This shell was made specifically for the Bofors light ack-ack (40mm) gun which was designed in Sweden and used by both sides. My father was a member of a 10 man ack-ack gun team, firstly in the ...

the Missouri was armed with about 80 Bofors guns mounted in dual and quad configurations. Each was capable of firing more than 120 40mm shells per minute, Hoffeditz said. And in sets of four ...

Moreover, the dual 40mm Bofors guns were devastating ... and in some cases served as point security on patrol. The gun’s 40mm shells—or over 1.5 inches—were more than large enough to ...

He was retrained in the use of the 40mm Bofors Anti Aircraft gun and was responsible ... to shoot down aircraft made of aluminium, so the shells were made to penetrate soft skins.

The project to manufacture Bofors guns indigenously has been set ... The official line so far is that due to a defect in the shell it burst in the barrel itself. A message faxed to OFB in Kolkata ...

New Delhi, July 1 : Desperate to keep its artillery backbone in shape, India has begun talks with Celsius Corporation, manufacturers of the Bofors howitzers, and is trying to negotiate a deal on new ...