Our Bofors in sanding process to late painting.

[c1a1]

Are the Argentine Models 37mm, or 40mm? I know Canadian Bofors were in 40mm, but some European models were in 37mm. Nice job on the restoration.

[CINDERS]

Love the sandblaster no air fed helmet, kevlar apron and leggings, over shoes, gloves, hearing protection I have seen some very nasty pictures of what a sandblaster does to human flesh and it sure as hell ain't pretty, the Bofor looks very nice indeed and will look a treat when you get the final items. As a dumb *ss were the rounds mechanically pulled in and stripped from the charger as in the 90 degree AA mode it would be hard for the rounds to feed just excuse my blithe ingnorance. Thanks for the great pics Luis on your teams resto's, Alpaca Andy would sure like to see how you went about with your half track, I am not sure if he requires anything more as he has gone off the radar. M2A1 Halftrack restoration-- dialup beware

[Luis Bren]

Are the Argentine Models 37mm, or 40mm? I know Canadian Bofors were in 40mm, but some European models were in 37mm. Nice job on the restoration.

Thank you! They are 40 mm!

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Love the sandblaste Thanks for the great pics Luis on your teams resto's, Alpaca Andy would sure like to see how you went about with your half track, I am not sure if he requires anything more as he has gone off the radar. M2A1 Halftrack restoration-- dialup beware

Thank You CINDERS!
Amazing Haltrack restoration, Thanks for sharing!

[Bruce_in_Oz]

Nothing wrong with the old Bofors, apart from "fashion consciousness" in certain military circles.

In the 1990s, Artemis? in Greece were offering "automation" packages that bolted on and around your basic 40-60 or 40-70 gun and linked it into a radar-control system, mainly for use as an anti-helicopter weapon.

I'll have a ferret around in the old "Military Technology" mags for a copy of their advertising.

The mighty Bofors was used by every man and his dog, on every side in WW2, and for many years afterwards.

Then there's the other widely-used Scandinavian masterpiece, the Oerlikon; even the Japanese used a version of that as wing-mounted aircraft armament.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

And in recent Bofors news.

[CINDERS]

If you have a spare 22K lying around then this is for you quite the garden gnome to have in your front yard........
https://www.usedguns.com.au/Guns/used_military_rifles 6th from bottom of page

[Arthur OZ]

Ours were Bristol Bofors, Battery operated and crewed by 5 crewmembers. The layer/Trainer had a shield in front of him the No 4 (Loader) stood up on the gun platform like a target. We had them into the middle '60's.