During the 2nd World War anti-aircraft shells were made in their millions. This shell was made specifically for the Bofors light ack-ack (40mm) gun which was designed in Sweden and used by both sides.

Brazil has acquired additional Bofors 40Mk4 systems, shown here installed on the NPa Mangaratiba ship. (Janes/Victor Barreira) The Brazilian Navy procured two additional 40mm Bofors 40Mk4 naval gun ...

Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun. Credit: BAE Systems. Patria has awarded a new contract to BAE Systems for the delivery of Bofors 40 Mk4 naval guns for the Finnish Navy and its Hamina-class Squadron 2000 fast ...

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The M42 Duster mounted twin 40mm Bofors guns on a light tank chassis for Cold War air defense. Built to protect divisions from aircraft, it also carried the firepower and crew layout that later made ...

Sweden’s Lvkv 90 turns the CV90 chassis into a mobile short-range air defense vehicle. Its roof radar, 40mm Bofors cannon, ...

BAE Systems plans to advance its Bofors 40mm Mk4 system, for arming smaller vessels to combat threats such as piracy, into sea trials next week. The Bofors Mk4 system, built by BAE’s Swedish ...

BAE Systems Bofors will start delivering its fourth-generation 40-mm naval gun system, the Mk 4, by 2012, following firing trials that began this year. The Mk 4 is lighter, more compact and flexible, ...

One of a series of accounts of incidents, in chronological order, whilst commanding a Bofors Gun detachment (1 of 7) by Cyril Frederick Perkins It would be hard to imagine a more inhospitable place ...