4 cm Bofors

[nuyt]

Intriguing pic. The troops are clearly travelling with all that gear stowed on the vehicle and gun. Not battle ready. Yet the street is full of people watching them. Are they pulling out? Some retreat?

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I found this image on Ebay.
According to photocaption the image is dated in 6 June 1944 in Normandy. I am not sure if Allied or German guns.
It seems that the guns are KO

Sturm78

[ROLAND1369]

The arrangement of the shields and the sighting equipment , particularly the "skiffey stick" identify these as British 40 MM.

[Sturm78]

Thank you ROLAND1369.

Where are these guns emplaced? A barge?
It is can appreciated a lot of destruction in this image ??

Sturm78

[John Hilly]

Could they be on a Mulberry bridge in Normandy or on an invaded port?

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Nobody for my question of 04 Jan 2012??

How can you distinguish between Swedish, Polish, Hungarian, Belgian, French, Dutch and English Bofors 40mm AA guns?

Is it possible to differentiate between the Bofors guns made ​​by different countries which employed this gun by any of its external features?

Different wheels, sights,..... Any help will be wellcome.

Here another image:

Sorry, I do not remember the exact web source
Sturm78

[John Hilly]

How can you distinguish between Swedish, Polish, Hungarian, Belgian, French, Dutch and English Bofors 40mm AA guns?

Great Britain used simplier sights (circle sights) than Swedish, Finnish etc.
I think all the others looked quite same. Maybe some minor differences (post asseblies?).

[Clive Mortimore]

Hi all,

Nobody for my question of 04 Jan 2012??

How can you distinguish between Swedish, Polish, Hungarian, Belgian, French, Dutch and English Bofors 40mm AA guns?

Is it possible to differentiate between the Bofors guns made ​​by different countries which employed this gun by any of its external features?

Different wheels, sights,..... Any help will be wellcome.

Here another image:

Sorry, I do not remember the exact web source
Sturm78

The number of wheel nuts, shape of wheels, the sights. see http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showt ... ght=Bofors

The design of carriage, the British MkII, and MkIII carriages had removable wheel sets, and tubual outriggers. US carriages were welded not rivetted. US and British mountings had electro-hydraulic drives for elevation and traverse when under control from a diretor/predictor. US guns had string tied to the loaders foot, so the Gunner could pull the loaders foot off the foot trigger when he odered "Cease Firing".

Clive

[Manuferey]

In Norway in 1943:



Emmanuel

[jopaerya]

A close up of the 4 cm Flak 28 from Ebay .

Regards Jos

[John Hilly]

Thanks for this interesting photo.
There seems to be a peculior device, or "thing" under gunner's sights.
Never seen one before.

With best,
J-P

[Clive Mortimore]

Hi John

In British service this was called a corrector box. A third gun layer would sit behind the layer for line and would update the information relayed to him from the predictor/director by adjusting the corrector box. This would offset the sights so that they laid the barrel hopefully so the shells and aircraft would meet at the same point in the sky when the gunners were lined up with the aircraft.

It was the type of sight supplied to the British from the guns purchased from Sweden and Poland and was the common sight used on guns in the occupied countries and by Hungary.

The British went through several designs of sights as did the Americans.

[YAN]

My Father served as a Sergeant on a Bofors gun before, throughout and after the second world war, my home town of Widnes was the base for the Royal Artillery Light AA Detachment and my dad joined as a Territorial in 1936, his Battery was mounted on Crusader tanks for the Normandy invasion and my dad’s Regiment landed with the Canadians on Juno beach.

[John Hilly]

Thanks for your answer Clive.
The corrector box was familier to me. In Finland we called it corrector calculator.

I ment this thing, (hope you can see it?!):

4 cm bofors crap.JPG (8.34 KiB) Viewed 1284 times

With best,
J-P

[Clive Mortimore]

Thanks for your answer Clive.
The corrector box was familier to me. In Finland we called it corrector calculator.

I ment this thing, (hope you can see it?!):

4 cm bofors crap.JPG

With best,
J-P

Hi John

No idea.

Clive