40 mm Bofors autocannon

E48539
anti-aircraft gun artillery piece autocannon

The 40 mm Bofors autocannon is a widely used, rapid-firing anti-aircraft and multi-purpose gun system renowned for its reliability and effectiveness since World War II.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
40 mm Bofors autocannon canonical 1
Bofors 40 mm L/60 1
Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-aircraft gun ⓘ
artillery piece ⓘ
autocannon ⓘ
ammunitionType armor-piercing shell ⓘ
high-explosive shell ⓘ
proximity-fuzed shell ⓘ
caliber 40 mm ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Sweden ⓘ
designedIn 1930s ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
eraOfIntroduction interwar period ⓘ
feedSystem clip-fed ⓘ
magazine-fed ⓘ
influenced later naval anti-aircraft gun designs ⓘ
manufacturer Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) ⓘ
surface form: Bofors
mounting naval mount ⓘ
self-propelled mount ⓘ
static ground mount ⓘ
towed mount ⓘ
notableFor high rate of fire ⓘ
long service life ⓘ
reliability ⓘ
widespread adoption ⓘ
notableVariant 40 mm Bofors autocannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bofors 40 mm L/60

40 mm Bofors autocannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bofors 40 mm L/70
primaryRole anti-aircraft warfare ⓘ
secondaryRole surface target engagement ⓘ
status still in service in many countries ⓘ
type air-cooled ⓘ
fully automatic ⓘ
usedBy Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces

Finnish Defence Forces ⓘ
German Navy ⓘ
Indian Armed Forces ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Polish Armed Forces

Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ
Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
usedInConflict Falklands War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedOnPlatform ground-based air defense systems ⓘ
self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles ⓘ
warships ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

CV90 infantry fighting vehicle → mainArmament → 40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
subject surface form: CV90
Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) → notableFor → 40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
subject surface form: Bofors
this entity surface form: Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun
Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) → notableFor → 40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
subject surface form: Bofors
this entity surface form: Bofors 40 mm L/70 gun
Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) → notableFor → 40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
subject surface form: Bofors
this entity surface form: Bofors 57 mm gun family
Royal Ordnance → notableProduct → 40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors 40 mm gun (UK production)
40 mm Bofors autocannon → notableVariant → 40 mm Bofors autocannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors 40 mm L/60
40 mm Bofors autocannon → notableVariant → 40 mm Bofors autocannon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors 40 mm L/70
USS Juneau (CL-52) → armament → 40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns
USS Apogon → armament → 40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors 40 mm gun
HMS Illustrious → antiAircraftArmament → 40 mm Bofors autocannon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bofors 40 mm guns