My turn to find a book in a National Trust second hand book shop. In fact I found two, the other one will be reviewed later. This book dates from 1986 and is a very readable account of the famous Bofors gun.
Originally developed in 1936 and still in service today, this gun has been used by just about every nation in the world at some time or other. It was manufactured under license in the war by all the major powers except Germany. However that nation used large numbers of captured guns and ammunition throughout the war with later supplies of ammunition being made in Hungary.
The simple reason for the guns success was and is that a single hit on an aircraft is a virtually certain kill due to the power of the 40mm shell. As you would expect the book details the development of the gun up to the present day (1985 that is ) and its applications both naval and military. Overall a good history of an important and widely used weapons system.
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