Bofors - Wikipedia
AB Bofors (UK: / ˈ b oʊ f ər z / BOH-fərz, US: / ˈ b oʊ f ɔːr z / BOH-forz, [1] [2] Swedish: [buːˈfɔʂː]) [check vowel length] is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems.
Sweden - BAE Systems
BAE Systems Bofors is a defence company within BAE Systems that develops and integrates weapons systems. BAE Systems Bofors has extensive cooperation with subcontractors both in the local area and internationally.
The Bofors gun that revolutionised air defences | Stories - Saab
Feb 14, 2020 · Bombing of the British capital was a nightly occurrence for almost two months in 1940. The Bofors gun was an example of the highly specialised and for its time revolutionary designs which the engineers at Bofors successfully produced during the inter-war period of the 1920s and 1930s.
A Gun That Fought For All Sides | Naval History Magazine
The Swedish-designed rapid-fire Bofors 40-mm gun was the most widely used antiaircraft weapon of World War II. In the 1939–45 conflict, the Bofors was in the arsenal of most Allied and Axis nations and in all theaters of the war. The U.S. Army had a large number of them, and they were the U.S. Navy’s most widely used shipboard gun.
Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - Wikipedia
The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, [3][4] see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
Bofors 40 Mk4 Naval Gun - BAE Systems
The low weight and compact Bofors 40 Mk4 gun system with its high rate of fire and ability to switch between optimized ammunition types – including the intelligent 40mm 3P all-target ammunition – provides high survivability and tactical freedom at all levels of conflict.
BAE Systems AB - Wikipedia
BAE Systems Bofors AB, located in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a Swedish subsidiary of BAE Systems Platforms & Services. Its corporate heritage goes back to Bofors, which was founded in 1646 and entered the Defence business in 1883. In 1999 Saab purchased the Celsius Group, the parent group of Bofors.
Bofors allegedly bribing Indian middlemen and officials in connection with New Delhi's $1.5 billion purchase of 155mm howitzers. -- Bofors allegedly bribing an official in Singapore in connection with arms resales to other countries. Bofors allegedly selling naval ordnance to Taiwan.
Bofors – Wikipedia
Aktiebolaget Bofors (AB Bofors) var ett svenskt industriföretag och vapentillverkare med huvudkontor i Karlskoga, Värmland. Företaget grundades som ett järnbruk 1646, blev en ledande ståltillverkare under 1870-talet, började producera kanoner 1883.
Euronaval 2024: BAE Systems signs contract for Dutch and ... - Janes
2 days ago · BAE Systems subsidiary, BAE Systems Bofors, will provide a pair of the naval gun systems for each of the two Dutch and two Belgian anti-submarine warfare frigates (ASWFs) as secondary armament.