
Bofors - Wikipedia
AB Bofors (UK: / ˈ b oʊ f ər z / BOH-fərz, US: / ˈ b oʊ f ɔːr z / BOH-forz, [1] [2] Swedish: [buːˈfɔʂː]) [check vowel length] is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems.
Sweden - BAE Systems
BAE Systems Bofors is a defence company within BAE Systems that develops and integrates weapons systems. BAE Systems Bofors has extensive cooperation with subcontractors both in the local area and internationally.
Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - Wikipedia
The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, [3][4] see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
Bofors scandal - Wikipedia
The Bofors scandal was a major weapons-contract political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and several other members of the Indian and Swedish governments.
Bofors – Wikipedia
Aktiebolaget Bofors (AB Bofors) var ett svenskt industriföretag och vapentillverkare med huvudkontor i Karlskoga, Värmland. Företaget grundades som ett järnbruk 1646, blev en ledande ståltillverkare under 1870-talet, började producera kanoner 1883.
Bofors - Military Wiki | Fandom
The name Bofors is strongly associated with the 40 mm anti-aircraft gun used by both sides during World War II. This automatic cannon is often simply called the Bofors gun and saw service on both land and sea.
Bofors 40 Mk4 Naval Gun - BAE Systems
The low weight and compact Bofors 40 Mk4 gun system with its high rate of fire and ability to switch between optimized ammunition types – including the intelligent 40mm 3P all-target ammunition – provides high survivability and tactical freedom at all levels of conflict.
The Bofors gun that revolutionised air defences | Stories - Saab
2020年2月14日 · More than 5,000 ships loomed on the horizon carrying 150,000 soldiers, the largest seaborne force that had ever been mobilised. It was 6 June 1944, D-day, and the Allies would land on the occupied beaches of France with the aim of finally crushing Nazism. The air shook with deafening noise.
title: sweden's bofors arms scandal: a summary of the diversions, investigations, and implications subject: sweden's bofors arms scandal: a summary of the diversions, investigations, and implications
A Gun That Fought For All Sides | Naval History Magazine
The Swedish-designed rapid-fire Bofors 40-mm gun was the most widely used antiaircraft weapon of World War II. In the 1939–45 conflict, the Bofors was in the arsenal of most Allied and Axis nations and in all theaters of the war. The U.S. Army had a large number of them, and they were the U.S. Navy’s most widely used shipboard gun.