4 cm Bofors

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Re: 4 cm Bofors

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Post by Sturm78 » 26 Jul 2021, 23:21

Hi all,

An image from Ebay:

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Post by John Hilly » 27 Jul 2021, 14:30

What is this system? I mean construction.

EDIT: Sorry I looked Badly.
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Re: 4 cm Bofors

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Post by Sturm78 » 21 Jul 2022, 23:56

Hi all,

An image from Ebay. I am not sure if in German service or only a gun just captured...

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Re: 4 cm Bofors

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Post by nuyt » 22 Jul 2022, 18:40

German forces, but are these Germans?

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Re: 4 cm Bofors

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Post by carius » 02 Oct 2022, 17:28

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Re: 4 cm Bofors

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Post by carius » 03 Oct 2022, 03:59

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Re: 4 cm Bofors

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Post by carius » 14 Oct 2022, 17:40

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Re: 4 cm Bofors

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Post by ThatZenoGuy » 15 Oct 2022, 13:29

What was the German opinion on the Bofors? How'd they compare it to the various 37mm they produced?

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Post by carius » 15 Oct 2022, 16:44

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Post by Manuferey » 16 Oct 2022, 09:01

The picture in post # 232 shows a Bofors abandoned in the harbor of Cherbourg in June 1940 after the evacuation of the British forces (Operation Aerial).

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Post by carius » 08 Nov 2022, 05:13

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Post by carius » 21 Nov 2022, 05:01

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Post by carius » 21 Nov 2022, 18:45

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Re: 4 cm Bofors

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Post by Clive Mortimore » 22 Nov 2022, 21:04

HI Geroge

The last two photos look like they are British guns. Both have the electro-hydralic motors for traverse and elevation which worked by being aimed by a Kerison director. This in theory meant only the loader was needed on the gun, he fired it by treading on foot trigger. The US Army also used this system, the Kerison director in US use was called the M5 Predictor. US gun crews had a cord tied around the pedal foot of the loader and the commander would pull it, and the loader's foot when he wanted to cease firing.
In the first photo it appears to be a captured example, where the crew seem to have tried to make it useless by removing the sights.
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Re: 4 cm Bofors

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Post by nuyt » 25 Nov 2022, 15:30

Top 2 British or Commonwealth guns indeed. Top one a captured gun in Greece or Crete, bottom one I think Tobruk.

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