2A36 Giatsint-B vs Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70

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AArtillery

2A36 Giatsint-B

Credit

Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70 — licensed reference photograph

BArtillery

Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70

Autocannon

Credit

Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent · CC BY 2.5 · Resized · CC BY 2.5 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

2A36 Giatsint-BLength

12.3 m

Length source ↗

Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70≈ for most variants

≈ 4 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

2A36 Giatsint-Blarger figure on 1 of 1

Range+168%

Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70larger figure on 0 of 1

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 78 rows sourced on both sides

12.3m

≈ 4m≈ for most variants

Length

All recorded figures & sources

12.3 m

Length

Single source

12.3 m (40 ft)^[source]

≈ 4 m

≈ for most variants

Single source

Configuration

Details

2A36 Giatsint-B and Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70 configuration
Specification	2A36 Giatsint-B	Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Sweden^[source]
In service	1976−present^[source]	1952–present^[source]
Used by	See operators^[source]	See Users^[source]
Wars	Gulf War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]	Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Falklands War Iran–Iraq War Yugoslav Wars Russian invasion of Ukraine 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

Designer	Yuri Kalachnikov^[source]	AB Bofors^[source]

Designed	1968−1975^[source]	1946–1950^[source]

Manufacturer	Motovilikha Plants^[source]	AB Bofors > BAE Systems AB Breda > OTO Melara^[source]

Unit cost	US$ 500,000−600,000 (export price, 1995)^[source]	—

Produced	1976−1980s^[source]	1947–present^[source]

No. built	1,500^[source]	Over 5,000^[source]

Shell	152.4 mm (6.00 in)^[source]	—

Breech	Horizontal sliding-block^[source]	—

Carriage	Split trail^[source]	—

Elevation	57°^[source]	—

Traverse	25°^[source]	—

Type	—	Autocannon^[source]

Variants	—	Several^[source]

Cartridge	—	40 × 365 mm R^[source]

Cartridge weight	—	0.96 kg (2.1 lb)^[source]

Feed system	—	16–26 round hopper^[source]

References	—	Bofors 1958, Bofors 350 år, navweaps.com^[source]

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