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.

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 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.

The Bofors scandal was a major weapons-contract political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and several other members of the Indian and Swedish governments.

1 day ago · The Bofors 40Mk4 is a compact and lightweight naval gun system designed for anti-aircraft and anti-surface warfare operations. It can switch seamlessly among ammunition types, which delivers versatile targeting of air, land, and sea-based threats.

The name Bofors is strongly associated with the 40 mm anti-aircraft gun used by both sides during World War II. This automatic cannon is often simply called the Bofors gun and saw service on both land and sea.

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.

Jan 24, 2022 · The Dutch Navy was one of the first to order in the Bofors 40 mm, placing five twin-gun mounts on the cruiser De Ruyter in the mid-1930s. Soon, many more nations wanted the anti-aircraft gun, especially after Bofors unveiled a towed version in 1935.

Feb 14, 2020 · More than 5,000 ships loomed on the horizon carrying 150,000 soldiers, the largest seaborne force that had ever been mobilised. It was 6 June 1944, D-day, and the Allies would land on the occupied beaches of France with the aim of finally crushing Nazism. The air shook with deafening noise.

Dec 23, 2024 · But of all the world’s great anti-aircraft guns, nothing can compare to two particular guns that were coincidentally made in Western European countries and whose names begin with “Sw,” namely...