Bofors guns
Thank you Godwin for this info. Interesting.
We also used L/60 munitions for L/70 during some years. Designing the L/70 began in 1942. The first prototype was ready in 1947. Swedish design was m/48 but series production and export began in 1951.
For using old stocks of L/60 ammo an hybrid barrel m/36-48 was designed.
In 1941 there were 144 Bofors guns on Malta. A well trained guncrew usually hit the target using only some 20 rounds.
Picture: June 1942. Royal Marines handing over two Bofors guns to the Army (RA or RMA?).
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