| Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50 | |
|---|---|
.JPG) Swedish 12 cm akan m/50 turret on Destroyer HMS Småland, 2008. | |
| Type | Naval gun |
| Place of origin | Sweden |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1952 – 1985 |
| Used by |  Royal Netherlands Navy Swedish Navy Colombian National Navy |
| Production history | |
| Designer | AB Bofors |
| Designed | 1950 |
| Manufacturer | AB Bofors |
| No. built | 54 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 67,000 kg (148,000 lb) |
| Barrel length | L/50 (including breach) |
| Shell | 120 × 835 mm R |
| Shell weight | 23.35 – 23.5 kg |
| Caliber | 120 millimetres (4.7 in) |
| Barrels | 2 × |
| Action | Automatic extraction with integrated autoloader |
| Elevation | -9°/+85°, 25°/s |
| Traverse | 360°, 22°/s |
| Rate of fire | 2 × 42 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity | 835–850 m/s (2,740–2,790 ft/s) |
| References | Bofors 1958,[1] AMKAT Marinen, 1977[2] |
Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50 (full English name: Bofors 120 mm Automatic Gun L/50 In Naval Twin Turret),[1] also known as Bofors 120 mm gun model 1950 and the like, was a Swedish twin-barreled 120 mm (4.7 in) caliber fully automatic dual purpose naval gun turret system designed by Bofors from the end of the 1940s to the early 1950s to meet a request from the Dutch Navy.[3] Besides the Dutch Navy, the weapon was also adopted by the Swedish and the Colombian Navy.[3]
- ^ a b Bofors (in Swedish). Karlskoga, Sweden: AB Bofors, Karlskoga (Boforskoncernen). 1958. p. 88.
- ^ AMKAT, Ammunitionskatalog, Data och bilder, Marinen, 1977 års utgåva (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV). 1977.
- ^ a b "120 mm Bofors naval guns". tfd.chalmers.se. Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2021-11-19.