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Bofors 57 Mm Gun
The Bofors 57 mm gun is a nickname or designation given to several types of guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: *, a 57 mm anti tank gun for the Swedish army during WW2. * Bofors 57 mm Automatic Gun L/50, a 57 mm × 230 mm aircraft autocannon for the Saab T 18B torpedo bomber. *Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/60, a twin barreled 57 mm x 438 mm naval artillery gun/anti air autocannon based on the design of the Bofors 40 mm L/60 anti air gun. * Bofors 57 mm Automatic Anti-Aircraft Gun L/60, a single barreled 57 mm x 438 mm anti air autocannon based on the dual barreled Bofors 57 mm L/60 naval artillery gun. *Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/70, a single barreled 57 mm x 438 mm dual-purpose autocannon to replace the 57 mm L/60. Exists in several main variants ranging from Mark 1 to 3 (The Mark 3 is named Mark 110 in United States service). Other equivalent disambiguation pages *Bofors 40 mm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bofors
AB Bofors ( , , ) is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms concern BAE Systems. The name has been associated with the iron industry and artillery manufacturing for more than 350 years. History Located in Karlskoga, Sweden, the company originates from the hammer mill "Boofors", which was founded as a royal state-owned company in 1646. The modern corporate structure was created in 1873 with the foundation of Aktiebolaget (AB) Bofors-Gullspång. The Bofors Works was acquired by Johan Eberhard Geijer in 1762. It was then acquired by the latter's brother, Emanuel af Geijerstam. A leading Swedish steel producer by the early 1870s, when steel began to be used for gun manufacture in Sweden, Bofors initially sold cast and forged steel produced by the Siemens-Martin process to Finspång gun works, but soon started to expand into weapons manufacture. The company's first cannon workshop was opened in 1884. Bofors' most famous owner was Alfred Nob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bofors 57 Mm M/47 Aircraft Gun
The Bofors 57 mm m/47 aircraft gun (Swedish: 57 mm automatkanon m/47, short 57 mm akan m/47) was a Swedish aircraft gun developed by Bofors AB for the T 18B, a Swedish torpedo bomber manufactured by SAAB. The designation "57 mm automatkanon m/47" is translated to "57 mm autocannon model 1947". It is referred to as the Bofors 57 mm type L50 by the manufacturer. It was an effective and modern weapon for its time, and was capable of firing through a full magazine smoothly due to its reliable design and the use of a powerful muzzle brake. The recoil could be felt by the pilot, but this didn't interfere with the pilot's aim, and the weapon was accurate up to . History Towards the end of the 1930s and into the early 1940s, the Swedish Air Force was looking for a new torpedo bomber, since they had not been able to acquire enough units of the previous model, the T 2. The Swedish Air Force then asked the Swedish airplane manufacturer Saab AB (formerly SAAB) to desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saab 18
The Saab 18 was a twin-engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, designed and built by Svenska Aeroplan AB (SAAB) for use by the Swedish Air Force in response to a 1938 design competition. Due to delays, it did not enter service until 1944, but quickly became the standard Swedish bomber aircraft. Serving in the bomber, reconnaissance and ground-attack roles, it also assisted in the development of ejection seats and air-to-surface guided missiles until its replacement by the Saab Lansen in the late 1950s. Design and development Intended as a replacement for the Junkers Ju 86 in service with the Swedish Air Force,Fredriksson, Urban. (2005"Saab 18" ''Swedish Military Aviation''. Accessed 2010-05-17. the requirement that led to the Saab 18 called for a three-seat fast reconnaissance aircraft.Donald 1997, p. 809. AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning (ASJA), SAAB, and AB Götaverken (GV) submitted designs for consideration by the Swedish Air Force. GV's GV8 appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bofors 57 Mm Naval Automatic Gun L/60
Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/60 ( sv, 57 mm sjöautomatkanon L/60 (''57 mm SAK 60'')), also known as 57 mm/60 (2.25") SAK Model 1950 and the like (full English product name: Bofors 57 mm Automatic A.A. Gun L/60 In Stabilized Twin Turret), was a twin- barreled caliber fully automatic dual purpose naval artillery piece designed by the Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors from the end of the 1940s to the early 1950s to meet a request from the Dutch Navy. Besides the Dutch Navy, the weapon was also adopted by the Swedish and the French Navy, most predominantly by the latter. Design 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 constructed as a twin-gun system sharing the same receiver/mantle with ammunition feeding from the sides into each gun. The guns were water-cooled and fed by large 80-cartridge magazines that allowed several long bursts to be fired without reloading. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bofors 57 Mm M/54 Anti-aircraft Gun
The Bofors 57 mm m/54 was a wheeled automatic anti-aircraft gun for land based use produced by Bofors and developed from the similar Bofors 57 mm m/50 naval artillery gun. The gun was developed in the 1950s and fielded by the Belgian and Swedish forces. In Swedish service, the gun was known as the 57 mm lvakan m/54. The m/54 fired a 2.67-kilogram high explosive projectile at a muzzle velocity of 880 meters per second and a rate of fire of 160 rounds per minute. Weighing in at 8.1 tons, the m/54 had an effective range of 4,000 meters. The ballistics of the m/54 at practical air defense altitudes were not particularly superior to those of the Bofors 40 mm AA gun, resulting in relatively few sales of the m/54. See also *Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/60 Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/60 ( sv, 57 mm sjöautomatkanon L/60 (''57 mm SAK 60'')), also known as 57 mm/60 (2.25") SAK Model 1950 and the like (full English product name: Bofors 57&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bofors 57 Mm Naval Automatic Gun L/70
Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/70 ( sv, 57 mm sjöautomatkanon L/70 (''57 mm SAK 70'')), among other names (see Names), is a series of dual-purpose naval guns designed and produced by the Swedish arms 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 Automatic Gun L/60. The gun is remotely controlled by a fire-control computer but can as a redundancy measure also be operated manually by crew using instrument panels either on or in direct contact with the gun. The gun has been upgraded and improved several times: *Mk1 – The baseline Mark 1 variant began production in 1970 and was initially used to equip smaller coastal patrol craft and fast attack craft. *Mk2 – The improved Mark 2 variant came in 1981 and drastically lowered the weight as well as introduced new servo stabilizers. *Mk3 – The improved Mark 3 variant came in 1995 and primarily features th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bofors 40 Mm Gun
Bofors 40 mm gun is a name or designation given to two models of 40 mm calibre anti-aircraft guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: *Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - developed in the 1930s, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s *Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70 - modernized replacement design of the 40 mm L/60, entering service in the 1950s Other Bofors gun disambiguation pages *Bofors 57 mm gun The Bofors 57 mm gun is a nickname or designation given to several types of guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: *, a 57 mm anti tank gun for the Swedish army during WW2. * Bofors 57 mm Automatic Gun L/50, a 57 ... * Bofors 120 mm gun External links {{set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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