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Measured figures
≈ for most variants
Single source≈4,000 mm (13 ft 1 in) for most variants[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70 | KS-19 |
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| Type | Autocannon[source] | Anti-aircraft gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Sweden[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1952–present[source] | 1948−present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See § Operators |
9.45 m (31.0 ft)[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single source12,500 m (41,000 ft)[source]
Maximum; horizontal
Single sourceMaximum; vertical, proximity fuze
Single sourceMaximum; vertical, time fuze
Single source21 km (13 mi) (horizontal) 15 km (9.3 mi) (vertical, proximity fuze ) 12.7 km (7.9 mi) (vertical, time fuze)[source]
≈ for most shells
Single source≈1,000 m/s (3,300 ft/s) for most shells[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Falklands War Iran–Iraq War Yugoslav Wars Russian invasion of Ukraine 2025 India–Pakistan conflict[source] | Korean War Vietnam War Iran–Iraq War Soviet–Afghan War Gulf War Somali Civil War 2003 invasion of Iraq Russo-Ukrainian War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War[source] |
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| Designer | AB Bofors[source] | L. V. Lyuliev[source] |
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| Designed | 1946–1950[source] | 1947[source] |
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| Manufacturer | AB Bofors > BAE Systems AB Breda > OTO Melara[source] | Plant No. 4, Perm[source] |
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| Produced | 1947–present[source] | 1948−1957[source] |
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| No. built | Over 5,000[source] | 10,151[source] |
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| Variants | Several[source] | See § Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | 40 × 365 mm R[source] | — |
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| Cartridge weight | 0.96 kg (2.1 lb)[source] | — |
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| Feed system | 16–26 round hopper[source] | — |
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| References | Bofors 1958, Bofors 350 år, navweaps.com[source] | — |
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| Shell | — | AP-T, APC-T, HE, HE-FRAG, FRAG[source] |
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| Action | — | Semi-automatic horizontal sliding wedge[source] |
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| Elevation | — | +85°/-3°[source] |
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| Traverse | — | 360°[source] |
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