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Posted: 7/3/2014 12:06:36 PM EST
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I really enjoy shooting it even though its finicky at times. I like to look at the headstamps on the brass we still shoot today, I'm in awe that we still use the brass and rounds from WW2. ETA: In fact I broke one in the last 24 hours  We made a LOT of fucking ammo for WWII. |
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Posted: 7/3/2014 12:10:47 PM EST
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I really enjoy shooting it even though its finicky at times. I like to look at the headstamps on the brass we still shoot today, I'm in awe that we still use the brass and rounds from WW2. ETA: In fact I broke one in the last 24 hours   Would you adopt me, please? I don't take up much room, bathe occasionally, and only get drunk on days that end in "y"...
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Posted: 7/3/2014 12:13:04 PM EST
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Bump for the after work crowd http://www.allpar.com/photos/military/bofors/navy-bofors-guns.jpg Japanese torpedo plane making a run through Bofors flak during midway. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g30000/g32247.jpg Attack on the Yorktown again http://i.imgur.com/HkauunO.jpg Can you imagine the pilot at 1:23 thinking "This is a bad day" as he parachutes though that storm of AA. http://www.history.navy.mil/pics/specattack-3-13a.jpg  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa5UN72MA6c
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Posted: 7/3/2014 12:16:35 PM EST
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Posted: 7/3/2014 12:21:20 PM EST
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Posted: 7/3/2014 12:25:12 PM EST
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Please tell me I'm the first to make this reference:
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Posted: 7/3/2014 12:49:31 PM EST
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Duster in God Mode...
Awesome display of bringing the Boom Boom to the bad guys... |
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Posted: 7/3/2014 3:35:06 PM EST
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The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun,[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_gun#cite_note-NAVWEAP-1][1][/url] is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during World War II, used by most of the western Allies as well as by the Axis powers. The cannon remains in service (as the main armament in the CV 90) making it both one of the longest-serving and most widespread artillery pieces of all time. Bofors itself has been part of BAE Systems AB since March 2005. In British service: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Bofors-p004596.jpg/300px-Bofors-p004596.jpg In US Navy Service http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4cm-56_mk12_Hornet_pic.jpg http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/images/4/40mm_Bofors_AA_gun__gallery.jpg Japanese Airplane victim of USN Bofors Fire http://i.imgur.com/20yeulw.jpg Bofors 40mm in German Service http://ww2photo.se/gun/swe/aa/07194.jpg Brits defending against a Stuka raid http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bofors-gun.jpg In Argentine Navy service http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuBQyjNcm4U
Against the Japanese Navy: combat photography by the USN and USCG at Okinawa (with some M2, and 5 Inch as AAA thrown in for good measure) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv6xP95AtaU Dad had to endure a couple of air attacks in the Pacific on board transports or LSTs. He said that the "twin pom-pom guns" aka-40mm twin Bofors, were the best ever sound to hear when they were at general quarters. Had to be rough, having no part in the battle, just stuck below decks hoping no bombs got through, and then hearing those guns going off with that Bofors rhythm. |
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Posted: 7/3/2014 4:02:36 PM EST
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Are they oiling the brass? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My dad was on the New Jersey during WWII and part of the gun crew for the Bofors, except he called them quad mount 40's. I never could get him to talk about his experience during that time other than he loved his ship and shipmates. He's the one on the left. <a href="http://s897.photobucket.com/user/seasprite/media/Navy%20pics/cleangreese40mmshells.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i897.photobucket.com/albums/ac176/seasprite/Navy%20pics/cleangreese40mmshells.jpg</a> Are they oiling the brass? Back then it was probably cosmoline since the shells are stored in the gun tubs on racks in open ocean air. |
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