Bofors 40 mm

Bofors 40 mm gun adalah senjata anti pesawat terkenal buatan Bofors dari swedia. Senjata ini adalah salah satu senjata anti pesawat kelas menengah paling terkenal pada Perang Dunia II, terutama digunakan oleh tentara sekutu sering juga disebut sebagai Bofors gun.

Bofors 40 mm gun
Bofors 40 mm/L60. This example includes the British-designed Stiffkey Sight, being operated by the aimer standing to the right of the loader (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights, moving the sights to adjust for lead.
Jenis	autocannon
Negara asal	Sweden
Sejarah pemakaian
Pada perang	WW2
Spesifikasi
Awak	dependent on use
Selongsong peluru	40 x 311R
Kaliber	40 mm
Rangka pembawa	522 kg
Rata² tembakan	120 round/min
Kecepatan peluru	881 m/s
Jarak jangkauan	7,160 m (AA)

Finnish Bofors 40 mm. This gun mounts the original reflector sights, and lacks the armor found on British examples.

Polish-made Bofors gun after the Battle of the Bzura. This gun also mounts the reflector sight that equipped the original Bofors versions.

Q.F. 40 mm Mk. 1 displayed at CFB Borden. This example mounts a Stiffkey Sight, and displays the additional armor protecting the gunners.

The gunner's seat of an Australian Bofors gun used in World War II and now housed in a Sydney war museum

Twin Bofors 40 mm aboard ORP Błyskawica, a WWII destroyer of the Polish Navy.

Single Bofors 40 mm Boffin mounting, displayed at CFB Borden

A MK 12 quadruple mount of Bofors guns fires from the USS Hornet

Crewmen loading ammunition in the Bofors of a Lockheed AC-130.

Bofors L/70.

Referensi

General

1. Campbell, John. Naval Weapons of World War Two. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1985. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.

Pranala luar

• Very thorough information on the Bofors Gun
• Bofors 40 mm AA-gun model 1936 at tfd.chalmers.se
• Oto Melara small caliber naval products page