Talk:Bofors 40 mm
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[edit] Bofors wz.37
Should Bofors wz.37 used by Polish Army (see Opposing forces in the Polish September Campaign) redirect here? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 14:05, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- You want the Bofors 37 mm a 37 mm anti-tank gun - see also here [1] GraemeLeggett 16:30, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
The image from the Hornet is very odd. Neither of the gunners seats are occupied. Was laying being performed remotely? If so, this might be worth mentioning. Or is this a loading/firing drill? Maury 12:47, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
I was looking for an example of a 40mm shell, I would have liked to see a photo of the ammo used in this gun on this page.
I was browsing this page when I found that there is no mention of the use of the 40 mm bofors gun in the Combat Vehicle 90. I went ahead and changed it, what do you guys think? Mailerdaemon 16:09, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
"it appears historians connected the development of the 40 mm and German 37 mm weapons without any supporting evidence. It should be pointed out these two weapons are quite different from each other and share few, if any, features." As far as I know, german enginners were not allowed to work on weapons in Germany so some moved abroad. "Legend" has it that the "88" were "invented" at Bofors by germans working there, they later took the plans with them. Can these enginners have been involved in the 40mm? 213.100.43.90 23:21, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
- German engineers were definitely involved in work on what would become the 88 with Bofors. It seems that based on nothing more than this, historians assumed that they also knew about the 40. However the historical record is clear, at least today, that this was not the case. It seems like an example of reading one too many times between the lines. Maury 22:06, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] L60 or L56?
The sentence regarding the L60 beeing in fact L56.1 may of course be correct (I´m no expert in Bofors), but the referring to inches is completely out of place. For all (?) guns, the L figure refers to length in calibers. L60 for a 40mm caliber guns equals 2.4 meters, not 60 inch. L60 for a 50mm caliber gun equals 3.0 meter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 44 Echo (talk • contribs) 14:34, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
- That's true; gun lengths are traditionally measured in calibers... which is why it says "L60"... it means the gun is 60 calibers in length, which equates to 240 cm... the number following the gun's bore size is length in number of calibers, not inches... Magus732 (talk) 04:24, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
