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Naval 40mm bofors vs ground versions

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Naval 40mm bofors vs ground versions
Posted by icit on Sunday, October 26, 2014 11:21 AM

Where there any major differences in the naval vs ground version of the 40mm bofors- for example did the basic breach and barrel assemble look the same or where they different?

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Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, October 26, 2014 12:02 PM

The gun and cradle are basically the same.  The difference is in the mount, being either the stationary mount of the mobile mount.

You can see both here (naval mount on the left).

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Posted by icit on Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:36 PM

Thanks I was thinking that was the case.

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Posted by CapnMac82 on Monday, October 27, 2014 12:14 AM

Naval mount--usually--had power travers & elevation and computing sights.  Rhat latter depended upon the Navy, the vessel, and such factors.  USN Bofors  used a computing sight on the Mk 51 director, which was separate from the gun mount.  The gun itself had iron sights.

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Posted by amphib on Thursday, October 30, 2014 6:52 AM

The naval mounts that I am familiar with are considerably different from the mount on the left. For the larger ships they usually were twin or quad mounts. There would be an ample platform behind the guns for the loaders and ammunition passers. There would be seats for the pointer and trainer as well as handwheels to move the guns. And as CapnMac points out there were also iron sights for the pointer and trainer. The gun barrels were replaceable. We had a rack of spares in a ready service room near the guns.

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