The Casablanca class was WWII’s most widely produced escort ... 38 caliber gun, flanked by 40 mm Oerlikon cannons and 20 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, provided aerial defense in intermediate ...

New Jersey shelled targets on Okinawa and Guam during World War II, participated ... guns mounted in twin-gun dual purpose turrets, and the array of Oerlikon 20mm and Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft ...

This shell was made specifically for the Bofors light ack-ack (40mm) gun which was designed in Sweden and used by both sides. My father was a member of a 10 man ack-ack gun team, firstly in the ...