Bofors 120 mm m/50 gun
Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50 (full English product name: Bofors 120 mm Automatic Gun L/50 In Naval Twin Turret), also known as Bofors 120 mm gun model 1950 and the like, was a Swedish twin-barreled 120 mm caliber fully automatic dual purpose naval gun turret system designed by Bofors from the end of the 1940s to the early 1950s to meet a request from the Dutch Navy. Besides the Dutch Navy, the weapon was also adopted by the Swedish and the Colombian Navy.
Bofors 120 mm m/50 gun
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- Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50
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- naval artillery, autocannon and rifled breech loader.
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- Sweden.
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Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50 (full English product name: Bofors 120 mm Automatic Gun L/50 In Naval Twin Turret), also known as Bofors 120 mm gun model 1950 and the like, was a Swedish twin-barreled 120 mm caliber fully automatic dual purpose naval gun turret system designed by Bofors from the end of the 1940s to the early 1950s to meet a request from the Dutch Navy. Besides the Dutch Navy, the weapon was also adopted by the Swedish and the Colombian Navy.
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• Name — Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50 • Type — Naval gun • Origin — Sweden • Is Ranged — Yes • Is Artillery — Yes • Service — 1954 – 2001 • Used By — Netherlands Sweden Colombia • Designer — AB Bofors • Design Date — 1950 • Manufacturer — AB Bofors • Number — 54 • Part Length — L/50 (including breach) • Cartridge — 120 × 835 mm R • Cartridge Weight — 23.35 – 23.5 kg • Caliber — 120 mm • Barrels — 2 × • Action — Automatic extraction with integrated autoloader • Rate — 2 × 42 rounds/min • Elevation — -9°/+85°, 25°/s • Traverse — 360°, 22°/s • Ref — Bofors 1958, AMKAT Marinen, 1977
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The circumstances in which Bofors 120 mm m/50 gun stands. Recorded as a kind of rifled breech loader. Manufactured by Bofors. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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