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Originally posted by Nigel Dawe
A 1939 Mk.1 would have had 6.50x20 tires from the factory, obviously the Finns have fitted different wheels and tires.
As an aside, Lord Nuffield (of Morris Motors fame) built a shadow factory near where I live (near Oxford, England) specifically built to produce Bofors 40mm gun barrels. This little factory in the woods produced 50% of all Bofors barrels fitted to British guns in WWII.
A few years ago I did some research on the factory and produced an A4 sized booklet all about the place. when it's all finished.
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1. The Finns or the Hungarians since the gun is an
Ilmatorjuntakanuuna 40ItK/38 U = Unkarilainen = Hungarian made by Mavag.
2. Interesting about the Nuffield factory. I know that there were six companies cooperating in the "40 mm Bofors mounting group". One or more of the Royal Ordnance Factories, Nuffield Mechanizations, Reyrolle, Otis-Waygood and Bristol Aircraft.
3, Attached: A Finnish 40 mm Bofors for wheel compasison.
This is a 40ItK/59 modernized with Galileo computer.