{"id":1792,"date":"2018-07-26T09:59:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T07:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museoaviazione.com\/portfolio-items\/defa-40mm-cannon\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T10:22:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T08:22:48","slug":"defa-40mm-cannon","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.museoaviazione.com\/en\/portfolio-items\/defa-40mm-cannon\/","title":{"rendered":"Defa 40mm Cannon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This small 40 mm Bofors cannon was used by almost every nation fighting on World War II: Japan, Great Britain (AA Mk1), Germany (Flak 28), URSS, USA (M1), France, Sweden, Norway, Poland (A.P. w.z. 36), Greece and many others. <\/span><\/p>\n

The fact that by the 80\u2019s this weapon was still used by over 40 countries only shows its great abilities. <\/span><\/p>\n

The cannon was developed on request of the Swedish Navy by Bofors, the national weapons manufacturer. After the navy started using it, the army requested a version of the cannon with a rotated carriage. This was the version that brought the small cannon gun to popularity. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many nations bought the license from Sweden and by 1939 almost every country was producing its own version of the cannon gun. <\/span><\/p>\n

The most unusual use of the cannon was the Hungarian Army: it was put on a Messerschmitt Me 210 as a antitank cannon. <\/span><\/p>\n

The two cannons in our museum are the Canadian (BOFORS)\u00a0 <\/span>and French (DEFA) versions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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