank gun Model 1931 (French: Canon anti-char de 47mm Fonderie Royale de Canons Modèle 1931, abbreviated to C.47 F.R...
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modèle 1917 Schneider Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) 25 mm APX modèle 1937 Madsen 20 mm cannon Boys anti-tank rifle Lahti L-39...
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Landsverk L-10 (category World War II tanks of Sweden)
armed with a turret mounted Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun L/45 (37 mm kanon fm/32) and two Browning M1917 machine guns (6.5 mm kulspruta m/14-29), one coaxial...
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Ordnance QF 2-pounder (category World War II anti-tank guns)
pounder gun", was a 40 mm (1.575 in) British anti-tank gun and vehicle-mounted gun employed in the Second World War. It was the main anti-tank weapon of...
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on a widened chassis of the Landsverk L-60 light tank and was armed with a Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 in an open-top revolving turret. The design...
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development in the field. 25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K) Bofors 25 mm M/32 25 mm variant of the Bofors 40 mm gun Johnson, Melvin M. Jr. (1944)...
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The 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) was a Soviet design adapted from the 45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K). This was a copy of a 3.7 cm (1.5 in) German weapon...
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Anti-tank guns are typically high-velocity guns designed to fire anti-tank shells. They are usually designed to be easily transported and concealed to...
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Armour-piercing discarding sabot (category Anti-tank rounds)
They fielded two calibres; the 75 mm/57 mm for the 75mm Mle 1897/33 anti-tank gun and 37 mm/25 mm for several 37 mm gun types just before the French-German...
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gun Browning M1919 Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider Schneider 149 mm Obusier Modele 1929 Madsen 20 mm cannon Bofors 37 mm anti-tank...
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the Bofors company of Sweden had designed a new 75 mm AA gun which was purchased by the Royal Swedish Navy. This was developed into a mobile anti-aircraft...
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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 Model 35 List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War...
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Volume III, Pamphlet No. 15 The 84 mm Medium Anti-Tank Weapon (All Arms). "ROYAL MARINES DEMONSTRATE ARMY'S NEW ANTI-TANK GUN. AUGUST 1963, LITTLE ADEN, ROYAL...
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Bureau of Ordnance was well aware of the Bofors 40 mm gun. The firm York Safe and Lock was negotiating with Bofors to attain the rights to the air-cooled...
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Anti-aircraft guns are weapons designed to attack aircraft. Such weapons commonly have a high rate of fire and are able to fire shells designed to damage...
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Portée (military) (section 37 mm anti-tank gun portée)
cwt truck[citation needed] A 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun mounted on a Morris 15 cwt truck A Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun mounted on a Bedford MW or Morris...
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3.7 cm Pak 36 (redirect from 37 mm PaK 36)
anti-tank gun of similar performance. Bofors 37 mm – a Swedish 37 mm anti-tank gun of similar performance. Škoda vz. 34 – a Czech 37 mm anti-tank gun of...
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Army anti-aircraft units during World War II. The M19A1 was an improved variant with an auxiliary engine and spare barrels for the 40 mm Bofors guns. Although...
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anti-tank gun 37 mm Gun M1, an American World War II anti-aircraft gun 37 mm Gun M3, an American World War II anti-tank gun 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43, a...
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