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| Historical Specifics: | 1 The 40/60 Bofors guns provided outstanding service to the Royal Australian Navy over a period of 62 years. A very simple weapon to operate, the gun operated on a feed pull mechanism and was easy to maintain. With a breech capacity of eight rounds and taking four round clips, the gun could achieve a rate of fire of 120 rpm and a range of 5000 yards.
The Fremantle Class patrol boats were the last in the RAN fleet to have operational 40/60 guns and the last three 40/60 Bofors guns were fired for the final time at West Head Gunnery Range at HMAS Cerberus on 19 July 2007. At one stage nearly all RAN ships carried some form of Bofors 40mm gun in their life. 1 Navy Website |
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