Sturm78 wrote:ludvig wrote
Iteresting photos . the Dutch designation is :
Kanon van 8 ld
the gun 1s an 80 mm L /50 . Japanese captured 4 x 10,5 cm and 24 x 8 cm
Dutch AA guns in by KNIL .
Thank you, ludvig. Do you know the Bofors designation for the KNIL 8cm AA guns ??
I think it is a different model of the swedish 7,5cm lvkan M /36
Markus wrote
KNIL 8 cm AA crew in motion at 00:27...01:15:
Thank you for the link,...interesting video
Regards Sturm78
It should be noted that the Dutch tended to round off artillery calibres to whole centimetres. Thus, the "6 veld" was in fact a 57 mm field gun and the "7 veld" a 75 mm field gun (Krupp design).
However, it seems that the "8 luchtdoel" (ld) actually was 80 mm. For what it's worth, I found this on a website on Chinese artillery:
"75mm: Bofors M-1929 anti-aircraft gun. China acquired an unknown quantity of these guns from Bofors during the 1930s, and as well as being used in two versions by Sweden itself (M/29 in 75mm and M/30 in 80mm), they were exported to Argentina (for tests only, apparently), Finland, Greece, Hungary (in 80mm as the 8cm 29M), Iran, the Netherlands East Indies (in 80mm as the kanon van 8 ld) and Siam. These weapons were used alongside the Vickers 75mm guns by Chinese air defense units."