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Not sure what this is ,( anti-aircraft ? ) but it was part of the Rememberance day parade

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40mm Bofors AA gun.Standard AA gun of just about every nation in the world
ever since its inception,build in a large number of configurations in different nations,
made in few calibers other than 40mm.
It's still in service in some nations and will be around for many years to come.

There are some great videos of it in action on YouTube.
 
Interestingly, this gun is STILL in service with the CF.

It's the main gun on our Kingston Class MCDVs.

Gun looks in much poorer shape than the truck.

Was it Klunk's???

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Quads

The "truck" is known as a QUAD. It was a standard towing vehicle for artillery, usually a 25 Pounder Gun/Howitzer with the ammunition limber, during WW2..
 
I wonder if those are the same guns the navy took off of the Bay class minesweepers about 50 years ago?
 
762shooter said:
I wonder if those are the same guns the navy took off of the Bay class minesweepers about 50 years ago?
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They have stood the test of time. I remember doing drills on one as a sea cadet at HMCS Unicorn back in the late 1950s. One of their other re-incarnations was for airfield defence at Lahr and Baden airfields.:eek: They called them "boffins" at the time, as opposed to bofors. It must have been a plot to dupe those dirty commies with our new-fangled air defence system.:rolleyes:
 
Truck was also called a FAT (field artillery tractor). Just saw one yesterday at the museum in Shilo, MB. Funny, but it looks to me like if you squashed it down a bit and stretched it out a little, you'd have a Humvee.
 
Bofors AB was and is big in the armaments trade. At one time or another they have supplied most of the world. Pretty good for a Swedish company when you consider that anybody ELSE in the arms business was a Merchant of Death.

During the Second World War a nice chap named Axel Wenner-Gren owned a big chunk of stock in Bofors. He was also the owner of Electrolux and owned the former Hughes yacht, "Southern Cross", which just happened to have on board one f the finest long-range short-wave radio systems anywhere.

Wenner-Gren also had a number of influential friends, among them Canadian Harry Oakes (who didn't really like the Swede very much), the Duke of Windsor (who had been King Edward VIII). Oh, almost forgot: Adolf Hitler, of whom you might have heard somewhat. He was the combined Prime Minister and President of the German Empire.

Wenner-Gren's ship was believed to be used for espionage while the Duke was Governor of the Bahamas. AWG would visit the Duke and then make a long radio message to his friend in Berlin. Only thing that kept him alive was that yellow-crossed Swedish flag.

Bofors made a LOT of money.
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Hell, the 57mm on our frigates is a Bofors product. Got to youtube and search up Bofors 3P ammunition. If you watch the 40mm vid, you'll notice the narrator will make a point of how the smart ammunition will work in legacy Bofors 40mm guns (albeit only at their default settings)

It looks like Bofors is split now, with part being owned by BAE and part by Saab
 
buffdog said:
The "truck" is known as a QUAD. It was a standard towing vehicle for artillery, usually a 25 Pounder Gun/Howitzer with the ammunition limber, during WW2..
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I've heard it also had a near official nickname "Mammoth" because of the hump-back profile. When I was a kid I built a kit model of a 25pounder with its tractor and limber and ever since it has been in my mind as a vehicle I would like to own and drive.
 
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