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The Bofors L70 is a 40 mm auto-cannon used as an anti-aircraft defence. It has a cyclic rate of 320 rounds per minute and an effective range of 4000 metres against both airborne and ground targets.
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The 88 mm Flak 18 was a Swedish designed (by Krupp engineers at the Bofors factory) German 88 mm anti-aircraft gun adopted in 1933. The original Flak 18 had a one-piece barrel, this was changed to a three-piece barrel and given the designation 88 mm Flak 36, a later modification was designated the 88 mm Flak 37. The 88 mm Flak 18 fired a 9.4 kg high-explosive shell to an effective ceiling of 8000 meters at a muzzle velocity of 820 meters-per-second. During the Second World War they were also used as very effective anti-tank guns.
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The AT-4 is a Swedish lightweight multi-purpose weapon by Bofors. It is a single shot anti-tank rocket with iron sights guidance and a range of about 300 meters, capable of penetrating more than 400 mm of armour. The AT-4 (Spigot) is a Russian 120 mm anti-tank guided missile introduced during the 1970s and supplied to infantry, BMP-1, BMP-2 and BRDM-3 units. It has a maximum range of 2000 metres and a flight speed of 185m/s.
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The Bofors Bandkanon was a Swedish self-propelled gun briefly produced during the 1960s. The Bandkanon was armed with a 155 mm fully automatic gun and a 7.62 mm anti-aircraft machine-gun and manned by a crew of five. Later models were fitted with a Rolls-Royce engine, but were still slow moving with a top speed of 28 kmh and a range of 230 km.
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The Bofors Bill 2 is a Swedish wire-guided overfly top-attach anti-tank guided missile. The launch system is designed for both infantry use and mounting on vehicles.
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The Bofors L/60 Gun was a light 40-mm anti-aircraft gun designed by the Bofors company of Sweden in 1929 and used by almost all combatants in the Second World War. They were highly effective against low-flying ground attack aircraft. The original models were entirely hand operated and visually sighted, but in the latter part of the war radar predictors and power control were added, improving the chance of hitting the target. It fired from four-round clips at a rate of 120 rounds-per-minute and had an effective ceiling of 1520 metres and a muzzle velocity of 823 meters-per-second.
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The Bofors 40 Mk3 gun is a 40 mm Naval multipurpose gun with the capability to engage all types of targets. This extremely accurate gun is capable of firing any 40 mm L/70 ammunition, but the highest performance is achieved when using Bofors 40 mm 3P ammunition. The ready-to-use magazine holds a total of 101 rounds, enough for between ten and twenty engagements without reloading. The two magazine compartments can be loaded with different types of ammunition. The operator can, within a split second, switch from one compartment to the other. The Gun Main Computer (GMC) has a built-in event/activity recorder which continuously monitors all the gun-sensors, power supplies and other vital gun functions. The gun is designed for total remote control from the ship Fire Control System. Internal communication within the gun, as well as communication with other units outside the gun, is conducted via a data bus MIL-STD-1553 B. The gun features a sophisticated local control back-up mode using a low-light TV sight.
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The Bofors 57 Mk3 gun is a naval all-target gun based on the well-proven 57 Mk2, but uses a new generation of computers which provide many new features, the most significant of which is the introduction of programmable all-target 3P ammunition. The gun is designed with a stealth cupola which provides an extremely low signature. The gun has a fully automatic loading system containing 120 rounds of ammunition ready-to-fire. In the twin compartment magazine the shift between types of ammunition, which takes only a split second, is fully automatic. In the air defence role the highly effective ammunition, super-accuracy combined with the 220 rounds/minute rate of fire, results in high kill and short firing sequences. Against surface and shore targets the accuracy (range 17000 meters) and effect of each surface target shell, combined with the high rate of fire, gives a gun system that outmatches the enemy in any surface combat situation. Mechanically, the Bofors 57 mm gun is almost identical to the 57 Mk2 gun. The weight of the
gun system including 1000 rounds is approximately 13000 kg. The 57 Mk3 can be installed on ships from 150 tonnes and upwards.
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The Bofors AK5 is a 5.56 mm automatic assault rifle produced since 1984, and supplied to Swedish soldiers. A variant of the AK5, the C2, has a shorter barrel and was developed to meet the requirements of police and paramilitary units. The AK5 takes a 30-round magazine and has a rate of fire of 650 rounds per minute or single shot selectable by the firer.
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The Bofors Bantam is a Swedish small, portable, wire-guided, anti-tank missile designed to be operated by a single soldier. The Bofors Bantam employed a two-stage solid propellant rocket motor providing a cruising speed of 306 kmh and a range of between 250 and 2000 metres. The Bofors Bantam was armed with a 1.4 kg high-explosive warhead, and can be deployed and fired within 25 seconds.
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