40mm Bofors Air Defense Rounds

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I have a collection of 40mm Bofors drill, and deactivated rounds.
Does anyone know if they were in 4 or 5 clips?
Lots of the rounds survived, but did any of the clips survive?
 
WW2 Bofors were four round clips. Not sure if they are still used, most naval guns are auto fed by large capacity magazines now.
 
albayo said:
I am not sure what forum this should be in? I have a collection of 40mm Bofors drill, and deactivated rounds. Does anyone know if they were in 4 or 5 clips? Lots of the rounds survived, but did any of the clips survive?
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Yep, a four round 'stripper clip' arrangement. You can find more information here:

40mm Bofors

The 40mm Bofors was widely exported and copied, and is still in use among many Third World navies.
 
40 mm Bofors

The WWII 40 mm Bofors used a 4 round clip, and the rounds were fed by gravity. If the barrel was close to horizontal, up to 120+ rounds per minute for a short time could be fired if the gun crew was well trained.
 
I wonder where the bofors on the MCDVs came from. The last previous use of the bofors (known as "Boffins" in this incarnation) was for airfield defence in Europe until closeout in the early 1990s. These particular guns were recycled from the ones that had been on our last aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure, which was disposed of by the Trudeau crowd in 1970 as a cost cutting measure following a costly refit.
 
purple said:
I wonder where the bofors on the MCDVs came from. The last previous use of the bofors (known as "Boffins" in this incarnation) was for airfield defence in Europe until closeout in the early 1990s. These particular guns were recycled from the ones that had been on our last aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure, which was disposed of by the Trudeau crowd in 1970 as a cost cutting measure following a costly refit.
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They are the same L/60 base defence guns from Europe.
 
purple said:
Like the Inglis Browning HP they have certainly stood the test of time. As we used to say about the Browning, "if it was good enough for my dad, it's good enough for me". Now you could add a couple more generations to include son and grandson.:eek:
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This is what they wanted to replace the 40mm with.

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I worked on the single gun "Boffins" when I was in the 3RCHA in Shilo Mb. in the late 70's. They were mounted on circular hydraulic units in concrete bunkers. They were most fun when used in anti-tank role. They were a bit of a pain because you had to change barrels frequently when firing for an extended period. They were prone to "cook offs" when hot. It was a 3 man job with one gunner on the end with a locking spanner and two at the gun end with a cradle rod. They were freakin heavy too. I have some old photo's of them and should scan them so I can post them.
I bet they're still out on the range at Shilo rotting away.
 
CV32 said:
How did those RCHMG trials go? Lots of different options other than that Oto Melara, but I don't recall hearing about a result or decision arising.
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Trials went extremely well, had several chances to operate the unit while shooting a towed targets. Once you got on target it was dead easy to stay there and the infrared was an excellent feature.

Never did hear if they were going to use the unit or not. Most likely on the new tankers they're going to build I would say.
 
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