Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Bofors 40 mm

Also searchable as 40 Millimeter Bofors, 40 mm Bofors, Bofors 40 mm Gun, Bofors 40 mm Guns, Bofors 40mm.

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  1. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    9:15ASWF weapons and uncrewed supportChapter
  2. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:29:46Anti-aircraft choices when reliability is reversedQ&A
  3. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    9:05Fletcher guns, torpedoes, range, and machineryChapter
  4. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    27:38Sumner armament and enduranceChapter
  5. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    36:49Robert H. Smith ships adapted the Sumner for minelayingNotable Point
  6. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    40:30Gearing torpedo tubes gave way to more antiaircraft gunsNotable Point
  7. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:38:36Bofors 40 mm guns on Type 31 frigatesQ&A
  8. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:43:06More 40 mm guns for drone defenceQ&A
  9. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    31:34Layered air defence and different gun rangesNotable Point
  10. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:19:241945 US air-defence technology would transform early Axis engagementsQ&A
  11. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    16:34Armament suited to a large carrier escortNotable Point
  12. Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia
    2:47Halland class destroyers and an all-arms fitChapter
  13. Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia
    8:47Halland gun defence in contested skiesNotable Point
  14. Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia
    11:07Östergötland class as a compact multi-role destroyerNotable Point
  15. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:40:32Amphibious command ships and a stronger Stanley garrisonNotable Point
  16. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:12:21A possible G3 battlecruiser anti-aircraft outfitQ&A
  17. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:44:49Gun-based air defence returns to the drone discussionNotable Point
  18. Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?
    15:58An early MEKO fit looks unexpectedly useful against dronesChapter
  19. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    48:33Aircraft growth drives larger destroyer anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
  20. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    59:39Guns and VLS should be complementary magazinesNotable Point
  21. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    1:10:42Zumwalt and Type 31 gun choices against small craftNotable Point
  22. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    3:03:05The 40 mm Bofors has already returnedQ&A
  23. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    3:45:17How a Bofors-armed motor gunboat could dominate TrafalgarQ&A
  24. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    5:43:28What prewar 40 mm Bofors adoption gives JapanQ&A
  25. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    2:09:13The light AA objection to an automatic-gun Edinburgh refitQ&A
  26. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    35:58Why early Royal Navy OPVs carried surplus BoforsQ&A
  27. What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)
    54:32Hazemeyer-controlled Bofors guns spread radar-directed air defenceNotable Point
  28. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    2:09:12The Royal Navy receives hundreds of Gearing-class destroyers in 1940Q&A
  29. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:02:53How the Bureau of Ordnance could have sabotaged the US war effortQ&A
  30. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:25:13A corrected recollection of 40 mm aircraft-gun trialsQ&A
  31. OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!
    53:47What if Type 31 carried three OTO 76 mounts?Notable Point
  32. Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)
    38:32The Falklands restored the case for naval gunsChapter
  33. Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?
    1:55Pom-pom or Bofors depends on the expected air threatQ&A
  34. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    11:29Bofors and pom-pom choices against different air threatsQ&A
  35. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    16:58A longer-barrelled pom-pom combines reach with sustained fireNotable Point
  36. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:40:53A reliable Chicago Piano still leaves a need for 40 mm gunsQ&A
  37. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    0:00Pom-pom or Bofors depends on the air threatChapter
  38. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    6:32Wartime ammunition overloads created tropical storage problemsNotable Point
  39. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    8:35Should a navy choose pom-pom or Bofors?Q&A
  40. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    16:37Sweden develops the Bofors for a Baltic defense problemChapter
  41. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    21:41Compare the Bofors L/60 with the contemporary Mark VIII pom-pomNotable Point
  42. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    23:37Range, volume of fire, and mount layout create competing choicesChapter
  43. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    32:42The U.S. Navy reaches the Bofors after the 1.1-inch gunNotable Point
  44. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    34:18The technical comparison turns on practical fire and ammunition supplyChapter
  45. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    40:45Ammunition outfits reveal the air war a ship expectedNotable Point
  46. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    43:41Radar and barrel replacement altered wartime gun performanceNotable Point
  47. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:05:59Mediterranean air threats rewarded a mixed 40 mm batteryChapter
  48. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:12:28The Indian Ocean shows why isolated ships valued Bofors reachNotable Point
  49. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:14:50A proposed mixed octuple mount would combine both 40 mm strengthsNotable Point
  50. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:15:53Pacific combat shifted the balance from reach back toward volumeChapter
  51. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    1:20:45Judge weapons by the metrics that matter in combatNotable Point
  52. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    8:19How development timing shaped the Bofors advantageNotable Point
  53. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    11:35Availability and fire control shaped 40 mm procurementNotable Point
  54. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    15:55Pom-Pom barrage doctrine and the Swedish Bofors requirementChapter
  55. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    30:05The Swedish requirement that produced the Bofors L60Chapter
  56. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    44:17A like-for-like Mark 8 Pom-Pom and L60 comparisonChapter
  57. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    54:51Could crews change 40 mm barrels at sea?Q&A
  58. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    56:48Tribal-class Bofors plans and a possible hybrid mountNotable Point
  59. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:08:28The Eastern Fleet later operated Pom-Poms and Bofors togetherNotable Point
  60. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:09:48Would an all-Bofors battery have saved Force Z?Q&A
  61. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:16:22Bofors range and Pom-Pom volume in the PacificChapter
  62. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:19:53Why prefer the Pom-Pom for D-Day?Q&A
  63. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:26:23Could different ammunition extend the Pom-Pom's range?Q&A
  64. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:43:12Did Sweden's Bofors requirement prove universal superiority?Q&A
  65. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:46:44Was operating both 40 mm systems a serious logistics problem?Q&A
  66. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:50:21Did Pom-Poms and Bofors complement each other?Q&A
  67. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:51:53How many loaders did a 40 mm mount need?Q&A
  68. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:56:52Were 40 mm guns designed for surface combat?Q&A
  69. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    3:08:17Missiles, not jets, displaced the Royal Navy's BoforsQ&A
  70. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    3:10:49The first Type 22 frigates retained Bofors after allNotable Point
  71. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    3:12:43Were there serious alternatives to Pom-Pom and Bofors?Q&A
  72. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:12:50Funding Swedish sea power through Bofors and aircraft cruisersQ&A
  73. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:17:42Which World War II weapons could still serve today?Q&A
  74. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:53:23What historians would hope to find in a sealed naval warehouseQ&A
  75. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    1:01:39What if the US Navy had standardized on the pom-pom?Q&A
  76. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:04:48A 75 mm AA mount would replace some Bofors positionsQ&A
  77. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:26:58Why pom-pom and Bofors production faced different problemsQ&A
  78. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    45:56Diamantina's convoy-defense weapons fitChapter
  79. So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!
    5:31Type 31 weapon commonality could strengthen carrier self-defenceNotable Point
  80. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    2:57:12The Flower corvette and Bofors gun as naval workhorsesQ&A
  81. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    1:58:16Mixed 40 mm systems complicate a warship's ammunition supplyQ&A
  82. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    2:03:36Bofors shortages began with peacetime orders and factory toolingQ&A
  83. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    16:48Machinery, weapons, and strength-deck designNotable Point
  84. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    37:57How Bofors and pom-poms might divide the fleetQ&A
  85. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    54:22Why Bofors did not replace the pom-pom before 1939Q&A
  86. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:06:39A new quad Bofors or a reworked pom-pom?Q&A
  87. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:28:16Bofors and pom-pom strengths matched different air-war environmentsQ&A
  88. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:31:07The sextuple Bofors mount sought pom-pom volume with Bofors performanceQ&A
  89. HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 8
    27:33A layered anti-air, anti-surface, and ASW armamentNotable Point
  90. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    32:00An Allied Norway changes Scandinavian strategyChapter
  91. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 8
    51:26Choosing a carrier close-in weapon is a system decisionQ&A
  92. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs
    43:02PT-658 left the factory as a heavily armed gunboatNotable Point
  93. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres
    57:03The Italian CRDA 60 and Mediterranean flexibilityChapter
  94. How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre
    1:25:20Fairmile B scale and the logistics of crew modificationsNotable Point
  95. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    2:44:07Why 40 mm Bofors guns could persist without missilesQ&A
  96. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    4:09:09Why Type 31 received Bofors rather than CTA 40Q&A
  97. Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years
    1:01:03How industrial depth accelerated Royal Navy air-defence upgradesNotable Point
  98. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    3:27:41Pre-Falklands air-defence gaps force wartime improvisationNotable Point
  99. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    19:03Fitting 4.5-inch, Bofors, and Oerlikon batteries around the main gunsNotable Point
  100. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    1:04:04Earlier Bofors adoption changes the medium AA layerQ&A
  101. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    1:04:18Why Vanguard's guns could dominate the San Carlos approachesNotable Point
  102. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    17:24Wartime AA growth and uncertain fitting datesNotable Point
  103. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    40:43A 1954 program for better Royal Navy air defenseQ&A
  104. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    3:31:16Postwar naval guns worth retainingQ&A
  105. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    4:06:11The smallest modern gun for defeating an Age of Sail fleetQ&A
  106. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    2:49:29Why Japan's 25 mm AA gun underperformedQ&A
  107. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    2:52:52When Japan could have switched to 40 mm AAQ&A
  108. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    13:57Rapid aircraft development outpaced naval air defenceQ&A
  109. New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers
    24:28The wartime short-range anti-aircraft gapChapter
  110. Tre Kronor Class: Because the Swedish had a lot of Bofors guns to use..
    10:50How the Bofors 40 mm grew from the Vickers pom-pomNotable Point
  111. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    2:47:07Falklands experience reshaped Rapier and close air defenseNotable Point
  112. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    2:51:46Why Vanguard would transform San Carlos BayQ&A
  113. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1940
    4:50A 1940 Japanese carrier and escort construction surgeChapter
  114. Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...
    26:45How the pom-pom and Bofors diverged, then convergedNotable Point
  115. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    2:24:34Could Canada join a British Bofors 40 mm purchase?Q&A
  116. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    1:18:16Three warnings for the Royal Navy before three warsQ&A
  117. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    2:27:35Why Japan persisted with shipboard anti-aircraft rocketsQ&A
  118. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    13:50A 156-mine payload rather than a gunfighter's armamentNotable Point
  119. Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...
    16:35Why the close-in weapon fit still mattersNotable Point
  120. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 11/11 The Whiskey War
    0:30Whitby and the specialist convoy escortChapter
  121. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    3:55:36Radar-directed 40 mm guns in the FalklandsQ&A
  122. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    4:04:45Which close-in weapon system is best?Q&A
  123. Prince Philips Navy
    43:13Could 40 mm pom-poms and Bofors guns share ammunition?Q&A
  124. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    43:55Minotaur design balanced endurance and air defenseChapter
  125. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    2:33:24Why the Tigers sailed without BoforsQ&A
  126. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    2:43:30The unbuilt British missile-gun cruiserQ&A
  127. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    2:17:54Why choose a 57 mm gun instead of a 76 mm gun?Q&A
  128. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    1:37:33Kenya's Korean bombardments and postwar anti-aircraft refitNotable Point
  129. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    2:35:32Gambia's life extension and the four-inch air-defense tradeoffNotable Point
  130. Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...
    4:04:39Axis naval flak and Japan's missing mid-range weaponQ&A
  131. Bruships 29: Best Seller History
    2:29:29The Battle-class destroyer's aft anti-aircraft batteryQ&A
  132. Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters
    13:45HMS Manchester's rapid radar and anti-aircraft upgradesChapter
  133. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    1:35:04Pom-Pom rate of fire versus Bofors reachQ&A
  134. Bruships 26 - The Random Collection
    2:17:51The appeal of a quadruple 40 mm Bofors mountQ&A
  135. Bruships 26 - The Random Collection
    2:27:29Applying the twin-mount argument to Type 31Notable Point
  136. Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/2
    48:09Point-defence weapons that can fight aloneNotable Point
  137. 2 Minutes: HMS Rutherford
    1:16HMS Rutherford's guns and anti-submarine armamentNotable Point
  138. How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 3
    29:20Mass-produced coastal craft and firepowerChapter
  139. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:44:16A close reference for Allied coastal forcesChapter
  140. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    1:07:23Why Japan did not license the Bofors remains uncertainQ&A
  141. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    1:23:05Why the Royal Navy kept the pom-pom while Bofors output was scarceQ&A
  142. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    1:26:50Why HMCS Haida carried twin four-inch mountsNotable Point