40 mm Bofors AA guns made in GB and US

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Thank You Hanno and thank You Tony for these pictures. How do You get them from AWM? I havn´t been able to find that out yet.

Bofors 40 mm SP trucks/carriages so far found:

1. Chevrolet C 60L
2. Ford F60L
3. Ford F60S
4. Morris C 9/B

Kerrison Predictor

What I wrote earlier was not right. USA took up production. In (Aug?) 1940 Sperry got the job but did not have capacity enough. Instead Singer Corporation got the contract in Dec 1940 for 1.500 pieces pro month.

Production started in Jan 1943. The US called it Director Antiaircraft M 5 and it came into service mid 1944.

Picture: French Bofors (US M 1 on carriage M 2) with Kerrison Predictor (right). Note mixed US and French "Casque Adrien" helmets on guncrew. Italy 1943.