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[ajbarton4201977]

that 40 mm rules the machine gun world. A bel fedt 40 mm with a barrel that can handle alot of heat is what you would want if aliens where invading.

[TheGatman101]

hand loaded?

[Elthenar]

@1Gabrielsson1 True, but a modern warship would have killed those 18 planes and likely many more before they ever got remotely close enough for the 40mm to take a shot. A bow and arrow can still kill someone dead, but you don't see many people using it on the battlefield besides Rambo. This gun is obsolete for modern warfare, just like a bow.

It did have it's day though, the Bofors is going to be legendary even 100 years from now.

[1Gabrielsson1]

The brits shot down 18 airplanes of the Argentinian airforce in the Falkland war. Planes like the Mirage IIIEA, A-4C Skyhawk and the Super Étendard, that they did with their hand cranked 40mm bofors canons, so it is possible to kill fast flying planes with a pre ww2 canon design :). 77 year old design and stll in active service world wide, ofcourse some adjustments has been made for better performance or to fit diffrent vehicles or countries needs, like the 1911 it still got the same design.

[rcvideoshooter]

This is the gun that won the pacific war for the US. We cut the gook planes in HALF with this gun on our cruisers and destroyers.

[moparmadness1]

Must be a coastal patrol boat... Would last to seconds in a head to head conflict with a modern ship half its size.

[zorbe100]

@moparmadness1 the Portuguese navy

[moparmadness1]

What navy still uses open top 40 mike,mike guns in a age of computer driven AA guns and rockets?

[HeaanLasai]

@HungaryHungryHitler

Correct, this is an automatic canon or autocanon.

[HungaryHungryHitler]

"machine gun

noun

a small arm operated by a mechanism, able to deliver a rapid and continuous fire of bullets as long as the trigger is pressed."

Technically this is not a machine gun, as "small arms" include calibers up to and including 25mm.

[TaintedMojo]

@ajbarton4201977 A 40mm autocannon is not a machine gun nor is it ever belt fed.