40 mm Bofors AA guns made in GB and US

Originally posted by Stellan Bojerud
Could someone correct the terms I have translated.

Stellan, I'll have a go since no one else has; even though you have asked, it is not considered polite to correct the English of a non-native speaker when the meaning is understood but the grammar and word usage is perhaps unusual or incorrect.

Having spent many months in Sweden some years ago, we again find everyone spoke good English, thereby absolving us of any effort to learn another.

I do not have any official Bofors reference works to hand but I think the names are quite common.


2. Flash hider - possibly flash eliminator, "hider" is more of an American term.

4. Recoil tube - difficult to see, is this the recuperator?

5. Elevation arch - elevation quadrant (gear).

6. Equalizer - counterbalance (?)

7. Pedal-trigger - trigger pedal/firing pedal

9. Barrel fix bar (for transport) - Barrel clamp pillar.

10. Barrel lock - barrel clamp

11. Carriage main body - chassis

17. Rail for disposal of empty cartridges (upper part) - case ejection chute (upper)

18. Rail for disposal of empty cartridges (lower part) - case ejection chute (lower)

19. Chair for gunlayer - seat

23. Switch (secure - single shot - full auto) - firing selector

25. Main gunmount - trunnion


R.