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'''Bofors 40mm''' is the collective name for a series of 40mm autocannons produced by Swedish manufacturer Bofors AB (today part of BAE Systems) starting in 1934; the guns were seldom described with a singular name, generally being referred to by Bofors simply as "40mm Automatic Gun" with a series of descriptors detailing the mounting it came with, its intended role, and its barrel length (in calibers, as is convention for cannons - for example, the common L/60 variant has a barrel ostensibly 60 calibers, or 60x40mm = 2,400mm = 1.2 meters long; the "ostensibly" bit refers to how this nominal length includes the barrel and breech together, with the barrel itself being only 56 1/4 calibers long in most cases). The Bofors guns would end up being wildly successful in their primary intended role as AA guns, being used all across the world (in the form of both Bofors-made guns and license-produced foreign copies), and serving on both sides of World War II in a slew of configurations (in both stationary and wheeled ground mounts, on self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles like the M19 GMC, on submarines and ships in single-, double-, and often quadruple-mounts, et cetera). Post-war, their utility as AA guns would wane as planes began flying faster and higher with each passing year (even with the development of proximity-fuzed 40mm ammunition), though they continue to see use to this day, notably as the main gun of the Swedish CV9040 infantry fighting vehicle, and as one of the 3 principal armaments of the AC-130 "Spooky" gunship.
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Mechanically, the Bofors gun is a long-recoil-operated, striker-fired autocannon with a vertically-sliding breechblock, fed by a somewhat unusual system: a 7-round mechanically-indexed magazine (driven by the movement of the barrel and breechblock) is mounted atop the receiver, which can be replenished at any time with either loose rounds or 4-round stripper clips. The theoretical advantage of this system is that it allows for a relatively continuous rate of fire without needing an overly large or bulky feed system (since the weapon can be quickly and easily topped up by its crew, even while it is actively firing); some variants forgo this in favor of more conventional systems, depending on the specific nature of the mount.
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==Specifications==
 
==Specifications==
  
''(1934-Present)''
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''(1934 - Present)''
  
 
'''Type:''' Antiaircraft gun
 
'''Type:''' Antiaircraft gun
  
 
'''Calibre:''' 40x311mmR (L/60), 40x364mmR (L/70)
 
'''Calibre:''' 40x311mmR (L/60), 40x364mmR (L/70)
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'''Bore length:''' L60: Japanese versions {{convert|mm|2400}} (60 calibers), all other WW2 production {{convert|mm|2250}} (56.25 calibers)
  
 
'''Capacity:''' 7-round integral magazine loaded with 4-round cartridge clips; some versions use alternate feed mechanisms
 
'''Capacity:''' 7-round integral magazine loaded with 4-round cartridge clips; some versions use alternate feed mechanisms
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==L/60==
 
==L/60==
  
[[Image:40mm bofors.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Bofors 40mm L/60 AA gun in a Boffin mounting - 40x311mmR]]
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[[File:40mm bofors.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Bofors 40mm L/60 AA gun in a Boffin mounting in Base Borden, Ontario, Canada - 40x311mmR]]
 
[[File:Bofors 40mm trailer.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Bofors 40mm L/60 AA gun in a wheeled trailer mounting - 40x311mmR]]
 
[[File:Bofors 40mm trailer.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Bofors 40mm L/60 AA gun in a wheeled trailer mounting - 40x311mmR]]
[[Image:BoforsTwin.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Bofors 40mm L/60 twin mounting - 40x311mmR]]
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[[File:BoforsTwin.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Bofors 40mm L/60 twin mounting - 40x311mmR]]
[[Image:Bofors40Quad.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Bofors 40mm L/60 quad mounting - 40x311mmR]]
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[[File:Bofors40Quad.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Bofors 40mm L/60 quad mounting - 40x311mmR]]
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[[File:Bofors-L60-M42-Duster.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Twin Bofors L/60s mounted in the turret of an M42 Duster SPAAG - 40x311mmR]]
  
 
===Film===
 
===Film===
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| ''[[Breakthrough]]'' || || U.S. soldiers ||  || 1950
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| ''[[The One That Got Away (1957)|The One That Got Away]]'' || || British soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version || 1957
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Dunkirk (1958)|Dunkirk]]'' || || British soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version || 1958
 
| ''[[Dunkirk (1958)|Dunkirk]]'' || || British soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version || 1958
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| ''[[Gorgo]]'' || || || Mounted on Royal Navy and US Navy ships in single, twin and quad mountings || 1961
 
| ''[[Gorgo]]'' || || || Mounted on Royal Navy and US Navy ships in single, twin and quad mountings || 1961
 
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|-
| ''[[Longest Day, The|The Longest Day]]'' ||  || German soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version  || 1962
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| ''[[The Longest Day]]'' ||  || German soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version  || 1962
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|-
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| ''[[The Eye of the Monocle (L'oeil du monocle)]]'' || || || Mounted on French Navy ''L'Opiniatre'' || 1962
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Operation Crossbow]]'' || || || Single ground mount || 1965
 
| ''[[Operation Crossbow]]'' || || || Single ground mount || 1965
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|-
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| ''[[The Heroes of Telemark‎]]'' || || German soldiers || || 1965
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Is Paris Burning?]]'' || || Free French Forces soldiers || || 1966
 
| ''[[Is Paris Burning?]]'' || || Free French Forces soldiers || || 1966
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Dirty Dozen, The|The Dirty Dozen]]'' || || || Single ground mount under tow, playing a German AA gun || 1967
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| ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' || || || Single ground mount under tow, playing a German AA gun || 1967
 
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|-
 
| ''[[The Bridge (Most)]]'' || || || Seen on partisans base || 1969
 
| ''[[The Bridge (Most)]]'' || || || Seen on partisans base || 1969
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| ''[[We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli)]]'' || || || Single ground mount under tow || 1973
 
| ''[[We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli)]]'' || || || Single ground mount under tow || 1973
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[1941]]'' || || American soldiers || Single ground mount || 1976
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| ''[[The Tree of Guernica (L'arbre de Guernica)]]'' || || Spanish Nationalists || Single mount on wheeled trailer || 1975
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|-
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| ''[[One Way Ticket]]'' || || || Twin mount on Indonesian LST RI ''Teluk Bone'' 511 || 1976
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|-
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| ''[[The Eagle Has Landed]]'' || || German soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version || 1976
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Soldier of Orange]]'' || || German soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version || 1977
 
| ''[[Soldier of Orange]]'' || || German soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version || 1977
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear , The|The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear]]'' || [[O.J. Simpson]] || Detective Nordberg || Single ground mount dressed up to resemble a giant [[Browning M1919]] || 1991
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| rowspan=2|''[[1941]]'' || [[Ned Beatty]] || Ward Douglas || rowspan=2| Single ground mount || rowspan=2|1979
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||| American soldiers
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| ''[[Concorde Affaire '79]]'' || || || Single mount on French patrol boat P659 ''Canopus'' || 1979
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|-
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| ''[[The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear]]'' || [[O.J. Simpson]] || Detective Nordberg || Single ground mount dressed up to resemble a giant [[Browning M1919]] || 1991
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|-
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| ''[[The English Patient]]'' || || British soldiers || || 1996
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|-
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| ''[[Life Is Beautiful]]'' || || American soldiers || || 1997
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|-
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| ''[[Bullet Ballet]]'' ||  || || archive footage || 1998
 
|-
 
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| ''[[Thin Red Line, The (1998)|The Thin Red Line]]'' || || || Naval twin mount || 1998
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| ''[[The Thin Red Line (1998)|The Thin Red Line]]'' || || || Naval twin mount || 1998
 
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|-
 
| ''[[Stealth]]'' || || American soldiers || Single ground mount || 2005
 
| ''[[Stealth]]'' || || American soldiers || Single ground mount || 2005
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|-
 
| ''[[Lone Survivor]]'' ||  ||  || Mounted on AC-130U "Spooky" gunship || 2013
 
| ''[[Lone Survivor]]'' ||  ||  || Mounted on AC-130U "Spooky" gunship || 2013
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| ''[[Tom of Finland]]'' ||  || Finnish soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version || 2017
 
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|-
 
| ''[[Dunkirk (2017)|Dunkirk]]'' || || British soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version || 2017
 
| ''[[Dunkirk (2017)|Dunkirk]]'' || || British soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version || 2017
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|''[[The Unknown Soldier (2017)|The Unknown Soldier]]''||  || Finnish soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version ||2017
 
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|}
 
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| ''[[Foyle's War - Season 3]]'' || || || "A War of Nerves" (S3E4); Mounted on Royal Navy destroyer || 2004
 
| ''[[Foyle's War - Season 3]]'' || || || "A War of Nerves" (S3E4); Mounted on Royal Navy destroyer || 2004
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| ''[[Dunkirk (2004)|Dunkirk]]'' || || British soldiers || single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version || 2004
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Sea Patrol]]'' || || || Single naval mount on Australian ''Fremantle''-class patrol boat || 2007
 
| ''[[Sea Patrol]]'' || || || Single naval mount on Australian ''Fremantle''-class patrol boat || 2007
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|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Ultimate Weapons]]'' || ||  || on AC-130 Spooky || 2010
 
| ''[[Ultimate Weapons]]'' || ||  || on AC-130 Spooky || 2010
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|''[[Loki - Season 1]]''|| ||USS Eldridge sailors || Mounted on USS Eldridge; "Journey Into Mystery" (S1E05)||2021
 
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| ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]'' ||40mm || || mounted on AC-130H Spectre || 2007
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| ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]'' || || || 2002
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| ''[[Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault]]'' || || Single ground mount || 2004
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| ''[[Civilization IV]]'' ||  || "Road to War" scenario || 2005
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| ''[[Company of Heroes (2006)|Company of Heroes]]'' || "Bofors 40mm Cannon" || || 2006
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| ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]'' ||40mm || mounted on AC-130H Spectre || 2007
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| ''[[Dark Sector]]'' || ||  Single naval mount on a submarine || 2008
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| ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' ||  ||  unusable || 2008
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| ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' ||  || L/60 quad mounting || 2008
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| ''[[Battlefield: 1943]]'' || || Single ground mount || 2009
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| ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]'' || || Single ground mount || 2010
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|-
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| ''[[Medal of Honor (2010)|Medal of Honor]]'' ||L/60 Bofers cannon || mounted on AC-130 Spooky II || 2010
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| ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' ||40mm || mounted on AC-130 Spooky II || 2011
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| ''[[Company of Heroes 2]]'' || || Single ground mount; The Western Front Armies (2014) || 2013
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|-
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| ''[[Battlefield 4]]'' || || mounted in AC130 || 2014
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| ''[[Battlefield Hardline]]'' || || mounted to a grounded AC130 || 2015
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|-
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| ''[[Civilization VI]]'' || || || 2016
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|-
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| ''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' || || Single ground mount || 2017
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|-
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| ''[[Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown]] || || mounted on AC-130U, unused || 2019
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| ''[[Land of War: The Beginning]]'' || || Single ground mount. Armata przeciwlotnicza 40 mm Bofors wz. 36. Polish variant.|| 2021
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|-
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| rowspan=2|''[[Enlisted]]'' || || Single mount || rowspan=2| 2021
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|||Twin mount
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|-
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| ''[[Battlefield 2042]]'' || || Emplacement on ''Portal'' El Alamein map || 2021
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|-
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| ''[[Military Conflict: Vietnam]]'' || || M2A1 40mm || 2022
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|-
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| ''[[Company of Heroes 3]]'' || "Bofors Anti-air Gun" || || 2023
 
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| ''[[Dark Sector]]'' || || || Single naval mount on a submarine || 2008
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| ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' || || || unusable || 2008
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| ''[[Strike Witches 2]]'' || || Single mounts on ''Fletcher''-class destroyers || 2010
 
|-
 
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| ''[[Battlefield: 1943]]'' || || || Single ground mount || 2009
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| ''[[Strike Witches: The Movie]]'' || || Twin mounts at Saint-Trond airbase || 2012
 
|-
 
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| ''[[Medal of Honor (2010)|Medal of Honor]]'' ||L/60 Bofers cannon || || mounted on AC-130 Spooky II || 2010
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| ''[[Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow]]'' || || Twin mounts at Saint-Trond airbase || 2014-2015
 
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| ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'' ||40mm || || mounted on AC-130 Spooky II || 2011
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| ''[[Brave Witches]]'' || || Twin mounts at Murman airbase || 2016-2017
 
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| ''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' || || || Single ground mount || 2017
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| ''[[Strike Witches: Road to Berlin]]'' || || Twin mounts at Saint-Trond airbase || 2020
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|-
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| ''[[Luminous Witches]]'' || || Twin mounts on ''Sangamon''-class carrier || 2022
 
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|}
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==L/70==
 
==L/70==
 
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[[File:Bofors_40mm_L70.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Bofors 40mm L/70 on ''Bundesmarine'' ''Jaguar''-class torpedo boat ''Kranich'' - 40x365R mm]]
 
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===Film===
 
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| ''[[One Way Ticket]]'' || || Indonesian sailors || Mounted on Indonesian ''Jaguar''-class torpedo boats || 1976
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|-
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| ''[[The Seventh Company Outdoors (La 7ème compagnie au clair de lune)]]'' || || || Mounted on German patrol boat || 1977
 
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| ''[[April Captains (Capitães de Abril)]]'' || || || Mounted on Portuguese corvette || 2000
 
| ''[[April Captains (Capitães de Abril)]]'' || || || Mounted on Portuguese corvette || 2000
 
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[[Category:Cannon]]

Latest revision as of 06:09, 10 March 2025

Bofors 40mm is the collective name for a series of 40mm autocannons produced by Swedish manufacturer Bofors AB (today part of BAE Systems) starting in 1934; the guns were seldom described with a singular name, generally being referred to by Bofors simply as "40mm Automatic Gun" with a series of descriptors detailing the mounting it came with, its intended role, and its barrel length (in calibers, as is convention for cannons - for example, the common L/60 variant has a barrel ostensibly 60 calibers, or 60x40mm = 2,400mm = 1.2 meters long; the "ostensibly" bit refers to how this nominal length includes the barrel and breech together, with the barrel itself being only 56 1/4 calibers long in most cases). The Bofors guns would end up being wildly successful in their primary intended role as AA guns, being used all across the world (in the form of both Bofors-made guns and license-produced foreign copies), and serving on both sides of World War II in a slew of configurations (in both stationary and wheeled ground mounts, on self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles like the M19 GMC, on submarines and ships in single-, double-, and often quadruple-mounts, et cetera). Post-war, their utility as AA guns would wane as planes began flying faster and higher with each passing year (even with the development of proximity-fuzed 40mm ammunition), though they continue to see use to this day, notably as the main gun of the Swedish CV9040 infantry fighting vehicle, and as one of the 3 principal armaments of the AC-130 "Spooky" gunship.

Mechanically, the Bofors gun is a long-recoil-operated, striker-fired autocannon with a vertically-sliding breechblock, fed by a somewhat unusual system: a 7-round mechanically-indexed magazine (driven by the movement of the barrel and breechblock) is mounted atop the receiver, which can be replenished at any time with either loose rounds or 4-round stripper clips. The theoretical advantage of this system is that it allows for a relatively continuous rate of fire without needing an overly large or bulky feed system (since the weapon can be quickly and easily topped up by its crew, even while it is actively firing); some variants forgo this in favor of more conventional systems, depending on the specific nature of the mount.

Specifications

(1934 - Present)

Type: Antiaircraft gun

Calibre: 40x311mmR (L/60), 40x364mmR (L/70)

Bore length: L60: Japanese versions 94.5 in (240 cm) (60 calibers), all other WW2 production 88.6 in (225 cm) (56.25 calibers)

Capacity: 7-round integral magazine loaded with 4-round cartridge clips; some versions use alternate feed mechanisms

Fire modes: Safe/Semi/Auto, cyclic rate 120 RPM (L/60), up to 330 RPM (L/70)

L/60

Bofors 40mm L/60 AA gun in a Boffin mounting in Base Borden, Ontario, Canada - 40x311mmR
Bofors 40mm L/60 AA gun in a wheeled trailer mounting - 40x311mmR
Bofors 40mm L/60 twin mounting - 40x311mmR
Bofors 40mm L/60 quad mounting - 40x311mmR
Twin Bofors L/60s mounted in the turret of an M42 Duster SPAAG - 40x311mmR

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Breakthrough U.S. soldiers 1950
The One That Got Away British soldiers single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version 1957
Dunkirk British soldiers single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version 1958
Reptilicus Danish soldiers Single AA mounts, twin mount of Danish Navy Flora 1961
Gorgo Mounted on Royal Navy and US Navy ships in single, twin and quad mountings 1961
The Longest Day German soldiers single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version 1962
The Eye of the Monocle (L'oeil du monocle) Mounted on French Navy L'Opiniatre 1962
Operation Crossbow Single ground mount 1965
The Heroes of Telemark‎ German soldiers 1965
Is Paris Burning? Free French Forces soldiers 1966
The Dirty Dozen Single ground mount under tow, playing a German AA gun 1967
The Bridge (Most) Seen on partisans base 1969
We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli) Single ground mount under tow 1973
The Tree of Guernica (L'arbre de Guernica) Spanish Nationalists Single mount on wheeled trailer 1975
One Way Ticket Twin mount on Indonesian LST RI Teluk Bone 511 1976
The Eagle Has Landed German soldiers single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version 1976
Soldier of Orange German soldiers single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version 1977
1941 Ned Beatty Ward Douglas Single ground mount 1979
American soldiers
Concorde Affaire '79 Single mount on French patrol boat P659 Canopus 1979
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear O.J. Simpson Detective Nordberg Single ground mount dressed up to resemble a giant Browning M1919 1991
The English Patient British soldiers 1996
Life Is Beautiful American soldiers 1997
Bullet Ballet archive footage 1998
The Thin Red Line Naval twin mount 1998
Stealth American soldiers Single ground mount 2005
Flags of Our Fathers Marines Naval Mk 12 quad mount 2006
Transformers Mounted on AC-130U "Spooky" gunship 2007
Lone Survivor Mounted on AC-130U "Spooky" gunship 2013
Tom of Finland Finnish soldiers single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version 2017
Dunkirk British soldiers single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version 2017
The Unknown Soldier Finnish soldiers single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version 2017

Television

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Band of Brothers British soldiers "Currahee" (Ep.1) 2001
Ultimate Force UN forces Trailer mounted 2002
Foyle's War - Season 2 British soldiers "Fifty Ships" (S2E1) and "Among the Few" (S2E2) 2003
Foyle's War - Season 3 "A War of Nerves" (S3E4); Mounted on Royal Navy destroyer 2004
Dunkirk British soldiers single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version 2004
Sea Patrol Single naval mount on Australian Fremantle-class patrol boat 2007
Atonement British soldiers 2007
Ultimate Weapons on AC-130 Spooky 2010
Loki - Season 1 USS Eldridge sailors Mounted on USS Eldridge; "Journey Into Mystery" (S1E05) 2021

Video Games

Game Title As Notes Release Date
Battlefield: 1942 2002
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Single ground mount 2004
Civilization IV "Road to War" scenario 2005
Company of Heroes "Bofors 40mm Cannon" 2006
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 40mm mounted on AC-130H Spectre 2007
Dark Sector Single naval mount on a submarine 2008
Mare Nostrum unusable 2008
Call of Duty: World at War L/60 quad mounting 2008
Battlefield: 1943 Single ground mount 2009
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Single ground mount 2010
Medal of Honor L/60 Bofers cannon mounted on AC-130 Spooky II 2010
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 40mm mounted on AC-130 Spooky II 2011
Company of Heroes 2 Single ground mount; The Western Front Armies (2014) 2013
Battlefield 4 mounted in AC130 2014
Battlefield Hardline mounted to a grounded AC130 2015
Civilization VI 2016
Call of Duty: WWII Single ground mount 2017
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown mounted on AC-130U, unused 2019
Land of War: The Beginning Single ground mount. Armata przeciwlotnicza 40 mm Bofors wz. 36. Polish variant. 2021
Enlisted Single mount 2021
Twin mount
Battlefield 2042 Emplacement on Portal El Alamein map 2021
Military Conflict: Vietnam M2A1 40mm 2022
Company of Heroes 3 "Bofors Anti-air Gun" 2023

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Strike Witches 2 Single mounts on Fletcher-class destroyers 2010
Strike Witches: The Movie Twin mounts at Saint-Trond airbase 2012
Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Twin mounts at Saint-Trond airbase 2014-2015
Brave Witches Twin mounts at Murman airbase 2016-2017
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Twin mounts at Saint-Trond airbase 2020
Luminous Witches Twin mounts on Sangamon-class carrier 2022


L/70

Bofors 40mm L/70 on Bundesmarine Jaguar-class torpedo boat Kranich - 40x365R mm

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
One Way Ticket Indonesian sailors Mounted on Indonesian Jaguar-class torpedo boats 1976
The Seventh Company Outdoors (La 7ème compagnie au clair de lune) Mounted on German patrol boat 1977
April Captains (Capitães de Abril) Mounted on Portuguese corvette 2000



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