4 cm Bofors

[JTV]

Thank You, Jarkko.

During Winter War there was 12 Bofors coming to Finland from Hungary, but transport was interrupted when Molotov heard of it.

After a while Göring gave a promise to send arms to Finland in small groups under a wrong title. So, Finland got 12 pieces high quality 40 mm agriculture machines made by Bofors.

I am always happy to get information, but in this case let's just say that I not completely unfamiliar with the events.

Medium anti-aircraft guns page in my website:
http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/AA_GUNS2.htm

Jarkko

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image from Ebay:

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

4cm Bofors AA gun captured by german troops. I think Polish, probably

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[John Hilly]

Take a look at the sights. I don't think that Poles used the Ring-sights.
More like British?

Greets
Juha-Pekka

[AVV]

Hello!

More like British?

And the landscape looks like Balkans.

Best regards, Aleks

[Sturm78]

Therefore, british gun ??

Sturm78

[John Hilly]

From Greece, maybe?
Juha-Pekka

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A nice image from Ebay:

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A hungarian Bofors AA gun (according to photocaption):

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image from Ebay:

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two other images from Ebay:

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

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 two images from Ebay:

Image 1: According to photocaption French or Belgian gun, probably
Image 2: ???

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Nobody??

Well, here an image of a Bofors hungarian AA gun:

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[peeved]

From exp. eBay.de.

Markus

[Dili]

In document at link there is a photo of a 40mm being tested Poligono del Lungomare di Sabaudia Autumn 1942. Text says provenience is uncertain. Sweden or captured in North Africa.

http://www.grifoarciere.org/materiali/Scheda_20.pdf