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The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 is known under a variety of names around the world. In common historical nomenclatures it is commonly known under the names Bofors 40 mm gun, 40 mm Bofors gun and Bofors gun. [3] This mostly stems from Western Allied usage of the gun during World War II.
The M36 tank destroyer, formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36, was an American tank destroyer used during World War II. The M36 combined the hull of the M10 tank destroyer, which used the M4 Sherman's reliable chassis and drivetrain combined with sloped armor, and a new turret mounting the 90 mm gun M3. Conceived in 1943, the M36 first served ...
A four man crew on the Polish wz. 36 Bofors in 1938. Poland As wz.36. 300 guns were bought in Sweden and hundreds more were produced by SMPzA (Stowarzyszenie Mechaników Polskich z Ameryki) in Pruszków, some of them exported. When World War II began, the Polish Army had 1,200 pieces.
World War II 20 mm (0.79 in) Madsen 20 mm cannon Denmark: World War II 20 mm (0.79 in) 20 mm Oerlikon Switzerland: World War II - Cold War 20 mm (0.79 in) 20 mm Polsten Poland: World War II - Cold War 20 mm (0.79 in) 2 cm/65 C/30 Nazi Germany: World War II 20 mm (0.79 in) 20 mm akan m/40 (Bofors 20 mm automatic gun L/70 model 1940) Sweden
Another well-known gun made by the company was the Bofors 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun L/45, [21] a standard anti-tank weapon used by a variety of armies from the mid 1930s throughout World War II. It was built under licence in a variety of nations such as Finland, The Netherlands and Poland [ 22 ] and used in a variety of tanks and armored vehicles ...
Bofors M36, an anti-aircraft autocannon; Bulgarian M36 helmet, of the Bulgarian Army prior to and during World War II; Panssarimiina m/36, a Finnish anti-tank mine; Skoda 75 mm Model 1936 (75 mm M.36), a mountain artillery gun; M36, a variant of the US Army M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck
Several were conquered during WW2 but only one in working condition. Only studied, never in operational use. 82 KRH 41 Soviet Union: Mortar: 478 units In use between 1941–. 82 KRH 38 Soviet Union: Mortar: 82 KRH 37 Soviet Union: Mortar: In use between 1937–. 82 KRH 36 Soviet Union: Mortar: 81 KRH 97 Finland: Mortar: 4 units In test use ...
Bofors 40 mm gun is a name or designation given to models of 40 mm calibre automatic anti-aircraft guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: . Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/43 - developed in the 1930s with market entry in 1934, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s