Bofors 40mm Naval Autocannon • Warship Gunnery Exercises

Описание: Bofors 40mm Naval Autocannon • Warship Gunnery Exercises
Witness the raw firepower of one of history's most iconic naval weapons — the Bofors 40mm Autocannon — as warship crews conduct live-fire gunnery exercises at sea.
The Bofors 40mm was designed as an intermediate anti-aircraft gun, filling the gap between fast-firing close-range small-calibre weapons and slower-firing long-range heavy guns. It outperformed competing designs in both effectiveness and reliability in the years leading up to World War II, entering the export market around 1932 and serving with 18 countries by 1939. Wikipedia
Widely regarded as probably the best automatic cannon anti-aircraft weapon of World War II, the Bofors was used on almost every major U.S. and Royal Navy warship of the conflict and proved to be a highly potent anti-aircraft gun. Wikipedia
The gun fires a 0.9kg projectile with a maximum anti-ship range of over 10 kilometers, an effective anti-aircraft ceiling of nearly 7,000 meters, and a sustained rate of fire of 120–160 rounds per minute per barrel — governed by the speed of clip loading. US Navy
On U.S. warships, up to four power-assisted Bofors gun mounts — up to sixteen barrels — could be slaved to a single gun director, allowing for extremely concentrated anti-aircraft fire. This proved to be one of the few effective methods of stopping high-speed Japanese kamikaze attacks in the final years of the Pacific campaign. Flickr
Today, the modern Bofors 40 Mk4 carries that legacy forward. Its high rate of fire and ability to switch between optimized ammunition types — including the intelligent 40mm 3P all-target round — gives modern warships the flexibility to engage surface vessels, attack aircraft, anti-ship missiles, and shore targets across all levels of conflict, from peacekeeping operations to full military combat. NavWeaps

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