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The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70, [1] (Bofors 40 mm L/70, Bofors 40 mm/70, Bofors 40/70 and the like), is a multi-purpose autocannon developed by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors (today BAE Systems Bofors) during the second half of the 1940s as a modern replacement for their extremely successful World War II-era Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun-design.
A 20×145mmR cartridge, as would be used in the m/40, tape measure in centimeters for scale. The 20 mm m/40 followed the same pattern of long-recoil operation as the 25 mm and 40 mm guns. It was chambered for a unique and quite powerful 20×145R cartridge, and could fire at 360 rpm.
The Kulsprutegevär m/40, Kg m/40 (Machine rifle model 40) is an automatic rifle used by the Swedish Army during the 1940s. [ 1 ] The rifle was negatively referred to as "galopperande järnsängen" (the "galloping iron bed") by soldiers owing to its recoil.
M/40 automatic cannon; M4 autocannon; M39 cannon; M230 chain gun; M230LF; M242 Bushmaster; M621 cannon; Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system; Mauser BK-27; Mauser MG 213; Meroka CIWS; MG 151 cannon; MG FF cannon; Mk 20 Mod 0 grenade launcher; MK 101 cannon; MK 103 cannon; MK 108 cannon; MK 115 cannon; MK 214A cannon; Mk44 Bushmaster II
The Smith & Wesson Model 40 originally debuted as the Centennial in 1952 and was renamed the Model 40 in 1957. The Model 40 is chambered in .38 special and has a five-round capacity. It is a snub-nose revolver with a 1 7/8-inch barrel. It is built on Smith & Wesson's J-frame and weighs 21 oz. empty. [2]
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Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50 (full English name: Bofors 120 mm Automatic Gun L/50 In Naval Twin Turret), [2] also known as Bofors 120 mm gun model 1950 and the like, was a Swedish twin-barreled 120 mm (4.7 in) caliber fully automatic dual purpose naval gun turret system designed by Bofors from the end of the 1940s to the early 1950s to meet a request from the Dutch Navy. [4]
Bofors 120 mm Automatic Gun L/46, [4] most commonly referred to as either Bofors FAK 120 or Bofors TAK 120 depending on the configuration (field gun vs naval gun), was a Swedish liquid-cooled single-barreled 120 mm (4.7 in) caliber long-range anti-aircraft autocannon designed by Bofors during the 1950s for indigenous use and export.