Bofors 57 mm m/54 anti-aircraft gun
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 Bofors m/54 |
The Bofors 57 mm m/54 was a wheeled[1] automatic anti-aircraft gun for land based use produced by Bofors and developed from the similar Bofors Model 1950 57 mm shipboard anti-aircraft gun. The gun was developed in the 1950s and fielded by the Belgian and Swedish forces. In Swedish service, the gun was known as the 57 mm lvakan m/54.
The m/54 fired a 2.67-kilogram high explosive projectile at a muzzle velocity of 880 meters per second and a rate of fire of 160 rounds per minute. Weighing in at 8.1 tons, the m/54 had an effective range of 4,000 meters.[2] The ballistics of the m/54 at practical air defense altitudes were not particularly superior to those of the Bofors 40 mm AA gun, resulting in relatively few sales of the m/54.[3]
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References
- ↑ Jane's p. 560.
- ↑ www.quarry.nildram.co.uk Archived 18 May 2013 at WebCite
- ↑ www.tfd.chalmers.se
- Christopher Foss (Ed.), Jane's Armour and Artillery 1981-82, London: Jane's Publishing Co. Ltd., 1981.
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