Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70 vs M-46 field gun

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

AArtillery

Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70

Autocannon

Credit

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

BArtillery

M-46 field gun

Towed field gun

Credit

Bandanschik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

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

≈ 4 m

Length source ↗

M-46 field gunLength

11.73 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 112 rows sourced on both sides

≈ 4m≈ for most variants

11.73m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

≈ 4 m

≈ for most variants

Single source

≈4,000 mm (13 ft 1 in) for most variants^[source]

11.73 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70 and M-46 field gun configuration
Specification	Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70	M-46 field gun
Type	Autocannon^[source]	Towed field gun^[source]
Place of origin	Sweden^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	1952–present^[source]	—
Used by	See Users^[source]	—
Wars	Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Falklands War Iran–Iraq War Yugoslav Wars Russian invasion of Ukraine 2025 India–Pakistan conflict

Designer	AB Bofors^[source]	—

Designed	1946–1950^[source]	1946–1950^[source]

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

Produced	1947–present^[source]	1951–1971^[source]

No. built	Over 5,000^[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]	—

Shell	—	130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile^[source]

Breech	—	Horizontal sliding-wedge^[source]

Recoil	—	hydro-pneumatic^[source]

Carriage	—	Split-trail^[source]

Elevation	—	−2.5° to 45°^[source]

Traverse	—	50°^[source]

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