Bofors Flak Artillery!

If you want to evaluate the most widely used anti-aircraft guns in World War II, it is definitely the Swedish 40-mm Bofors L/60 anti-aircraft gun, which was widely used by the Allies and the Axis powers and was a standard anti-aircraft weapon. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This has to start with the "Versailles Agreement", which humiliated Germany, because this treaty stipulated that Germany should not develop any new high-power weapons of destruction, so Krupp acquired part of the shares of Bofors and transferred some production technology, and cooperated with Bofors to design and develop various new guns in Sweden.

Unfortunately, there are significant differences in the design concepts of the two companies, with Swedish designers focusing on the development of light artillery, while German designers prefer to develop heavy artillery.

After Germany tore up the Treaty of Versailles, the cooperation was terminated.

Later, Krupp developed the Flak-36 88mm anti-aircraft gun, which made great achievements for the German army in World War II, and Bofors developed the famous 40mm Bofors L/60 anti-aircraft gun after absorbing the experience of Krupp.

This is actually an anti-aircraft gun of 56 times caliber, but it is customary to make 60 times, and due to its excellent performance, it has won orders from various countries.

Historically, this anti-aircraft gun did not have much connection with Germany, and it was not until after World War II that Germany annexed Austria and began to gradually produce this anti-aircraft gun, but now, history has changed a lot.

The bombing of the battleship by the fighter planes directed by Ciric last time also woke up the navy, and they knew how backward their existing 37mm hand-pulled aircraft were!

The advice given by Ciric must also be rectified! Therefore, the Navy first looked at the equipment of other countries, and immediately fell in love with this 40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, after all, this anti-aircraft gun was also designed for naval ships in the first place.

The Deutschland, the new battleships, etc., all changed the 37-mm hand-pulled machine to this 40-mm anti-aircraft gun, and at the same time, the army and the air force also hit the match.

As a result, Krupp had to put down its face, had a commercial exchange with Bofors, introduced the technology of this anti-aircraft gun, produced it in the country, and finalized it as the Flak-28 40-mm anti-aircraft gun.

And this Spanish Civil War is a test of this kind of anti-aircraft artillery!

When the fighters returned, Ciric had a keen premonition that the Soviets were going to retaliate, so the place was quickly arranged, all the planes were towed, the tents were removed, the runway was covered with camouflage nets, and in the south of the original base, these camouflaged anti-aircraft artillery positions were arranged.

From the sky, there is nothing here, no planes, no runways, just ordinary farmland, and now, when the camouflage net is torn apart, the anti-aircraft artillery unit of the Condor Legion has finally begun a hearty battle!

"Boom, boom, boom!" The gunner stepped on the firing machine, the muzzle of the gun kept roaring, and one after another 40-mm anti-aircraft gun shells flew out!

In the past, every time a hand-pulled machine fired, it had to be reloaded again, and there was no continuous firepower, but now, the Bofors anti-aircraft gun is already automated!

The rear part of the chamber of this anti-aircraft gun was an upright wedge bolt, and the action of opening and closing the bolt could be done automatically by the gun recoil, as if it were a transition from a Mauser rifle to an MP36 submachine gun.

Except for the first shell, which must be loaded by hand by loader, all other shells are automatically loaded.

The feeding mechanism, located above the breech, has 3 rows of rails, each of which is capable of holding a magazine of 4 shells. The magazine is automatically removed, and only one shell is pressed into the chamber at a time. After firing, the bolt is opened by recoil, an empty cartridge case is thrown, another shell enters the chamber, and the bolt closes again, so that the cycle of fully automatic loading and firing is achieved.

At the beginning, the hand-pulled machine could fire three or five shells a minute, which was already quite well-trained, and now this kind of anti-aircraft gun can reach a maximum rate of fire of 140 rounds per minute, even if it is limited by the loading speed, the actual maximum rate of fire can reach 80 rounds per minute.

Now, on each emplacement, there were two gunners, two loaders and a commander, and at the command of the commander, the main gunner was constantly firing.

The 40-mm high-explosive tracer projectile flew out of the muzzle and flew towards the bombers that were climbing and showing their bellies!

Any kind of bomber is extremely bulky, especially when it carries bombs, and when it climbs, it is even more slow, and in the eyes of anti-aircraft artillery on the ground, it is simply a live target!

A 40-mm shell drilled directly into the belly of the SB-2 bomber, and with a bang, a big hole was blown up in the belly of the bomber, and the fuselage of the bomber, with this explosion, began to burn and fall.

This is just the beginning.

The bombers that pulled up, even the navigators with the best sight, could not notice those anti-aircraft guns, did not find them, and were impossible to destroy.

So, the bombers in front, one after the other, were hit!

"Boom!" An SB-2 bomber, which was hit by an engine on one side, burned for two seconds, the wing on one side of the bomber, fell, and the bomber rolled and fell from the sky.

And those bombers in the back, who have long forgotten about this mission, have fallen into the trap of the Condor Legion, they are being slaughtered! So, for them, the only option now is to drop the bomb immediately!

Only when the bomb is dropped will the fuselage become lighter and it will be easier to escape.

However, only a few were able to escape!

The anti-aircraft artillery positions here are arranged in a semi-circular arc, a perfect formation, just facing these groups of aircraft flying from the north, and almost every firepower of more than 30 antiaircraft guns can be fully exerted.

The entire artillery position, rumbling, the anti-aircraft artillery felt incomparably excited, this was their most enjoyable battle, at their own doorstep, ambushing the Republican planes!

The group of I-15s behind was also dumbfounded.

The bombers in front are being shot down one by one by anti-aircraft guns, and as escort planes, they are now helpless.

Yes, it's just helpless, the I-15 fighters are escorting this time, and in their plan, they may encounter interception by the fighters of the Condor Legion, and at that time, no matter how many casualties they pay, they will have to protect the bomber group.

But now, it is the anti-aircraft artillery on the ground that has abused the bombers!

The I-15 fighter, relying on two 7.62 mm machine guns, went to attack the anti-aircraft artillery position on the ground? No kidding, that's suicide!