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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1970s model of Suzuki Carry vehicle powered by the L60 engine Leyland L60, a 1960s tank engine Bofors 40 mm gun (L/60), a Swedish anti-aircraft gun. This...
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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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gun United States 24 in service. Currently undergoing upgrade by IMI. Bofors L60 40 mm towed anti-aircraft gun Sweden 30 L/60 (M1) in service 16 EL/70...
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performance, which were proving to be too difficult for the WWII-era Bofors 40mm /L60 guns to successfully intercept. It ultimately replaced the "Orange...
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all-manual M19 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, which consisted of twin 40 mm L60 Bofors guns based on the same chassis as used for the M24 Chaffee. When the M24...
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a heightened threat to British installations. Equipped with the 40mm Bofors L60 gun, it provided not only close air defence of RAF airfields and other...
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Surface Search: Sperry; E/F-band Navigation: Furuno; I-band Armament 40 mm Bofors L60 MKIII (57 mm Hotchkiss until 1989) Aircraft carried One helicopter...
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(14,600 yd) at a rate of 45 rounds per minute, backed up by a twin Bofors 40mm/L60 mount. Two triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes for anti-submarine torpedoes...
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helicopter deck than the Uribe class and have main armaments (two twin US MK1 Bofors 40 mm AA mounts) at 'A' position. They are able to operate MBB Bo 105 helicopters...
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chassis. A year later their twin turrets were replaced by a single Landsverk L60 tank turret. This new vehicle was known as the Leyland armoured car and remained...
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17-Pounder Antitank Gun (Contested Skies; Antitank Gun; Uncommon) 40 mm Bofors L60 (Contested Skies; Anti-aircraft Gun; Uncommon) Archer (Set II; Tank Destroyer;...
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East, Italy, and north western Europe, until the introduction of the Bofors 40/L60 40 mm gun from 1943, although many squadrons retained a mix of guns...
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spēki (in Latvian). Retrieved 2019-04-02. Gander, Terry (2013-04-30). The Bofors Gun. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-3504-7. Andersons, Edgars (2001). "The...
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the early PKM 201 series ships were armed with a single Bofors 40-millimeter (1.6 in)/L60 Mk3 gun, a pair of 30 mm (1.2 in)/75 Emerlac anti-aircraft...
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also equipped for laying mines, carrying 60.[4] Mid-life refits saw the L60 40mm guns replaced by six 40mm L70 guns in single mounts and removal of all...
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were replaced in 1990 with the Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 autocannon, which in turn was replaced with the 40 mm Bofors L70 in the late 2000s. Other weapons...
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armed with twin-mounted Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 anti-aircraft (AA) guns. The other four ships initially mounted one Bofors 40 mm/L60 AA guns and two 20 mm...
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with Bofors 40/L60 Mk 3. It became part of 22nd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery based in Germany. It was later reequipped with Bofors 40/L70...
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after the city Tromsø in northern Norway. She is a 1,900-ton vessel with a Bofors 40 mm gun. NoCGV Tromsø is used for general EEZ patrol, including fishery...
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with US-built naval cannons, with the USN 5-inch (127 mm) gun and the Bofors 40 mm/L60 being the most numerous. In the opinion of the Italian Navy in the...
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were replaced in 1990 with the Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 autocannon, which in turn was replaced with the 40 mm Bofors L70 in the late 2000s.[citation...
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the single 1950s Mk 7/9 40mm L60 Bofors were more effective than Second World War 2-pdr "pom pom" or Mk 3 40 mm Bofors and still somewhat useful against...
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Union ZIL-157 Soviet Union ZIL-135 Soviet Union IFA W50 East Germany IFA L60 East Germany Unimog West Germany Scania Sweden Berliet GBC 8KT France...
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ones from their flight deck. For defence, Somme initially mounted one Bofors 40 mm/L60 anti-aircraft (AA) gun in a single gun turret and two 20 mm (0.8 in)...
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101 | Irish Leyland Armoured Car | The Tank Museum, retrieved 2021-05-05 "L60 tridsvagn M38/39/40 (1936)". www.tanks-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05...
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Demolitions Unit (Boghazi naval base) Main armament Sweden 40 mm Bofors Mark III L60 gun Switzerland 20 mm Oerlikon Mark 10 L70 cannon Soviet Union...
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Artillery Group (M55 self-propelled howitzers) VI Light Air-defense Group (L60 40 mm anti-aircraft guns) XIX Reconnaissance Squadrons Group "Cavalleggeri...
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were replaced in 1990 with the Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 autocannon, which in turn was replaced with the 40 mm Bofors L70 in the late 2000s. Other weapons...
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was also equipped for laying mines, carrying 60. Mid-life refits saw the L60 40mm guns replaced by six 40mm L70 guns in single mounts and removal of all...
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