Informations de base
| Fabricant | Bronco |
| Code de produit | BROCB35111SP |
| Poids: | 0.43 kg |
| Ean: | 6970162330168 |
| Échelle | 1:35 |
| Ajouté au catalogue: | 29.6.2017 |
| Tags: | Bofors-40mm-AA |
The British Army purchased several Polish-built 40mm Bofors guns in 1937, designating them the Ordnance Quick Fire (OQF) 40mm MkI.
Suitably impressed with this weapon, a production licence was acquired from Bofors and the gun was produced at Royal Ordnance factories in Britain.
The gun was changed from metric to Imperial measurements, and several design improvements were made to facilitate mass production.
This British built gun was designated the OQF 40mm MkIII, and became the standard light anti-aircraft gun of the British Army.
It was designed to operate with the Kerrison Director, a mechanical analog computer which automatically laid the gun after simple calculations had been dialed in. A back-up sight ring and post, known as the "Pancake", was also provided, This was later used as the primary sight as the Kerrison proved too complicated to use in many situations and required constant fuel supplies for its electrical generator. In 1943 the Pancake sights were replaced by the Stiffkey sight which offered lead-correction, the sight was operated by an additinal crew member.
British guns were fitted with an armour shield to protect the crew from shell splinters and small arms fire. In British service the Bofors was usually towed by a 6x4 Morris tractor, later in the war the gun was mounted on a 4x4 Morris truck.
Le canon anti-aérien Bofors 40 mm L/60 est un canon anti-aérien de la société suédoise Bofors, construit avant le début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il a été adopté par de nombreux pays à travers le monde. Bien que la conception ait déjà 70 ans, cette arme est toujours utilisée. Tout au long de la période de production, le pistolet a été modernisé à plusieurs reprises et produit en différentes versions. Le canon était monté sur diverses bases terrestres et maritimes ainsi que sur des véhicules terrestres. Il a été produit en versions simple, double et quadruple. Les premiers canons polonais de ce type ont été achetés en Suède dès 1936. Ensuite, la production d'armes en Pologne a été lancée. Le canon avait de bonnes propriétés balistiques et était efficace contre des cibles aériennes à des altitudes allant jusqu'à 3 000 m.En septembre 1939, l'armée polonaise disposait de 350 canons de ce type. Données techniques : portée : 7200 m (verticalement), calibre : 40 mm, poids au combat : 1981 kg, cadence de tir théorique : 120-160 tours/min
Erreur de la description? Signaler le problème
...