4 cm Bofors

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

According to Ebay caption, this would be a captured Japanese Bofors gun. I am not sure if an ex-British or ex-KNIL gun or a japanese-made gun (Type 5).
Does somebody know when the japanese began to manufacture the Bofors gun ?

Sturm78

[patrick fleuridas]

Hi,

Did you this emplacement is for 4 cm Bofors ? On the bunker roof at Nz 435, bur this one is now destroyed. Thank you.
Patrick

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[Alexander Taper-Bore]

Hi all,

According to Ebay caption, this would be a captured Japanese Bofors gun. I am not sure if an ex-British or ex-KNIL gun or a japanese-made gun (Type 5).
Does somebody know when the japanese began to manufacture the Bofors gun ?

Sturm78

Where was it captured?

[Sturm78]

Hi Alexander,

The Ebay caption only said Japanese gun captured, 1943 .....

Sturm78

[Alexander Taper-Bore]

Surely not a JP manufactured one, probably ex-Brit. Several were sent from Malaya/Singapore to the Solomons.

[patrick fleuridas]

Hi,
No answer for my emplacement with, or not, 4 cm bofor.
This one on schleuse bunker in Sant-Nazaire harbour.

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[glushenko]

Hi all,

According to Ebay caption, this would be a captured Japanese Bofors gun. I am not sure if an ex-British or ex-KNIL gun or a japanese-made gun (Type 5).
Does somebody know when the japanese began to manufacture the Bofors gun ?

Sturm78

in 1943, "Type 5" could not be, given the Japanese calendar, in which "type 5" meant 2605 from the founding of the Empire, that is, 1945. Rather, it is a double trophy. But whose? Judging by the semi-closed return spring, this is not the British version (completely closed) and not American (fully open). Perhaps Dutch.

[jopaerya]

Hello Patrick

Did you made measurement of the emplacement , because it should be 83.6 cm for a 4 cm Flak ??

Regards Jos

[Alexander Taper-Bore]

Hi all,

According to Ebay caption, this would be a captured Japanese Bofors gun. I am not sure if an ex-British or ex-KNIL gun or a japanese-made gun (Type 5).
Does somebody know when the japanese began to manufacture the Bofors gun ?

Sturm78

in 1943, "Type 5" could not be, given the Japanese calendar, in which "type 5" meant 2605 from the founding of the Empire, that is, 1945. Rather, it is a double trophy. But whose? Judging by the semi-closed return spring, this is not the British version (completely closed) and not American (fully open). Perhaps Dutch.

I think most likely early UK production, could be this gun or one other of the same unit:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/594514/t ... uadalcanal

[John T]

Hi all,

According to Ebay caption, this would be a captured Japanese Bofors gun. I am not sure if an ex-British or ex-KNIL gun or a japanese-made gun (Type 5).
Does somebody know when the japanese began to manufacture the Bofors gun ?

Sturm78

in 1943, "Type 5" could not be, given the Japanese calendar, in which "type 5" meant 2605 from the founding of the Empire, that is, 1945. Rather, it is a double trophy. But whose? Judging by the semi-closed return spring, this is not the British version (completely closed) and not American (fully open). Perhaps Dutch.

I think the spring is released and "at Idle", the fully open recoil springs seems to be on watercooled guns. (often US, but US army guns had the same semi closed spring as most other)
But the number of variants are simply greater than my knowledge.

The last link Nuyt stated 74 British guns where captured in Singapore, and KNIL had some 30-ish guns from Sweden.

I would bet on a British gun, if you look at the right side Fire control "device" it looks British to me.

Cheers
/John

[Sturm78]

Thanks to all. I think the gun of my image is not of Dutch KNIL origin definitely so ... Probably a former british gun.

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two images from Ebay:

Sturm78

[Manuferey]

Note the two different types of tires mounted on the carriage of the gun on the bottom picture.

Emmanuel

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I am not sure about this soldiers in this image : Finnish ??

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[John Hilly]

Looks like Finns to me.