It is unlikely most Americans have ever heard of a Quadruple 40 mm Bofors Mount. But they undoubtedly have seen it in action — in World War II movies or documentaries — firing multiple rounds per ...

Antiaircraft guns (also known as “flak guns”) have been the been the bane of combat aviators’ existence since the advent of air combat itself during World War I. For example, during World War II, the ...

When you have a collection of World War II artifacts as rich and deep as that at the Virginia War Museum, it takes something special to make you stand up and notice. That’s why a half-dozen members of ...

Video marks the return of an anti-aircraft gun – the Quad 40 mm Bofors Mount-- that was used aboard the Battleship New Jersey to shoot down Japanese enemy planes in the Pacific during World War II ...

The Bofors 40Mk4, a compact and lightweight naval gun system, has been designed for anti-aircraft and anti-surface warfare operations to act against air, land and sea-based threats. BAE Systems is to ...

Antiaircraft guns (also known as “flak guns”) have been the been the bane of combat aviators’ existence since the advent of air combat itself during World War I. But of all the world’s great ...