Bofors 40 mm

Bofors 40 mm
Bofors 40 mm L/70 di lapangan udara Hatzerim, Israel.
Jenis	autocannon
Negara asal	Sweden
Sejarah pemakaian
Pada perang	Perang Dunia II
Spesifikasi
Awak	Tergantung pemakaian

Selongsong peluru	40 x 311R
Kaliber	40 mm
Rangka pembawa	522 kg
Rata² tembakan	120 butir/detik
Kecepatan peluru	881 m/s
Jarak jangkauan	7.160 m (AA)

Bofors 40 mm adalah senjata anti pesawat terkenal buatan Bofors dari Swedia. Senjata ini adalah salah satu senjata anti pesawat kelas menengah yang paling banyak dipakai pada Perang Dunia II, terutama digunakan oleh tentara Sekutu. Meriam ini biasa disebut sebagai Bofors gun.

Referensi

"Bofors de 40 mm". Encyclopédie des armes : Les forces armées du monde (dalam bahasa Prancis). II. Atlas. 1986. hlm. 1749–1753.
Campbell, John. Naval Weapons of World War Two. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1985. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
Rae, CJE, Harris, AL & Bryant, RK 1987, On target: the story of the 2/3 Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment from formation on 18 July 1940 until disbandment on 14 July 1943 and the subsequent service of 7th Battery, 8th Battery, and 9th Battery, until the end of World War II, 2/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Association, [Melbourne].
Gander, T 1990, The 40mm Bofors Gun, 2nd ed., Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, Eng.
Bishop, C (ed.) 2002, Encyclopaedia of weapons of World War II, MetroBooks, New York.
International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2016). The Military Balance 2016. 116. Routlegde. ISBN 9781857438352.

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l b s Artileri Britania Raya pada Perang Dunia II
Meriam tank	QF 2-pounder QF 3-pounder QF 6-pounder QF 75 mm Howitzer QF 3-inci QF 17-pounder 77 mm HV QF 95 mm howitzer
Meriam antitank	QF 2-pounder QF 6-pounder QF 17-pounder
Artileri medan dan howitzer	75 mm Gun M1917 QF 18-pounder 25-pounder Gun-Howitzer 25-pounder Pendek QF 4.5-inci howitzer
Artileri sedang dan berat	BL 4.5-inci Artileri medan sedang BL 60-pounder BL 5.5-inci Artileri sedang Howitzer BL 6-inci BL 6-inci Mk XIX 155 mm Long Tom BL 7.2-inci howitzer Howitzer BL 8-inci BL 9.2-inci howitzer 240 mm howitzer M1
Meriam gunung	75mm Pack howitzer M1 Howitzer gunung 3.7-inci
Mortir	Mortir SBML 2-inci Mortir ML 3-inci Mortir ML 4.2-inci
Meriam antipesawat	Baterai Z 20 mm Oerlikon 20 mm Polsten QF 1½-pounder Mk III Meriam laut QF 2-pounder Bofors 40 mm QF 3-inci QF 3.7-inci QF 4.5-inci Mk II QF 5.25-inci Mk II
Meriam pertahanan pesisir	QF 6-pounder 10 cwt QF 12-pounder QF 4.7-inci Mk I–IV BL 6-inci Mk VII & Mk XXIV BL 7.5-inci Mk VI BL 8-inci Mk VIII BL 9.2-inci Mk X BL 14-inci Mk VII BL 15-inci Mk I
Artileri jalur kereta api	BL 9.2-inci Mk XIII BL 12-inci Mk V BL 13.5-inci Mk V BL 18-inci