Bofors (as an arms manufacturer)

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arms manufacturer defence company manufacturing company

Bofors is a Swedish arms manufacturer historically renowned for its artillery and anti-aircraft guns, which played a significant role in 20th-century warfare.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bofors 8
Bofors AB 2
Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arms manufacturer ⓘ
defence company ⓘ
manufacturing company ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
exportActivity major exporter of artillery systems in the 20th century ⓘ
foundedAs iron works ⓘ
headquartersLocation Karlskoga, Sweden ⓘ
historicalRole major supplier of anti-aircraft guns in World War II ⓘ
major supplier of naval guns in World War II ⓘ
industry anti-aircraft weapons manufacturing ⓘ
arms industry ⓘ
artillery manufacturing ⓘ
defence industry ⓘ
locatedIn Karlskoga, Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Karlskoga

Sweden ⓘ
Örebro County ⓘ
notableFor 40 mm anti-aircraft gun ⓘ
57 mm naval gun ⓘ
40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
surface form: Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun

40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
surface form: Bofors 40 mm L/70 gun

40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
surface form: Bofors 57 mm gun family

FH77 howitzer series ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
artillery guns ⓘ
field artillery ⓘ
naval guns ⓘ
originatedFrom Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bofors Bruk
parentCompany BAE Systems ⓘ
surface form: BAE Systems (for certain business units)

Saab AB ⓘ
product ammunition ⓘ
anti-aircraft artillery ⓘ
artillery systems ⓘ
automatic cannons ⓘ
field howitzers ⓘ
naval artillery ⓘ
reputation high reliability of gun systems ⓘ
iconic 40 mm anti-aircraft gun design ⓘ
successor BAE Systems ⓘ
surface form: BAE Systems Bofors

Saab AB ⓘ
surface form: Saab Bofors Dynamics
suppliedTo British Armed Forces ⓘ
Indian Armed Forces ⓘ
Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
numerous NATO countries ⓘ
technologyFocus automatic anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
medium-calibre artillery ⓘ
naval gun systems ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War-era conflicts ⓘ
Kashmir conflict ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Pakistani conflicts

World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alfred Nobel → coFounded → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
Alfred Nobel → owned → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors
Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) → originatedFrom → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Bofors
this entity surface form: Bofors Bruk
40 mm Bofors autocannon → manufacturer → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors
FH77 howitzer series → manufacturer → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors
FH77 howitzer series → developedBy → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors
Örebro County → notableCompany → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors
Karlskoga, Sweden → hasCompany → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
subject surface form: Karlskoga
this entity surface form: Bofors
Joint Committee on Bofors → contractingPartiesInvestigated → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors AB
Joint Committee on Bofors → relatedTo → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors AB
RBS 56 BILL anti-tank missile → manufacturer → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
subject surface form: RBS 56 BILL
this entity surface form: Bofors
Carl-Gustaf M2 → designedBy → Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors